Territorial Period 43 Education 49 The First Territorial Government 52 Courts 54 First Territorial Legislature 58 Immigration 62 The Panic of 1857 68 Land Titles 69 The First Newspaper 70 Banks 73 The Fur Trade 75 Pemmican 80 Transportation and Express 81 Lumber 83 Religion 85 Railroads 91 The First Railroad Actually Built 101 The Spirit Lake Massacre 102 The Constitutional Convention 109 Attempt to Remove the Capital 115 Census 117 Grasshoppers 117 Militia 120 The Wright County War 122 The Civil War 123 The Third Regiment 128 The Indian War of 1862 and following years 135 The Attack on Fort Ridgely 148 Battle of New Ulm 150 Battle of Birch Coulie 159 Occurrences in Meeker County and Vicinity 161 Protection of the Southern Frontier 162 Colonel Sibley Moves upon the Enemy 166 The Battle of Wood Lake 169 Fort Abercrombie 171 Camp Release 174 Trial of the Indians 175 Execution of the Thirty-Eight Condemned Indians 180 The Campaign of 1863 182 Battle of Big Mound 184