Minnesota, the North Star StateFolwell, William Watts
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Minnesota, the North Star State
Folwell, William Watts
Minnesota -- History
Brown, Joseph R., drummer boy, arrives with troops (1819), 84;
lays out town (1840), 81;
J. P. of Crawford County, Wis., 84;
in Wisconsin legislature, 85;
fathers Minnesota Northwestern Railroad bill in legislature of 1854,
122;
member of constitutional convention, 138;
appointed Sioux agent, 168;
plan to civilize the Sioux, 168;
superseded as Sioux agent, 169;
commands detachment at Birch Coulie, 213;
commands scouts in 1863, 234.
Browning, O. H., permits further issues of Chippeway half-breed scrip,
114.
Brulé, Etienne, report of Lake Superior, 5.
Burger, Capt. Emil, mentioned, 224.
Burt, Rev. D., superintendent of public instruction, 320.
Butler, Sergeant William, shot in Pillager outbreak, 352.
Cadillac builds fort at Detroit (1701), 29.
“Cæsar’s Column,” by Ignatius Donnelly, 319.
Camp Coldwater, 56.
Cantonment at Mendota (1819), 55.
Capital of Minnesota, located in St. Paul, 91;
attempt to remove (1857), 132;
attempt to remove (1869), 265.
Capitol, old, burned, 325;
rebuilding of, 343.
Capitol, new, building of, 343;
account of, 344.
Carleton College, mentioned, 354.
Cartier, Jacques, two voyages, 3.
Carver, Jonathan, expedition, 33;
travels, 35;
claim, 36.
Cass, Gov. Lewis, exploring expedition 71;
induces Sioux and Chippeways to make a treaty at Fort Snelling, 72.
Catlin, John, Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, calls an election in
the rump, 87.
Cavanaugh, James M., seated as representative from Minnesota, 154.
Chamberlain, Selah, holder of special state railroad bonds, 326;
sues railroad company (1873), 328;
offers to take half of face value of bonds (1887), 329.
Chambers, Gov. John, commissioner for treaty with Sioux (1849), 93,
111.
Champlain, Samuel, two exploring voyages, 3;
founds Quebec, 3;
discovers Lake Champlain, 4;
defeated by Iroquois, 5;
emissaries of, 5;
“Father of New France,” 6.
Charlevoix, on the Mississippi (1720), 26.
Chase, Charles L., territorial secretary and delegate to
constitutional convention, 138;
acting governor, 155.
Chatfield, Andrew G., appointed territorial justice (1853), 108.
Chippeway half-breed scrip, story of, 112.
Chippeways, immigration of, 44;
drive Sioux south and west, 44;
characteristics, 45;
still on reserves, 112;
disquiet of, 1862, 224.
Chippeway treaties (1826, 1851, 1854, 1855, 1863), 11.
Christian, George H., pioneer in patent milling, 274.
Church, first organized, 67.
Civil War, First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Infantry regiments,
178;
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth regiments, raised, 188;
batteries, sharpshooters, and cavalry battalion raised, 186;
Eleventh Infantry regiment raised, 247;
First Heavy Artillery raised, 247;
whole number of Minnesota volunteers, 247.
Clapp, Moses E., elected U. S. senator, 342.
Claim Association of Hennepin Co., 130.
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