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[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.