DECEMBER 26, 1862:
At
Mankato, General John Pope U.S.A.,
essentially exiled to Minnesota after the Second Battle of Bull Run, carries
out the executions of the Sioux involved in The Dakota War of 1862. Though
President Lincoln has pardoned all but 39 of the 303 Indians charged, 39 of the Indians are
hanged at random to the cheers of the crowd, including some pardoned and a few
who fought on the side of the Whites in the recent war. Pope later apologizes
for the “confusion.”
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