Warren sheaf., 1902-03-27

settlement to spread the alarm. A
relief party was sent out from Ft.
Dodge and Webster City. Among
the soldiers you will recognize many
who have since become prominent in
the States history. From the monu-
n.ent we got the names of the relief
expedition. There were three compa-
MES under command Of Major William
Williams. He was an experienced In
dian fighter, sixty-two years old. Com
pany AS officers and men were:
Captain G. B. Richards, First Lieuten-
ant r. A. Stratton, Sergeant L. X.
Wright, Corporal Solon, Mason.
Privates w. %. Burkholder, G. w. Bra
zee, c. G. Carpenter, L. D. Crawford,
Julius Conrad, Henry Carse, Henry
Chatterton, VIM. DeFore, J. w. Daw-
Gales, Andrew Hood, D. Westerfield,
August McBane, VIM. McCaully, Mike
Maher. e. Maher, w. p. Pollock, w.
r. Porter, B. E. Parmenter, L. B.
Ridgeway, .Winton Smith, RsA Smith,
@. S. Spencer, c. Stephens, Elias Don
ahue, r. q. Whelock.
Company B was under Captain J.
T. Duncombe, First Lieutenant Linn
Second Lieutenant S. G. Stevens, Ser
geant w. n. Koons, Corporal Thomas
Callahan. Priyates Jesse Addington
A. Burch, Hiram Benjamin, D. H.
Baker, Orlando Bice, Richard Carter
A. e. Crounse, r. l. Carter, Michael
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Hafey, O. G. Howe, D. f. Howell, A.
S. Johnson, Jonas Murray, Daniel
Morrisey, G. f. Mcclure, A. H. Ma
combe, Michael McCarty, J. N. Nc
Farland, Robert Mccormick, John
Olaughlin, Daniel Akeson, Guernsey
Smith. John Thatcher, w. Searles.
John White, w. r. Wilson, Washing
ton Wilkins, Reuben Milestone.
Company G, Captain ]. G. Johnson,
First Lieutenant J. n. Maxwell, Sec
ond Lieutenant f. r. Mason, Sergeant
Harris Hoover, Corporal A. N. Hath
away. Privates Inomas Anderson,
James Brainard, T.. B. Bonebright,
Sherman Cassaday, w. L. Church,
Patrick Conlan, H. f. Daley, John
Erie, John Gates, e. W. Gates, Josiah
Griffith, James Hickey, II. G. Hillock,
w. w. Rowland, b. D. Kellogg, w. X.
Laughlin, A. S. Leonard, w. v Lucas,
f. r. Moody, John Nowland, J. G.
Pemberton, Alonzo Richardson, Mich
ael Sweeney, Patrick Stafford, A. X.
Tullis, G.. R. Russell, surgeon; G. B.
Sherman, comp.
The three companies started out
across the prairie, a distance of about
seventy miles, and it was most peril
GUS undertaking. The weather was
terribly cold and the snow was frozen
three to five feet deep ON the level and
twelve to fifteen in the ravines. A
good many had frozen feet and hands,
but they pressed onward till within
some miles Of the scene of the massa-
Gre They were met by white settlers
who We're coming south from Spring.
field, Mimi, as fast as they could and
from them they learned that there was
nothing at Spirit Lake, or rather at
Lake Okiboji, to save. So detach-
ment consisting of ten or twenty men
was sent on to bury the dead and
the rest returned home. So, as a mat
ter of fact, the men whose names ap-
pear on the monument as members of
the relief expedition never all got to
the massacre ground, but their inten-
tions We're as patriotic as those who
went. 1t was fitting that the great
State of Iowa should honor all alike.
The dead were buried in the best
manner possible. They were buried
where they were found. Most Of them
were buried near their cabins. There
was no funeral ceremony, and there
were no mourners except the soldiers,
for they had all been killed except the
three women who were carried off by
the Indians. There was no funeral
dirge played and no one placed wreaths
on their coffins. There were no flow
ers and there were no coffins, but the
angels dropped tear Of pity and the
archangels sang a requiem over the
tragic scene. Their memory will be
n ~.