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South Dakota
Lewis and Clark traveled through South Dakota.
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General Clark Sends Manuel Lisa to control Native Americans along the Missouri River
General Clark sends Manuel Lisa to northern part of South Dakota, where he builds Fort Manuel, to control Indians along the Missouri River. Red Thunder, Flathead Yanktonais chief from Elm River, Brown County, with son, Waneta, and 22 Sissetons, enlist to serve English in war against Americans. -
A treaty is signed
Yankton Sioux signs a treaty that grants much of eastern South Dakota to the US government and opens the land for settlement.
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Rumors of Gold in The Black Hills
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