EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
CONTENTS
I THE ADVANCING FRONTIER
II INDIAN WRONGS AND DISCONTENT
III THE UNPROTECTED FRONTIER
IV THE GRINDSTONE WAR AND THE DEATH OF SIDOMINADOTA
V THE FRONTIER AND THE WINTER OF 1856-1857
VI OKOBOJI AND SPRINGFIELD IN MARCH 1857
VII THE JOURNEY EAST FOR SUPPLIES
VIII THE INKPADUTA BAND
IX INKPADUTA SEEKS REVENGE
X THE SMITHLAND INCIDENT
XI FROM SMITHLAND TO OKOBOJI
XII THE FIRST DAY OF THE MASSACRE
XIII THE SECOND DAY OF THE MASSACRE
XIV FROM OKOBOJI TO HERON LAKE
XV NEWS OF THE MASSACRE REACHES SPRINGFIELD AND FORT RIDGELY
XVI RELIEF SENT FROM FORT RIDGELY
XVII PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE AT SPRINGFIELD
XVIII INKPADUTA ATTACKS SPRINGFIELD
XIX THE SETTLERS FLEE FROM SPRINGFIELD
XX RELIEF ARRIVES FROM FORT RIDGELY
XXI ORGANIZATION OF RELIEF AT FORT DODGE AND WEBSTER CITY
XXII THE MARCH FROM FORT DODGE TO MEDIUM LAKE
XXIII FROM MEDIUM LAKE TO GRANGER'S POINT
XXIV THE BURIAL DETAIL
XXV RETURN OF THE RELIEF EXPEDITION
XXVI THE DEATH OF MRS. THATCHER
XXVII THE RANSOM OF MRS. MARBLE
XXVIII THE DEATH OF MRS. NOBLE AND THE RANSOM OF ABBIE GARDNER
XXIX PURSUIT AND PUNISHMENT OF INKPADUTA
XXX THE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES OF IOWA
XXXI CHANGES OF SIXTY YEARS
NOTES AND REFERENCES CHAPTER I
INDEX
THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE THOMAS TRAKLE
THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE
BY THOMAS TEAKLE
PUBLISHED AT IOWA CITY IOWA IN 1918 BY THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA
THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA