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QUERY: MANKATO DAKOTA INDIANS HANGING ITEMS SOUGHT
Matt Hansen of Lincoln, Nebraska submitted this question about a macabre event depicted on a Minnesota token. Thanks! -Editor
 
I recently finished reading a fascinating book titled 38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End by Scott W. Berg about a significant (but little-known) event in U.S. history: the mass execution of 38 Dakota Indians by hanging on December 26, 1862, at Mankato, Minnesota. Having been a student of American history most of my life, I was surprised (and a little embarrassed) that I had never before come across accounts of this event. The book itself was a great read (and I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about the events of the Dakota War), but I was curious to find out if readers of The E-Sylum were aware of numismatic representations of this event? A Google search did turn up this 1899 Mankato street fair merchant token/medal with a depiction.
Interesting. I'd never heard of this, either. Can anyone help? -Editor
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