Title: Lake Shetek, Minnesota, August 20, 1862 Description: Merton Eastlick, age eleven, and his 15-month-old brother Johnny lay sleeping on the prairie after fleeing an Indian attack in the great Sioux uprising; Merton awoke to see a pack of wolves about them, but he drove them off with shouts and rocks, then carried his little brother for five days over fifty miles to reach safety at New Ulm, Minnesota, where he was surprisingly reunited with his mother, Lavina Eastlick, who had also survived an Indian attack; (Artist: John Stevens); Location: Lake Shetek, Minnesota Date: August 20, 1862 Category: American Civil War Topic: Artwork Keywords: American Civil War, American Frontier, farmers, Indian attacks, Indians, massacres, Sioux Uprising Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2250 x 1907 (4.29 MPixels) (1.18) Print Size: 19.0 x 16.1 cm; 7.5 x 6.4 inches File Size: 12.31 MB (12,909,148 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000007197c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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