Chapter XIII

[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.