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Franklin, Sir John, relics of, pass
through St. Paul ... 126
Frontenac, Governor of Canada. 10
Friend of Duluth. 11
Fuller, Jerome, Territorial Chief Justice ..
123
Furber, J. W .. 127 Galtier, Rev. L., builds first chapel in St. Paul ... 114 Gavin, Rev. Daniel missionary .. 111 Gibson. General, letters relative .to St. Anthony mill .... 94
Gillan, Capt. Zachary, of Bos-
ton. accompanied by Grosel- lies and Radisson, sails for
Hudson's Bay in ship None- such. 5
Goodhue, James M., first Minne- sota editor. Death of 124 117
Goodrich, Aaron, Territorial
Gorman, Willis A. Governor 125
Gorrell, Lient, at Green Bay .. 62
Graham, Duncan, arrives at Fort
Spelling ... 100
Grant trader at Sandy Lake, via-
ited'by Pike 77
Gravier, Father James, criticises Hennepin . 28
Greeley, Elam 109
Griffing, La Salle's ship .. 10
Voyage to Green Bay 19 King, grandson of Carver.
Grignod, Cabtain in British ser- vice. 78. 81 6
Groselliers, Sieur, early life. .1,
Visits Mille Lacs region. 2
Meets the Assineboioes 2
Visita Hudson's Bay. 1 tlement to Prairie du Chien .... At Fort Snelling.
Name given to what is now Pigeon river .. 5
Lac qui Parle Mission, 109
Cass and Schoolcraft visits .. Col. Snelling succeeds Leav- enworth.
92 93
Events of A. D. 1822, A. D. 1823 ..
93 99 94 91 91 9.1
Euents of A. D. 1825 and 1826, Mail arrival at .. 96 96
Great snow storm March, 1826, High water at, April 21. 1826, Slaves belonging to officers at ..
97
97 Steamboat arrivals to close of 1826. 97 General Gaines censures Col- onel of .. 97
18 First to describe Upper Mis- Biasippi ... 18
Beltrami, the Italian, at .. 93,
.51, 54,55,
51 56 5
36 36
First mill at ... .. 93, Described by Lt Silic ... 19 Frazer, trader ....
598
INDEX.
PAGE
Lead mines on Mississippi. . .
33
Leavenworth, Colonel, estab-
lishes Fort Snelling .. 90
Legardeur, Augustine, associate
of Perrot .. 32 Legislature, Territorial .... 119 to 127 First State Legislature. ... 128 Leslie, Lt., command at Macki- naw .. 62
L'Huillier, Fort. why named .. 43.
Le Sueur, associated with Per- rot, builds a Fort below Has- tings .
32
At Lake Pepin in 1683 and
1689 .. .37,
40 At La Ponte of Lake Supe- rior, 1692 ... 37
Brings first Sioux chief to Montreal. .37, 83
Territory, proposed bounda- ries. 115
Convention at Stillwater. 115
When organized 117
First election. 118
First Legislature. 118
First counties organized 119
Recognized as a State 128
Mitchell, Alexander M., U. S. Marshal 118
Candidate for Congress .... 125
Missions, Jesuit ... .5, 16. 106 Mission Stations ... 106 to 111 Missionaries. Rev. Alvan Coz visits Fort Snelling 107
Frederick Ayer .. 107
W. T. Boutwell. 107
E. F. Ely, (teacher ) 109
Mr. Denton. 111
Sherman Hall. 107
Daniel Gavin 111
John F. Aiton
Robert Hopkins
117
St. Anthony Falls.
Gideon H. Pond
. Samuel W. Pond. 107 J. W. Hancock. 111 107
J. D. Steven6
S. R. Riggs 111
T. S. Williamson, M. D. 107 At Leech Lake.
111
Moreau, Pierre, with Du Luth at Lake Superior. 9
Morrison, William. old trader, 73, 87
Moss, Henry L., U. S. District
Attorney 118
Nadowaysioux, see Sioux ..
Newspapers, first in St. Panl 117 to 123 Nicolet, Jeao, first white trader
in Wisconsin 1
Nicollet, J. N., astronomer and
geologist . 102 Niverville, Boucher de, at Lake Winnipeg 60
Norris, J. S. 126
North, J. W
122. 128
McKavat ..
Prescott, Philander, early life. 91
Provencalle, loyal to America in war of 1812.
