Hidatsas. and Arikara Indians. are recalled as well as the famous encounter with Sakakawea. a teenage Shoshone Indian girl who served as a guide to Lewis and Clark. The book describes the industries and the people that formed the Dakotas. Agriculture and fur trapping were key industries in the development of the Dakota Territory and figures such as Gen. George Custer. Wild Bill Hickok. Calamity Jane. Sioux Indian chiefs Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. and Theodore Roosevelt. and the countless immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia played monumental roles in the early history of Dakota Territory and statehood of the two Dakotas. Mr. Speaker. it is with great pride that I speak of the history of North and South Dakota.
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