“Medicine Rock”

24
1954
Potter

(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)

Marker Text

Originally located near the mouth of Little Cheyenne River 15 miles west it was to be inundated by the Oahe Dam and so moved here.

White men, ascending the Missouri, observed this huge rock on a hillside and were told by the Indians it was a Sacred Rock, because when Sully’s Expedition against the hostile Sioux was nearby. Capt. John Feilner rode alone to see the rock, was ambushed by Indians and killed.

On August 17, 1889 casts of these prints believed by the Indians to have been made by the Great Spirit were taken. These prints then taken are cast in concrete alongside the rock. The natural wear over 65 years is thus illustrated.

Location

Potter County, at Dakota Sunset Museum at 205 W. Commerce Street in Gettysburg

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