In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over their heads, are suspended below the open trap door of the gallows
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationery Co."--Lower right corner., and Joseph Hetherington and Philander Brace were each accused of murdering two men in two separate incidents, and were executed by the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
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 common scaffold with nooses around their necks; rows of soldiers separate the Dakota men on the scaffold from the residents of Mankato, who gathered to watch the killings. Text below image describes the scene
Alternative Title:
Execution of the 38 Sioux Indians at Mankato, Min., December 26, 1862
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Names of the executed Dakota men: 1. Ta-he-do-ne-cha, (One who forbids his house.) 2. Plan-doo-ta, (Red Otter.) 3. Wy-a-tah-ta-wa, (His People.) 4. Hin-hau-shoon-ko-yag-ma-ne, (One who walks clothed in an Owl's Tail.) 5. Ma-za-bom-doo, (Iron Blower.) 6. Wak-pa-doo-ta, (Red Leaf.) 7. Wa-he-hua. 8. Sua-ma-ne, (Tinkling Walker.) 9. Rda-in-yan-ka, (Rattling Runner.) 10. Doo-wau-sa, (The Singer.) 11. Ha-pau, (Second child of a son.) 12. Shoon-ka-ska, (White Dog.) 13. Toon-kau-e-cha-tag-ma-ne, (One who walks by his Grandfather.) 14. E-tay-doo-tay, (Red Face.) 15. Am-da-cha, (Broken to Pieces.) 16. Hay-pe-pau, (Third child of a son.) 17. Mah-pe-o-ke-na-jui, (Who stands on the Clouds.) 18. Harry Milord, (of mixed race.) 19. Chas-kay-dau, (First born of a son.) 20. Baptiste Campbell (of mixed race.) 21. Ta-ta-ka-gay, (Wind Maker.) 22. Hay-pin-kpa, (The Tips of the Horn.) 23. Hypolite Auge, (of mixed race.) 24. Ka-pay-shue, (One who does not Flee.) 25. Wa-kau-tau-ka, (Great Spirit.) 26. Toon-kau-ko-yag-e-na-jui, (One who stands clothed with his Grandfather.) 27. Wa-ka-ta-e-na-jui, (One who stands on the earth.) 28. Pa-za-koo-tay-ma-ne, (One who walks prepared to shoot.) 29. Ta-tay-hde-dau, (Wind comes home.) 30. Wa-she-choon, (Frenchman.) 31. A-c-cha-ga, (To grow upon.) 32. Ho-tan-in-koo, (Voice that appears coming.) 33. Khay-tan-hoon-ka, (The Parent Hawk.) 34. Chau-ka-hda, (Near the Wood.) 35 Hda-hin-hday, (To make a rattling voice.) 36. O-ya-tay-a-kee, (The Coming People.) 37. Ma-hoo-way-ma, (He comes for me.) 38. Wa-kin-yan-wa, (Little Thunder.) And one, Ta-tay-me-ma (Round Wind), who was reprieved.
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
Chromolithograph of the public execution of 38 Dakota Indians following the end of the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota. Shows a city square in Mankato, Minnesota, with gallows in the center surrounded by soldiers and civilian crowds who are gathered around to watch the execution
Description:
Title from caption below image., Names of the executed Dakota men: 1. Ta-he-do-ne-cha, (One who forbids his house.) 2. Plan-doo-ta, (Red Otter.) 3. Wy-a-tah-ta-wa, (His People.) 4. Hin-hau-shoon-ko-yag-ma-ne, (One who walks clothed in an Owl's Tail.) 5. Ma-za-bom-doo, (Iron Blower.) 6. Wak-pa-doo-ta, (Red Leaf.) 7. Wa-he-hua. 8. Sua-ma-ne, (Tinkling Walker.) 9. Rda-in-yan-ka, (Rattling Runner.) 10. Doo-wau-sa, (The Singer.) 11. Ha-pau, (Second child of a son.) 12. Shoon-ka-ska, (White Dog.) 13. Toon-kau-e-cha-tag-ma-ne, (One who walks by his Grandfather.) 14. E-tay-doo-tay, (Red Face.) 15. Am-da-cha, (Broken to Pieces.) 16. Hay-pe-pau, (Third child of a son.) 17. Mah-pe-o-ke-na-jui, (Who stands on the Clouds.) 18. Harry Milord, (of mixed race.) 19. Chas-kay-dau, (First born of a son.) 20. Baptiste Campbell (of mixed race.) 21. Ta-ta-ka-gay, (Wind Maker.) 22. Hay-pin-kpa, (The Tips of the Horn.) 23. Hypolite Auge, (of mixed race.) 24. Ka-pay-shue, (One who does not Flee.) 25. Wa-kau-tau-ka, (Great Spirit.) 26. Toon-kau-ko-yag-e-na-jui, (One who stands clothed with his Grandfather.) 27. Wa-ka-ta-e-na-jui, (One who stands on the earth.) 28. Pa-za-koo-tay-ma-ne, (One who walks prepared to shoot.) 29. Ta-tay-hde-dau, (Wind comes home.) 30. Wa-she-choon, (Frenchman.) 31. A-c-cha-ga, (To grow upon.) 32. Ho-tan-in-koo, (Voice that appears coming.) 33. Khay-tan-hoon-ka, (The Parent Hawk.) 34. Chau-ka-hda, (Near the Wood.) 35 Hda-hin-hday, (To make a rattling voice.) 36. O-ya-tay-a-kee, (The Coming People.) 37. Ma-hoo-way-ma, (He comes for me.) 38. Wa-kin-yan-wa, (Little Thunder.) And one, Ta-tay-me-ma (Round Wind), who was reprieved., "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1883 by John C. Wise in the office of the librarian of Congress at Washington.", and Printed area measures 33.9 x 45.9 cm.
Publisher:
The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota, Mankato, Mankato (Minn.), and Mankato.
Subject (Topic):
Executions and executioners, Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862, Public executions, Dakota Indians, and Soldiers
