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She was a 14 year old German immigrant, she came with her family to Renville County Minnesota. Her father was a homesteader. Mary was taken hostage in the Dakota War of 1862 in Renville County Minnesota.

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Mary Schwandt was only a child of 14 when she was abducted during the Sioux outbreak of 1862. Mary owed her safe treatment to a Dakota native woman, Snana, who took it upon herself to see that the girl was placed under her jurisdiction, and kept free from harm.

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