Little War on the Prairie (Seeing White, Part 5)
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The Story of Little Crow
Lincoln had his people review the trial transcripts for evidence that the men had attacked settlers and not just shown up at battles. Lincoln himself wrote out a list of 39 Dakota names, later trimmed to 38. The day after Christmas, those men were marched onto a big platform in Mankato's town square. Four thousand people had come from miles around to watch. Little Crow was shot six months after the hangings, and his scalp, skull, and wrist bones were displayed at the Minnesota Historical Society for decades.
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