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Book Title: Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia Of South Dakota

  Allen's Expedition. In the summer of 1844, Captain James Allen, of the First
Regiment of U. S. Dragoons, accompanied by four officers and 52 men, made a
military reconnoissance into Dakota from Fort Des Moines and return. They came
up the Des Moines river to Lake Shetak, near Tracy, Minnesota, and thence went
west through "the hole in the mountain" at Elkton and on to the Sioux River,
near Brookings, thence down the Sioux, to a point about east of Jefferson,
whence they turned sharply east to the Des Moines River. It was purely an
enterprise of exploration in the interest of knowledge. They reached the Big
Sioux on September 10th, They reached Sioux Falls on September 13th and the
river being at flood they were greatly impressed with the cataract. They left
the river as above stated on Sept. 20th. The report is the first of consequence
pertaining to the Sioux Valley and was important, but in no way sensational.
Hist., IX, 347.


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DOANE ROBINSON'S
Encyclopedia of South Dakota
FIRST EDITION

Published by the Author
PIERRE
1925

COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925

WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
SIOUX FALLS


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