Print shows the city square at Mankato, Minnesota on the day of the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians after the U.S. Army victory against the Dakota at the Battle of Wood Lake during the Dakota War of 1862; thirty-eight Dakota men stand on a co...
Alternative Title:
Execution of the 38 Sioux Indians at Mankato, Min., December 26, 1862
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not indentified
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota and Mankato (Minn.)
Subject (Name):
A state of the image with title "The Execution of 38 Sioux Indians by the U.S. Authorities, at Mankato, Minnesota, Friday, December 26." and with attribution "from a sketch by W.H. Childs. See page 279" was issued in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in Saturday, January 24, 1863, Volume: 15 , Issue: 382, page 285. Another state, a color lithograph with arched top border, by Hayes Litho. Co. of Buffalo N.Y. was entered for copyright in 1883 by John C. Wise for the twentieth anniversary of the event; another state with same copyright statement but with statement in lower right: Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862, and Executions and executioners
