Near Pierre in Hughes County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Sioux Indian Mosaic

.9 of a mile

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 18, 2017

1. Sioux Indian Mosaic Marker

Inscription. An Aricara lookout surprised by a Sioux War party and badly wounded, took flight to warn his kinsmen. He ran about one-half mile and keeled over dead. The Sioux, admiring his bravery, placed a rock for each drop of his blood and a cairn where he died. They signed it with a tribal band insignia of a turtle. The turtle, many of the trail stones remain in place.

Erected 1954 by William Williamson. (Marker Number 27.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the South Dakota State Historical Society Markers series list.

Location. 44° 26.037′ N, 100° 21.843′ W. Marker is near Pierre, South Dakota, in Hughes County. It is on South Dakota Route 1804 0.8 miles west of Grey Goose Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pierre SD 57501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East River.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

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the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Turtle Effigy (a few steps from this marker); The Oahe Dam & Lake (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Tense Three Days (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Changing Landscape (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Lewis and Clark Expedition (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Lewis & Clark Expedition (approx. 0.9 miles away); Steamboats (approx. 1½ miles away); The Arikara / The Sioux (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pierre.

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 18, 2017

2. Sioux Indian Mosaic Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 595 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on July 16, 2021. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 17, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.