8
103
Marine, early settlers at. 112
Marshall, Hon. W. R. mentioned, 115, 126 Marquette. Jesuit missionary at La Pointe. 4 1
37
Massacre Island, Lake of the Woods origin of the name ..... 59
McGillis, Hugh, N. W. Co. Agent,
by ice at Hastings ... 91 Leech Lake ... 78 McGregor, English trader ar-
Olmsted, David, President of first council ... 119 Candidate for Congress. 122 Editor of Democrat. 125
One Eyed Sioux, alias l'ourgi.e Original Leve, Rising Moose .. 85
Loyal to America during war of 1812. 81
Ottawas, their migrations .. 2
41
Owens, John P., editor 128
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Among the Ottowas of Lake
Pacific Ocean, route to. 36, 70, 58, 60, 60
Persons. Rev. J. P .. 119
Petron, uncle of Du Luth 11 Penicaut describes Fort Perrot .. 29
Fort Le Sueur on Isle Pelee .. 37
Mississippi river .. 42
Describes Fort L'Huillier ... 47
Pennensha, French trader among the Sioux .. 53
98 Pere see Perrot.
Perkins, Lt. U. S. A., in charge of Fort Shelby 80 Perrierre, see L. Perrierre.
Perrot, Nicholas, arrests Achiga- naga at Lake Superior 12 20
Account of Father Menard's ascent of the Mississippi and Black Rivers ..
'2
Associated with Du Luth
Presents a silver ostensorium
In the Seneca expedition .. His return to Lake Pepin .... 31 32
Takes possession of the coun- try
Conducts a convoy from Mon- treal 31 34, Establishes a post on Kala- mazo river. by Threatened with death 38 Indians 38
Peters, Rev. Samuel, interested in the Carver claim .... .70,71, 96 Petuns, see Hurons.
Phillips, W. D., early lawyer at St Paul .116. 119 Pike, Lt. Z. M., U. S. army at Prairie du Chien .. 107 Address to Indians 74 76
Description of Falls of St. Anthony .75. Block house at Swan River .. At Sandy Lake
77 77 78
Loras, Bishop of Dubuque 109
Louisiana, transfer of. 73
Lowry, Sylvanus, early settler ... 127 Macalester College ... 125 Mackinaw re-occupied. 50 Presbyterian mission at .. ... 106 Rev. Dr. Morse visits .. 196
Robert Stuart resides at 106
Rev. W. M. Ferry, mission- ary at ... 106
Maginnis makes a claim at St. Croix Falls ..... 112
Map by Franquelin indicates Du Luth's explorations ....
Marest, James Joseph, Jesuit missionary, signs the papers taking possession of the Upper Mississippi.
Northwest company trading posts 73 32 Letter to Le Sneur .. 39
NoJue. Robertal de la, re-oecupies Du Luth's post at the head of Lake Superior. 50 Quinn, Peter
Ochagache, draws a map for Ve- rendrye 58
Mentioned by the geographer Bellin 87 Ojigways or Chippewas. ... 30, 31, 37 Rse, Dr., Arctic explorer at St.
Early residence of .. 105 Paul ... 124 Ramsey, Hon. Alexander, first Governor 117
Principal villages of .. 110 105 Of Lake Pokeguma attacked Treaty of 1837 .. 112 Guest of H. H. Sibley at Men- dota .. 118
Becomes a resident of St.
Paul. 118 Holds Indian council at Fort Snelling .. 121 Randin, visits extremity of Lake Superior . 110 Ravoux, Rev. A., Sioux mission- ary
109
Reaume, Sieur, interpreter ... 52
Red River of the North, men- tioned .. 87 Renville, Joseph, mention of .. 76, 109 Renville, John ... 109
McLeod, Martin, exposed to snow storm .... 102
Menard Rene, Jesuit missionary
Republican convention at St.An- nepin .. 23, 27 thony . 126 letter of ... 2
Rice, Hon. Henry M., steps to or-
78
At Dickson's trading post ... Confers with Little Crow .... Pinchon. see Pennensha.
78
Pinchon, Fils de, Sioux chief,
confers with Pike .. 78
78 Editor of Dakotah Friend ... 122 Interpreter at treaty of 1851. 124 Pond, Rev. Samuel W. notifies the agent of a Sioux war party 103 Porlier, trader near Sauk Rapids .76, Ponpon, Isadore, killed by Sisse- ton Sioux 92
Prairie du Chien described by Carver .
64
During war of 1812-1815 8( 81
Raclos, Madeline, wife of Nicho- 2 las Perrot. 84 Radisson, Sieur, early life and marriage
Oliver, Lieut. U. S. A., detained
Olmstead, S. B ... 126 rested 15
Mckay, trader from Albany. 63
Lt. Col. William attacks Prarie du Chien .. 81 McKean, Elias, a founder of Still- water .. 113
87 Mckenzie, old trader.
McKusick J., a founder of Still- water ..
113 McLean, Nathaniel, editor. 119 Ottoes, mentioned . .42, 43, Quasiconde, ( Wah-zee-ko-tay ) Sioux chief mentioned by Hen
Superior 3 Mrdary, Governor, Samuel. 127 Meeker, B. B., Territorial Judge 118, 119
Messaver, Father, accompanies
the Verendrye expedition ..... 58 Miami Indians visited by Perrot, 30 Ask for a trading post oo Mis- sippi 35
Mill, first in Minnesota. 93.
Mille Lacs Sionx visited by Du 9 Luth Hennepin . 22
Minnesota, meaning of the word, 116 River, first steamboat in. 122 Historical Society. 119 Early days of.
Visite France. 38
Arrives in Gulf of Mexico ... 39
Passes Perrot's lead mines .. 40
At the River St. Croix. 42 Holds a council with the Sionx ..
Returns to Gulf of Mexico. 45, 74
Libbey, Washington, pioneer at St. Croix Falls. 113
Lignery, commands at Macki- naw ..
50
At Fort Duquesne ... 61
Linctot, commander at Macki- naw. 51
Little Crow, Sioux chief, goes in 1824 to Washington.
95
Long, Major Stephen H .. tour to St. Anthony, A. D. 1817.
82 83
Burial place ...
Kaposia Village 86
111
Carver's cave.
84 85
Opinion of the site of Fort Snelling .... 86 Loomis, Captain Gustavus A., U. S. A .... 108 Loomis, D. B., early settler of St.
Croix Valley.
122
M. N. Adams.
Marin, Lamarque de, French offi- cer ... 60
Martin, Abraham, pilot.
Maskoutens mentioned ..
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Suspected of poisoning La Salle . 29 29 30 31
599
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ganize Minnesota Territory,115, 116 Elected to Congress .... .125, 126
U. S. Senator 123 Richarda, F. S., trader at Lake Pepin ... 117 Rigga, Rev. S. R., Sioux mission- ary, letter of .. 111 Robbinette, pioneer in St. Croix Valley .. .. 112 Robertson, Daniel A., editor,.124, 125
Rogers, Captain. at Ticonderoga 62
66
In charge at Mackinaw .... 62, Rolette, Joseph, Sr., in the Brit- ish service ... 81
Rolette, Joseph, Jr .. 127 Roseboom, English trader, ar- rested near Macninaw. 15 Rosehoom, trader at Green Bay. 63
Rosser, J. T., Secretary of Ter- ritory 125 Russell, Jeremiah, pioneer in St. Croix Valley . .. 109, 1:2 Segard, in 1836 notices Lake Su- perior copper .. 7
Saint Anthony Express, first pa- per beyond St. Paul, 123 Saint Anthony Falla, Suspension bridge over 196 Government millat. .93. 9
St. Croix county organized. 111
Court in .. 114
Saint Croix river, origin of
name 42, 1:2
Du Luth first explorer of .. .. 112 Pioneers in Valley of 112 Early preachers io valley of. 113
Saint Paul, origin of name .. 114 Early Settlers of 114 High water in 1850 .. 121 First execution for murder 121 Effort to remove seat of gov- ernment therefrom .. 127
Saint Pierre, Captain, at Lake Superior
50
At Lake Pepin .. .55, 65
Commander at Mackinaw .... 61
At Fort La Reine. 60 In N. W. Pennsylvania ..... 60, 61
Visited by Washington. 60 Saskatchewan, first viaited by French
59 Fort at .. 60 Schiller. veraifies a Sioux chief's speech. 67
At Lake Pepin .. 117 Wilkin, Alexander, Secretary of Territory. 124
Candidate for Congress, 125
Williamson, Rew. T. S., M. D. early life. 107
Organizea church at Fort Snelling ... 108 Miasionsry at Lac qui Parle Kaposia . 114 Willis, N. P., lampoons Joseph Snelling .. 97 Winnebagoea mentioned .. .40
At Stillwater Convention, 1848 115 Wisconsin River called Meachetz 52 1 Obeda by La Salle .... 18 Stevens, Rev. J. D. .106, 108 Stillwater, battle between Sioux and Ojibways .. 103 Land alide in 1852. Founders of. 113 124 Wolfe, General, death of .. Yuhazee, executed at St. Paul ... 124 ... Wood, trader among Sioux. 78 Yeiser, Captain at Fort Shelby .. 80 Stratton, pioneer in St. Croix Valley 112, 113
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Stuart, Robert, at Mackinaw, in- fluence of. 108
Swias emigrants, at Red River ... 89
Peculiar language of .. 4
Villages visited by Du Luth ..
