On this day, Dec. 26, in 1862, 38 Dakota (Sioux) warriors were hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Hundreds of Dakota fighters were arrested and sentenced to death after the Dakota War of 1862. Most were spared, but 38 were put to death.
The war took place between the United States and several groups of eastern Dakota American Indians in southwest Minnesota.
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