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Coteau des Prairies, 85; visited by Nicollet, 90.
Coureurs des bois, 29.
Courts, first, 107.
Cox, E. St. Julien, impeached, 178. Cretin, Bishop, 119.
Dakotas, character of, 20; origin of, 20; bands of, 20; language of, 21 ; plan of counting, 21; plan of counting time, 22; their names of months, 23; poetry, 24 ; sacred language, 24; religion of, 25; offer friendship to the English, 47; called River Bands hy Carver, 48; yield to Ojibwas, 50; contend with Ojibwas, 52 ; fight in war of 1812, 62; fight Ojib- was on the Pomme de Terre, 62; break Cass treaty, 74 ; make treaty at Prairie Du Chien, 80; in Black Hawk war, 83; fight at Pokeguma, 96; cede lands east of Mississippi, 96.
Dana, Col. N. J. T., commands Ist Regiment, 138; promoted, 139. Dartmouth College case, 171.
Davis, biography of, 169; opinion of rights of railroads, 170; speaks of locusts, 172.
Day, David, speaker of House, 117.
Dead Buffalo Lake, battle of, 155.
De Gonor, at Ft. Beauharnois, 43-
De La Barre, who, 37.
DeMarin, seeks a northwest passage, 46. Democratic party, 116.
Denouville, who, 37.
Des Moines, river, 20.
D'Evaque, M., commands Ft. L' Huil- lier, 41.
D'Iberville, assists Le Sueur, 40; me- morializes the French government, 42. Dickson, enlists Indians against the U. S., 62 ; opinion of his character, 62.
Dodge, Governor, treats with Indians at Ft. Snelling, 95.
Dog trains, 136.
Douglas, Captain, engineer, 69.
Drachenfels, allusion to, 66.
Du Chesnean, 31.
Du Luth, 30, 31 ; frees Hennepin, 36. Duluth, harbor of, 164.
Dunn, Judge, 99.
Edgerton, A. J., railroad commissioner, 171.
Elbow Lake, a source of Red River, 77. Elk Lake, to what the name is applied,
75; mentioned by Morrison as Lake Itasca, 76.
Elskwatawa, the Prophet, 62.
Ely, missionary, 97.
Emerson, owner of Dred Scott, 88.
English supremacy, established, 47.
Evangelical Society of Lausanne, 95. Fauna, 18.
Featherstonhaugh, 85.
Fillmore, President, visits Minnesota, 121. Flandrau, Chas. E., Associate Justice, 120; Indian agent, 125; objects to a mandamus, 133; heads relief party at New Ulni, 146
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INDEX.
Flora of Minnesota, 17. Forbes, W. H., president of Council, 116. Forest City, massacre near, 147. Forests, areas of and trees, 17
Ft. Abercrombie, garrison in 1862 small,
141 : assaulted September 3d, 1862, 150. Ft. Beauharnois, constructed how and
when, 43 ; purposes of, 45; flooded and rebuilt, 45.
Ft. Crevecœur, 33.
Ft. Jonquiere, built, 46.
Ft. La Reine, 46.
Ft. Ridgely, expedition from in Inkpa- douta war, 123; garrison in 1Só2 small, 141 ; news ofoutbreak at, 144; invested by Little Crow, 145; siege of, 146; intrenched, 147.
Ft. St. Anthony, 65; building of, 70. Ft. St. Pierre, 46.
Ft. Snelling, Long's description of site, 64 ; plan of, 66, 69; name suggested, 66; mills for, 72; initial treaties at, IIO.
Ft. William, location of, 75.
Fortifications, near Pipestone, 88.
Fremont, J. C., accompanies Nicollet, 90.
French supremacy ends, 47.
Fronchet, trader, 90.
Frontenac, 31.
Fuller, Jerome, Chief Justice, 117.
Furber, Joseph W., speaker of House, 109, 126.
Galbraith, Indian agent, 145.
Gallissonniere, proposes to aid Verand- rie, 46. Gardner, Abbie, 124, 12S.
Gardner, family of, 123.
Gardiner, Chas., speaker of House, 124.
Garreau, Father, killed, 26; lesson of his experience, 36. Gens des Feuilles, who, 60.
Gens du Lac, who, 60. Ghent, treaty of, 62. Goodhue, Jas. M., editor, 106.
