The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862#Execution" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dakota War of 1862">largest mass-hanging in U.S. history</a> took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato, Minnesota</a>, where 38 Native Americans died.<sup about="#mwt99" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_26#cite_note-18" id="mwoQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwog">[18]</span></a></sup>
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