[121] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 220. [122] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 221. [123] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 217. [124] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 220. [125] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, pp. 217-222. [126] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, pp. 221, 222; Robinson’s _A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, p. 209. [127] Ingham’s _Ink-pa-du-tah’s Revenge_ in the _Midland Monthly_, Vol. IV, p. 272. [128] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, pp. 267, 268; _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. VI, p. 226. [129] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 56, 57. [130] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), p. 57. It is to be regretted that much of Mrs. Sharp’s characterization of the Sioux evidences an animus and a tendency to emphasize the bad rather than the good traits. The following from page 57 of her book is evidently unfair: “No other tribe of aborigines has ever exhibited more savage ferocity or so appalled and sickened the soul of humanity by wholesale slaughtering of the white race as has the Sioux”. [131] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 223. [132] Robinson’s _History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, pp. 346, 347. [133] Hodge’s _Hand Book of the American Indians_, Pt. II, pp. 891, 902; _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. I, pp. 110, 111; _House Executive Documents_, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. I, pp. 359, 389; Mrs. Sharp’s _Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 54-56. CHAPTER IX [134] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 223. [135] _Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, p. 892; Fulton’s _Red Men of Iowa_, p. 301; Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, p. 53; Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 223. [136] Robinson’s _History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians_ in the _South Dakota Historical Collections_, Vol. II, p. 344.