Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency

First organized attack led by Little Crow in the Dakota War of 1862. Famously the Dakota killed hated settler trader Andrew Myrick who operated two stores in Indian Agencies. Myrick had been at the meeting trying to resolve the Aug 4th raid on a warehouse and was asked to sell the starving Dakota food on credit. His response was said to be, "So far as I am concerned, if they are hungry let them eat grass or their own dung." This statement by Myrick was directly called out in a letter from Little Crow : "Dear Sir – For what reason we have commenced this war I will tell you... our children was dying with hunger – it is with the traders that commence Mr A[ndrew] J Myrick told the Indians that they would eat grass or their own dung." His corpse was found with his mouth stuffed full of grass.