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[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.