In a dugout sod hole in the ground, in the plains of the Dakota’s you’ve found a rotted journal, mentioning a point of mystery, that the Lakota Sioux dare not travel near.
There are warnings of ‘little people’ who protect its boundary, and mention of a hundred Sioux warriors who perished in battle with them.
However, ‘Old World’ treasure is also mentioned by it’s mysterious author, perking up your interest.
Just as you are about to dismiss this tale as non-sense, a letter falls from the pages. Only a torn edge remains, along with a Presidential Seal from Thomas Jefferson, commanding its author to ‘Explore West’.
With the author being trusted by the former President…why shouldn’t you?
Discover the mystery of this ‘True’ Dakota Fairy Tale!
Dirty Sue : Explorer, adventurer, prospector, without a ‘scart’ bone in her body.
Two Words : Comanche warrior of very few words, searching for his brother’s soul.
Gunner Jens : Quick pistols, faster tongue, with a way of always finding trouble.
Byron ‘Hammer’ Parker : Railroad worker, who drove a spike for every foot he’s traveled west.
Don’t Like Dogs : Cherokee scout, who has left the east, to find he’s not an indian in the west.
André ‘Frenchie’ Allaire : Fur trapper from somewhere up north, that even the snow don’t go.
Boston Becky : Despite her petite and polite demeanor, she’s has hard as nails, and never runs from a challenge…”it just ain’t lady like”.
This adventure takes place at Spirt Mound South Dakota, one of the few places where you’re able to actually stand where once Lewis and Clark were. So much of their journey was over land shifted by the changing Missouri River, but Spirit Mound remains.
Enjoy discovering what diverted Lewis and Clark from their river travel, to determine just how real the Sioux legends of ‘little people’ was.
I’ve written this adventure for Expedition Deadwood 2021, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to celebrate 25 years of Deadlands! It’s also an opportunity to highlight an area that I was raised and spent more of my youth enjoying the wilderness and tales from my Lakota family and friends, and those of my Norwegian and Danish grand parents who helped settle the Dakota Territory.
