SOUTH DAKOTA 



5467 



SOUTH DAKOTA 



SOUTH DAKOTA 



1890 

 1900 

 1910 

 1917 



People per square mile by decades 

 Religions 



Northwest. In 1856 a permanent industrial 

 settlement was made at Sioux Falls, and within 

 a few years many settlements were established 

 along the Missouri River and in the eastern 

 part of the present state. 



The Dakotas were a part of the Missouri 

 Territory until 1820, and the eastern section 

 was successively included in the territories of 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. 

 From 1854 to 1861 the western part of the 

 present states of North Dakota and South Da- 

 kota was included in Nebraska Territory. In 

 1861 the Territory of Dakota was organized, 

 including North Dakota, South Dakota and 

 parts of Wyoming and Montana (see NORTH 

 DAKOTA) . Its development was retarded by the 

 War of Secession and local Indian disturbances. 

 Under the famous chiefs, Spotted Tail, Red 

 Cloud and Sitting Bull, there were many seri- 

 ous uprisings, known as the Sioux Wars. 



In 1882 the Dakotas acquired their present 

 limits, and the territory was divided into two 

 sections. The south section was the first to 

 frame a constitution, and in 1885 it applied for 

 admission into the Union. In 1887 the propo- 

 sition for the division of the territory into 

 two states was approved by the voters. Two 



years later the constitution of 1885, with slight 

 changes, was adopted, and on November 2, 

 1889, South Dakota became the fortieth state 

 of the Union. 



The Indians were finally defeated by General 

 Nelson A. Miles in the Battle of Wounded 

 Knee in 1890, and since that time their lands 

 and reservations have steadily decreased in size, 

 and the development of the state has been 

 rapid. 



Other Items of Interest. The Devil's Tower 

 is the name given to an isolated, fluted column 

 of rock which rises from the comparatively 

 level land along the North Fork of the Chey- 

 enne to a height of more than six hundred feet. 



In the Black Hills region is a group of hot 

 springs whose curative properties attract many 

 visitors. The Indians believed these springs to 

 be the home of the Great Spirit, and had great 

 faith in their curative properties. 



Parts of South Dakota feel the influence of 

 the Chinook winds (see CHINOOK), which melt 

 the snows with great rapidity. Less beneficial 

 are the hot winds which in the summer some- 

 times sweep up from the hot, dry regions far 

 to the south, withering and blighting the crops 

 in their path. 



