Indians of North America -- Iowa; Spirit Lake Massacre, Iowa, 1857
Gardner, Rowland, migrations of, 47-50;
arrival of, at Lake Okoboji, 50;
settlement of, at Lake Okoboji, 50-53;
reference to, 57, 118, 133;
camp of Indians near cabin of, 95, 96;
plan of, for trip to Fort Dodge, 96, 97;
first visit of Indians to cabin of, 97, 98;
fears of, 99, 100;
killing of cattle of, 101;
suspense in cabin of, 101;
desire of, to resist Indians, 102;
massacre at cabin of, 102-104;
pillaging of cabin of, 104;
discovery of massacre at cabin of, 123;
burial of victims of massacre at cabin of, 195;
burial party at cabin of, 195, 196;
monument near cabin of, 266;
preëmpting of claim of, 270
Gardner, Rowland, Jr., 47, 118;
killing of, 103
Gardner, Mrs. Rowland, 51, 97;
unwillingness of, to resist Indians, 102;
effort of, to prevent murder, 102;
killing of, 103
Gates, Emery W., 165, 171, 213;
meal cooked by, 179
Gates, John, 165
Gens, meaning of, 290
Gillespie, Mrs., 273
Gillett brothers, visit of Indians to, 91, 92;
Indian killed by, 92;
flight of, 92
Gillett, Mrs. 92
Gillett’s Grove, settlement at, 39;
reference to, 41, 53, 94, 113;
Inkpaduta’s band at, 91, 92
Goodenough, Lee, 194, 307
Governor, 262, 263, 265
Government (see United States government)
Granger, Carl, settlement of, at Lake Okoboji, 52, 53;
reference to, 105, 118;
killing of, 107;
burial of body of, 195
Granger, George, settlement of, 39;
journey of, to Springfield, 124, 125;
reference to, 132, 135, 150
Granger, William, settlement of, at Lake Okoboji, 52, 53
Granger’s Point, news of massacre carried to, 124;
reference to, 150, 151, 152, 158, 160, 189, 196, 206;
march of relief expedition to, 182-191;
arrival of relief expedition at, 190, 191;
return of men to, 198
Gray Foot, ransom of Mrs. Marble by, 226-231
Great American Desert, 269
Green, Johnny, 33
Greenwood (New York), 47
Griffith, Josiah, 165
Grimes, James W., 19, 162, 168, 282, 295;
efforts of, to secure frontier protection, 20;
refusal of, to call out militia, 21;
letter to Pierce from, 21, 22
Grindstone War, events of, 26-28;
reference to, 49
Gun-caps, giving of, to Indians, 98
Guns, taking of, from Indians, 80;
re-taking of, by Indians, 82
Hamilton County, 36, 265, 286;
memorial in court house of, 263, 264
Hammond, Robert, treatment of, by Indians, 84
Hampton, 54, 55, 60, 110, 244, 270, 272
Harney, General, campaign of, 4, 82;
attitude of Sioux toward, 82;
massacre of Indians by troops under, 277, 278
Harriott, Isaac H., settlement of, at Lake Okoboji, 52, 53;
reference to, 98, 99, 105, 118;
killing of, 106, 107;
burial of body of, 195
Harrison County, alarm in, 20, 22
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