Si-Te-Cah

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According to reports of Northern Paiute oral history, the Si-Te-Cah, Saiduka or Sai'i (sometimes erroneously referred to as Say-do-carah or Saiekare after a term said to be used by the Si-Te-Cah to refer to another group) were a legendary tribe with whom the Northern Paiutes fought a war and eventually wiped out or drove away from the area, with the final battle having taken place at what is now known as Lovelock Cave near Lovelock, Nevada, United States. They were said to have red hair, and are sometimes described as having been cannibals. In some later versions of the legend they were giants. In 1911, a large amount of artifacts and mummified human remains were discovered under 3 to 6 feet (0.91 to 1.83 m) of guano by guano miners in Lovelock Cave. Although the cave had been mined since 1911, miners did not notify authorities until 1912. The miners destroyed many of the artifacts, but archaeologists were still able to retrieve 10,000 Northern Paiute artifacts from the cave. Items included...

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