[279] Hoover's _The Tragedy of Okoboji_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. V, p. 24.
[280] _Frank R. Mason's Recollections_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 535.
[281] _Address of Ex-Governor Carpenter_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 487.
[282] _Frank R. Mason's Recollections_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 535, 536.
[283] _Letter from Mrs. Collins_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 549.
[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.
[295] _The Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857_ in the _Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society_, Vol. III, pp. 392-394; Robinson's _A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, p. 238.
[296] Robinson's _A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, p. 238.