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Fort Snelling was one of a chain of forts designed by the federal War Department to protect the northwestern territories from encroachment by the British and Canadians. Fort Snelling, being built at the confluence of the Mississippi and The Minnesota rivers was particularly important because of the waterways it guarded. Soldiers at these forts attempted to restrict all commercial use of the rivers to citizens of the US, as well as keeping the American Indian lands from being settled by white settlers until treaties were in place which permitted it. Fort Snelling soldiers were also charged with keeping the peace between the Sioux and the Ojibwe people. | Fort Snelling was one of a chain of forts designed by the federal War Department to protect the northwestern territories from encroachment by the British and Canadians. Fort Snelling, being built at the confluence of the Mississippi and The Minnesota rivers was particularly important because of the waterways it guarded. Soldiers at these forts attempted to restrict all commercial use of the rivers to citizens of the US, as well as keeping the American Indian lands from being settled by white settlers until treaties were in place which permitted it. Fort Snelling soldiers were also charged with keeping the peace between the Sioux and the Ojibwe people. | ||
'''Indian Agents''' | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taliaferro Lawrence Taliafero] from 1820-1839 | |||
=== Development in the area === | === Development in the area === | ||