[284] Republished article from the _St. Paul Pioneer_ of May 31, 1857,
in the _Hamilton Freeman_ (Webster City), July 13, 1857.
[285] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), p. 150.
[286] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), pp. 151-156, 168.
[287] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), pp. 168-171. This stone is more familiarly known in
mineralogy as catlinite--being so named from George Catlin, the noted
traveler, who first studied it. See Hodge’s _Handbook of American
Indians_, Vol. I, pp. 217-219.
[288] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), pp. 152, 153.
[289] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902
edition), p. 172.
[290] Robinson’s _A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the
_South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, p. 237.
[291] Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, p. 322; Mrs. Sharp’s _History
of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), p. 175.
[292] Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, p. 323; Robinson’s _A History
of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical
Collections_, Vol. II, p. 237; Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit
Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 175, 176.
[293] Republished article from the _St. Paul Pioneer_, of May 31,
1857, in the _Hamilton Freeman_ (Webster City), July 13, 1857.
[294] B. M. Smith and A. J. Hill’s _Map of the Ceded Part of Dakota
Territory_, 1861.