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| XXIV
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The Home of Rowland Gardner—Massacre of the Family by the Sioux—Abbie Alone Spared—Heroic Defense at the Mattocks Cabin—Major Williams’ Report of the Hand to Hand Fight—Massacre of the Howe Family—Luce and Clark, Noble, Ryan and the Children the Next Victims—Two More Women Captives—William Marble Slain and his Wife Spared—Morris Markham Discovers the Fate of His Neighbors—Warns the Springfield Settlement—Heroic Defense at the Thomas House—Mrs. Church Shoots an Indian—Criminal Folly and Fate of the Wood Brothers—Refugees Escape from the Thomas House—Conduct of Dr. Strong—Unparalleled Sufferings of the Refugees—Heroice Endurance and Final Rescue
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295-310
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| XXV
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Tidings of the Massacre Reach Fort Dodge—A Relief Expedition Organized—Three Companies Under Command of Major Williams—A March Through Deep Snow, Piercing Gales and Severe Cold—Nine Men Turn Back—Expedition Reaches the Irish Colony—A Scouting Party Sent Forward—Finds the Refugees—Detachment Sent to Bury the Dead—Return March—Caught in a Fearful Blizzard—Intense Suffering and Struggle for Life—Captain Johnson and W. E. Burkholder Perish—Main Body Reach Cylinder Creek—Vain Attempts to Cross the Flood—In the Snow Without Fire or Shelter, 34 Degrees Below Zero—They Struggle Home Freezing and Starving
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311-320
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| XXVI
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Four Young Women Captives—Sufferings of Mrs. Thatcher—Pursuit of the Indians—Lieutenant Murray Deceived by Treacherous Guides—Cruel Fate of Elizabeth Thatcher—Major Flandreau’s Expedition for the Rescue of the Captives—Release of Margaret A. Marble—Murder of Lydia Noble—Despair of Abbie Gardner—She is Rescued Through Major Flandreau’s Untiring Efforts—The Murderer of Mrs. Noble Slain—Two Families of Settlers Warned of the Danger
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