Indians of North America -- Iowa; Spirit Lake Massacre, Iowa, 1857
Sharp, Mrs. Abbie Gardner, 70, 94, 105, 156, 157, 217, 235, 265,
266, 267;
efforts of, to secure monument, 265;
later life of, 270, 271;
characterization of Sioux by, 292
(see also Gardner, Abbie)
Sharp, Casville, marriage of Abbie Gardner and, 270
Sheehan, T. J., 254
Shell Rock, Gardner at, 48;
reference to, 60
Shell Rock Valley, 48
Sherman, George B., 169, 180
Sherman, Major, 249, 250, 259
Shiegley, Adam P., 57, 134, 135, 152, 158
Shifting Wind, 74
Shippey’s Point, 61, 96, 199, 305;
march of relief expedition to, 179, 180;
members of relief expedition at, 208, 209;
breaking up of expedition at, 211
Sidell (California), 271
Sidominadota, depredations by band under, 29-31;
attack of, on Lott, 32;
murder of, 34, 285;
murder of family of, 34-36;
reference to, 63;
flight of, from Inkpaduta, 68;
relation of murder of, to Spirit Lake Massacre, 74-77
Silbaugh, Mr., 271
Sioux City, 37, 41
Sioux Indians, Mecca of, 1;
government dealings with, 1-8;
campaign of Harney against, 4;
treaties between Sacs and Foxes and, 5, 6;
wrongs done to, 9-16;
government attitude toward, 12;
retirement of, 17;
depredations by, 17-25;
attitude of, toward whites, 22, 23;
retrogression of, 23, 24;
trouble with, near Clear Lake, 26-28;
attack of, on Lott, 32;
sufferings of, during winter of 1856-1857, 43;
outlaw band of, 63-71;
relationship among, 75;
practice of blood revenge among, 75-77;
attitude of, toward Harney, 82;
scalp dance of, 94;
attitude of, toward pipestone quarry, 218, 219;
receptions of Inkpaduta’s band by, 223;
demand for punishment of, 225;
trouble over payment of annuities to, 248-251;
expedition of, against Inkpaduta, 252, 253;
difficulties of Cullen with, 253, 254;
excitement among, 258, 259;
reservation given to, 278;
conspiracy among, 282;
warfare between Sacs and Foxes and, 284;
Inkpaduta pitied by, 289, 290;
method of becoming exile among, 291;
characterization of, 292
(see also Wahpekuta Sioux, Yankton Sioux, etc.)
Sioux outbreak, Inkpaduta in, 254, 255
Sioux Rapids, settlements near, 39;
reference to, 40, 41, 91, 92, 93
Sisseton Sioux Indians, treaty made by, 7, 8;
depredations by, 29-31;
reference to, 75, 251;
council with, 253
Sitting Bull, 70, 255
Skinner, J. B., 57, 134, 152
Skinner, Mrs. J. B., 134, 152
Skunk Creek, 224
Skunk Lake, 224, 225, 226, 246, 252
Sleds, use of, by Indians, 113, 114;
use of, by settlers in flight, 149;
transportation in army by means of, 247
Sleepy-Eye, rendezvous of, 183
Slocum, Isaac, farm of, 129, 130, 131, 135
Smith, Frances M., 47
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