The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Flandrau

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THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA AND TALES OF THE FRONTIER

Chas E Flandrau

The History of Minnesota

AND

Tales of the Frontier.

BY

JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU

PUBLISHED BY E. W. PORTER, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. 1900.

Dedication. To the Old Settlers of Minnesota, who so wisely laid the foundation of our state upon the broad and enduring basis of freedom and toleration, and who have so gallantly defended and maintained it, this history is most gratefully and affectionately dedicated by the author.

Charles E. Flandrau.

AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.

The original design of this history was, that it should accompany and form part of a book called the "Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota." It was so published, and as that work was very large and expensive, it was confined almost exclusively to its subscribers, and did not reach the general public. Many requests were made to the author to present it to the public in a more popular and readable form, and he decided to publish it in a book of the usual library size, and dispose of it at a price which would place it within the reach of everyone desirous of reading it. As the history is written in the most compendious form consistent with a full presentation and discussion of all the facts concerning the creation and growth of the state, it was estimated that it would not occupy sufficient space in print to make a volume of the usual and proper size. The author therefore decided to accompany it with a series of "Frontier Stories," written by himself at different times during his long residence in the Northwest, which embrace historical events, personal adventures, and amusing incidents. He believes these stories will lend interest and pleasure to the volume. THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS. HISTORY.

Opening Statement Legendary and Aboriginal Era Fort Snelling The Selkirk Settlement George Catlin Featherstonehaugh Schoolcraft and the Source of the Mississippi Elevations in Minnesota Nicollet Missions The Indians Territorial Period Education The First Territorial Government Courts First Territorial Legislature Immigration The Panic of 1857 Land Titles The First Newspaper Banks The Fur Trade Pemmican Transportation and Express Lumber Religion Railroads The First Railroad Actually Built The Spirit Lake Massacre The Constitutional Convention Attempt to Remove the Capital Census Grasshoppers Militia The Wright Country War The Civil War The Third Regiment The Indian War of 1862 and Following Years The Attack on Fort Ridgely Battle of New Ulm Battle of Birch Coulie Occurrences in Meeker County and Vicinity Protection of the Southern Frontier Colonel Sibley Move upon the Enemy The Battle of Wood Lake Fort Abercrombie Camp Release Trial of the Indians Execution of the Thirty-Eight Condemned Indians

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