Indians of North America -- Iowa; Spirit Lake Massacre, Iowa, 1857
Marble, William, settlement of, at Spirit Lake, 55;
massacre of, 113-118, 296;
taking of money from body of, 117;
reference to, 118;
visit of Markham and Palmer to cabin of, 137;
burial of body of, 158;
preëmpting of claim of, 270
Marble, Mrs. William, 115, 116, 156, 222, 223, 233, 234, 242,
245, 246;
taking of, as captive, 117;
burden borne by, 216;
attitude of, toward captivity, 220;
history of ransom of, 225-231;
information secured from, 232;
reception of, at St. Paul, 239, 240;
later life of, 271, 317
Marion County, 31
Markham, Morris, 55, 132, 134, 135, 140, 142, 147, 148, 149, 189;
discovery of massacre by, 122-124;
news carried to Springfield by, 124, 125;
doubt concerning story of, 136;
proof of story of, 136, 137;
oxen secured by, 148, 149
Marsh, James M., attack on, 17, 30, 31
Marshalltown, 272
Massacre of 1862, services of John Other Day during, 312
Mason, B. S., 164
Mason, Frank R., 165, 184, 185, 187, 188;
experiences of party guided by, 211-213
Mason, Solon, 166, 208, 209
Mason City, 27, 48, 49, 272
Masonic Grove, 27
Ma-to-wa-ken, 238, 243
Mattock, Agnes, 118
Mattock, Alice, 118
Mattock, Daniel, 118
Mattock, Jackson A., 118
Mattock, Jacob M., 118
Mattock, James H., settlement of, at Lake Okoboji, 53, 54;
camp of Indians near cabin of, 95, 96;
reference to, 99, 118, 123;
plan to concentrate at cabin of, 100;
failure of warning to reach, 101;
massacre at cabin of, 105-107, 295;
killing of, 106, 107;
burning of cabin of, 106;
discovery of massacre at cabin of, 161;
burial of victims of massacre at cabin of, 194, 195
Mattock, Mrs. James H., killing of, 106, 107
Mattock, Mary M., 118
Mattock children, killing of, 106
Mattock’s Grove, 54
Maxwell, J. D., 163
Maxwell, John N., 165, 175, 176, 184, 185, 192, 194, 200, 202,
264, 307;
effort of, to secure aid, 176, 177;
men kept awake by, 201, 202;
crossing of river effected by, 203, 204
Ma-za-ku-ta-ma-ni, speech by, 242, 243, 253, 254;
reference to, 269, 312
Mdewakanton Sioux Indians, treaty made by, 7, 8;
council with, 249
Mead, Ambrose S., 39, 40, 88, 93;
ill treatment of family of, by Indians, 89, 90
Mead, Mrs. Ambrose S., 89;
captivity of, 90
Mead, Emma, 90
Mead, Hattie, 90
Medary, Governor, 240, 245;
speech by, 242, 243;
Abbie Gardner escorted by, 244
Medium Lake, settlement at, 38, 181;
march of relief expedition to, 170-181;
relief expedition at, 181;
departure of relief expedition from, 182;
reference to, 183, 193, 207, 209
Mendota (Minnesota), treaty made at, 7, 8, 15, 19;
annuities under treaty of, 248
Merrill, Governor, 316
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