The Little People so terrified the local population, Lewis reported, that the Maha ( Omaha), Ottoes ( Otoe), and Sioux would not go near the place. The Sioux said that the devils carried sharp arrows which could strike at a very long distance, and that they killed anyone who approached their mound. Lewis wrote in his journal that the Little People were "deavals" (devils) with very large heads, about 18 inches (46 cm) high, and very alert to any intrusions into their territory. On August 25, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and 10 other men traveled about 9 miles (14 km) north of the river's junction with the Missouri River to see the "mountain of the Little People". In 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stayed for a time with a band of Wičhíyena Sioux on the Vermillion River in modern-day South Dakota. It is located within Spirit Mound Historic Prairie in South Dakota. Spirit Mound, reportedly home of some Little People.
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