Goodrich, Aaron, Chief Justice, 106; superseded, 117.
Gorman, W. A., governor, 119; reviews railroad question, 125; calls extra legislative session, 129; commands Ist Regiment and is promoted, 138.
Grand Portage, where, 76; river of, 80. Grant, English trader, 59.
Green River, why so named, what now called, 40.
Guignas, Father, at Ft. Beauharnois, 43-
Gun, grandson of Carver, 63.
Harrington, Lewis, at siege of Hutchin- son, 150.
Hayner, chosen judge, 117; decision on prohibition law, 119.
Hay-pee-dan, Sioux ally of Americans in 1812, 62.
Hazel Run, 123.
Hazelwood Mission, camp at, 152.
Heights of land, description of, 76.
Hendricks, Capt. Mark, at relief of Birch Coolie, 149.
Hennepin, 31 ; explorations of, 32; cap- tured, 35; hopes to find a northwest passage to India, 36, 37 ; last known of, 36.
Hole-in-the-day II., 110.
Hopper, Audrew, at siege of Hutchin- son, 150.
Hospital, first for insane, 161 ; for deaf, dumb, and blind, 161.
Houetbatons, who, 31.
Houghton, with Schoolcraft expedition, 83; writings of, 85.
Hubbard, Lucius F., commands 5th Regiment, 140; biography of, 179.
Hudson Bay Company founded, 28; en- croachments of, 65; unites with North- west Company, 70.
Huggins, A. W., missionary, 94, 95.
Thanktonwana, 20.
Infantry Battalion in 1865, 159.
Inkpadoota, band of, 12.4.
Intendant of Canada, 30; meaning of title, 31.
Iowas, 20. Iroquois, 26.
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
Isle Pelée, when and why so named, 40. Isle Royal, 27.
Itasca Lake, mentioned by Morrison, 76; how named, 83.
Izatys, who they were, 31.
James, U. S. Marshal, 96.
Jemeraye, who, 45.
Johnson, Gen. R. W., gubernatorial can- didate, ISo.
Jones, Robinson, victim at Acton, 143.
Jonquiere, governor, ignores the Ver- andries, 46.
Julia, Lake, 80.
Julian sources of the Mississippi and Red, So.
Kamenistagoia, 30.
Kaposia, where situated and why named, 35 ; Methodists at, 95.
Kasota, settlement of, meaning, 117.
Keating, scientist, with Long expedition of 1823, 74
Kettle Hill, where, origin of name, 63. Keweenaw Bay, 27.
King's arms, planting of, 31.
King, grandson of Carver, 63.
Kingsbury, W. W., delegate to Congress, 120.
Lac qui Parle, 19; distance up the St. Pierre, 50; mission destroyed, 123.
La Crosse, meaning of name, 57.
La Hontan, Baron, his voyage, 38, 39. Lake Condé, 33.
Lake, areas of Minnesota, 16.
Lake of Tears, 33. Lake of the Woods, 46, 75.
Lake Traverse, seat of fur trade, 62; origin of name, 72
Lampson, Chauncy, kills Little Crow, 154.
Lands, grant to Northwestern R. R., 121; granted State University, 137: public school, 137; granted Southern Minnesota R. R., 161 ; granted Hast- ings and Dakota R. R., 161 ; claimed for University, 162; swamp, 164; granted University, 166.
La Noue, 42.
La Place, instruets Nicollet, 90.
La Pointe, 27; mission at, 29; county of, 106.
La Salle, 31 ; expedition.of, 32; parts with Hennepin, 33.
Lea, Luke, Indian commissioner, 115.
Lean Bear, chief, 147.
Leaping Rock, described, 90.
Leavenworth, Colonel, 65; relieved of command, 70.
Leech Lake, why so named, 52.
Le Jeune, Paul, 26.
Lester, Col. H. C., commanded 3d Regi- iment, 139.
Le Sueur, witness of Proces Verbal, 35; builds a fort, 39; at court of France and building Ft. L'Huillier, 40; sends supplies to Ft. L'Huillier, 41 ; sends supposed ore to France, 41.
Lincoln, President, pardons Sioux, 152. Linctot, commands at La Pointe and treats witlı Dakotas, 43.
