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North Scalp Creek

Coordinates: 43°08′02″N 98°51′43″W / 43.13389°N 98.86194°W / 43.13389; -98.86194
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North Scalp Creek is a stream system in the U.S. state of South Dakota.[1]

Scalp Creek received its name from an incident when a man was scalped by Sioux Indians.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Scalp Creek
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 56.

43°08′02″N 98°51′43″W / 43.13389°N 98.86194°W / 43.13389; -98.86194