A. P. CONNOLLY. [Illustration: Yours truly, _A. P. Connolly_ ] CONTENTS Chapter Page I. General Remarks--Death of Dr. Weiser 11 II. St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1836 and 1896--Father Hennepin. 14 III. A Pathetic Chapter--Captain Chittenden's Minnehaha. 20 IV. Origin of Indians--Captain Carver--Sitting Bull. 27 V. Fort Snelling. 33 VI. The Alarm. 38 VII. Some of the Causes of the War. 43 VIII. Little Crow at Devil's Lake. 50 IX. Fort Ridgely Besieged. 63 X. Siege of New Ulm. 67 XI. Col. Flandreau in Command. 75 XII. Mrs. Eastlick and Family. 78 XIII. The Missionaries--Their Escape. 85 XIV. The Indian Pow-wow. 87 XV. Gov. Sibley Appointed Commander. 97 XVI. March to Fort Ridgely. 103 XVII. Burial of Capt. Marsh and Men. 106 XVIII. Battle of Birch Coolie. 112 XIX. Birch Coolie Continued. 118 XX. Battle of Wood Lake. 128 XXI. Camp Release. 139 XXII. The Indian Prisoners--The Trial. 146 XXIII. Capture of Renegade Bands--Midnight March. 153 XXIV. Homeward Bound. 156 XXV. Protests--President Lincoln's Order For the Execution. 163 XXVI. The Execution--The Night Before. 169 XXVII. Squaws Take Leave of Their Husbands. 176 XXVIII. Capture and Release of Joe Brown's Indian Family. 178 XXIX. Governor Ramsey and Hole-in-the-Day. 185 XXX. Chaska--George Spencer--Chaska's Death--The "Moscow" Expedition. 190 XXXI. The "Moscow" Expedition. 195 XXXII. Campaign of 1863--Camp Pope. 199 XXXIII. "Forward March." 205 XXXIV. Burning Prairie--Fighting Fire. 209 XXXV. Death of Little Crow. 211 XXXVI. Little Crow, Jr.--His Capture. 218 XXXVII.