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Stephen Return Riggs

1812 - 1883
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About Stephen Return Riggs

Source: Wikipedia

Stephen Return Riggs (March 23, 1812 – August 24, 1883) was a Christian missionary and linguist who lived and worked among the Dakota people. Riggs was born in Steubenville, Ohio. His career among the Dakota began in 1837 at Lac qui Parle in what is now Minnesota, at the Lac qui Parle Mission.