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Latest war reports... Hanging of 300 Sioux Indians...
Item # 690835
December 08, 1862
NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 8, 1862
* Indians of Minnesota sentenced to hang
* Abraham Lincoln to pardon them
* re Massacres of White settlers
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Burnside's Army" "Arrival of Jackson to Reinforce Lee" "The Rebel Line Extended Several Miles Down the Rappahannock" "The War in the Southwest" "Another Victory of Gen. Blunt..." "Completion of All the Nine Monitors" and more.
Among the war-related reports inside is: "The Hanging of 300 Indians" in Minnesota, being the Santee Sioux Indians for raping & murdering settlers. This article takes over a full column.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, foxing to the front page, mostly good.
background: In 1862, after the U.S.-Dakota War in Minnesota, 38 Dakota men were hanged in Mankato on December 26—the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The war stemmed from broken treaties and hardship. Over 300 men were sentenced to death, but President Lincoln commuted most sentences, allowing 38 to be executed. The event remains a symbol of injustice and is remembered in efforts toward reconciliation.
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