dacotah

Updated: August 23, 2026

The four tribes of Shoshones, Arrapahoes, Comanches, and Apaches never attempt, like the Dacotah and Algonquin, and other tribes of the East, to surprise an enemy; they take his scalp, it is true, but they take it in the broad day; neither will they ever murder the squaws, children, and old men, who may be left unprotected when the war-parties are out.

Frederick Marryat - The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas