Horrible punishment for murder in 1873.
The Musquakie Indians,in Jasper County, inflicted a terrible punishment upon a murderer of their tribe last week. He had killed a squaw and was tried by the tribe and sentenced to death. They tied him to a log, face up, and left him to starve, which he did in eight days, the Indians guarding him all the time.
Musquakie Indians, “State Items.,” Buchanan County Bulletin (Independence, Iowa), 2 May 1873; digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 20 November 2019); citing State Historical Society of Iowa-Des Moines, Iowa, p. 2, col. 3.