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History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier.Pdf '•wii ^.^m CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF Sejmour L. Green . i/^^ >/*--*=--— /o~ /^^ THE LATE JUDGE FLANDRAU. He Was Long a Prominent Figure in tbej West. 4 Judge Charles E. Flandrau, whose death!/ occurred in St. Paul,- Minn., as previously f noted, was a prbmlnfent citizen in the Mid- i die West. Judge Flandrau was born in , New York city in 1828 and when a- mere | boy he entered the government service on ' the sea and remained three years. Mean- i time his -father, who had been a law part- ner of Aaron Burr, moved to Whltesboro, and thither young Flandrau went and stud- ied law. In 1851 he was admitted to 'the i bar and became his father's partner. Two years later he went to St. Paul, which I had since been his home practically all the tune. in 1856 he was appointed Indian agent for the Sioux of the JVlississippi, and did notable work in rescuing hundreds of refu- gees from the hands of the blood-thirsty reds. In 1857 he became a member of the constitutional convention Which framed" the constitution of the state, and sat -is a Democratic member of the convention, which was presided over by Govei-nor Sib- ley. At this time he was also appointed an associate justice of -the Supreme Court of Minnesota, ' retainitig his place on the bench until 1864. In 1863 he became Judge advocate general, which position he held concurrently with the .iusticesbip. It was during the Siolix rebellion of 1862 that Judge Flandrau performed his most notable services for the state, his cool sagacity and energy earning for him a name that endeared him to the people of the state for all time. Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion Judge Flandrau organized a company and marched to the scene of the trouble immediately. At New Ulm he was chosen commander-in-cKief of the vol- unteer force, and after a fierce fight, which j lasted for over forty hours without cessa- tion, saved New Ulm from being pillaged and the citizens and refugees from certain ! massacre. , After these stirring times Judge Flan- drau left Minnesota for a time to practice law at Carson City, Nevada, but soon re- turned to enter into partnership with Judge Isaac Atwater of Minneapolis. He was city I attorney in 1867 and was elected president of the first Board of Tt^de organized in that city. In 1870 he returned to St. Paul and was successively a member of the firms of Bige- low, Flandrau & Clark and Flandrau, Squires & Cutpheon. For the past few years he had practiced alone. Politically -he was a Democrat, and in 1867 was a candidate for governor. Two years later he was chairman of the state central Democratic committee and. attended the convention whith ' nominated Horatio Seymour. Thanksgiving proclamation. Those were of the thing, and were among the most days when there was something to really enthusiastic about the celebration. be thankful tor. The Union armies were Thanlcsglving morning dawned, cold but successful on the fields of battle and the briglit and clear, and the settlers f'"^f''3oni was began TS''.,'-"'' about to be de- to arrive early in cided in the morning at the our favor. We spent many cabin w-here Thanksgiving the divine services were to days In those times l.iat be held. were not termed Thanksgiving days, but The time for the sermon they were days in which came and we were trulv passed, but, sad to say, the thankful for the blessings Presbyterian of success m missionary failed to the great struggle materialize Time for humanity. I do sped along and there was not recall that no missionary any of these days were to preach the sermon. observed in any Judge Flandrau special way, but thev ,ye»W^&rTie<i. H».l^ad were - arranged the affair -memorable. , . and "In I felt Tes»aii^lj^^tsr the sermon, and my boyhood days back In E^nsvi- ^ vania. Thanksgiving was not,,.^ _^I^3 day special with us. The great hojitfay w^ year was of the Christmas. Thls,^ think, was because so many of the p/bpie were Ger- greatest festival . of tuf givmg year. Than.ts was a New EjlTand fesUval and ^o*Idered?;o important wun- us^s untiln^r^-^ It was madi a national "°"°^yholiday about the time of ^e war." Judge Charl<^ E. Flandran. r.^r^°"?}}}^ Plonefers of Minnesota the 4^Flandrau stands pre-emmently.