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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.