Described by Cadillac 16 Meet Accault and Hennepin, Letter to Col. Levenworth .. Takea Indiana to Washington A. D. 1824 .. 95
Of Mille Laca .. 19.
20 22
Nicolas Perrot. 29
Described by Perrot. 31
Meaning of the word. 104
Different banda of 104
Warpaytwawns . 105 Joshua L ..
Seesectwawna 105
Mantantaws. .32.
44
Sissetons. 82
98
Terry, Elijah, murdered by Sioux nt Pembina .. 124
Thompson, David, geographer, N. W. Co .. 78 Tonty, Henry, with Du Luth at Niagara .. 15
Treaties of 1837 with Sioux and Ojibwaya. 112 Tuttle, C. A.,at Falla of St. Croix 112 University of Minnesota created 122 Van Cleve, Gen. H. P.
Varennea, Pierre Gualtier, see Verendrye. .
Vercheres, in command at Green Bay.
61 Verendrye, Sieur, early life of ... 58
Expedition west of Like Su- 95 perior 58 Return to Lake of the Woods Sieur, Jr., accompaniea St. Pierre ..... .59, 61
Wahkantape, Sionx chief visita Le Sueur . .43, 41
in 1841. 110 Wahmatah, Sioux chief 95
Are attacked in 1842. 111 Wait, L. B ... 119
Treaties of 1851. 123
Attacked in St. Paul by Ojib- ways .... 125
Simpson, early settler in St. Paul 114
Flaves, African, in Minnesota .... 97
Smith. C. K., first Secretary of Territory ... .118. 119 Snelling. Col. Josiah, arrives at Fort Snelling .. 92
Delivers Sioux assassina to Ojibways.
99
Death of. 101
W. Joseph, son of Colonel, career of .. 97
Pasquinade on N. P. Willia ... 98
Steele, Franklin, pioneer of St. Croix Valley. .112, 113
51
A foil to the Foxes ..
55
Bands described by Carver. .. 65
Chief's speech described by Carver ...
67
Language, Carver's views on Chief. Original Leve, Pike's
friend ... .75, Formerly dwelt at Leech . Lake ...
81
78 Sisseton murderer brought to Fort Snelling ..
In council with Ojibways
92 94
Sioux Delegation in A. D. 1821, go to Washington ... 95 99
Delivered by Col. Snelling ... Executed by Ojibways .... 99
Killed by Ojibways, April, 1838 .. 103
Attack Lake Pokeguma band
Wakefield, John A 116 Walea, W. W .. 127
Washington visits St. Pierre .. 60
Welch, W. H. Chief Justice of Territory .. 125 Wells, Jamea, trader, married. 102
Scott, Dred, slave at Fort Snell- ing .. 97 Scott. General Winfield, suggesta the name of Fort Snelling 163 Selkirk, Earl, Thomas Douglas .. 87 Semple, Governor of Selkirk Fct- tlement, killed. 89 Senecas defeated by the French, 15 Shea, J. G., on failure to estab- lish Sioux mission 106 Sherburne Moses, Judge. 123 Shielda, Gen. James, elected U. S. Senator 128 Sibley, Hon. H. H., at Stillwater convention .. 115 Delegate to Congresa from
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Wisconain Territory. 116
Elected delegate to Congress 122 Sioux, origin of the word 1
Taliaferro. Maj. Lawrence, agent for the Sioux, notice of .... 91 92
Tanner, John, stolen from his parenta .. . 88 Tannery for Buffalo skina ...... 46 48 Taylor, Jessie B., pioneer in St. Croix Valley 112 118
N. C. D., Speaker House of Representativea 1854. 126 17 Speech to Gov. Frontenac .... Tegahkouita, Catherine, the Iro- quoia virgin ..
