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
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 a...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
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
