Campbell, Colin ¹

  General Notes:

Colin Campbell:
He was the son of Archibald John Campbell & a Dakota woman and married a Dakota woman. Colin was a young Lieutenant in British militia during the War of 1812 when Mj.Zachary Taylor brought an American force north from St.Louis in an attempt to retake Prairie du Chien from British & Dakota warrior hands. Capt.Duncan Graham who lead the defense of the trading center, praised Colin, Lt.Michael Brisbois & Sergeant James Keating for their efforts in Taylor's failed effort. In September of 1820 Colin was sent to the Sisseton near the Blue Earth River to bring in the murders of two of Manuel Lisa's men. He brought back to recently built Fort Snelling a Sisseton War Chief who claimed responsibility for the deaths. In 1821 & 1823 Colin was interpreting at councils held by Taliaferro at Ft.Snelling between the Dakota & visiting Ojibwe. By 1855 he is near the mouth of the Platte River.

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