Oujaleapoitona ... .. 43,
4.4 Chief's speech to Frontenac ..
Chief's death at Montreal .. .. Chief visits Fort L'Huillier. In council with Le Sueur. .... Visited by Jesuits ...
600
INDEX.
OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Page 129 to 160.
PAGE
Admission of the State .. 129
Agricultural Building. 147
Fillmore, ex-President, speech
Austin, Horace, sketch of. 156 of ... 141
Aldrich, Cyrus, sketch of .. 159 Flag presentation 143
Averill, John T., sketch of. 159
Battle of Pittsburg Landing. 133
Fair Oaks. 133
Savage Station.
133
Iuka .. 134
Corinth 134
Gettysburg
137
Biennial session of the Legisla- ture 140
Bancroft, George, speech of. 141
Blind, Education of the 148
Cavanaugh, James M., sketch of. 159
Cavalry Companies 133
Deaf and Dumb Institution. 117
Davis. C. K., sketch of 157
Donnelly, Ignatius, sketch of .... 159
Dunnell, Mark, M., sketch of .. 159
Edgerton, A. J., sketch of .. 158
Eighth Minnesota Regiment. ... 137
First State Legislature. 129
First steamboat on the Red River of the North .... 130
First white person executed. 130 First Minnesota Regiment .... 131, 137
Fifth Minnesota Regiment ... 134, 137
Fourth Minnesota Regiment. .... 137
Second State Legislature 130
INDEX.
STATE EDUCATION.
Page 161 to 176.
Introduction.
161, 162
Colonial Period. 163
Education in 1787. 164
State Aid .. 161, 165
Education in Minnesota. 168
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PAGE
Board of Regents
166
Local Taxation.
172
Land Grant ..
167
Graded School System,
172
State University 168
Related System. 169
A Common foe.
175
State School Fund. 171 Results hoped for
176
Capital, history of.
141
In flames .... 141
Penitentiary 144
University 145
Faculty .. 147
Campus and buildings 147
150
Reform School. Normal Schools. 151
Second Minnesota Regiment .. 132. 137 132
Sharpshooters
Sioux Outbreak 135
Seward, Wm. H., speech of. 142
School for the Feeble-minded.
149
Sibley, H. H., sketch of 153
Swift, H. A., sketch of. 155
Shields, James, sketch of. 158
Stearns, O. P., sketch of .. 158
Pillsbury. J. S., sketch of .. 157 Strait, Horace B., sketch of. 159
Phelps, Wm. W., sketch of 159
Poehler, Henry, sketch of. 160
Railroad land grants .. 129
Ramsey, Governor, tenders the services of his fellow-citizens to the President. 131
Religious instruction excluded from schools .. 140 Ramsey, Alexander, sketch of 151
Rice, Henry M., sketch of. 158
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Fifth State Legislature .. 138
Insane Hospital at St. Peter ... 149 Rochester .. 150
King, Wm. S., sketch of. 159
Miller, Stephen, sketch of. 155
Marshall, W. R., sketch of .. 156
McMillan, S. J. R., sketch of 158
Minnesota in the civil war ... 131
Normal School act .. 130
Northfield Bank, raid on 139
Noyes, J. L. sketch of 149
Norton, Daniel S., sketch of. 158
Page, Judge, impeachment of .. 140
Stewart, Jacob H., sketch of. 159 Third Minnesota Regiment. 133
The Rocky Mountain Locust. ... 139 Women allowed to vote for school officers 139 Wilkinson, Morton S., sketch of, 158 Windom, William, sketch of .... 158 Wilson, Eugeoe M., sketch of ... 159 Washburn, W. D., sketch of ..... 160) Yorktown, siege of. 133
Gor man, Willis A., sketch of. 153
Hubbard, Lucius F., sketch of ... 157
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State railroad bonds issued. 13
INDEX.
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Equal rights .... 174
601
INDEX.
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INDEX.
THE SIOUX MASSACRE OF 1862.
Page 177 to 256.
