Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-03
Spirit Lake Massacre.
BY ID. r.. POTTER.

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tives the journey a resumed.
Other rowing bands Of Indians we're
now frequently met to whom Inka-
puda and his band would narrate all
the details Of the massacre even to
the groans of the victims.
On the 9th day of May they
encamped near a lake about thirty
miles west of the big Sioux, the
Indians called it Chau-p ta- va toni a
or skunk lake, here two Sioux broth.
ers, named Se-ha-ho-ta and Ma -kpe-
ya-ha-ho.ton from the Yellow
Medicine river reservation visited
them and stayed over night, and to
them Inkapaduta's band gave in
panto mine the heroic deeds they had
done at Spirit Lake.
After listening to the recital the
brothers proposed 70 buy Abbie but
was informed she was not for sale,
Mrs. Marble was the next favored
n whom they finally bought, for
whom they paid-as they claimed -
all their travelling stock. The trade
was made in guns, blankets, powder,
etc, and Mrs. Marble was permitted
to bid good bye to Abbie and Mrs.
Noble, then she and her purchasers
Immediately started on their return
toward Minnesota. I would like to
take you with her up to the time she
var ransomed, but our journey is
still westward, suffice it to say, that
after several days travel they reached
the yellow Medicine where the
parents of the two Indians who had
rescued her resided into whose care
Mrs. Marble was given. They had
lost a daughter a short time before
and their intentions were to adopt
the captive and showed her the
utmost kindness, a room was cur-
tanned of from the main tent for her
use and a couch of fine furs and pill
lows Of softest feathers prepared for
her, while here word had travelled
that a white woman rescued from
the Indians, was in the camp at
Yellow Medicine, and in two or
three weeks Messrs. Riggs and
Williamson. missionaries of the
agency at Hardwood, came to see
her and accompanied by her-so
called Indian father she was taken
to visit in three homes, negotiations
were made and she was finally
turned over to the whites and in a
short time accompanied Major Elan
dreau to St. Paul where evidences of
sympathy and kindness were shown
her by every q she met.
In a short time after the depar-
ture of Mrs Marble Inkapaduta's
band fell il with a small party of
Yanktons. One Of them purchased
Ms. Noble and Abbie the only two
remaining captiyes, his object was
70 make money by selling them to
the whites. From some cause he
did not leave at once but continued
70 journey with Inkapuda. Now
for the irst time since being cap
tured Mrs. Noble and Abbie were
permitted to occupy the same teepe
a few days after they were sold a
son Of Inkapuda's came into their
teepee and ordered Mrs. Noble to go
out she refused to 60, Abbie gays, l
told her she had better 60 as /
feared he would kill her if she did
net, still she refused, whereupon the
Indian, Roaring-cloud by name,
seized her by the arm with one hand
and o great stick of wood with the
other and dragged her from the
tepee. Abbie says. IL could only
listen in silence TO the cruel blows
and groans as the sounds came into
the tent expecting he would retuen
and serve me in the same manner.
He struck her three blows when he
came back into Che tent, washed his
bloody hands, had a few high words
with the Yanktons then Law down To