Little Crow, treats with Pike, 58; up- braids English, 62; village of, 70; who, 83; leads outbreak of 1862, 143; invests Ft. Ridgely, 145: defeats Strout, 150; retreats, 152; shot in Big Woods, 154. Little Paul, 124, 128.
Lone Rock, 92.
Long, Maj. S. H., leads an expedition in 1817, 63; leads another expedition in I823, 74.
Long Lake, battle of, 150.
Long River, credited by Nicollet, 93.
Loomis, David B., president of Council, 112.
Lower Agency, attacked, 144.
Ludden, John G., speaker of House, 116. Mackinaw, 42.
Maidens, boulders, described, SS.
Manito, natural stone image, 88; re- ferred to, 90.
Mankato, settlement of, meaning, 117. Marble, family of, 123.
Marest, Father, witness of Proces- Verbal, 3S. Marsh, John, who, 83.
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INDEX.
Marsh, Captain, falls into an ambuscade, 144, 145.
Marshall, W. R., nominated for dele- gate, 123; at Ft. Ridgely, 147: bi- ography of, 160; railroad commissioner, 171.
Mascontins, tribe of, 39.
McGill, Governor A. R., biography of, IS5.
Mckenzie, trader, 72.
McLaren, Maj., at relief of Birch Coolie, .
149.
McLeod, Martin, president of Council, 117.
McPhaill, Col. Sam., at relief of Birch Coolie, 149.
Mdewakantonwans, 20, 33: band men- tioned, 115.
Medary, appointed by Buchanan, 130.
Meeker, Bradley B., Justice, 106,
Menard, lesson of his experience, 36.
Mendota, meaning of, 65.
Michigan, Territory of, 57, 69.
Military reservations, first of, 58.
Mille Lacs, 31.
Miller, biography of, 156.
Minerals, IS.
Minneopa, meaning of, 126.
Minnesota, first state to offer troops, 137; territorial boundaries, 105; ter- ritorial organization, 105: river, 19; river and valley examined, 75.
Mission of St. Michael, 43.
Missouri, skirmish of, 155.
Mississippi, head of, 19; ultimate source of, 79.
Montagne Trempe el Eau, where, mean- ing of name, 63.
Morrison, William, trader, visits Lake Itasca in 1803-4 and IS11-12, 76; letter to his brother, 76; route of, 83.
Morrison, Allen, trader, 76.
Murray, W. P., president of Council, 122.
Nadouessioux, who they were, 26; men- tioned, 30.
Napoleon, cedes what is now partly in Minnesota, 56.
Nelson, R. R., Associate Justice, 120.
New Ulm, site mentioned, 74; attacked in Sioux massacre, 146; attacked a second time, 146.
Nicolet, Jean, explorer and interpreter, 25.
Nicollet, traces inlets of Lake Itasca, 75; describes head of the Mississippi, 77; life of, SS : commissioned to examine northwest territories, 90; visits and names Undine region, 92; examines Castle Rock, 92: death of, 94.
Nobles, family of, 123.
Normal School at Winona, 161.
Norris, Jas. S., speaker of House, 122.
North, J. W., heads constitutional con- vention, 130.
Northwest Company, fur traders, estab- lished, 54; emissaries of, 63; yield territory to American Company, 69; unites with Hudson Bay Company, 70.
Northwestern R. R. Co., 121.
Ojibwas, 20; gain a foot-hold in Minne- sota, 50; contend with Dakotas, 52; fight Dakotas on the Pomme de Terre; fight in war of IS12, 62; break Cass treaty, 74; make treaty of Prairie Du Chien, 80; sign treaty of Fond Du Lac; attacked at Ft. Snelling by Dakotas, St ; cede lands, 95; hold council at Ft. Snelling, 95; fight at Pokeguma, 96 ; flee from Pokeguma, 99.
Olmsted, S. B., president of Council, I20.
Olmsted, David, president of Council, IOS; nominated for delegate, 123.
Omahas, 20.
Otesse, trader, 76.
Other-day, 128; saves large party of whites, 145.
Page, Sherman, impeached, 176.
Paris, treaty of, 54.
Pembina, meaning, 72.
Pemidji, Lake, meaning of, 76.
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
Pendergast, W. W., at siege of Hutchin- 5011, 150.
Penicaut, allusion to, S5.
Penikese, island, alluded to, 93.
