Wabasha III

[1] In the final years of his life, Chief Wabasha helped his people rebuild their lives at the Santee Reservation in Nebraska.

In the final weeks of the war, Wabasha — together with Wakute II and Taopi — sent messages to Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley voicing their opposition to Little Crow and offering their assistance to the U.S.[3] Wabasha's son-in-law, Hdainyanka, was one of the 38 Dakota men executed in Mankato, Minnesota on December 26, 1862.

"[2] Chief Wabasha II died during a smallpox epidemic that killed many in his Kiyuksa (Keoxa) band.

In 1842, Chief Wabasha III presuaded Indian agent Amos Bruce to employ his relative, James Reed.

[10] On September 10, 1836, Tatepsin signed the fifth Treaty of Prairie du Chien with acting Indian agent Colonel Zachary Taylor.