[205] Palmer’s _Incidents of the Late Indian Outrages_ in the _Hamilton Freeman_ (Webster City), July 30, 1857; Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 233. For a wholly different view of Dr. Strong see Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, pp. 307, 308. [206] One version of the flight of these refugees tells us that Smith and Henderson were not, at first, left behind but were taken for some distance on hand sleds. This proved impracticable and the men were abandoned. Miss Agnes C. Laut has this plainly in mind when she refers to Mrs. Smith as the “one dame, who abandoned an injured husband on a hand sleigh” and hence does not need to “be preserved as a heroine of the West.” This, however, is unfair to Mrs. Smith.--See Miss Laut’s _Heroines of Spirit Lake_ in the _Outing Magazine_, Vol. LI, p. 692. [207] For varied versions of the flight of the Wheeler refugees see Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 109, 110; Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, pp. 307, 308; Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 234. CHAPTER XX [208] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 239. [209] Report of Captain Barnard E. Bee in _House Executive Documents_, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. II, Doc. No. 2, p. 146. [210] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 160-162. [211] Quoted from the _St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat_ for May 16, 1857, in Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, p. 240. [212] Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 158-160. [213] Hubbard and Holcombe’s _Minnesota in Three Centuries_, Vol. III, pp. 241, 242. CHAPTER XXI [214] For information concerning the journey and findings of Howe, Wheelock, and Parmenter see _The Spirit Lake Massacre and Relief Expedition_ in the _Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers_, Vol. VI, pp. 895, 896; Mrs. Sharp’s _History of the Spirit Lake Massacre_ (1902 edition), pp. 125, 126; Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, pp. 49, 74, 75; Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Massacre_ in the _Midland Monthly_, Vol. IV, p. 26; Flickinger’s _Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa_, p. 35; Gue’s _History of Iowa_, Vol. I, p. 311. [215] _Address of Capt. Charles B. Richards_, at the placing of a memorial tablet in the Hamilton County Court House, in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 509. [216] Carpenter’s _The Spirit Lake Massacre_ in the _Midland Monthly_, Vol. IV, p. 26; _Address of John N. Maxwell_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 525; Smith’s _History of Dickinson County, Iowa_, p. 75. [217] _Letter from Sergt. Harris Hoover_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. III, p. 551; Hoover’s _The Tragedy of Okoboji_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. V, p. 16. [218] Hoover’s _The Tragedy of Okoboji_ in the _Annals of Iowa_ (Third Series), Vol. V, p. 16.