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Cyrus A. Brooks, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment. Ezra R. Lathrop, resigned, October 27, 1864.
Chaplain.
Organized August, 1864. Stationed at frontier posts until June, 1863, when ordered upon Indian Expedition. Engaged with Indians July 24, 26, and 28. 1863. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo .. Oeto- ber, 1863; thence to Columbus, Ky., April, 1864; thence to Memphis
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
Tenn., June, 1864, and assigned to 16th Army Corps. Participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishies: Battle of Tupelo, July 13, 1865. Oxford Expedition. August. 1864. Marched in pursuit of Price from Brownsville, Ark , to Cape Girardeau: thence by boat to Jefferson City: thence to Kansas line: thence to St. Louis, Mo. Battles of Nashville. Tenn .. December 15 and 16. 1864. Spanish Fort ard Fort Blakely, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Aug. 19, 1865.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. James B. Gilfillan, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment.
Lieut. Col. John Ball. Winona: discharged with regiment.
Major. Martin Maginnis, discharged with regiment.
Adjutant. Horatio D. Brown. discharged with regiment
Q. Master.
Martin Maginnis, promoted Major. September 13, 1864. Nathaniel C. Gault. discharged with regiment.
Surgeon. Henry McMahon, Fort Ripley; discharged with regi- ment.
Asst. Surg. Peter Gabrielson, St. Paul: discharged with regiment. Robert L. Morris, discharged with regiment.
Chaplain. Charles G. Bowdish, Glencoe; discharged with regi- ment.
Organized August, 1864. Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee. Engaged in guarding railroad between Nashville and Louisville, until muster ont of regiment, June 26. 1865.
INFANTRY BATTALION.
Lieut. Col. Mark W. Downie. Stillwater: discharged with regi- ment, July 14, 1865.
Major. Frank Houston, St. Paul; discharged with regiment.
Adjutant. James H. Place, St. Cloud; discharged with regiment.
Q. Master. John W. Pride, St. Anthony; discharged with regi- ment.
Surgeon. John B. LeBloude, discharged with regiment.
Asst. Snrg. Charles H. Spear, Minneapolis; discharged with regi- ment.
Originally consisted of two companies, organized from the re- enlisted veterans, stay-over men and recruits of the First Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. Ordered to Washington, D. C., May, 1864; joined Army of the Potomac June 10th, 1864. Partici- pated in the following engagements: Petersburg. Va., June 18, 1864; Jerusalem Plank Roads, Va., June 22 and 23, 1864: Deep Bottom. Va .. August 14, 1864: Ream's Station, Va .. August 25. 1864; Hatcher's Run, Va., October 27. 1864; Hatcher's Run. Feb- ruary 5, 1865. Company C joined March 27, 1865. Took active part in campaign commencing March 28. 1865, and resulting in the capture of Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Four new companies
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ARTILLERY AND SHARP SHOOTER OFFICERS.
joined at Berksville, Va., April, 1865. Marched from Berksville. Va .. to Washington, D. C., May, 1865. Two new companies joined at Washington. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., June, 1865. Mustered out at Jeffersonville, Ind., July 14, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, July 25, 1865.
HEAVY ARTILLERY, FIRST REGIMENT.
Colonel. William Colville, Red Wing; discharged by order May, 1865.
Lieut. Col. Luther L. Baxter. Shakopee; discharged with regi- ment, Sept., 1865.
Major Luther L. Baxter, Shakopee; promoted Lieut. Col., Feb. 22, 1865.
Orlando Eddy, discharged with regiment.
Christopher C. Heffelfinger, discharged with regiment. David Misner, discharged with regiment.
Surgeon. Milo M. Mead, Winona; discharged with regiment. Clinton G. Stees. St. Paul; resigned June 24, 1865.
Asst. Surg. Milo M. Mead, promoted, July 19, 1865. J. C. Rhodes, Stillwater; discharged.
Chaplain. Charles Griswold. Winona; discharged with regiment. Organized April. 1865. Stationed at Chattanooga, until mustered out with regiment, in September, 1865.
SHARP SHOOTERS, FIRST COMPANY.
Francis Peteler, Captain, Anoka; promoted Lieut. Col. 2d Regt. U. S. S., Feb. 10, 1862.
Benedict Hipler, 1st Lieutenant, promoted Captain, Feb. 10, 1862; resigned July 28, 1862.
