Library of Congress Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 COLLECTIONS OF THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME X. PART II. ST. PAUL, MINN.: PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. FEBRUARY, 1905. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS F601 M66 Printed by Great Western Printing Company Minneapolis, Minn. JUN D. of D. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTENTS OF PART II. Page Groseilliers and Radisson, the First White Men in Minnesota, 1655–56, and 1659–60, and Their Discovery of the Upper Mississippi River, by the Secretary, Warren Upham 449–594 Publication of Radisson's manuscripts 449 Biographic sketches of Groseilliers and Radisson 450 Peculiarities of Radisson's writings 453 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Agreements and discrepancies with other records 455 Chronology of the four expeditions 456 Narrative of the first western expedition 458 The year 1655–56 at Prairie island 462 Agriculture of the Indians 467 Public council in the spring of 1656 470 The return to Quebec 473 Account in the Jesuit Relation of 1655–56 474 Radisson's excursions in the summer of 1655 477 Narrative of the second western expedition 479 Fort at Chequamegon bay 484 Starvation in winter 487 Dealings with the Sioux and the Crees 492 Fictitious journey to Hudson bay 508 The return to Montreal and Three Rivers 514 Accounts in the Jesuit Relation and Journal 517 Observations of the Indian tribes 519 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Iroquois 520 Hurons 522 Ottawas 526 Winnebagoes 528 Ojibways 528 Sioux 530 Crees 535 Progress of Discovery of the Mississippi river 538 Vespucci, 1498 540 Pineda, 1519 542 Narvaez, 1528 544 De Soto, 1541—42 545 Groseilliers and Radisson, 1655–60 552 Joliet and Marquette, 1673 553 Hennepin and Duluth, 1680 554 iv La Salle, 1682 556 Le Sueur, 1683–1700 558 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress History of Prairie island 561 Services of Groseilliers and Radisson for the Hudson Bay Company 563 To Whom belongs the Honor of Discovery of the Upper Mississippi River and Minnesota? 564 Chronologic Summary 565 Bibliography 568 Conclusion 594 A Sioux Narrative of the Outbreak in 1862, and of Sibley's Expedition in 1863, by Gabriel Renville 595–618 The outbreak at the Yellow Medicine Agency 596 Efforts to aid the white captives 599 Battle of Birch Coolie 602 Council addressed by Little Paul and Little Crow 603 Battle of Wood Lake 606 Rescue of the captives 608 Trial and execution of Indian prisoners 608 Sioux camp at Fort Snelling 610 Friendly Indians appointed as scouts 611 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Beginning of Sibley's expedition, 1863 612 Indian scouts in this expedition 613 First meeting with the hostile Sioux 613 Biographic Sketch of Chief Gabriel Renville , by Samuel J. Brown 614 The Work of the Second State Legislature , 1859–60, by the President, Gen. John B. Sanborn 619–633 The Old Government Mills at the Falls of St. Anthony , by Edward A. Bromley 635–643 Lumbering and Steamboating on the St. Croix River, by Captain Edward W. Durant 645– 675 The river and its tributaries 647 First steps in development of the lumber industry 648 The early sawmills 649 The later mills and their production 652 Stillwater mills 655 St. Louis mills 657 Pioneer lumbermen 658 Large buyers of St. Croix logs 659 Rafting logs and lumber 663 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress v Pilots 665 Steamboats 666 Steamboat building 670 The giant St. Croix boom 672 Scenery of the St. Croix lake and river 672 Statistics 673 Minnesota's Eastern, Southern and Western Boundaries , by Alexander N. Winchell 677– 687 Memorial Addresses in Honor of Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, at the Monthly Council Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., Monday Evening, October 14, 1901 689–720 The Work of Bishop Whipple in Missions for the Indians , by Hon. Charles E. Flandrau 691 Bishop Whipple and the Schools at Faribault , by Rev. George C. Tanner 697 Bishop Whipple as a Citizen of Minnesota , by Hon. Greenleaf Clark 708 Bishop Whipple as a Mediator for the Rights of the Indians in Treaties , by Gen. John B. Sanborn 713 The Work of Bishop Whipple for the Episcopal Church , by Rev. William C. Pope 716 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Memorial Addresses in Honor of Governor Alexander Ramsey, at Meetings