[248] _Address of John N. Maxwell_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, p. 527.
[249] Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Expedition_ in the _Annals of Iowa_
(Third Series), Vol. III, p. 483.
[250] Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Expedition_ in the _Annals of Iowa_
(Third Series), Vol. III, p. 500; _Address of John N. Maxwell_ in the
_Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 527; _The Narrative of
W. K. Laughlin_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p.
542.
[251] There seems to have been some disagreement as to who had charge
of the advance guard. For the view taken by the present writer see
Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, p. 80.
[252] _Frank R. Mason’s Recollections_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, pp. 532, 533; Carpenter’s _Spirit Lake Expedition_
in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 484.
[253] For an account of the discovery of the Springfield fugitives see
that of _Frank R. Mason’s Recollections_ in _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, pp. 532, 533.
[254] A quotation from Carpenter in Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I,
p. 314.
[255] _Frank R. Mason’s Recollections_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, p. 533; Smith’s _A History of Dickinson County,
Iowa_, p. 82.
[256] _A Paper by Charles Aldrich_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, p. 548.
[257] _A Paper by Charles Aldrich_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, p. 548.
[258] _Frank R. Mason’s Recollections_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third
Series), Vol. III, p. 533.
[259] _Address of Capt. Charles B. Richards_ in the _Annals of Iowa_
(Third Series), Vol. III, p. 513; _Address of John N. Maxwell_ in the
_Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 528; Duncombe’s _Spirit
Lake Expedition_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, pp.
502-504.