Sioux
or DACOTAH, INDIANS, a once powerful family of North American Indians. Their number is estimated at tion and are increasing in population. In 1862, the Sioux under the lead of Little Crow, a noted chief, in consequence of the annuity not having been paid to their satisfaction, waged a most cruel and exschemes that no less than 640 men, women, and children, and 94 soldiers, were schemes that no less than 640 men, wo- As an atonement for their great crime in thus murdering the whites the Federal Government allowed only 38 out of 303 Indians found guilty by a proper tribu- Government allowed only 38 out of 303 seemingly unjust, was the result of mature deliberation on the part of the authorities at Washington, who found that seemingly unjust, was the result of maand in consequence of which they sought thorities at Washington, who found that small branches, and located on several res- SIRIUS ervations, chiefly in North and South Dabranch longer than the other; used for transferring liquids from higher to lower branch longer than the other; used for transferring liquids from higher to lower levels. It acts by atmospheric pressure, 30 feet near the level of the sea, and a less height at greater elevations. for determining the number of vibrations corresponding to a note of any given pitch.
In classical mythology, certain melodious divinities who dwelt on the shores of Sicily, and so charmed passing mariners by the sweetness of their song that they forgot their homes and remained there to one legend, they threw themselves into the sea, from rage and despair, on hear- Originally there were only two sirens; but their number was afterward increased to three, and their names are given with great variety.