Dudley P. Chase, Minneapolis; promoted 1st Lieutenant, Feb. 10, 1862; Captain, July 18, 1862: died of wounds in battle of Chancellorville, Va.
SHARP SHOOTERS, SECOND COMPANY.
Wm. F. Russell, Captain; resigned Feb. 20, 1863.
Emil A. Burger. Captain; resigned Nov. 20, 1863.
Mahlon Black. Captain.
Emil A. Burger, 1st Lieutenant. promoted Captain. Feb. 20, 1863. John W. Jones, Ist Lieutenant; resigned May 20, 1863.
Mahlon Black, Ist Lieutenant; promoted Captain, Nov. 23, 1863. Lonis Fitzimmons, 1st Lieutenant.
John A. W. Jones, 2d Lieutenant; promoted 1st Lieutenant, Feb. 20. 1862.
Mahlon Black, 2d Lieutenant; promoted 1st Lieutenant. Daniel H. Priest, 2dl Lieutenant.
The company left St. Paul, Minn., April 27. 1862; reported by order of Maj. Gen. MeClellan, to the 1st Regt. U. S. S. at Yorktown, Va., May 6, 1862. May 22, 1862, by special Order No. 153, issued
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
by Maj. Gen. McClellan. the company was assigned for duty with the 1st Minn. Vols .. and on duty with that regiment from June 1, 1862, and participating in all the engagements and battles of said regiment until its nmister out from the U. S. service. All the enlisted men of the company whose term of service had not then . expired, were transferred to companies A and B of the 1st Minn. regiment Infantry. in pursuance of special Order No. 102. Head Quarters Army of the Potomac, dated April 22, 1865.
CAVALRY-MOUNTED RANGERS, FIRST REGIMENT.
Colonel. Samuel McPhail, Caledonia; discharged with regi- ment.
Lieut. Col. William Pfænder, New Ulm. discharged with regi- 'ment.
Major. John H. Parker. Warsaw; discharged with regiment. Salmon A. Buell. St. Peter; discharged with regiment. Orrin T. Hayes. Hastings. discharged with regiment.
Adjutant. William M. Pierce, Oronoco; discharged with regiment. Q. Master. Duncan R. Kennedy, St. Peter; discharged with regi- ment.
Com'issary. Edward D. Cobb. St. Paul; discharged with regiment.
Surgeon. Josiah S. Weiser, Shakopee; killed July 24, 1863, bat- tle Big Mound. D. T.
Asst. Surg. Reginald H. Bingham, Winona; resigned for promo- tion, May 7. 1863. James C. Rhodes, Stillwater; discharged with regi- ment.
Chaplain. Thomas E. Iuman, St. Paul; discharged with regiment. Organized March, 1863. Upon the frontier until May, 1863. Indian Expedition. Engaged with Indians, July 24, 26, 28, 1863. Mustered out by companies between October 1 and December 30, 1863.
CAVALRY-BRACKETT'S BATTALION.
Major. Alfred B. Brackett, St. Paul: discharged May 16, 1866. Originally 1st, 2d and 3d companies of this cavalry organized October and November. 1861. Ordered to Benton Barracks. Mo., December, 1861. Assigned to a regiment called Curtis' Horse. Ordered to Fort Henry. Tenn .. February, 1862. Name of regiment changed to 5th Iowa Cavalry, April, 1862. as companies G, D and K. Engaged in siege of Corinth. April, 1862. Ordered to Fort Heiman, Tenn., August. 1862. Veteranized February, 1864. Ordered to Department of Northwest. 1864. Ordered upon Indian Expedi- tion. Engaged with Indians July 28 and August, 1864. Mustered ont by companies, between May, 1866 and June, 1866.
CAVALRY -- SECOND REGIMENT.
Colonel. Robert N. McLaren, Red Wing: discharged with reg- iment, Nov. 17, 1865.
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CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY OFFICERS.
Lieut. Col. William Pfander, New Ulm; discharged Dec. 7. 1865. Major. Ebenezer A. Rice, Wilton: discharged Dec. 5, 1865. John M. Thompson. Hokah; resigned May 1. 1865. Robert H. Rose, Belle Plaine: discharged April 2. 1866. John R. Jones, Chatfield: discharged with regiment.
Adjutant. John T. Morrison, Rose Mound; discharged with regi- ment.
Q. Master. Martin Williams, Saint Peter: discharged with regi- ment. Reg. Com. Andrew J. Whitney, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment.
