McLeod, Martin, bill for free schools, 90. McMillan, S. R. J., elected United States senator (1875), 297. McPhail, Samuel, leader of relieving party at Birch Coulie, 214. Maine Law, 137. Majority to amend constitution, 347. Marine, first American settlement (1839), 81. Markle, Mrs., taken prisoner and killed by Inkpaduta, 146. Marquette, at La Pointe, 14; to accompany Joliet, 16. Marsh, Capt. John S., marches to rescue of victims of Sioux massacre, 200; drowned after battle of Redwood Ferry, 200. Marshall, William R.: defeated by Rice (1855), 110; Republican leader, 136; candidate for Congress, 137; commands Seventh Minnesota at Wood Lake, 219; commands brigade at Nashville, 245; brevetted brigadier, 245; leads Seventh at capture of Fort Blakely, 246; elected governor (1865), 254; vetoes bill to remove state capital (1869), 266; recommends oversight of corporations, 279; elected state railroad commissioner, 284; recommends use of internal improvement lands for redemption of bonds, 327. Medary, Samuel, appointed territorial governor, 136; leaves Minnesota, 155. Medawakantons, country of, 96; _see_ Sioux Indians. Meeker, B. B., appointed territorial justice, 90. Mendota, first settlement, mostly French, 81; treaty of, 96. Merriam, William R., governor (1889-93), 340. Merriman, O. C., member of special board of regents, 259. Merritt Brothers, explore for iron, 358. Mesabi iron range, mines of, 358. Militia companies form nucleus of First Minnesota, 178. Militia law of 1858, 160. Mill explosion in Minneapolis (1878), 324. Miller, Stephen, appointed colonel of Seventh Minnesota, 189; military career, 250; brevetted brigadier, 251; elected governor, 251. Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad Co. chartered, 162. Minneapolis, meaning of name, 131; founded, 131; united with St. Anthony, 131; absorbs St. Anthony, 275; a milling centre, 275; increase of population, 1880-85, 333. Minneapolis Millers’ Association, 316.