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Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862

Description: Image of the execution of 38 Sioux Native American Indians as part of the Dakota War of 1862 (also known as the Sioux Uprising); ranks of United States soldiers on foot and on horseback surround a large square gallows platform with the Sioux to be executed standing with nooses around their necks and their arms bound; empty horse-drawn wagons labeled "U.S." stand at the ready at left; civilian onlookers crowd behind the soldiers' ranks to watch the hanging; town buildings of Mankato, Minnesota, visible in background.
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Date: ©1883
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001271
Creator: Last, Jay T

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