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expedient again to divide the parish. The north part
was called the Nest Lake congregation and the south
part, Eagle Lake congregation. The savage outbreak of
the Indians occurred in August following. But few
Swedish settlers returned to Eagle Lake or West Lake
after the frontier became safe. The Lake Prairie people
joined with the Nest Lake congregation in 1865. In
1873 a church building was erected in New London
village and in later years the congregation, was renamed
Lebanon.
The Indian outbreak fell upon these peaceful
settlements like a crack of thunder from a clear sky. The
settlers were accustomed to seeing hunting parties of
Santee (Isanti) Sioux Indians go thru the settlements
to and from their reservations along the Minnesota
River. Often the Indians would call and beg for food,
which was usually given them. Even war parties
returning from raids on their hereditary enemies, the
Chippe-was, were seen and scalp dances by such returned
warriors were held within the settlements. On such occasions
they might steal pigs and young cattle and prove an
annoyance. The military commander with a detachment
of soldiers from Fort Ridgely camped at Twin Lakes in
the summer of 1861, trying to accomplish the hopeless
task of making peace between the warring tribes. The
settlers knew little about the brewing dissatisfaction of
the Indians over their treatment received at the agencies.
We will enter into no discussion here as to the causes
of the outbreak. Suffice it to say that the Kandiyohi
region settlers had given the Indians no just cause for
complaint or revenge. These immigrants were absolutely
innocent of any wrong done to the red man.
On August 17, 1862, the first blood was shed in the
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