A lithograph from depicting the execution of the 38 Dakota Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December 26, Dakota natives went to war against white settlers in Minnesota, which had just become a state four years prior.
The fighting lasted six weeks, according to the Minnesota History Center. More than white people and 60 natives died in the fighting, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports. One witness gave evidence in 55 cases, who was later sentenced to hang he was not part of the Dakota One of the condemned men, Hdainyanka, Rattling Runner, sent an angry letter to his father-in-law.
They should have been released. He made a political decision, made based on the racial hatred… Lincoln was a lawyer, knew that this was improper. The 38 executions were originally scheduled for December 19, but were delayed for fear of mob retaliation. It was not until December 22 that the prisoners learned of their executions. On the 23rd, the condemned men danced and sang and were permitted visits with family to say goodbye.
At the same time as convictions were being doled out, a massive wagon train of approximately 3, Dakota tribal members and prisoners moved out to Fort Snelling. As the prisoners made their way to Mankato--the location of the hanging scaffold created for the occasion-- a crowd of men, women, and children threw bricks and stones, seriously injuring prisoners and guards.
The hangings took place December 26, Before morning, most of the bodies had been dug up and taken by physicians for use as medical cadavers. In the days that followed, several prisoners were given pardons due to lack of evidence.
Others were taken to a prison camp in Iowa. Thousands were exiled to the Dakotas, Montana or as far as Manitoba. The spellings and translations are as Satterlee recorded them. Waxicun na, Little Whiteman this young white man, adopted by the Dakota at an early age and who was acquitted, was hanged, according to the Minnesota Historical Society U.
All of our content is free. There are no subscriptions or costs. The Press Pool. Cite title. As weeks passed, cases were handled with increasing speed. On November 5, the commission completed its work. President Lincoln and government lawyers then reviewed the trial transcripts of all men.
As Lincoln would later explain to the U. At am on December 26, 38 Dakota prisoners were led to a scaffold specially constructed for their execution. One had been given a reprieve at the last minute. An estimated 4, spectators crammed the streets of Mankato and surrounding land.
Stephen Miller, charged with keeping the peace in the days leading up to the hangings, had declared martial law and had banned the sale and consumption of alcohol within a ten-mile radius of the town.
As the men took their assigned places on the scaffold, they sang a Dakota song as white muslin coverings were pulled over their faces. Drumbeats signalled the start of the execution. With a single blow from an ax, the rope that held the platform was cut.
William Duley, who had lost several members of his family in the attack on the Lake Shetek settlement, cut the rope. Before morning, most of the bodies had been dug up and taken by physicians for use as medical cadavers. Following the mass execution on December 26, it was discovered that two men had been mistakenly hanged.
Letter from Hdainyanka to Chief Wabasha written shortly before his execution:. You told me that if we followed the advice of General Sibley, and gave ourselves up to the whites, all would be well; no innocent man would be injured.
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