Horatio P. Van Cleve520Charlotte O. Van Cleve520Ard Godfrey520Richard Chute521Lucius N. Parker521Captain John Rollins521John G. Lennon521John H. Stevens522Caleb D. Dorr522Rev. Edward D. Neill522John Wensignor523Robert H. Hasty524Stephen Pratt524Capt. John Tapper524R. W. Cummings524Elias H. Conner524C. F. Stimson524William Dugas524David Gorham525Edwin Hedderly525Louis Neudeck525Andrew J. Foster525A. D. Foster525Charles E. Vanderburgh525Dorillius Morrison526H. G. O. Morrison526F. R. E. Cornell526Gen. A. B. Nettleton527Isaac Atwater527Rev. David Brooks527Prof. Jabez Brooks527John S. Pillsbury528Henry T. Welles528David Blakely528William Lochren528Eugene M. Wilson528R. B. Langdon529William M. Bracket529Thos. B. and Platt B. Walker529Austin H. Young530Henry G. Hicks530John P. Rea530John Martin520John Dudley531CHAPTER XX.RAMSEY COUNTY.Organization, First Officers532St. Paul in 1840, Known as Pig's Eye532First Settlers532Father Ravoux, 1841533Henry Jackson Established a Trading Post533Accessions of 1843533Accessions of 1844534First Deed534Accessions of 1845534First School535Second Deed, Phalen's Tract535Accessions of 1846535Reminiscences536Accessions in 1847536St. Paul Platted537Miss Bishop's School537First Steamboat Line537Accessions of 1848538Progress in 1849539St. Paul Made the Capital of the State539The First Newspapers539Early Items and Advertisements540Pioneers of 1849540Some Comparisons541Statistics of Population, Schools, Buildings542List of Mayors543West St. Paul544Towns of Ramsey County544White Bear545First Settlers545Indian Battle Ground546Town Organization547White Bear Lake Village548Hotels and Cottages548Daniel Getty549South St. Paul549North St. Paul550Population of St Paul550Post Office History551CHAPTER XXI.BIOGRAPHICAL.Henry Hastings Sibley553Alexander Ramsey556William H. Forbes557Henry M. Rice558Edmund Rice560Louis Robert561Auguste L. Larpenteur562William H. Nobles562Simeon P. Folsom563Jacob W. Bass563Benjamin W. Brunson564Abram S. and Chas. D. Elfelt564D. A. J. Baker565Benjamin F. Hoyt565John Fletcher Williams566Dr. John H. Murphy566William H. Tinker567George P. Jacobs567Lyman Dayton567Henry L. Moss567William Rainey Marshall568David Cooper569Bushrod W. Lott570W. F. Davidson570Wm. H. Fisher571Charles H. Oakes572C. W. W. Borup572Capt. Russell Blakely573Rensselaer R. Nelson573George L. Becker574Aaron Goodrich575Nathan Myrick575John Melvin Gilman576Charles E. Flandrau576John B. Sanborn577John R. Irvine579Horace R. Bigelow580Cushman K. Davis580S. J. R. McMillan581Willis A. Gorman581John D. Ludden582Elias F. Drake582Norman W. Kittson583Hascal R. Brill583Ward W. Folsom584Gordon E. Cole584James Smith, Jr.584William P. Murray585Henry Hale585James Gilfillan585Charles Duncan Gilfillan586Alexander Wilkin586Westcott Wilkin587S. C. Whitcher587T. M. Newson587Alvaren Allen588Harlan P. Hall589Stephen Miller589CHAPTER XXII.DAKOTA, GOODHUE, WABASHA AND WINONA COUNTIES.Dakota County.Description591Hastings591Farmington591Ignatius Donnelly591Francis M. Crosby592G. W. Le Duc593Goodhue County.Red Wing, Barn Bluff595Cannon Falls595Indian Burying Ground596Hans Mattson596Lucius F. Hubbard597William Colville599Martin S. Chandler599Charles McClure600Horace B. Wilson600Wabasha County.Wabasha Village601Bailey and Sons602Nathaniel S. Tefft602James Wells602Winona County.Scenery602Winona City603Daniel S. Norton603William Windom603Charles H. Berry604Thomas Wilson604Thomas Simpson605Wm. H. Yale605CHAPTER XXIII.MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES.Pierre Bottineau606Andrew G. Chatfield606Hazen Mooers607John McDonough Berry607Mark H. Dunnell608James H. Baker608Horace B. Strait609Judson Wade Bishop610John L. McDonald610Thomas H. Armstrong611Augustus Armstrong611Moses K. Armstrong611James B. Wakefield611William Wallace Braden611Reuben Butters612Michael Doran612Andrew McCrea613John W. Blake613Knute Nelson613William R. Denny613APPENDIX.MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS, INDIAN TREATIES, ETC.Brief History of the Northwest Territory616Spanish Claims616French Claims617Louisiana in 1711618Settlement of Marietta, Ohio618Ohio Territory619Statistics619Boundary Question625Wisconsin Constitutional Convention, 1846625Wisconsin Constitutional Convention, 1847626Some Resolutions627Under What Government?628H. H. Sibley Elected Congressional Delegate628Queries629Minnesota Territory Created629Land Office at Stillwater629Indian Treaties629Treaty