Reminiscences - The Story of an Emigrant

Hans Mattson

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Reminiscences, by
Hans Mattson
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Title: Reminiscences
The Story of an Emigrant
Author: Hans Mattson
Release Date: May 17, 2010 [EBook #32399]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
REMINISCENCES ***
Produced by K Nordquist, René Anderson Benitz and
the
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Book Cover
H. Mattson
REMINISCENCES
The STORY
OF AN
EMIGRANTBy HANS MATTSON,
Late Consul General of the United States, in India
saint paul:
D. D. MERRILL COMPANY
1891.
Copyrighted 1891
by
D. D. MERRILL COMPANY
st. paul, minn.
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Ancestry and country home in Sweden—Home
influences—My first school years—Christmas—Military
life—Departure for America.
CHAPTER II.
Arrival at Boston—Adventures between Boston and
New York—Buffalo—An Asylum—Return to New York—A Voyage—On the Farm in New Hampshire.
CHAPTER III.
The Arrival of my Father and Brother—Journey to
Illinois—Work on a Railroad—The Ague—Doctor Ober
—Religious Impressions—The Arrival of my Mother,
Sister and her Husband—A Burning Railroad Train—
We go to Minnesota—Our Experience as Wood
Choppers and Pioneers.
CHAPTER IV.
Future Hopes—Farm Life—Norwegian Pioneers—The
Condition of the Immigrant at the Beginning of the
Fifties—Religious Meetings—The Growth of the
Settlement—Vasa Township Organized—A Lutheran
Church Established—My Wedding—Speculation—The
Crisis of 1857—Study of Law in Red Wing—I am
admitted to the Bar and elected County Auditor—
Politics in 1860—War is Imminent.
CHAPTER V.
The Beginning of the Civil War—The Scandinavians
taking part in it—Appeal in Hemlandet to the
Scandinavians of Minnesota—Company D. Organized
—The Expressions of the Press—The Departure—The
March over the Cumberland Mountains—The Fate of
the Third Regiment.
CHAPTER VI.Events of 1863—The Siege of Vicksburg—Anecdotes
about Gens. Logan, Stevenson and Grant—Little Rock
Captured—Recruiting at Fort Snelling—The
engagement at Fitzhugh’s Woods—Pine Bluff—Winter
Quarters at Duvall’s Bluff—Death of Lincoln—Close of
the War—The Third Regiment Disbanded.
CHAPTER VII.
Reconstruction in the South—Third Regiment
Mustered Out—The Farewell Order—Sacrifices and
Costs of the War.
CHAPTER VIII.
My Reason for Taking Part in the Civil War—The
Dignity of Labor—The Firm Mattson & Webster
—Svenska Amerikanaren, its Program and Reception
—The State Emigration Bureau of Minnesota—Its
Aim, Plan and Work.
CHAPTER IX.
Visit to Sweden in 1868-1869—The Object of my
Journey—Experiences and Observations During the
Same—Difference Between American and Swedish
Customs—My Birth-place—Arrival and Visit There—
Visit to Christianstad—Visit to Stockholm—The
Swedish Parliament—My Return to America—
Reflections on and Impressions of the Condition of the
Bureaucracy of Sweden.
CHAPTER X.The Importance of the Scandinavian Element—A
Swede Elected Secretary of State in Minnesota—
False Rumors of Indian Depredations—The Northern
Pacific Railroad is Built—Trip to Philadelphia—The
National Convention at Indianapolis—Delegation to
Washington—A Swedish Colony in Mississippi Moved
to Minnesota—The Second Voyage to Europe.
CHAPTER XI.
In Sweden Again—Reception at My Old Home—Visit
to Northern Sweden—Field Maneuvers in Sweden—
The Opening of Parliament—In Norway—Visit in
Stockholm—Royal Palaces—The Göta Canal—A Trip
to Finland and Russia—King Oscar II.—A Trip to
Dalarne in the Winter.
CHAPTER XII.
Visit in Minnesota and Philadelphia—Conversation with
Jay Cooke—The Crisis of 1873—Negotiations in
Holland—Draining of a Lake in Skåne—Icelandic
Colony in Manitoba—Return to America.
CHAPTER XIII.
Grasshopper Ravages in Minnesota—The Presidential
Election—Chosen Presidential Elector—Minnesota
Stats Tidning—Svenska Tribunen in Chicago—Farm in
Northwestern Minnesota—Journalistic Work.
CHAPTER XIV.I am Appointed Consul-General to India—
Assassination of Garfield—Departure for India—My
Stay in Chicago and Washington—Paris and Versailles
—Rome—Naples—Pompeii—From Naples to
Alexandria—Interesting Acquaintances on the Voyage
—The First Impressions in Egypt.
CHAPTER XV.
Alexandria and its Monuments—The Egyptian
“Fellahs”—The Mohammedans and Their Religion—
The Voyage Through the Suez Canal—The Red Sea—
The Indian Ocean—The Arrival at Calcutta.
CHAPTER XVI.
India—Its People, Religion, Etc.—The Fertility of the
Country—The Climate—The Dwellings—Punkah—
Costumes—Calcutta—Dalhousie Square—Life in the
Streets.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Promenades of the Fashionable World—Maidan—
The Viceroy—British Dominions in India.
CHAPTER XVIII.
An Indian Fête—The Prince of Burdwan—Indian
Luxury—The Riches and Romantic Life of an Indian
Prince—Poverty and Riches.CHAPTER XIX.
Allahabad—Sacred Places—Kumbh Mela—
Pilgrimages—Bathing in the Ganges—Fakirs and
Penitents—Sacred Rites—Superstitions.
CHAPTER XX.
Benares, the Holy City of the Hindoos—Its Temples
and Worshipers—The Sacred Monkeys.
CHAPTER XXI.
Nimtoolaghat—Cremation in India—Parsee Funeral
Rites.
CHAPTER XXII.
Heathenism and Christianity—The Religion of the
Hindoos—Caste—The Brahmins—Their Tyranny—
Superstition—The Influence of Christianity—Keshub-
Chunder-Sen, the Indian Reformer—His faith and
Influence.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Steamboating On the Ganges—Life on the River—The
Greatest Business Firm in the World—Sceneries—
Temples—Serampoor—Boat Races—An Excursion to
the Himalayas—Darjieling and Himalaya Railroad—
Tea Plantations—Darjieling—Llamas—View from the
Mountains.