Execution of the Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December 26 framed history print drawn in the hand of

drawn in the hand of an era still trying to decide whether he was a man or a monument

ritualized — the bereavement of a generation grown older than the boys it lost

West Virginia — a postcard collection cut from coal seams and Allegheny hollows

State of Pennsylvania — a quiet pilgrimage rendered in line and shadow

Execution of the Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December 26 framed history print drawn in the hand ofExecution of the Thirty Eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, December 26 documents the largest mass execution in American history the scaffold at Mankato rendered in stark documentary engraving, the condemned arranged in a single grim circle as Lincoln's commuted list still left thirty eight to hang. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional