Note 79 — Chapter II · GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVERY.
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Owen Dorsey, describing the Dacotahs or Sioux, says: “There are no slaves among the Siouan tribes”79. This assertion is strengthened by the other authors80 making no mention of slaves. Mrs. E. G. Eastman tells us, that captive women and children were well treated and restored on the conclusion of peace; but often they preferred to remain with their new husbands and adopted parents. Copway and Neill also speak of captive children being adopted81.