DAKOTA WAR 1962 MINNESOTA MASS EXECUTION OF 300 AT A TIME ON NOVEMBER 5,1862
DAKOTA WAR 1862 MINNESOTA MASS EXECUTION OF 300 AT A TIME ON NOVEMBER 5,1862 Dakota War of 1862[edit] Main article: Dakota War of 1862 the mass hanging of Dakota in Mankato, Minnesota By 1862, shortly after a failed crop the year before and a winter starvation, the federal payment was late. The local traders would not issue any more credit to the Santee and one trader, Andrew Myrick, went so far as to say, "If they're hungry, let them eat grass."[10] On August 17, 1862 the Dakota War began when a few Santee men murdered a white farmer and most of his family. They inspired further attacks on white settlements along the Minnesota River. The Santee attacked the trading post. Later settlers found Myrick among the dead with his mouth stuffed full of grass.[11] On November 5, 1862 in Minnesota, in courts-martial, 303 Santee Dakota were found guilty of rape and murder of hundreds of American settlers. They were sentenced to be hanged....