with the Sioux (Mendota) 1805629Treaty with the Chippewas (Mendota) 1837630Treaty with the Sioux (Washington) 1837630Treaty with the Winnebagoes (Washington) 1837631Treaty with the Chippewas (Fond du Lac) 1847631Treaty with the Pillager Band (Leech Lake) 1847632Treaty with the Sioux (Traverse des Sioux) 1851632Treaty with the Sioux (Mendota) 1851632Treaty with the Chippewas (La Pointe) 1854634Treaty with the Pillagers (Washington) 1855634Treaty with the Chippewas (Red Lake River) 1863634Gen. Pike and the Indians635Treaty of 1805636Pike's Address to the Council636Details of Treaty636Pike Hospitably Entertained637United States Surveys in the Northwest637Establishment of Land Offices638Establishment of the Present System of Surveys638The First Surveyor General's Office at Marietta, O638United States Land Offices in the Northwest639List of Registers and Receivers, Wisconsin639First Entries640First Auction Sale of Land641List of Registers and Receivers, Minnesota641List of Wisconsin Territorial and State Officers, Governors, Senators, and Representatives from St. Croix Valley641Legislative Representation642First and Second Constitutional Conventions643Governors of Wisconsin643United States Senators643United States Representatives644District Judges644State Legislature644List of Minnesota Territorial and State Officers647Census of the Territory in 1849647First Territorial Legislature648First Prohibition Law649Constitutional Convention649List of State Officers and Judicial649Senators and Representatives650Minnesota State Legislatures651Constitutional Convention of 1857654Division of Convention654Union of Conventions on a Constitution656Have We a Constitution656First, Minnesota State Legislature657Protests Against Legislation657Five Million Bill Passed and Adopted657State Seal Adopted658State Seal Design659Adjourned Session of Legislature660Protests Against Recognizing Gov. Medary660Reports on Protests661Land Grants—Railroad Surveys and Construction665Northern Pacific Railroad665Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad667St. Paul & Duluth Railroad668Minnesota & Manitoba Railroad669Stillwater, White Bear & St. Paul Railroad670St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad671Wisconsin Central Railroad671Taylor's Falls & Lake Superior Railroad672Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad672A Memorial for "Soo" Railroad673Organization of Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railroad674Mileage of Railroads Centring in St. Paul and Minneapolis675Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad675Congressional Appropriations675Inland Navigation676George R. Stuntz on Lake Superior and St. Croix Canal680Waterways Convention, 1885682E. W. Durant's Valuable Statistics683Resolution for St. Croix and Superior Canal685Early Steamboat Navigation686Steamboat Accommodations687First Mississippi Steamboat Officers689First Mississippi Steamboat Organizations689List of Steamboats690Later Navigation on Northwest Rivers691Steamboating on the St. Croix692Ice Boats693James W. Mullen's Reminiscences, 1846694St. Croix Boom Company696Surveyors General of Logs696Organization696Conflict over State Boundary697Language of Logs698Logs Cut from 1837 to 1888700Chartered Dams701Lumbering and Lumbermen in 1845702Lumbering and Lumbermen in 1887705St. Croix Dalles Log Jams706Population of Northwest Territory in 1790709Population of Wisconsin Territory in 1836709Subsequent Census709Population of Minnesota in 1849709Minnesota State Capitol710Burning of State House711Selkirk Visitors712Cyclones713Isanti and Chisago Cyclone713Cottage Grove and Lake Elmo Cyclone715Washington County and Wisconsin Cyclone717St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids Cyclone718Curious Lightning Freaks721Asiatic Cholera on the Royal Arch721First Decree of Minnesota Citizenship722International Hotel, St. Paul, Burned723Grasshoppers723Ancient Mounds724Lake Itasca, Schoolcraft and Boutwell Form the Name Itasca.Description of Itasca726Elk and Boutwell Lakes727Capt. Glazier's False Claim727Copper Mining on St. Croix728Rev. Julius S. Webber; Reminiscences729Judge Hamlin—Amusing Incident730Minnesota Old Settlers Association731St. Croix Valley Old Settlers Association740Newspaper History741Gen. Scott, Maj. Anderson, and Jeff. Davis752Jeff. Davis' Marriage at Fort Crawford753Dred Scott at Fort Snelling754Incidents in Dred Scott's History755