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    Slaughter Slough is a wetland in southwestern Minnesota, named for being the site of the Lake Shetek Massacre during the Dakota War of 1862. It is located...
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    Station. In 1862 a massacre occurred at Lake Shetek that became known as Slaughter Slough. One of the survivors, Henry W. Smith, escaped and made his way to...
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    name of the village derives form the Old English term "slough" meaning "wet land". Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1,000 years. The Domesday...
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    State Park monument, to 15 white settlers killed there and at nearby Slaughter Slough on August 20, 1862 A stone monument with a plaque was erected in 1929...
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    broke out and 15 settlers were killed and a dozen taken captive at Slaughter Slough. Euro-American settlement was dampened for a while, but within a decade...
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    China Slough (also called: Sutter Slough, China Lake, Sutter Lake, Sacramento Chinatown, Sacramento Chinadom, Old Sacramento Chinatown, Yee Fow), is historical...
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    cabin and a monument to 15 white settlers killed there and at nearby Slaughter Slough on August 20, 1862. The park and lake were developed by the Works Progress...
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    Ferry Battle of Birch Coulee Battles of New Ulm Battle of Wood Lake Slaughter Slough Surrender at Camp Release "National Register Information System". National...
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    already commenced their retreat. It was reported that Slaughter "rode up to the edge of the tidal slough, drew his revolver and blazed away at the distant...
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    Parliament (MP) for Slough since 2017. He is the UK's first turbaned MP. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi was born on 17 August 1978 in Slough to Indian immigrants...
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