«?e e^"^' '^f'^^ 6ut It^was in the year 1853 '^^"^ to Minnesota, andind theth/ «^"1^t ^rk flm hoIlAy that he celebrated ,w_as ^ev.' Years, 1154 ''''''^ engaged In trading with theI/t^?Indians The pVnt he decided upon ror a location la n(% the site of th^t beautiful little city olst Peter It at this point ^s that thX judge spent. " most entirely alone. hial. first Thanksglv- Ingr day in the great ,, kst. The Thanksgiving daj 1854 was a lonely ofie for Judge I- gdrau There was hardly a white man „ a two- day's journey, and his sole panlons were Indians and half-breereeds, :ith an occasional trapper or trader, One"^una * the Judge s companions and fellow tradefthat Jndge C. E. Flandrau. this time was Louis Robert, who Iwards aftlf established a branch trading -^^ house at the little settlement of wnat ^^ ^^^***^MJBf^iL that T iilinMalT to ninw '"'" ""^ thriving Petir^"'^ city of Bt. up anothe^s^d'^frWaf-fi^'Tl^acterr^^d him and made him popular with ^'""^ Thanksgiving low his fel- iof,""" n""'" ,'"'„i''"^ men all through his long l^d other holidays passed and useful almost unno- life, he decided that there would t;V:ed to the little body that was grow- sermon be a ing day anyv,'ay. and mounting the Im- by day until at last along about promptu two platform delivered his first weeks before Thanksgiving day ser. ISo,, the Judge decided that there were That part of enough people the programme being dis- gathered there to cele- posed of, and brate the evening coming on, the day in a manner befitting the gathering occasion, repaired to the cabin, and and he set about to have the scraping to good, a of the fiddles whiled away old New Kngland Thanksgiving the time unUl the early morning hours In the mazy jCourlers dance. scoured the surrounding coun- Then came try informing the adjournment to the all within traveling dis- i.anquet tance table, and such a banquet as of the event and extendliie was. it Judges the Necessarily the menu was com- Invitation to participate po.sed largely There were of game that was not to the a few missionaries In that relish of the palate what it is tctlon, and Judge tnlay : Flandrau I but the induced sunoundlngs and the occasion made it the richest delicacv sembicd to tho=e ., and ri.^-ht manfuMv and n ^' did they fan to the spread ai^'d Two ha.^v hours were spent around ihe crude board inat, sa.d Judge Flandrau "wa- '^'^^'^^Siving ' ev r "p:nt""r"^ that Gov. Vr.n Sant. CO'"^ C^Cc-«-t c<X^i.<,^ Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Corneii University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028912693 Cornell University Library F 606 F58 3 1924 028 912 693 olin The History of Minnesota AND Talcs of the Frontier. JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU PUBI,ISHED BY E. W. PORTER, ST. PAUI<, MINNESOTA. igoo. THEPIONEEF g PRESS 'SAINT "pAUL tbMDCCCX G ?^etiication. Co tl)t (Bla ^ettlere of Jlinneeiata, to{)a 6o ttiselp lain tbe fannlratton of ottr state npoa ti)e braan anlr eatwrins iiafiisi of freeDont anil toleration, anD tofjo babe eo sallantlp KefenDeD anif maintainelr it, tbi0 btJStorp ift mofit statefnllp anH afet= tionatelp DeaitateD iip tiie author. Ctjarles C. iFlanDrau. AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION. The original design of this history was, that it should accompany and form part of a book called the "En- cyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota." It was so published, and as that work was very large and expen- sive, it was confined almost exclusively to its subscrib- ers, and did not reach the general public. Many re- quests 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 pre- sentation 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 there- fore decided to accompany it with a series of "Frontier Stories," written by himself at dififerent times during his long residence in the Northwest, which embrace his- torical events, personal adventures, and amusing inci- dents. He believes these stories will lend interest and pleasure to the volume. THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. HISTORY. Page. Opening Statement .^ 2 Legendary and Aboriginal Era 3 Fort Snelling 14 Selkirk Settlement 20 George Catlin 25 Featherstonehaugh 25 Schoolcraft; Source of Mississippi 26 Elevations in Minnesota 28 Nicollet 28 Missions 30 Indians! 36 Territorial Period 43 Education 49 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 Pur Trade 75 Pemmican 80 Transportation and Express 81 Lumber 83 Religion 85 Railroads 91 The First Railroad Actually Built loi The Spirit Lake Massacre ^ 102 The Constitutional Convention 109 Attempt to Remove the Capital 115 Census 117 Grasshoppers 117 Militia 120 .
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