[160] _The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition_ in the _Roster
and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, p. 894; Mrs. Sharp’s _History
of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 76-78; Smith’s
_History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, pp. 68, 69; Gue’s _History of
Iowa_, Vol. I, pp. 300, 301
Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Thatcher in later relations of the massacre spoke
of their children as having been killed at their own cabin. If such
were the facts then their dead bodies must have been carried to the
Howe home; for there they were found by the members of the rescue
party rather than at the place of death. This fact has led to the
statement that five small Howe children were killed in addition to
Sardis and Jonathan. There were, however, only three smaller children
in the Howe family--Alfred, Jacob, and Philetus.
[161] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), pp. 78-80; Neill’s _History of Minnesota_, pp. 622, 623.