1676: The NARRAGANSETTs attack Lancaster, Massachusetts today. This
battle in King Philip's War will kill 50 settlers. Twenty-four whites will be
taken prisoner. One of the prisoners would escape. She would write a
bestseller about her ordeal. Mary Rowlandson's "narrative" would be the first
in a series of "true-life" stories published by Indian captives. Participating in the raid was Chief Quinnapin. 

RELEVANT LINKS:
Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Narragansett Indian Tribe
King Philips War 1675-1677

RELEVANT LINKS:
{from SD history "state web site}
1890--Pierre is chosen as the permanent capital of South Dakota. A number of challenges to Pierre's status come in succeeding years.
The land cession agreement of 1889, the cut in beef rations, and crop failures brought the Sioux to the brink of starvation and hopelessness, It added to the resentment toward the white man and their promises.  They were no longer free to roam the plains. The great buffalo herds gone, and food was inadequate. In
the summer of that year, hope comes to them in the form of  the "Ghost Dance," so called because they believed that this magical dance would bring back the dead and the buffalo as well as eliminate the whites.  Non-Indians living near the reservation became frightened and demanded protection, leading to the
Wounded Knee Massacre. 

{speech Pres. BenjaminHarrison}
...The several acts of Congress looking to the reduction of the larger Indian  reservations, to the more rapid  settlement of the Indians upon individual  allotments, and the restoration to the
 public domain of lands in excess of their needs have been largely carried into  effect so far as the work was confided to  the Executive. Agreements have been concluded since March 4, 1889, involving the cession to the United States of about 14,726,000 acres of land. These  contracts have, as required by law, been submitted to Congress for ratification  and for the appropriations necessary to  carry them into effect. Those with the Sisseton and Wahpeton, Sac and Fox, Iowa, Pottawatomies and Absentee  Shawnees, and Coeur d'Alene tribes have  not yet received the sanction of  Congress. Attention is also called to the  fact that the appropriations made in the  case of the Sioux Indians have not covered all the stipulated payments. This should be promptly corrected. If an  agreement is confirmed, all of its terms should be complied with without delay  and full appropriations should be made.
The policy outlined in my last annual message in relation to the patenting of  lands to settlers upon the public domain  has been carried out in the administration  of the Land Office. No general suspicion or imputation of fraud has been allowed  to delay the hearing and adjudication of  individual cases upon their merits.