Perrot, Nicholas, 28, 29, 30; in Proces- Verbal, 37 : builds Ft. St. Antoine, 37; lesson of his experience, 37.
Peteler, Captain F., commands sharp- shooters, 139.
Physical Features, 15.
Picard du Gay, 33.
Pierce, Oliver, at siege of Hutchinson, 150.
Pigeon River, 46.
Pike, his character. 57 ; purpose of his expedition, 57 : arrives at Prairie Da Chien, 60; mistakes source of the Mississippi, 75.
Pillagers, who, 52.
Pillsbury, biography of, 174 ; acts in be- half of locust sufferers, 173.
Pilot Knob, 110, 115.
Pipestone, quarry described, S7 : visited by Nicollet, 90; creel:, 90.
Poage, Sarah, mission teacher, 94, 95.
Poinsett, secretary of war, 96.
Pointe au Sable, where situated, 43.
Pokeguma, Lake of, 96.
Pond, S. W., helps to establish a Dakota mission, 94.
Pond, G. H., helps to establish a Dakota mission, 94, 95: interprets Mendota treaty, 116.
Position and Surface, of Minnesota, 16. Prairie Aux Aisles, where and why so named, 64.
Prairie Du Chien, fur mart, 48; outpost of settlements, 65; tribes meet at, So ; treaty of brokers, 81.
Prince Rupert, 28.
Proces-Verbal, first official document relating to Minnesota, 37.
Public Instruction, superintendent of, 137.
Rainy Lake, 46, 75.
Randall, John A., railroad com- missioner, 171.
Ramsey, made territorial governor, 106; Indian commissioner, 110; at home, 112; Indian commissioner, 115; pict- ures progress of Territory, 117; bi- ography, 136; seeks aid in Sioux massacre, 147; elected U.S. senator, 153. Red River, why so named, 72; carts, 136. Red Rock, why so named, 35; Meth- odists at, 95.
Red Wing, village of, 70.
Regiment, Ist, organized and record of in 1861, 138; 2d, organized and IS61 record, 139: 3d, organized and ISór record, 139; 2d, 1862 record, 140; 3d, in 1862, surrenders, 140; 4th, IS62 record, 140 : 5th, 1862 record, 140 ; 6th, 1862, partly stationed at Ft. Snelling and in Sioux campaign, 147: 7th, IS62, at Ft. Ridgely, 147; Ist, in 1863, record of, 154, 155; 2d, 1863 record, 155; 3d, 1863 record, 155; 4th, 1863 record, 154 : 5th, 1863 record, 154; 6th, IS63 record, 155: 7th, 1863 record, 155; 9th, 1863 record, 155; 10th, 1863 record, 155; Ist, 1864 record, 157; 2d, record in 1864, found on 156, 157, and 159: 3d, 1864 record, 156, 157, and 158; 4th, 1864 record, 156 and 159: 5th, 1864 record, 156 and 157 : 6th, 1864 record, 157; 7th, 1864 record, 157 and 158; Sth, IS64 record, 158 ; 9th, 1864 record, 157; 10th, 1864 record, 157 : 11th, 1864 record, 156 and 158; 8th, 1865 record, 159; the other troops, 1865 record, 159.
René Menard, 27, 28.
Renville, trader, 72: leads Indians against Americans in IS12, 62; inter- preter with expedition of Long in IS23, 74.
Riggs, S. R., missionary, 95; founds a mission at Traverse des Sioux, 99; in- terprets treaty of Traverse des Sioux, 115; describes Hazelwood Republic, 124.
Rice, H. M., delegate to Congress, 120; elected delegate, 123.
Rice Lake, a source of the Red River, 76.
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INDEX.
River Systems, of Minnesota, 16.
Rogers, Major, commandant at Mack- inaw, 48.
Rolette, leads Indians against Ameri- eans in 1812, 62.
Rolette, Joseph, member of Council, 126.
Rollingstone, settlement on, 117.
Roque, interpreter, 63.
St. Anthony Falls, discovered and named, 33.
St. Croix, river, 31 ; water power of, 95; county of, 99.
St. Francis, river, 36.
St. Lusson, 30.
St. Paul, settled, 100 : chapel of, 100; de- clared capital of Minnesota, 106.
St. Peter, river, name changed, 117.
St. Pierre, river, 38.
St. Pierre, who and for what noted, 43; seeks a northwest passage, 46.
