Williamson, Thomas S., 229, 239 Williamson, Mrs. Thomas S., 239 Willson, S., 164 Willson, W. C., 164 Wilson, William R., 167, 192, 195, 196, 244, 272 Wiltfong, 159 Winnebago Indians, reservation given to, 6; reference to, 25, 26 Winter, army transportation in, 247, 248 Winter of 1856-1857, character of, 42, 43; sufferings of Indians during, 72, 73 Wood, Charles, 56 Wood, George, 56, 132, 136; refusal of, to believe in danger, 132, 133, 136; killing of, 143, 144 Wood, William, 56, 126, 132; refusal of, to believe in danger, 125, 132, 133, 136; killing of, 143, 144 Wood brothers, store kept by, 57; Indians at store of, 135, 136; pillaging of store of, 145, 146 Woodbury County, alarm in, 20, 22; settlement in, 40; reference to, 73, 78 Woods, Samuel, 18, 281; Fort Dodge established by, 280, 281 Wright, L. K., 166 Wright County, 309 Wyoming, 21, 82 Yankton Sioux Indians, 63, 71, 154, 234, 253, 255; refuge of Inkpaduta among, 67, 72; reception of Inkpaduta’s band by, 223; attitude of, toward captive, 235, 236 Yellow Medicine Agency, 226, 233, 245, 254, 312 Yellow Medicine mission, 239 Yellow Medicine River, 225, 236, 256, 257, 269, 278 Young Men’s Christian Association, 194 Young Sleepy Eyes, 284 Transcriber’s Note: Archaic and inconsistent spelling and punctuation retained. End of Project Gutenberg's The Spirit Lake Massacre, by Thomas Teakle