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<html><head></head><body>Two American Indians, Ketaukah and Kewaubis, were hanged in Detroit on Dec. 27, 1821, for killing two white men — the first executions in Michigan after the territory became part of the U.S. Numerous people attended the hanging, according to Silas Farmer’s book “History of Detroit and Michigan.” <a target="blank" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20121223/NEWS01/312230155/1001/news">read more</a>
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Two American Indians, Ketaukah and Kewaubis, were hanged in Detroit on Dec. 27, 1821, for killing two white men — the first executions in Michigan after the territory became part of the U.S. Numerous people attended the hanging, according to Silas Farmer’s book “History of Detroit and Michigan.” <a target="blank" href="http://www.freep.com/article/20121223/NEWS01/312230155/1001/news">read more</a>

This week in Michigan history: 2 Indians hanged in territory’s first executions as part of U.S.