The Spirit Lake Massacre

by Thomas Teakle

CHAPTER VI

[93] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), p. 7; Lee’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, p. 7.

[94] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 8-14; Lee’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, pp. 7, 8.

[95] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 14-35.

[96] Lee’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, p. 11; Carpenter’s The Spirit Lake Massacre in the Midland Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 17; Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), p. 36.

[97] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 36-38.

[98] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 43, 44; The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition in the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers, Vol. VI, p. 891.

[99] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 42, 43.

[100] Hughes’s Causes and Results of the Inkpaduta Massacre in the Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XII, p. 271; Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 42-45; Carpenter’s The Spirit Lake Massacre in the Midland Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 19; The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition in the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers, Vol. VI, p. 891.

[101] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), p. 44; The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition in the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers, Vol. VI, pp. 891, 892.

[102] Neill’s The History of Minnesota, p. 621; Mrs. Abigail Gardner Sharp in the Midland Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 32.

[103] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 44, 45; Carpenter’s The Spirit Lake Massacre in the Midland Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 17; The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition in the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers, Vol. VI, p. 891; Hughes’s Causes and Results of the Inkpaduta Massacre in the Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XII, p. 270.

[104] Lee’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, p. 11; Carpenter’s The Spirit Lake Massacre in the Midland Monthly, Vol. IV, pp. 17, 18; The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition in the Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers, Vol. VI, p. 891; Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), pp. 45, 46.

[105] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), p. 46.

[106] Mrs. Sharp’s History of the Spirit Lake Massacre (1902 edition), p. 48.

[107] Jareb Palmer’s Incidents of the Late Indian Outrages in the Hamilton Freeman, July 23, 1857; Hughes’s Causes and Results of the Inkpaduta Massacre in the Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XII, pp. 272, 273.

[108] Dr. Strong had gone from Fort Dodge to Okoboji with the thought of locating there, but had finally decided upon Springfield. Eliza Gardner had been induced to spend the winter with the Strong family at Springfield.

[109] Jareb Palmer’s Incidents of the Late Indian Outrages in the Hamilton Freeman (Webster City), July 23, 1857; Hoover’s Tragedy of Okoboji in the Annals of Iowa (Third Series), Vol. V, pp. 19, 20.

[110] Jareb Palmer’s Incidents of the Late Indian Outrages in the Hamilton Freeman (Webster City), July 23, 1857.