This photographic art print is printed on acid-free paper that will last a hundred years, and is matted in neutral colors chosen to compliment the print, yet match any decor.

Each art print is backed with cardboard, ready to frame, and is enclosed in a plastic bag for protection.

This art print measures approximately 8x10 inches, including the mat. The mat pictured is representative, the one you receive may vary. If you are ordering more than one print, we will try to match mat colors when available.



This art print is made from an historical photo of Tehedo Necha (One Who Forbids His Home), one of the 38 Santee Sioux warriors hanged at Mankato in 1862. The photo was taken by army Captain H.H. Whitney.

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When he was photographed in 1862, the Santee Sioux, Te-He-Do-Ne-Cha (One who Forbids his House), had been arrested for his participation in the Minnesota massacre of 1862.

The massacre, which killed 700 settlers and 100 soldiers, occurred because the Indians had been denied money pledged them by treaty and were starving. A military commission sentenced 303 Sioux to death by hanging, but Abraham Lincoln overturned most of the sentences.

On December 26, 1862, thirty-eight Santee Sioux were executed, including Tehedo Necha. In Indian Country, they are referred to as the Mankato 38, the largest public hanging in American history.

At the time he was photographed, Tehedo Necha was under guard. To emphasize his role in the massacre, the photographer had his subject hold a long rifle in one hand, and a powderhorn or knife in his other. In the oval framed portrait, Tehedo Necha, cloaked in a Hudson Bay blanket gazes directly at the camera with a somber and unflincing expression.

Captain H.H. Whitney, who later obtained the rank of Colonel, was in charge of the roundup of prisoners at Yellow Medicine. He was an aide to General Sibley and later Major Pershing.

When the army moved from Lower Agency to a winter camp at Camp Lincoln between Mankato and South Bend, 400 Sioux, both condemned and uncondemned were shackled and loaded into wagons of 10-12 prisoners each, who were escorted by 1500 soldiers. The group stretched out over four miles.

In spite of the large military escort, as they passed through the town of New Ulm, an angry mob of mostly white women attacked the Indians in the wagons. One woman split a shackled indian man's jaw in half with a hatchet and another crushed a skull with a brick. The women threw so many rocks and bricks that the army was forced to retreat and go around the town.