In 1839 Joseph Nicollet, with John C. Frémont, went up the Missouri to Fort Pierre and then struck overland to the east. His 1843 map records the Dakota names of the streams they crossed. Warren's 1857 map labels the region the Dakota (Sioux) country.
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