Pioneer settlers were massacred by Sioux Indians from March 8 to 13, 1857, in violence that began near this spot and continued to Springfield, now Jackson, Minnesota. Those named among the dead were Robert Clark, Rowland Gardner, Frances M. Gardner, Rowland Gardner, Carl Granger, Jos. Harshman, Isaac H. Harriott, Joel Howe, Millie Howe, Jonathan Howe, Sardis Howe, Alfred Howe, Jacob Howe, Philetus Howe, Harvey Luce, Mary M. Luce, Albert Luce, Amanda Luce, Wm. Wood, James H. Mattock, Mary M. Mattock, Alice Mattock, Daniel Mattock, Agnes Mattock, Jacob M. Mattock, Jackson A. Mattock, William Marble, Robert Mathieson, Lydia Noble, Alvin Noble, John Noble, Enoch Ryan, Bertell A. Snyder, Joshua Stewart, his wife and two children, Elizabeth Thatcher, Eldora Thatcher, and Geo. Wood. Miss Abbie Gardner, Mrs. Margaret Ann Marble, Mrs. Lydia Noble, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thatcher were carried into captivity; Mrs. Marble was rescued May 21 and Miss Gardner June 23, 1857, through the efforts of Gov. Sam. Medary and Hon. Chas. E. Flandrau, of Minn., while Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Thatcher were murdered by the Indians. Cap. J. C. Johnson of Webster City and Wm. E. Burkholder of Fort Dodge were frozen to death on the return march in Palo Alto Co. on Apr. 4, 1857. Others fled the attack on Springfield, Jackson, Minnesota, and were rescued by the relief expedition, including John Bradshaw, David Carver, Mrs. S. J. Church and two children, Eliza Gardner, George Granger, Mrs. Harshman and children, Harshman, son of the preceding, and wife, Morris Markham, Mrs. Wm. Nelson and child, Jareb Palmer, A. P. Shiegley, J. B. Skinner and wife, Smith and wife, Dr. E. B. N. Strong, wife and two children, John Stewart, Drusilla Swanger, and J. B. Thomas, wife and five children.