Surgeon. Jared W. Daniels, St. Peter; discharged with regi- ment.
Asst. Surg. Joseph A. Vervais. St. Paul; dismissed Nov. 5. 1864. John A. McDonald, Chaska; discharged Dec. 4, 1865, Charles J. Farley, St. Paul: discharged April 2. 1866.
Chaplain. Samuel S. Paine, Champlin; discharged with regiment.
Organized January, 1864. Indian Expedition. Engaged with Indians, July 28, 1864. Stationed at frontier posts and mustered out from Nov., 1865, to June, 1866.
CAVALRY-INDEPENDENT BATTALION.
Lieut. Col. C. Powell Adams, Hastings; discharged with battalion. E. A. C. Hatch, St. Paul; resigned June, 1864.
Major.
C. Powell Adams, Hastings; promoted Lieut. Col., September 5, 1864.
Henning Von Minden, St. Paul; discharged with bat- talion.
Assist. Surg. John L. Armington. Hastings; discharged March, 1864. Clinton G. Stees, Philadelphia; promoted Surgeon 1st Regiment Minn. Heavy Artillery.
Hippolite J. Seigneuret, Henderson; discharged with battalion.
Organized July 20, 1863. Ordered to Pembina. D. T .. October. 1863. Ordered to Fort Abercrombie, D. T .. May, 1864. Stationed at Fort Abercrombie until mustered out. Mustered out by com- panies from April, 1866, to June, 1866.
ARTILLERY-FIRST BATTERY.
Emil Munch, Captain. Chengwatana; resigned December 25. 1862. William Pfiender, Sen. Ist Lieut., New Ulm: resigned for commis- sion in Minnesota Mounted Rangers.
Ferd. E. Peebles, Jun. 1st Lient .. Winona; resigned Ang. 18, 1862. Richard Fischer. Sen. 21 Lieut., New Ulm; resigned Ang. 18, 1862. G. Fred Cook, Jun. 2d Lient., Winona; resigned October 18. 1862.
Organized October. 1861. Ordered to St. Louis, Deeember, 1861; thence to Pittsburg Landing, February, 1862. Engaged in the fol- lowing marches. battles, seiges and skirmishes: Shiloh. April 5th
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
and 6th, 1862; siege of Corinth. April. 1862; Corinth. October 33 and 4th. 1862; marched from Corinth to Oxford, Miss .; thence to Memphis, Tenn. Assigned to 17th Army Corps, November, 1862. Veteranized January. 1864. Ordered to Cairo, Illinois; thence to Huntsville, Ala .; thence to Altoona, Ga ; thence to Ackworth. Ga .; battle of Kenesaw Mountain; Atlanta, July 22d and 28th; Sher- man's campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 30, 1865.
ARTILLERY-SECOND BATTERY.
W. A. Hotchkiss, Captain, Anoka; discharged with battery, Aug. 16, 1865.
Gustave Rosenk. Sen. 1st Lieut., St. Paul: discharged Sept. 11. 1962. Albert Woodbury, Jun. 1st Lieut., Anoka; died from wounds. Jackson Taylor. Sen. 2d Lieut,, Buffalo: resigned April 24, 1862.
Richard L. Dawley, Jun. 2d Lieut., St. Charles; promoted Ist Lieu- tenant.
Organized December. 1861. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., April, 1862; thence to Corinth. May, 1862. Participated in the following marches, battles, seiges and skirmishes. Siege of Corinth, April, 1862; Bragg's raid. Assigned to Army of the 'Tennessee. Battle of Perryville, October Sth and 9th, 1862; Lancaster, October 12th, 1862; Knob Gap, December 20th, 1862; Stone River, December, 30, 1862; Tullahoma. Marched to Rome. Ga., via Stephenson, Ala., Caperton's Ferry and Lookont Mountain; Chickamauga. Sept. 19 and 20, 1893; Mission Ridge; Ringgold. Georgia. Marched to Relief of Knoxville, Tenn .; Buzzard's Roost Gap. Veteranized March, 1864. Nashville. Dec. 15 and 16. 1864. Mustered out July 13, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling.
ARTILLERY-THIRD BATTERY.
John Jones, captain. St. Paul: discharged with battery.
John C. Whipple, Sen. Ist Lieut. Faribault; discharged with bat- tery.
Horace H. Western, Jun. Ist Lieut., St. Paul; discharged with battery.