St. Remi, now called, 41.
Sanborn, Col. John B., commands 4th Regiment, 140.
Sandy Lake, 50, 69.
Sangaskitons, who, 31.
San Ildefonso, treaty of, 56.
Santees, 19.
Sauteurs, who, 59; smoking the calu- met, 60.
Schoolcraft, mineralogist. 69; claims the discovery of Lake Itasca, 75; goes on two expeditions, $2, S3 ; meets Indians at Ft. Snelling ; deserts Allen, 85.
Scott, General Winfield, 65.
Seeger, William, impeached, 168.
Seignelay, French minister of marine, 32.
Selkirk, who, 62; movements of, 65.
Seymour, Samuel, artist, with 1823 ex- pedition of Long, 74.
Shakopee, settlement of, 117; band of, 143-
Sharpshooters, ad Company, join Ist Regiment, 130.
Sherburne, Moses, Associate Justice, 119. Sherman, Major, 125.
Shetek, Lake, massacre near, 147.
Sibley, pays tribute to Nicollet, 93; dele- gate to Congress, 105; chosen delegate again, 107 ; clerk at Mackinaw, 131; commands Indian expedition of 1852, 147; frees captives, 152; in Indian campaign of 1853, 154.
Sioux, try to capture Ft. St. Antoine, 37; opposed by Foxes, 37; treat with Pike, 59; changes in life of, 140; in famine, 141, meditate an outbreak, 141; defeated at Wood Lake, 150; thirty- eight of hung, 152.
Sissetons, 115.
Sissitonwans, 20.
Sleepy Eyes, chief, 147.
Snelling, Colonel, commended by Gen.
Scott, 66; ascends the Mississippi, ;o. Snelling, Joseph, son of Col. S., with 1823 expedition of Long, 74.
Soil of Minnesota, 17.
Soldier's Lodge, 141.
Stevens, J. D., missionary, 94.
Stone, Luey C., mission teacher, 94.
Stones, building, IS.
Stony Lake, battle of, 155.
Straights of Anian, 35.
Strout, Captain, defeated by Little Crow, 150.
Sturgeon Island, 75.
Sully, Colonel Alfred, commands Ist Regiment, 139; in campaign of 1863; abandons Indian campaign, 158.
Sussitongs, who, 60.
Swan River, site of Pike's stockade, 59. Swift, biography of, 153.
Swiss, exodus from Selkirk colony, S2; squat on public domain, 96.
Tahamie, Sioux ally of the Americans in war of 1812, 62.
Taliaferro, Maj. Lawrence, character of, 70; his opinions of various tribes, 70; seeks to make peace between Ojibwas and Dakotas, 74; sells Harriet, wife of Dred Scott, §8: assists missionaries, 94.
Talon, 30.
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HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.
Taney, renders Dred Scott decision, S8.
Taylor, N. C. D., speaker of House, 120. Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, 62. Teetons, 19. Thatcher, family of, 128.
Titonwans, 20. Traders, British, spirit of, 60.
Traverse des Sioux, why named so, 74; settlement of, 117.
Trowbridge, C. C., topographier, 69.
Tweedy, John H., Wisconsin delegate to Congress, 105.
University of Minnesota, 114.
Van Cleve, Col. H. P., commands 2d Regiment, 139.
Vaudreuil, 42.
Verandrie, who, 45; the father dies, 46; the brothers, 46. Vermillion River, 92. Versailles, treaty of, 47. Voyageurs, 29.
Wabasha, chief, meaning of name, 54; upbraids English, 62. Wahpetons, 115.
Wahpetonwans, 20.
Wapashaw, chief, meaning of name, 64. Wapekutes, 20; band of, 115.
Webster, V., victim at Acton, 143.
Welch, William, Chief Justice, 119; ren- ders an important decision, 122.
White Lodge, chief, 147.
Williamson, T. S., pioneer missionary, 94, 95 ; goes to Kaposia, 102.
Wilson, Clara D., victim at Acton, 143-
Winnebagoes, begin border war, 82; placed on Minnesota reservation, 100. Winnipeg, meaning of, 75.
Winona, meaning of, 117.
Wolcott, Indian agent, 69.
Wood Lake, battle of, 150. Yanktons, 19; make trouble at the Upper Agency, 129.
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