Minnesota Legislature
HF 1062
as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/14/2011 10:13am
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.1A resolution
1.2urging the President and Congress of the United States to pardon
1.3We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaska.
1.4WHEREAS, We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaska, saved the life of Sarah
1.5Wakefield and her children during the Minnesota-Dakota Conflict of 1862; and
1.6WHEREAS, Reverend Stephen Riggs was assigned to interview those accused of crimes
1.7after the conflict and that Dr. Riggs found "no testimony against the man (Chaska) of any
1.8kind"; and
1.9WHEREAS, Chaska was included in the list of 303 condemned to die after military
1.10commission trial proceedings; and
1.11WHEREAS, President Abraham Lincoln subsequently commuted the death sentence of
1.12Chaska; and
1.13WHEREAS, thirty-eight Dakota men, including Chaska, were hanged on December 26,
1.141862, for crimes in the Dakota Conflict; NOW, THEREFORE,
1.15BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President
1.16and the Congress of the United States to pardon Chaska for any alleged crimes stemming from
1.17the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is
1.19directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States,
1.20the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United
1.21States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.
1.2urging the President and Congress of the United States to pardon
1.3We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaska.
1.4WHEREAS, We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee, also known as Chaska, saved the life of Sarah
1.5Wakefield and her children during the Minnesota-Dakota Conflict of 1862; and
1.6WHEREAS, Reverend Stephen Riggs was assigned to interview those accused of crimes
1.7after the conflict and that Dr. Riggs found "no testimony against the man (Chaska) of any
1.8kind"; and
1.9WHEREAS, Chaska was included in the list of 303 condemned to die after military
1.10commission trial proceedings; and
1.11WHEREAS, President Abraham Lincoln subsequently commuted the death sentence of
1.12Chaska; and
1.13WHEREAS, thirty-eight Dakota men, including Chaska, were hanged on December 26,
1.141862, for crimes in the Dakota Conflict; NOW, THEREFORE,
1.15BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President
1.16and the Congress of the United States to pardon Chaska for any alleged crimes stemming from
1.17the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is
1.19directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States,
1.20the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United
1.21States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.