Sarah F. Brown Wakefield

Sarah F. Wakefield (September 29, 1829–May 27, 1899) was an American woman who was taken captive for six weeks during the Dakota War of 1862 and was a writer of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity. She testified for Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), who held her for six weeks. Although his sentence was commuted, he was hanged with 37 other men following the trial.

Early years Sarah F. Brown was born on September 29, 1829, in Kingston, Rhode Island. Her parents were Sarah and William Brown. whose brother was James Wakefield, an attorney. She married him in Shakopee, Minnesota in 1856, becoming Sarah F. Wakefield. Her husband, a graduate of Yale University Medical School, was from Winsted, Connecticut. James O Wakefield, born in 1857 Lucy E Wakefield, born in 1860 Julia E Wakefield, born about 1866 John R Wakefield, born about 1868

Dakota War of 1862 When the Dakota War of 1862 broke out, Wakefield fled with her children towards Fort Ridgely,