Dr. A. Daniels Sen. 2d Lieut. Rochester; resigned Dec. 29, 1865.
Gad M. Duelle, Jun. 2d Lieut., Lake City; discharged with battery.
Organized February, 1863. Ordered upon Indian Expedition of 1863; participated in engagement with Indians, July 24, 26 and 28, 1863; stationed at frontier posts until May, 1864, when entered upon Indian Expedition of 1864. Engaged with Indians JJuly 28. 1864, and August. 1864; upon return of expedition, stationed at frontier posts until muster out of battery, Feb. 27, 1866.
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INDEX.
INDEX.
A.
Aird George, Indian trader . . 49
Aird James, Indian trader. ..
Accau (Ako) Michel, explora- tion of 12, 17
Sent by LaSalle. 12
Hennepin accompanies him 12
Stopped by Sioux. 13
Acker Capt. W. H .193, 204
Adams Lieut. Col., wounded. 248 Alexander Lt. W., at Ft. Shell- ing .. .. 84 Aldrich Cyrus, Member of Con- eress. 268, 269
Allen Lieut. James, at Itasca Lake. Ames A. E . early lawyer 148 94 Anderson Thomas G., early tra- der at Lac-qui-parle .. 47,49
his half-bred daughter. 49 in command of Fort McKay 56
Andriani, Italian Count, stric-
tures on North West Company
43 Andrews Gen. C. C 929, 253, 255 Andrews Jo-eph, killed by Sis- seton Sioux 72
Arnold Capt. J. K. 251
Angelle Anthony, the Picard. an associate of Accau and Hen- nepin 12
Austin Gov. Horace, administra- tion of .. 259
notice of 259
Ayer Frederick, Ojibway mis- sionary 108, 109, 123
B.
Babcock L. A 148
Backus Miss, first teacher at Falls of St. Anthony 175
Bailly Alexis, early trader .. 73, 135 Baker C'ol E. D., killed 206
Baldwin School, see Macalester College
Bank Robbery at Northfield,
. .
262
Bardwell. Ojibway missionary .. 123
Bass J. W .. Parly settler 132
Battle of Bull Run 199, 205
Ball's Bluff 206 Birch Coolie 237
Chattanooga
251, 252
Corinth
219, 221
Fair Oaks
216
Battle of Fredericksburg.
223
Gettysburg .. 250
Juka.
219
Savage Station 217
Malvern Hill 218
Mill Spring. 208
Nashville 254
Perryville
Pittsburg Landing 210
Sharpsburg 218
Tupelo 253
West Point, Va 215
Vicksburg. 215
Wood Lake 237
Yorktown, Va., siege of. 213
Beardash, an eccentric Ojib-
4€
way.
Beanharnois, Governor of Cana- da
26
Fort at Lake Pepin
Becht Major
253
Belcourt G. A., Roman Catholic Missionary
123
Beltrami G. B., at Fort Snelling accompanies Major Long. .: reaches Northern sources of Mississippi 75
mentions Elk Lake as west- ern source 75
his Map
Bilanski Michael, poisoned. wife of hung. 171 170 Bishop Harriet E., first school teacher in St. Paul . 174, 175 Bishop (ien. Judson W .. in com- mand of Second Regiment 271
military record. 257
Black River of Wisconsin, Hu- rons near 7.8
Blake, drummer boy 209
Blakely C. H., Adjutant. 207
Blakely David, acting Supt. of Public Instruction . 181
Blue Earth River explored supposed mines near Fort on .. D'Eraque visits.
Boal J. M., early St. Paul settler 139 Boisguillot, early trader near mouth of Wi-consin river Borgesrode Rudolph, Col. of 5th Regiment .. 219
13
Boucher Jean (Sieur Montburn) at Fort Beauharnois 23
74
74
20
294
INDEX.
Boncher captured by Indians ....
Pierre describe: Lake Supe- rior copper mines. Rene (Sieur de la Perriere) builds Fort Beauharnois at Lake Pepin.
