 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana August 17, 1862, kumukira kweDakotamuMinnesota, vachitsigirwa nemaIndia eYankton, vakauraya mazana avagari vechichena, vakamanikidza 30 000 kuti vabve mudzimba dzavo, uye vakashungurudza zvikuru hurumende yaLincoln. Vamwe vaidavira kuti kwakanga kuri rangano yakaitwa neConfederation yokutanga hondo parutivi rwokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero. Lincoln akatumira General John Pope, aimbova mukuru weArmy of Virginia, kuMinnesota somukuru mukuru weDhipatimendi idzva reNorthwest. Lincoln akarayira zviuru zvevasungwa vehondo veConfederate vakatumirwa nechitima kuti vanyaradze Kumukira kweDakota. Apo maConfederate akaratidzira achimanikidza vasungwa veConfederate kurwisa maIndia, Lincoln akadzosa mutemo wacho. Pope akarwa nemaIndia nenzira isina tsitsi, achitotsigira kuparadzwa kwavo. Akarayira kuti mapurazi evaIndia nezvokudya zviparadzwe, uye varwi vechiIndia vaurayiwe. Achibatsira Pope, nhengo yeKongiresi yeMinnesota Colonel Henry H. Sibley akatungamira varwi uye mauto enguva dzose kukunda vaDakota paWood Lake. Pakazosvika October 9, Pope akafunga kuti kumukira kwakanga kwapera; kurwa kwakaguma pana December 26. Dare rechiuto risina kujairika rakagadzwa kuti ritonge vagari vomunyika vakabatwa, naLincoln achiita nenzira inobudirira senzira yokukwidza nyaya. 