Historedia
Person

Abbie Gardner

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1857–1858

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Abbie Gardner, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Spirit Lake Massacre in northwestern Iowa

    1857–1858

    Role: Captive

    1. March 8–12, 1857 · Spirit Lake areaSpirit Lake Attack

      Inkpaduta led a starving Wahpekute band in revenge raids on Iowa settlements near Spirit Lake, killing 38 settlers.

    2. 1858 · Upper Sioux AgencyRansom of Abbie Gardner

      Abbie Gardner was ransomed in 1858 and returned to Spirit Lake after being taken to the Upper Sioux Agency.

Sources

  1. Spirit Lake Massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
  2. Inkpaduta Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10