Traverse County, Minnesota Obituaries

RENVILLE, Gabriel
Chief Renville Dead
Brown's Valley, Minn., Aug, 2.
Gabriel Renville, the venerable chief of the Wahpeton and Sisseton tribes, died in his house at the agency.
He was sick but a few days. Mr. Renville was an able man of towering character. During the Indian massacre in 1862 he was a prime mover in defending the whites, and his splendid career subsequently in subduing the hostiles has gone into the history of the Northwest. No man has done so much for his people as he. Endeared both to them and all the whites who knew him, his departure is mourned universally.
[Grand Forks Herald, 3 Aug 1892 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]