Chromolithograph Of The Execution Of The Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians At Mankato, Minnesota December 26, 1862 [And] Indian Outbreaks By Daniel Buck

WISE, JOHN C.[LITHOGRAPH] & DANIEL BUCK [BOOK]

Publication: Hayes Litho Co, 1883; Privately printed, 1904, Buffalo, NY & Mankato, MN, 1883 & 1904

A stunning oversize chromolithograph (16" x 20") depicting one of the darker episodes in Minnesota's history. Following a string of broken treaties and confinement to cramped reservations, the Santee branch of the Sioux, under Chief Little Crow, rose up in the summer of 1862 and killed some 800 whites, including 100 soldiers. Over 300 Sioux were sentenced to death, but this number later was reduced to 38 as a result of Episcopal Bishop Benjamin Whipple's direct appeal to President Lincoln. Performed publicly on a single scaffold platform, this mass execution remains the largest in US History. The colors are bright and strong; the tan paper is slightly toned; small chip to margin of lower edge (image unaffected); minor closed tear on lower right edge; else a fine, bright copy. Suitable for framing. [WITH] "Indian Outbreaks" by Daniel Bucks [Ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of Minnesota], Mankato, MN, 1904. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pp. The frontispiece is a reproduction of the lithograph; additional 8 illustrated plates. Brick red cloth with black lettering. former owner's brief inked inscription on front free fly leaf, front hinge just beginning to loosen; covers lightly soiled with minor to light wear to the extremities, else a very good copy. The author states he was present at the hanging of the Sioux in Mankato and vouches that the frontispiece lithograph is quite accurate, an important firsthand account.

Inventory Number: 52883