Thomas J. Galbraith
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Thomas J. Galbraith {b.1825-d. 1909} was an American politician. In 1857, he signed the Republican version of the Minnesota State Constitution. He served the 18th district in the Minnesota State Senate in 1861, living in Scott County
Scott County, Minnesota
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was organized in 1853 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. As of 2010, the population was 129,928. Its county seat is Shakopee...

 at the time. In 1862, Galbraith was working as an agent
Indian agent
In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with Native American tribes on behalf of the U.S. government.-Indian agents:*Leander Clark was agent for the Sac and Fox in Iowa beginning in 1866....

 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American...

 at the Lower Sioux Agency
Lower Sioux Indian Reservation
The Lower Sioux Indian Reservation, also known as the Mdewankanton Tribal Reservation, is an Indian reservation located along the southern bank of the Minnesota River in Redwood County, Minnesota, east of the city of Redwood Falls, just south of Morton...

, succeeding Joseph R. Brown
Joseph R. Brown
Joseph Renshaw Brown buried: Brown Cemetery, Henderson, Minnesota.-Biography:He was born in born in Harford County, Maryland, on January 5, 1805 and was married to Susan Freniere , a member of the Sisseton tribe of Dakota Indians.Served: Territorial Council 1854-55 ; Territorial House 1857 ;...

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On August 15, he was involved in a confrontation between some Dakota tribesmen, U.S. troops, and local traders. Galbraith refused to distribute food to the Indians. A comment by Andrew Myrick
Andrew Myrick
Andrew J. Myrick , was a trader with an Indian wife who operated a store in southwest Minnesota near the Minnesota River in the late part of his life.-Claim to fame:Myrick worked at the Lower Sioux Agency to the southeast...

 incensed them, one of many causes of the Dakota War of 1862
Dakota War of 1862
The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux. It began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota...

 that began two days later. Myrick was killed on August 18, though Galbraith apparently escaped. He is said to have died in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...

some years later.
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