In a republic, supreme power is held by the people who exercise it through their elected representatives. The elected individuals represent the citizen body and government leaders exercise power in accordance to the law
-Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, representative government or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
-It is a system of government in which the people control the government through elected political officials. The elected representatives represent the people as opposed to the direct democracy which is a system where people make public policy decisions directly through referendums or initiatives.
I assume it's "sordid". Custer and Singleton as people, Hydraulic mining is important but doesn't seem right. Ghost dance is a tradition so it may honestly be Ghost dance or Sordid