[148] _The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition_ in the _Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, p. 892; Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, pp. 58-61. [149] John F. Duncombe’s _Spirit Lake Relief Expedition of 1857_ in the _Proceedings of the Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association of Iowa for 1898_, p. 38; Annals of Iowa (Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 493, 494. CHAPTER XII [150] Pond’s _The Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota as They Were in 1834_ in the _Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society_, Vol. XII, pp. 436, 437. [151] _The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition_ in the _Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, p. 893; Mrs. Sharp’s _Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 63, 64; Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, p. 65. [152] Concerning the events at the Gardner cabin we must, of necessity, rely upon the statements of Mrs. Abbie Gardner Sharp who remained the only living witness of the scene. See Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 63-65. [153] Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, pp. 65, 66; Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Massacre_ in the _Midland Monthly_, Vol. IV, p. 21; Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, pp. 297, 298; Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 65-67. [154] Richman’s _The Tragedy at Minnewaukon_ in _John Brown among the Quakers_, pp. 214-216; Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 67-71; Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Massacre_ in the _Midland Monthly_, Vol. IV, p. 21. [155] Pond’s _The Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota as They were in 1834_ in the _Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society_, Vol. XII, pp. 437, 438. [156] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), p. 73. [157] See Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), p. 73, where the statement is made that five men, two women, and four children were killed at the Mattock cabin. [158] Hughes’s _Causes and Results of the Inkpaduta Massacre_ in the _Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society_, Vol. XII, pp. 271, 272.