Qualla: Battle of Stony Lake https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/c/b/2/f/battle-of-stony-lake-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Stony Lake https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake Battle of Stony Lake: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Before dawn on July 28, 1863, Brigadier General Henry Hastings Sibley broke camp at Stony Lake and marched his 2,000 exhausted soldiers westward across the Dakota prairie. Two hours later, his scouts, mostly mixed-blood Sioux, brought word that a large mounted force was riding straight toward the column. The warriors had been retreating for four days, fighting rearguard actions at Big Mound and Dead Buffalo Lake while their families fled toward the Missouri River. Now they turned to attack, hoping to surprise Sibley, strike a weak point, and force him to abandon his pursuit once and for all. They nearly surrounded his column. It was not enough.

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]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/b/2/f/battle-of-stony-lake-wp/cb2f-battle-of-stony-lake-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Stony Lake: Four Days Running West https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The Battle of Stony Lake was the third engagement in four days, the culmination of Sibley's 1863 punitive campaign against the Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai, and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory. The campaign followed the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota, and Sibley intended to push t...

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]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/b/2/f/battle-of-stony-lake-wp/cb2f-battle-of-stony-lake-four-days-running-west.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Stony Lake: A Semicircle of Warriors https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The Sioux attack at Stony Lake was bold in conception. Warriors appeared on the surrounding hills, forming a semicircle with an arc of five or six miles around Sibley's column. Sibley estimated their numbers at 2,200 to 2,500; the Sioux later said 1,600 warriors had been present....

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]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/b/2/f/battle-of-stony-lake-wp/cb2f-battle-of-stony-lake-a-semicircle-of-warriors.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Stony Lake: Too Late at the Missouri https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. After the Sioux departed, Sibley marched his men eighteen unmolested miles and camped on Apple Creek, about ten miles southeast of present-day Bismarck. He expected to find General Sully waiting with reinforcements and supplies. There was no sign of him. The next morning, Sibley ...

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]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/b/2/f/battle-of-stony-lake-wp/cb2f-battle-of-stony-lake-too-late-at-the-missouri.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Stony Lake: Victory Claimed, Revenge Taken https://qualla.com/battle-of-stony-lake/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Sibley declared the expedition a success. He had pushed the Sioux westward across the Missouri, far from the settlements he was charged with protecting. He claimed 150 Sioux killed and wounded across the three battles, against just six of his own men killed. The Santee chief Stan...

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