Boncherville Sieur de. 27
Boudor, trader to the Sioux, at- taeked by Fox Indians 24
Bontillier C.W., Asst.Surgeon 1st Minnesota Regiment ..... 202, 204 Bontwell Rev. W. T., first Ojib- way missionary in Minne- sota . 108, 109
companion of H. R. School- craft at Itasca Lake .. .95, 109
at Leech Lake 109
visits Fort Snelling 111
commended by Nicollet. 96. 97
marriage of .. 110
his cabin at Leech Lake. 111 settles near Stillwater,. 108
Bradley, Major Seventh Reg't ... 239 Breck Rev. J. Lloyd. 177
Bremer Fredrika, Swedish nov- elist, deseribes St. Paul . . 146, 147 Bridge, first across the Mississ- ippi. 156
Brigade, Franklin's at Bull Run 201
Brigham, Reginald, Surgeon 2d Regiment .. 207
Brisbin, J. B., early lawyer .. . . . 157-62
Brisbois, Lt. in British service .. 55 British Fort at Prairie du Chien 36 British influence in Northwest .. 53-54
Brooks, Rev. David. 1×9 Brooks, Rev. Jazeb. 1×9
Brooks, Lt. Col., of Mississippi captured at Bull Run by J. B. Irvine of St. Paul. 200
Brother, letter about a dead .... 209
69
Brown's Falls ( Minnehaha) . ... Brown, Jacob, Gen. U. S. Army 68 Brown, Joseph R., drummer boy at Fort Snelling 77
Keeps a grog shop for sold-
iers.
101,5
Member of Wisconsin Leg- islature. 127,28
Makes a town site near Stillwater .. 127
Secretary of Council, 1-19
141
Brown, W. C., Baptist minister at Stillwater. 176
Branson, Rev. A., Methodist Missionary. 127
Bruce, agent for Sioux .. 172
Brule (Broolay) Stephen, early explorer .. 5
Brosky ( Brooskey) Charles, trad- er at Sandy Lake. 43
Buffalo in Red River Valley. 45 Charlevoix, Cr.ticism of Hen- Bulger, Capt., surrenders Fort nepin ... 17 MeKay, nt Prairie du Chien. .. 37 Chippewa Indians, see Ojibways Chouart, Medard, see Groseill- iers.
Bulwer, Sir E. L., transIntor of Schiller's Poem 34
27 1 Burgess, color bearer of First Minnesota Infantry, killed at 9 Savage Station, Va ... 217 Burkleo, early settler in Saint Croix Valley . 127 26 Burnside, Gen. Ambrose at Bull Run 202,3 Burt, Dr., Supt. of Publie In- struction. . 177 Butler, Levi, Surgeon Third Regiment. 207
C.
Cadotte, J. B., Red River trader 42
Calhoun, Lake, origin of name. 79
Cameron, Red River trader. 45
Death of. 45 Cameron, Murdoch, trader in Minnesota Valley 52 Death of .. 41 Cameron, Secretary of War 193
Campbell, Colin. interpreter for Sioux .. 55, 72
Campbell. John 55
Camp Cold Water 71
Capitol at St. Paul burned. 253
Carver, Capt. Jonathan, early life of. . .. 32
Discovers cave in Saint Paul
33
Describes Falls of St. Anth- ony 33
Ascends Minnesota river 33
Describes funeral rites 33
Reports speech of Sioux Chief . 33
Speech versified by Schiller. 34 Translation by Bulwer and Herschell. 34,35
His alleged deed for . Sioux land 36
Grandsons of, visit Minne- sota. 63
His picture of Falls of St. Anthony 35
. 33,61 Carver's Cave. description .
Carver's Cave. Maj. Long visits 33, 64 Kohl. J. G .. visits. 33
Nicollet and Fremont visit ..
33
Cass, Gov. Lewis at Camp Cold Water, near Fort Snelling.
71
Cavanaugh, J. M., member of Congress.
268
Chabouillier, Charles, trader .... 12
Chaffee. Chaplain J. F 219
Chagouamigon Bay, first visit of white man .... Trading post at.
LIC.a.
Champlain, Samuel.
Charleville describes Falls of St Anthony. 26
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INDEX.
Clark, Charlotte 69
Clark, Capt. Nathan, U. S. A ....
Clark, Lt. George A., U. S. vol-
unteers .. 244 Clark, Governor of Missouri ... 54, 57 Crary, B. F., Supt. of Instruc- tion .. 150
Clayton, Lt. at Corinth. 221
Coates. Capt. H. A., his report on Gettysburg battle. 246,50 Cobb, Chaplain 1).
