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THE RED MEN OF IOWA.

CHAPTER XVI.

SI-DOM-I-NA-DO-TAH AND HIS BAND.

Band of Outlaws--Wars with other Tribes--Sidominadotah-- Inkpadutah--Titonka-- Ishtahabah--Umpashotah--Wahkonsah-- Kasominee--Indian Battles in Northern Iowa--Battle on Raccoon River--Neswage, a Delaware Chief--Victory of Sacs and Foxes over the Sioux-- Battle near Algona--Government Surveyors Robbed-- Outrages upon Settlers--Fort Dodge Established--Outrages on Boyer River--Removal of Troops from Fort Dodge--Indians Annoy the Settlers--Troubles at Clear Lake--The "Grindstone War"--Whites Organize for Defense--Alarm at "Mayne's Grove" and "Beaver Grove'' --Henry Lott--His Troubles with the Indians--Death of Lott's Son--Expedition Against the Indians--Indian Allies--Death of Lott's Wife--Lott in Humboldt County--Murders Sidominadotah and Family--Escapes--Inquest at the Scene of the Tragedy.

FOR some years after the white had formed small and isolated settlements in several of the northwestern counties of Iowa, that portion of the State continued to be infested by a roving band of Indians belonging chiefly to the Sissiton branch of the Sioux nation. Their leader and chief was Si-dom-i-na-do-tah, whose name is interpreted in English as Two Fingers. It was said that the germ of this band was a family of desperadoes and murderers, and consisted originally of but five lodges. They had wandered away and isolated themselves from the main body of the tribe in consequence of having murdered an aged chief, and were regarded as outlaws by the rest of the Sioux nation. They gradually gathered strength and numbers by the ad-

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