[37] Fort Clarke, by General Orders No. 34, Army Headquarters, on June 25, 1851, had been changed in name to Fort Dodge. By Order No. 9, Sixth Military Department Headquarters, St. Louis, Missouri, on March 30, 1853, the abandonment of Fort Dodge was ordered. By the same order, Major Woods was directed to establish the new post.--See _Fort Dodge, Iowa_, in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. IV, pp. 536, 537; Carpenter’s _Major William Williams_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, pp. 148, 149; Van der Zee’s _Forts in the Iowa Country_ in _The Iowa Journal of History and Politics_, Vol. XII, p. 199. [38] Flickinger’s _Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa_, p. 26. [39] Carpenter’s _Major William Williams_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, p. 151. [40] While Major Woods’ detail was on its way from Fort Snelling en route to the future site of Fort Dodge it was joined on the Iowa River by Major Williams who became later the post sutler and was destined to play a large part in the history of northwestern Iowa. This was in 1850.--Carpenter’s _Major William Williams_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, p. 147. [41] Carpenter’s _Major William Williams_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, p. 151; letter from William Williams to Governor Hempstead, September 1, 1854, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. [42] Letters from Governor Grimes to Secretary of State, George W. McCleary, February 14, November 5, and December 1, 1855, and to Congressman S. R. Curtis, February 28, 1855, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. [43] Letter from Governor Grimes to the Iowa Congressional Delegation, January 3, 1855, in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, pp. 627-630. [44] Letter from Governor Grimes to the Iowa Congressional Delegation, January 3, 1855, in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. II, p. 629. [45] Letter of Governor Grimes to Congressman S. R. Curtis, February 28, 1855, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. [46] Letter of Governor Grimes to President Pierce, December 3, 1855, in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 135-137; _Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, pp. 889, 890. [47] Smith’s _The Iowa Frontier During the War of the Rebellion_ in the _Proceedings of the Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association of Iowa_ for 1898, p. 59.