[334]House Executive Documents, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 398.
[334]House Executive Documents, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 398.
[335]This speech is one of the very few well-known oratorical efforts of a Siouan leader and as such it is here appended: “The soldiers have appointed me to speak for them. The man who killed white people did not belong to us, and we did not expect to be called to account for the people of another band. We have always tried to do as our Great Father tells us. One of our young men brought ina captive woman. I went out and brought the other. The soldiers came up here, and our young men assisted to kill one of Ink-pa-du-tah’s sons at this place. Then you (Superintendent Cullen) spoke about our soldiers going after the rest. Wakea Ska (White Lodge) said he would go, and the rest of us followed. The lower Indians did not get up the war party for you; it was our Indians, the Wahpeton and Sisiton. The soldiers here say that they were told by you that a thousand dollars would be paid for killing each of the murderers. Their Great Father does not expect to do these things without money, and I suppose that it is for that that the special agent is come up. We wish the men who went out paid for what they have done. Three men are killed as we know. I am not a chief among the Indians. The white people have declared me a chief, and I suppose I am able to do something. We have nothing to eat, and our families are hungry. If we go out again we must have some money before we go. This is what the soldiers have wished me to say.... All of us want our money now very much. We have never seen our Great Father, but have heard a great deal from him, and have always tried to do as he has told us. A man of another band has done wrong, and we are to suffer for it. Our old women and children are hungry for this. I have seen ten thousand dollars sent to pay for our going out. I wish the soldiers were paid for it. I suppose our Great Father has more money than this.”—House Executive Documents, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 399.
[335]This speech is one of the very few well-known oratorical efforts of a Siouan leader and as such it is here appended: “The soldiers have appointed me to speak for them. The man who killed white people did not belong to us, and we did not expect to be called to account for the people of another band. We have always tried to do as our Great Father tells us. One of our young men brought ina captive woman. I went out and brought the other. The soldiers came up here, and our young men assisted to kill one of Ink-pa-du-tah’s sons at this place. Then you (Superintendent Cullen) spoke about our soldiers going after the rest. Wakea Ska (White Lodge) said he would go, and the rest of us followed. The lower Indians did not get up the war party for you; it was our Indians, the Wahpeton and Sisiton. The soldiers here say that they were told by you that a thousand dollars would be paid for killing each of the murderers. Their Great Father does not expect to do these things without money, and I suppose that it is for that that the special agent is come up. We wish the men who went out paid for what they have done. Three men are killed as we know. I am not a chief among the Indians. The white people have declared me a chief, and I suppose I am able to do something. We have nothing to eat, and our families are hungry. If we go out again we must have some money before we go. This is what the soldiers have wished me to say.... All of us want our money now very much. We have never seen our Great Father, but have heard a great deal from him, and have always tried to do as he has told us. A man of another band has done wrong, and we are to suffer for it. Our old women and children are hungry for this. I have seen ten thousand dollars sent to pay for our going out. I wish the soldiers were paid for it. I suppose our Great Father has more money than this.”—House Executive Documents, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Pt. I, p. 399.
[336]Hubbard and Holcombe’sMinnesota in Three Centuries, Vol. III, pp. 267, 268;South Dakota Historical Collections, Vol. II, pp. 344, 345, Vol. VI, p. 226.
[336]Hubbard and Holcombe’sMinnesota in Three Centuries, Vol. III, pp. 267, 268;South Dakota Historical Collections, Vol. II, pp. 344, 345, Vol. VI, p. 226.
[337]Flandrau’s TheInk-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, pp. 402-404.
[337]Flandrau’s TheInk-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, pp. 402-404.
[338]Flandrau’sThe Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, pp. 404-406.
[338]Flandrau’sThe Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, pp. 404-406.
[339]Letter of Governor James W. Grimes to the Iowa Delegation in Congress, January 3, 1855, in theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. II, pp. 627-630; Letter of Governor James W. Grimes to President Franklin Pierce in theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 135-137.
[339]Letter of Governor James W. Grimes to the Iowa Delegation in Congress, January 3, 1855, in theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. II, pp. 627-630; Letter of Governor James W. Grimes to President Franklin Pierce in theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 135-137.
[340]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II, Ch. 163, p. 363, 1st Session, 35th Congress, June 14, 1858.
[340]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II, Ch. 163, p. 363, 1st Session, 35th Congress, June 14, 1858.
[341]Copies of Claims Submittedin Auditor’s office, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa;Statement from the Office of the Northern Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[341]Copies of Claims Submittedin Auditor’s office, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa;Statement from the Office of the Northern Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[342]Statement from Office of Northern Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[342]Statement from Office of Northern Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[343]Letter to Governor Lowe from Superintendent W. J. Cullen, August 12, 1859, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[343]Letter to Governor Lowe from Superintendent W. J. Cullen, August 12, 1859, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
[344]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 157, p. 58, 1st Session, 36th Congress, June 19, 1860.
[344]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 157, p. 58, 1st Session, 36th Congress, June 19, 1860.
[345]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 163, p. 68, 1st Session, 36th Congress, June 21, 1860.
[345]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 163, p. 68, 1st Session, 36th Congress, June 21, 1860.
[346]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 72, p. 203, 2nd Session, 36th Congress, March 2, 1861.
[346]United States Statutes at Large, Vol. 12, Ch. 72, p. 203, 2nd Session, 36th Congress, March 2, 1861.