Coe, Rev. Alvan, missionary, visits in 1-29 Fort Snelling. .. 107
Collins, frank E .. Q. MI Sergt .. 226
Colville, Col. William, wound- ed at Gettysburg .. 246, 249
Constitutional Convention ..... . 163.64 Constitution, amendments of ... 167
Cook, Lt. at Pittsburg Landing 212 Cooper, David, territorial judge 137
Copper mines of Lake Superior early mention of .. 9,10
Cotton,
early Red River
-trader 45
Courts, first in Minnesota. 137,38
Cressey, Chaplain T. R. 270
Creuxius, Map of .. 10
Crooks, William, Col. of 6th Regiment. 239
Cross, Asst. Surgeon 4th Regi- ment .. 219
Crosses of silver sold by traders 31
D.
DaCosta, Chaplain 5th Mass. Vols .. 201
Dakotahis see Siour.
Dana, Col. N. J. T. . . 206,215
Dart, Capt. J. R.
227
Davenport, Col. U. S. A.
101
Davis, Gov. Cushman K., notice of 260
His administration .260, 61
Day, Dr. David, Speaker of 1th
territorial House of Repre- sentatives. 153
Deace, Capt. in command at Prairie du Chien .. 54
DeCharleville see Charleville.
DeGrey, Lt. wounded at Gettys- burg ..... 243
De la Jemeraye see Jemeraye.
DeLisle, maps of 24,25
De Lusignan vi-its the Sioux.
Dengle. of 1-t Minn. Vols. . . . 202
Denton, a Sioux missionary
123
D'Eraque, robbed by Sioux
23
In charge of Blue Earth
Fort .. 24
D'E-prit Pierre see Radisson.
D'Iberville, Gov. of Louisiana. 20,22
De Peyster, British 4 ommander at Mackinaw 36 Devotion, the first sutler at Fort Snelling 70
Dickson, Col Robert, influential
trader ... 53, 54, 55. 57, 61. 62, 74. = 0, 81 Dike, Major W. H., Ist Minn. Vols ... 205
Dodge, Governor, of Wisconsin, makes a treaty at Fort Snell- ing.
Donnelly, Lt. Governor .. .191. 93
Member of Congress
Downie, Major 1st Minn. Vols .. 195 Du Gonor, a Jesuit at Lake Pepin. 27
Du Luth, Daniel Greysolon, early life of. 10
Various
spellings of his
name
10
Plants Kings Arms at Mille Lacs 11
Establishes a fort at Kaman- istigoya 11
Descends the St. Croix river 11, 12 At Falls of St. Anthony .... 12 Meets Hennepin 12
His tour from Lake Superior to Mississippi 12
Visits Paris .. 17
Trades with Sioux. 17
Builds a fort at entrance of Lake Huron .. 17
Dunnell, Mark H., Supt. of Pub-
lic Instruction ..
152
Member of Congress. 2270
E.
Edgerton, A. J., U. S. Senator to fill a vacancy .. 277
Education in Minnesota. 172-49 Elk Lake, now Itasca. . 75, 94, 95, 97. 99 100
Ely, Edmund F., teacher at Ojib-
way mission stations. 109. 117, 120. 123 Emerson, surgeon at Fort Snell- ing complains of whisky sell- ers. 104
Ethridge, Surgeon U. S. Vols .. 219
F
Falls of St. Anthony, first white men at .. 12
First mill at .. 73, 71,75
Mentioned by La Salle. 13
Described by Charleville . .
('apt. C'arver at. 33
Visited by Lt. Z. M. Pike
Visited by Maj. Long. 68,07
Religious services at. 176
First schools at. 175
First newspaper.
119
Bridge, first on the Mississ- ippi 156
Steamboats near. -3.114
Falls of St. Croix. fight at. 11> Faribault, J. B., Indian trader .. 51
Farrell, Capt., killed at Gettys- burg 249
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INDEX.
Featherstonhaugh, geologist at Fort Snelling ..
Fisk, Chaplain Asa S. Flandrau, Col., defonds New Ulm Flat Mouth Ojibway Chief at Leech Lake. At Fort Snelling Attacked by Sioux. 87
101 86
Steamboat arrivals until close of 1826.
Duels at ..
General fiaines censures Col- onel Snelling.
W. Joseph Snelling, son of Colonel, notice of .
4
Events of A. D. 1-27.
Flat Mouth, Ojibway chief, visits in 1:27
Attacked by Sioux
Soldiers arrest Sioux.
Col. Snelling delivers mur- derers for examination. -7 Keel boats from. attacked .. Death of Col. Snelling ..
