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154 Deadwood in 1876, many crimes were committed, but most of them were promptly punished. Many of those pioneer gold diggers are still living among the most successful and most respected men of South Dakota. It

will always be to their great credit that in this period of excitement they possessed the good sense and the courage to uphold the dignity of organized society.

While the sturdy miners were thus protecting themselves from these great dangers from within, an even greater peril threatened them from without. The Sioux Indians,