[347]Laws of Iowa, 1860, pp. 26, 27.
[347]Laws of Iowa, 1860, pp. 26, 27.
[348]Laws of Iowa, 1860, pp. 36, 37.
[348]Laws of Iowa, 1860, pp. 36, 37.
[349]Claims and Vouchers Filed with Governor of Iowain Auditor’s Office, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.As late as January, 1870, in his first biennial message to the legislature, Governor Merrill stated that the State had recently received from the Federal government the “sum of $18,117 to reimburse outlay for the defense of the northern border of the State, subsequent to the massacre at Spirit Lake in 1857.”—Shambaugh’sMessages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa, Vol. III, p. 263.
[349]Claims and Vouchers Filed with Governor of Iowain Auditor’s Office, in the Public Archives, Des Moines, Iowa.
As late as January, 1870, in his first biennial message to the legislature, Governor Merrill stated that the State had recently received from the Federal government the “sum of $18,117 to reimburse outlay for the defense of the northern border of the State, subsequent to the massacre at Spirit Lake in 1857.”—Shambaugh’sMessages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa, Vol. III, p. 263.
[350]Annals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, p. 481.
[350]Annals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, p. 481.
[351]A Worthy Tributein theFort Dodge Messenger, Vol. 23, No. 39, August 18, 1887.
[351]A Worthy Tributein theFort Dodge Messenger, Vol. 23, No. 39, August 18, 1887.
[352]A Worthy Tributein theFort Dodge Messenger, Vol. 23, No. 39, August, 18, 1887.
[352]A Worthy Tributein theFort Dodge Messenger, Vol. 23, No. 39, August, 18, 1887.
[353]S. F. 115 was introduced by Senator A. B. Funk of Spirit Lake, and H. F. 230 by Representative J. G. Myerly of Estherville. Senator Funk’s measure was later substituted in the House for theHouse measure, upon motion of Representative Myerly.—Senate Journal, 1894, pp. 85, 178, 335, 585, 697;House Journal, 1894, pp. 124, 504, 577, 765.
[353]S. F. 115 was introduced by Senator A. B. Funk of Spirit Lake, and H. F. 230 by Representative J. G. Myerly of Estherville. Senator Funk’s measure was later substituted in the House for theHouse measure, upon motion of Representative Myerly.—Senate Journal, 1894, pp. 85, 178, 335, 585, 697;House Journal, 1894, pp. 124, 504, 577, 765.
[354]Laws of Iowa, 1894, pp. 116, 117.
[354]Laws of Iowa, 1894, pp. 116, 117.
[355]Report of the Okoboji and Spirit Lake Monument Commissionin theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 552, 553.
[355]Report of the Okoboji and Spirit Lake Monument Commissionin theAnnals of Iowa(Third Series), Vol. III, pp. 552, 553.
[356]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, pp. 572, 574, 575.
[356]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, pp. 572, 574, 575.
[357]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 576.
[357]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 576.
[358]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 579.It should also be noted that on April 9, 1913, there was approved a law which declared that “on and after the passage of this act, the survivors of the Spirit Lake Relief Expedition of 1857 ... shall receive a monthly pension of $20.00 per month, during the lifetime of each such survivor”.—Laws of Iowa, 1913, p. 362.Under the provisions of this law there was paid out of the State treasury the sum of $2,189.33 for the biennial period ending June 30, 1914, and $4,677.33 for the biennial period ending June 30, 1916.—Report of the Treasurer of State, 1914, p. 21, 1916, p. 21.
[358]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 579.
It should also be noted that on April 9, 1913, there was approved a law which declared that “on and after the passage of this act, the survivors of the Spirit Lake Relief Expedition of 1857 ... shall receive a monthly pension of $20.00 per month, during the lifetime of each such survivor”.—Laws of Iowa, 1913, p. 362.
Under the provisions of this law there was paid out of the State treasury the sum of $2,189.33 for the biennial period ending June 30, 1914, and $4,677.33 for the biennial period ending June 30, 1916.—Report of the Treasurer of State, 1914, p. 21, 1916, p. 21.
[359]Mrs. Sharp’sHistory of the Spirit Lake Massacre(1902 edition), pp. 274-282, 340.
[359]Mrs. Sharp’sHistory of the Spirit Lake Massacre(1902 edition), pp. 274-282, 340.
[360]Judge Charles E. Flandrau inThe Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, p. 399, has this to say of Mrs. Marble after leaving St. Paul, Minnesota: “The bank [where her money had been placed] failed, and that was the end of Mrs. Marble so far as I know, except that I heard that she exhibited herself at the East, in the role of the rescued captive, and the very last information I had of her, was, that she went up in a balloon at New Orleans. I leave to future historians the solution of the problem, whether she ever came down again?”
[360]Judge Charles E. Flandrau inThe Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857in theCollections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. III, p. 399, has this to say of Mrs. Marble after leaving St. Paul, Minnesota: “The bank [where her money had been placed] failed, and that was the end of Mrs. Marble so far as I know, except that I heard that she exhibited herself at the East, in the role of the rescued captive, and the very last information I had of her, was, that she went up in a balloon at New Orleans. I leave to future historians the solution of the problem, whether she ever came down again?”
[361]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 576.
[361]Smith’sA History of Dickinson County, Iowa, p. 576.