Sioux

(800,) or DACOTAHS, a fam. of N. American aborigines, once one of the most powerful and numerous of the Indian tribes. Their present location is about the Upper Mi i ippi, Mi ouri, and St. Peter's rivers, and they number abt. 8,000 souls. A part of them are partially civilized and carry on agricultural pursuits. In 1862, the S., under the conduct of a chief, " Little Crow," carried on a sanguinary warfare against the white people of Minnesota, on the pretext that their annuity had not been duly paid by the govt. They were summarily put down, but not before they had ma acred several hundred persons of both sexes and all ages. In low a, a W.N.W. co., on the Dakota frontier; area, 760 sq. m.; C. Lincoln. Pop. 576. Sioux City, in Iowa, a town, C. of Woodbury co., on the Mi ouri river, 220 m. N.N.W. of Omaha. Pop. 3,401. Sioux River, in Minnesota, has its source inN. Lat. 45º, W. Lon. 97° 20', and empties into the Mi ouri, inN. Lat. 42° 30', W. Lon. 96° 20', after a course of 300 m. [s. 829]