of the Minnesota Historical Society, in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., September 3 and 14, 1903 721–766 Alexander Ramsey, a Memorial Eulogy, September 3, 1903, by Gen. James H. Baker 723–743 Memorial Addresses, Presented September 14, 1903 745–766 By Hon. Greenleaf Clark 745 Resolutions adopted 747 By Ex-Governor Lucius F. Hubbard 748 By Ex-Governor Andrew R. McGill 750 By Governor Van Sant 753 By Archbishop Ireland 754 By Hon. F. C. Stevens 755 By Mr. Henry S. Fairchild 758 By Mr. A. L. Larpenteur 760 By Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie 761 By Gen. James H. Baker 762 By the Secretary, Mr. Warren Upham 765 vi Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Memorial Addresses in Honor of Judge Charles E. Flandrau, at the Monthly Council Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., Monday Evening, November 9, 1903 767–830 Introductory Address, by the President, Gen. John B. Sanborn 769 The Life and Influence of Judge Flandrau, by Hon. Greenleaf Clark 771 Judge Flandrau in the Defense of New Ulm During the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, by Major Salmon A. Buell 783 First news of the outbreak 784 Organization of volunteers for defense 785 The first attack at New Ulm 786 Flandrau as commander and his staff 789 New Ulm as a strategic point 791 Scouting expedition 791 Beginning of the battle on Saturday 793 Number of the Sioux engaged in the attack 796 Later part of the battle 797 Instances of bravery 801 A night of anxiety 803 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress The battle continued on Sunday 805 Arrival of reinforcements 807 Care of the sick and wounded 808 Evacuation of New Ulm 809 Comparison of the battles of this Indian war 812 Advantages gained by the defense of the New Ulm 816 Judge Flandrau as a Citizen and Jurist, by William H. Lightner 819 Address by Hon. Joseph A. Eckstein, City Attorney of New Ulm 829 Memorial Addresses in Honor of General John B. Sanborn, at the Monthly Council Meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society, in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., Monday Evening, October 10, 1904 831–856 Introductory Address, by the President, Hon. Greenleaf Clark 833 The Life and Work of General Sanborn, by Gen. Henry W. Childs 838 William Holcome, by Mrs. Andrew E. Kilpatrick 857–861 Moses Sherburne, by Simeon Mills Hayes 863–866 vii Deceased Members of This Society, 1901–1904 867–876 George Loomis Becker 867 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Douglas Brymner 867 Richard C. Burdick 867 James Henry Dunn 868 John Fiske 868 Charles Eugene Flandrau 868 Alpheus G. Fuller 868 Charles Duncan Gilfillan 869 Julius M. Goldsmith 869 William Henry Grant 869 Joseph Jackson Howard 869 Richard Marvin 870 Henry Lawrence Moss 870 Peter Neff 870 Renssalaer Russell Nelson 870 Theodore Sutton Parvin 871 Frank Hutchinson Peavey 871 Emerson William Peet 871 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress John Sargent Pillsbury 871 Pennock Pusey 872 Alexander Ramsey 872 Lathrop Edward Reed 873 Daniel Rohrer 873 Dwight May Sabin 873 John Benjamin Sanborn 873 Frank Bailey Semple 874 John B. Spencer 874 Benjamin Franklin Stevens 874 Hiram Fairchild Stevens 874 John Summers 875 Robert Ormsby Sweeney 875 Joseph Farrand Tuttle 875 Henry Benjamin Whipple 875 Eli Trumbull Wilder 876 Henry L. Williams 876 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress Index of Authors and Principal Subjects of Volumes I–X 877–891 Personal Index of Volumes I–IX 892–914 Index of Volume X 915–938 ILLUSTRATIONS OF PART II. Page. Plate XIII. Map Showing the Routes of Groseilliers and Radisson, and the Progress of Discovery of the Mississippi River 449 XIV. The Old Government Mills at the Falls of St. Anthony 635 XV. Portrait of Captain Edward W. Durant 645 XVI. Portrait of Bishop Henry B. Whipple 688 XVII. Portrait of Governor Alexander Ramsey 721 XVIII. Portrait of Gen. James H. Baker 745 XIX. Portrait of Judge Charles E. Flandrau 767 XX. Portrait of Major Salmon A. Buell 783 XXI. Portrait of Gen. John B. Sanborn 831 XXII. Portrait of Lieut. Gov. William Holcombe 857 XXIII. Portrait of Judge Moses Sherburne 863 Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 http://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.0866f Library of Congress MAP SHOWING THE ROUTES OF GROSEILLIERS AND RADISSON, AND THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.