When a federal marshal with about 100 troops of the 3rd Infantry tried to arrest the Chippewa Chief Bugonaygeshig at Sugar Point opposite here on the northeast shore of the lake, a sharp fight occurred October 5, 1898. The whites lost 7 killed and 16 wounded and the arrest was never accomplished.

Marker is on Minnesota Route 200 0.3 miles east of County Route 165, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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