December 26, 1862. On the day after Christmas, in Mankato, Minnesota, thirty-eight Indians were hanged on the order of President Lincoln. This event stands today as the greatest mass execution in the history of the United States. In Over The Earth I Come, Duane Schultz brilliantly retells one of America's most violent and bloody events-the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862. | OVER THE EARTH I COME by Duane Schultz, Paperback | Indigo Chapters