Rev. Alvan Coe in 1-29 preached at ... 107
J. N. Nicollet arrives at .. .
Surgeon R. C. Wood marries
Sioux and Ojibways fight near. 102, 104
Annoyed by whisky sellers .. 104
113
Presbyterian church at. .. Steamer Palmyra at, in July, 1838, with notice of ratifi-
cation of Indian treaties. . 126
Fort St. Antoine. Lake Pepin. .. 18.20 Fort St. Anthony, now Snelling
Fort St. Charles, on Lake of the Woods .. 24
Fort St. Joseph, on Lake Erie, established by Du Luth ... 17
Fort St Pierre, on Rainy Lake. Franklin, Sir John. relics of, pass through St. Pant 157
Franklin's Brigade at Bull Run 201
Franquelin, maps of 17,19 Fraser, British trader. 51,54
Fremont, John C., at Carver's Cave.
French, Adjt. Alpheus R.
Fronchet. Nicollet's voyageur ... Fuller, Judge Jerome, Territo- rial Chief Justice 151
Furber, J. W. early settler. 102
G.
Galena lead mines discovered by Perrot .... 20
Galtier, Rev. L., erects first chapel in St. Paul 116
Gamelle, wife of, killed by Ojib- ways. 120
Gardner, Charles, early settler .. 157
Family attacked by Inkpa- cootah's band 153
Gavin, Daniel, missionary among Sioux ..
12
Gear, Chaplain E. G. 112
$2
High water at, April 21. 1-26 Slaves belonging to officers, at ..
53
63
Venganee of gratified. 83,89
Forsyth, Major Thomas, arrives at Minnesota River with the U. S. Troops .. 63
.
Fort Beauharpois established A. D.1727, at Lake Pepin by Sieur de la Perriere.
26 29
Commanded by St. Pierre. .. Fort La Reine, on River Assine- boine.
29
Fort Le Sueur, below Hastings ..
21
Fort L'Huillier, on Blue Earth River. Built by Le Sueur.
23 23
Left in charge of D'Eraque. Fort Manrepas.
24 28 56,57
Mc Kay, Prairie du Chien. .. Perrot, at Lake Pepin .. 18
Shelby at Prairie du Chien ..
55
Fort Snelling, site secured by Lt. Pike .
52
Order to establish the post ..
Troops for, at Prairie du Chi en ..
68 69
Major Forsyth pays Sioux for reservation. 68
Col. Leavenworth arrives at Mendota 69
First officers at Cantonment 69
Red River men arrive at . .... Events of A. D. 1-20 .. 70,72
70
Major Taliaferro, Indian
Agent at .. 70
Troops at Camp Cold Water 71
Cass and Schoolcraft visits. 71
Col. Snelling succeeds Leav- enworth . 72
Impressive scene at. 72
Advance in building 73
Events of A. D. 1:22, A. D. 1823 .. 74,75
First steamboat at.
Beltrami, the Italian at. 74
Major S. H. Long arrives at 75 Government mill near 76,77
Sunday School at. 77
Events of A. D. 192:
Tally boys rescued. 74
General Scott suggests name for fort .. 79
Events of A. D. 1:25 and 1-26. 81
Death of Surgeon Purcell .. Mail, arrival at 81
Sioux woman kills herself ..
Fort Snelling, Great snow storm March, 1-26 ..
95 219 236
Birth of Charlotte Quiscon- sin Clark.
Events of A. D. 1-19 ...
69
INDEX.
Gibson, General, letters about St. Anthony mill. 76,77
George, Col. Jas. C., at Chicka- 250 mauga.
Giltillan, Rev. J. A., Protestant
Episcopal Indian missionary, visits Elk Lake . 100
Gilfillan, John B., member of Congress. 272,276 Glazier, Willard, a pretended discoverer .. 100
Goodhue James M., first editor in Minnesota .. 136, 141
death of
152
Goodrich Judge Aaron M .. 137, 140, 151 Gooding, Capt. U. S. Army, his wife first white woman at Falls of St. Anthony 69
Gorman, Governor W. A .. .154, 163
Col. of First Minnesota . .. 194, 195 his report of Bull Run .... . 201, 205 Gorman's brigade .. . . ,212, 214. 215, 215 Gorrell Lt. James, first English officer at Green Bay. 31
Graham Duncan, Indian trader. daughter of. 135
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