Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point)

Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point) (ca. 1805–ca. 1879) 

–a renegade Wahpekute Dakota Indian chief and perpetrator of the so-called Spirit Lake Massacre, the principal clash between American Indians and whites in Iowa's history—was the son of chief Wamdisapa. When Inkpaduta was born in present-day southern Minnesota, the Wahpekute, numbering only about 550, ranged out of their main village near present-day Faribault, Minnesota, to hunt and trap. Their conditions were worsened by traditional warfare with the Sauk and Meskwaki to their south and by the disastrous 1837 smallpox epidemic.... 

Please see: 

 Lass William E. "Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point)." The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press, 2009. Web. 9 November 2020