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and Sank Centre .. 231
Galbraith, Major, statement of .. 184
Henderson, Mrs., horrible death of. 201
Hayden's, Mrs. Mary, statement. 212 Horan's. Kearn, statement .. 202 Husbands and fathers search for their lost families .. 210
Harrington's Mrs., weary wan- derings. 211 Hurd, Mrs., starts for the settle- ments with her naked children 215 Hostilities in the Red River Val- ley 234
Indian trihes in Minnesota in 1862. 177 Indian treaty at St. Louis. 178 Indian reservations 178 Indian life, sketch of 178
Indians, efforts to civilize 179
Inkpaduta Massacre. 181
Indians, thirty-eight hung at
Mankato .. 254
Indians, annuity, paid 183 Indian chiefs at church. 188 Indian officials changed .. 188
Refugees at St. Peter. 217
Rescue of women prisoners by the Wapeton Sioux. 182 Spencer's Mrs., story. 197 Strouts', Capt., party attacked .. 227 Trading post at Big Stone Lake destroyed and the whites
killed 214 Thomas, Ralph, statement ....... 219 War dance at the Upper Agency. 186 Whiton's, Mrs. statement .. 211
Wabasha surrenders and is fol-
lowed by over 2,000 warriors ... 250
Little Crow, death of 256
Statement by son of. 256
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Murmuringa of the impending storm
Attack on the Upper Agency. 186 Attack on Fort Abercrombie. 239 Battle of Birch Coolie 249 Wood Lake .. 249 Detained by Indians ... 177 Hennepin, Louis .. 177 Massacre begins .. 193 Massacre at the Lower Agency .. 197 Massacre at the German settle- ment ..
New Ulm. 217 At Lower Agency Ferry 221
Near Glencoe ..
228
Of Fort Abercrombie 235
Baker, Mrs., flight of. 195
Byrnes, Lieut., with forty-seven men starts from Minneapolis
for Meeker and Kandiyohi counties. 228
Carver, Jonathan. 177
Causes of irritation preceding the massacre. 180
Covill's Mrs , statement 209
Chittenden's Captain. letter to the "New Haven Palladium" .. 213 Cox, E. St. Julien, arrives to the relief of New Ulm 217
Camp Release, white prisoners
brought into .. 250 Dodd, Capt. William B., death
of. 218 Dead bodies are found and bur- ied in Meeker county .. 225 Davis, Captain, ordered to the
relief of Fort Abercrombie .... 235
Expedition to Fort Leavenworth 219 Fugitives on the way to St. Peter 213 Fight at Lake Shetek 215
Indians, large numbers of, ar- rive at Yellow Medicine .. 193 Indians forcibly enter the ware bouse of Yellow Medicine ..... Fight at the wind-mill at New 193 Indian atrocities. 204 Ulm 217 Fort Ridgely, siege of 222
Indians attack Colonel Sibley's camp at Wood Lake. 249 Forest City, troops arrive at. .... 225 Indian sympathizers .. Jones', Sergeant faithful vigil. .. 187 251 Freeman, Captain, ordered to the relief of Fort Abercrombie 235 Fort Abercrombie relieved ...... 239 Fortifications erected at Paynes-
Jooes, Mr., the first victim 195
Koch's Mrs., escape ... 215
ville, Maine Prairie, St. Joseph,
Massacre at Lake Shetek. 215 Massacre extends into Dakota ... 216 Massacre at Norway Lake. 230 Murder of Amos Huggios 216
Marsh, Capt. killed 221
Memorial to the President ... 272 Nicollet county the scene of bloodshed 212
New UIm, citizens evacuate .. 219 Other Day, John, rescues whites. 205 Death of. 205
Prichette, Major, at Yellow Med- icine in 1857, holds a council
with the annuity Indians ...... 182 Prescott, Philander, murdered .. 198 Patoile's escape 205 Robert's, Louis, store attacked. . 198 Redwood River Agency attacked 199 Riggs, Rev. S. R., escape of, and others 207
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INDEX.
HISTORY OF RICE COUNTY.
GENERAL HISTORY.
Page 263-317.
Agricultural. 294
Census from 1850-180. 293
Centennial celebration. 277-
Clerk of Court 291
County organization. 281
Gounty Government. 285
County officers. 287
County Associations. 312
314
Description of Townships .261
265
Documents
Drainage.
.269 271 Freighting. 326
Educational.
.308 311
Faribault Herald
.281 283
Faribault Republican 304 292
Frosts.
294
General remarks
316
317
Geology 263 268
Gopher hunt .. 316
Indians
277 281
Limestones 267 268
Ladies' Aid Society. 245
286
Minnesota admitted as a State. Maps. 3.15
Newspapers .. 304 305 Organization of school districts .. 286
Population in 1855 278
Railroads 306 307
Registry of Deeds. 290
Religious. 311
312
Salaries of county officers 288
Senators ..
