SIOUX  , a tribe of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . The name is an See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French corruption Nadaouesioux of the Algonquian name Nadowesiwug, " little See also:

• SNAKES

snakes . " They See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Dakotas (" See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies ") . They were formerly divided into seven clans: hence the name they sometimes used, Otceti Cakowin, " the seven See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council-fires . " There was a further See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution into eastern and western Sioux . The former were generally sedentary and agricultural, the latter See also:

• NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

nomad horsemen . The Sioux were ever conspicuous, even among Indians, for their See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical strength and indomitable courage . Their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the Alleghanics, but in 1632 the French found them chiefly in See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota and See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin . Thereafter driven westward by the Ojibwa and the French, they crossed the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri into the plains . The Sioux fought on the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence and in that of 1812 . In 1815 a treaty was made with the American See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government by which the right of the tribe to an immense See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract, including much of Minnesota, most of the Dakotas, and a large See also:

• PART

part of Wisconsin, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa, Missouri and See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming, was admitted . In 1835 See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions were started among the eastern Sioux by the American See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board, and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools were opened .

In 1837 the tribe sold all their See also:

• LAND

land east of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . In 1851 the bulk of their Minnesota territory was sold, but a hitch in the carrying out of the agreement led to a risingand See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of whites in 1857 at Spirit See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake on the Minnesota-Iowa border . There was See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace again till 1862, when once again the tribe revolted and attacked the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white settlers . A terrible massacre ensued, and the punitive See also:

• MEASURES

measures adopted were severe . See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty-nine of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian leaders were hanged from the same See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold, and all the Minnesota Sioux were moved to reservations in Dakota . The western Sioux, angry at the treatment of their kinsmen, then became thoroughly hostile and carried on intermittent war with the whites till 1877 . In 1875 and 1876 under their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, Sitting See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull, they successfully resisted the government troops, and finally Sitting Bull and most of his followers escaped into See also:

• CANADA

Canada . Sitting Bull returned in 1881 . In 1889 a treaty was made reducing Sioux territory . Difficulties in the working of this, and religious excitement in connexion with the See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

Dance craze, led to an outbreak in 189o . Sitting Bull and three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred Indians were killed at Wounded See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

Knee See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, and the Sioux were finally subdued . They are now on different reservations and number some twenty- four thousand .

See INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN .