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South Scalp Creek

Coordinates: 43°05′19″N 98°46′04″W / 43.08861°N 98.76778°W / 43.08861; -98.76778
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South 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: South Scalp Creek
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 56.

43°05′19″N 98°46′04″W / 43.08861°N 98.76778°W / 43.08861; -98.76778