293
Situation and area 263
Soldiers' Aid Society 297
Surface aud soil. 261
Timber .. 266
267
Transfer of lands 291
Voting precincts 285
War meeting. 295
War record 295 303
CITY OF FARIBAULT.
Page 318-396.
Accidental shooting. 321
A Catamount shot ... 327
Additions. 319
Amber cane company. 32 337
An avalanche .. 319
Banking houses .. 338
Barron House burned 329 896 Biographical 362
Breweries. 337
Burned to death. 321
Business houses. 322
Business men. 323
'Bus line ... 336
Catholic church burned
323
Cemetery Association.
354
Cigar factory. 336
City Government .. 330
Congregational church dedicated 321
Corner stone of Shattuck gram-
Crown Point Roller Mill. 332
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, schools for .. 339 346
Deaths. 326
Descriptive. 318
328
Faribault driving park. 327
Faribault elevator burned
329
Fatal accident.
325
First frame building.
319
First religious meeting.
320
First National Bank.
Crops. 325 278
Descriptive. 269 Fire. 26
327
First Mayor
325
291 Fire department
331
264 Fraternal orders. 360
362
Fruit Growers' Association 325
336 Furniture and chair factory .. 335 Gas Company 338
Ginseng .. $25
Good Templars Lodge .. 321
329
Grange mill burned 328
Horticultural Society 326
Industrial enterprises. 332 338
Iron works. 336
Killed by a fall. 321
Ladies' Benevolent Association .. 321
Ladies' Literary Association. 324 .... Legislative excursion 325
Lime stone quarries. 318
323
Liquor question 87.8
Lumber yard
Masonic Hall dedicated 328
335
Mills burn. 324
Miller's Association elevator 334
Musical societies 322
New buildings 324
Police department 331
Post-office. 331
327
Public schools.
353 354
Regatta ..
326
Removal of Sioux.
325
Reunion at Barron House .. 327
Reunion of First Minnesota Vol- unteer Infantry.
328
Robbery ..... 322
Saw and grist mill .. 321
Scandinavian Literary Society .. 327
Seabury Hall burned 327
Shields, Gen ...
Shattuck grammar school burned 325 Re- opened. 325
Shattuck Guards excursion. 327
346
349
322 Stage line .. 321
322
St. Mary's Hall opened 325
Storm .... 324
Student's Literary Association .. 324 Stone manufacturing company .. 329 Straight River Flour Mill ..... 832 ....
St. Mary's Hall. 351 353 mar school laid .. 325
Turner's Society
326
Wagon works. 335 Whipple, Lieut. J. C .. 326
Woolen mill. 336
CITY OF NORTHFIELD. Page 396-437.
Association and Societies .... .419 424
Bank robbery and murder .... 401 402 Banks. 405
Biographical .. 424 437
Carleton College dedicated ...
409 Carleton College Observatory ... 411 Carleton College officers. 413
Carleton College commencement day. 414 416
Early settlers.
398 399
Births 399
Marriages 399
Deaths. 400
Educational
406
Elevator. 405
First stores.
Fire. 400
Fire department
405
Golden wedding
Indians .. 402
403
Introduction
396
Location 396
405
North, John W 396
Old Town Hall.
424
Political. 403
404
Police force 406
336 Post-office. 406
419
Ruby wedding. 401
Silver wedding. 400
Stage line ... 397
St. Olaf's school. 406 407
Terrible accident. 400
Water power.
397
Waterford. 421
BRIDGEWATER. Page 437-453.
Biographical.
447 453
Dundas village 443 447
Descriptive. 437
Early settlers. 437 440
Educational. 442
Female monster 441
First death 441
Marriage 441
Murder 441
Seabury Divinity School. .349 351 Post-office. 441
319 Political 412
Religious 445
WHEELING. Page 454-464.
Blacksmithing.
457
Biographical. 458 464
Description .. 454
Educational .. 458
Fire Insurance
457
First settlers.
454
456
Births.
456
Marriages 456
Shattuck school.
Silver weddings
329
Golden weddings 327-328
398
400
Mills. 104
Literary associations 319
Manny, Rev. S. W. 326 Religious. 417
Mills. 332
Postmaster appointed.
Proprietors of the town. 318
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