Produced by Michael Roe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration] COLLECTIONS OF THE Minnesota Historical Society, FOR THE YEAR 1867. Saint Paul: PIONEER PRINTING COMPANY. 1867. OFFICERS. _President_: Major General H. H. SIBLEY. _Vice Presidents_: D. A. ROBERTSON, D. W. INGERSOLL, R. BLAKELEY. _Secretary_: J. F. WILLIAMS. _Treasurer_: PETER BERKEY. _Executive Council_: REV. J. MATTOCKS, REV. S. Y. MCMASTERS, D.D., LL. D. GOV. W. R. MARSHALL, HON. H. M. RICE, REV. JOHN IRELAND, HON. J. D. LUDDEN, A. H. CATHCART, G. A. HAMILTON, W. H. KELLEY, C. E. MAYO, A. J. HILL, HON. A. GOODRICH, DR. C. DEMONTREVILLE, DR. HENRY H. EAMES, R. O. SWEENEY, W. B. DEAN, S. B. WOOLWORTH, J. P. POND, HON. S. J. R. MCMILLAN CONTENTS. ARTICLE. PAGE. I. Annual Report of the Secretary, 3 II. Mineral Regions of Lake Superior, 8 III. Constantine Beltrami, 13 IV. Historical Notes of the United States Land Office, 21 V. The Geography of Perrot, 22 VI. Dakota Superstitions, 32 Report of the Committee of Publication. _Hon. H. H. Sibley, President of the Minnesota Historical Society_: Your Committee of Publication, acting under instruction of the Executive Council, beg leave to lay before you the accompanying annual. The limited means of the Society have compelled brevity; and most of the articles selected are of local, rather than of general interest. The article on the “Mineral Regions of Minnesota” may be a matter of some general interest; but its chief interest will be with the people of our State. The “Life of Constantine Beltrami” will be interesting to all readers; though his connection with Minnesota and the North-west will cause it to be read with peculiar interest by our own people. The article on the “Dakota Superstitions,” coming from one most thoroughly acquainted with those children of the forest, must awaken the interest of all who care to enter into the study of the aboriginal character. The brief sketch of the “History of the United States Land Office” contains facts well worth preserving.