MacMillan, Prof. Conway, on teach-

ing botany, 612-614.

McPhail, Col. Samuel, 281, 282, 283,
284, 287.

Madelia, 401.

Madison, President James, 473, 476-
482, 514, 534.

Madrid, Treaty of 1795, 471.
Mahdwagononint (or Med-we-gan-on-

int), Ojibway chief, 75, 135.
Maiden feast, of Sioux, 218.
Mail-carrying, by Ojibways,

104;

early, to Superior and Duluth,
267, 270.

Maine, 571; lumbering, and immigra-
tion to Minnesota, 346, 355, 356,
358, 678.

Mankato, 146, 208, 215, 285, 426, 439.
Manock, Charles, 329, 353, 354.
Manufactures, 592.

Maple sugar making by Ojibways, 70,
101, 331, 332.

Maps, of San Juan archipelago, 35;
showing territorial growth of the
United States, 485.

Marbois, 482, 486, 487, 488, 489, 527-
540.

Marine Mills, 153, 155, 189, 297, 298,
317.

Markell, Clinton, 255, 256.
Marpiya-hdi-na-pe,

435, 448.

friendly

Marriage among Ojibways, 84.

Sioux,

Marriages, early, in Minnesota, 146,
278, 287, 371.

438,

Marsh, Captain John S., 437,
443.
Marshall, Chief Justice, quoted, 495,
499.

Marshall, Gov. William R., 149, 171,

172, 320; obituary sketch of Hon.
Henry M. Rice, 654-658.

Martin, Gov. Alexander, 467.
Martin, Judge F. X., quoted, 459.
Martin, Capt. John, 349; biographic

Membre, Father Zenobe, 239.
Mendota, 163, 190, 372, 384, 385, 599,
656.

Merchants' Hotel, St. Paul, 146, 425.
Merriam, John L., 19, 27, 578, 582,
642, 667.

Merrick, Rev. John A., 183, 193.
Merriman, Hon. O. C., 350.
Merritt, Lewis H., 255.

Mesabi iron range, 23, 312, 593.
Mesh-a-ki-gi-zhick, Ojibway chief, 75.
Messer, Alanson, 28.

Miami Indians, 226, 227.

Michigan, 542, 543.

Mille Lacs, Ojibways, 55, 57, 72, 93,
132, 137; pineries, 329-333.
Sioux, 228-233.

Miller, Robert P., 272.
Miller's creek, Duluth, 272.
Mills, William, 423.

Milton, John, quoted, 574.

Minneapolis, 149, 339, 343, 354-362,

577.

Minneapolis and St. Louis railway,
286.

Minnehaha falls, 327.
Minneiska, 215.

Minnesota, admission to Union, 546-

548.

Minnesota, boundaries, 145, 294, 296,
324, 544-546.

Minnesota, Dual Origin of, paper by
Samuel M. Davis, 519-548.
Minnescta, Education during the past

Fifty Years, paper by Pres. Cyrus
Northrop, 602-616; see Contents.
Minnesota in the National Congress
during Fifty Years, paper by Gen.
John B. Sanborn, 623-626.
Minnesota, Progress during the Half
Century, paper by Hon. Charles
E. Flandrau, 587-596.

Minnesota Historical Society, 202;
newspaper department, 567, 571,
595, 633-635.

Minnesota Historical Society, Cele-
bration of its Fiftieth Anniver-
sary, 549-636; see Contents.
Minnesota Historical Society, its Or-
ganization and Growth, paper by
Gen. William G. Le Duc, 559-568;
its Library, Museum and Portrait
Collection, paper by Nathaniel P.
Langford, 569-575; its Work
through Fifty Years in preserv-
ing Minnesota History and its
Duty to the Future, paper by Col.
William P. Clough, 627-636.

Miro, governor of Louisiana, 460-464,
468, 469, 470.

Missionary Work among the Sioux,
paper by Rev. Moses N. Adams,
431-452; see Contents.

Missions, Early, of Park Place, St.

Paul, paper by Bishop M. N. Gil-
bert, 181-196.

Missions, Ojibway, 129-142, 193, 194,
204, 246-248, 292.

Missions, Sioux, 132, 153, 204, 446.
Mississippi river, quotation from

George Bancroft, 453; from peti-
tion to congress, 478.
Mississippi river, Upper, and its
Tributaries, History of Pioneer
Lumbering, with Biographic
Sketches, paper by Daniel Stanch-
field, 325-362; see Contents.
Missouri, Territory and State, 543,
545.

Mitchell, Alexander M., 159.
Mix, Charles H., 200.

Moccasins, 67, 101, 177, 205, 270, 405.
Monfort, Captain, 390.

Monfort, Delos A., obituary sketch,
677:

Monroe, President James, 480, 488,

496, 529-537, 541.

Monticello, first sawmills, 352.
Mooer, Hazen P., 300, 427.
Moose, 57, 99, 585, 589.
Morgan. Col. George, 461.
Morrison, Allan, 336, 337, 339, 584.
Morrison, Hon. Dorilus, 349; bio-
graphic sketch, 358.

Mortality, rate of, among Ojibways,
97, 125, 142.

Mortimer, Sergeant Richard W., 367,
371, 382.

Morton, 428.

Mosquitoes, 330, 333.

Moss, Hon. Henry L., 200, 549, 551.

561, 562, 583; Biographic Notes
of Old Settlers, 143-162; see Con-
tents.

Mound Builders, 3, 560, 570, 573.
Mower, John E., 316.

Mower, Martin, 316.

Munger, R. S., 262.

Murders by Ojibways, 92.

Murray, Hon. Wiliiam P., 160, 391.
Museum, etc., of the Minnesota His-

torical Society, paper by Nathan-
iel P. Langford, 569-575.
Myrick, Andrew, 444.
Myrick, Nathan, 166, 280, 381, 391,
444.

Nelson, Hon. Knute, 622, 623.
Nelson, Hon. R. R., 192, 251, 581.
Nelson, Socrates, 304, 317.
Nettleton, George E., 248, 249, 250,
251, 253.

Nettleton, William, 250, 251, 253, 255,
272.

Nevers dam, 316.

New Orleans, La., 457, 459, 460, 470-
472, 477, 478, 480, 481, 497, 530.
Newell, Francis S., 662.
Newspaper department,

Minnesota
Historical Society, 567, 571, 595,
633-635.

Newspaper, first, in Duluth, 278; in
Redwood county, 286; in St. Paul,
380, 571, 594.

Newton, Capt, Leroy, 286.

New Ulm, 208, 285, 286, 401, 408, 438,
439.

New Year's day, celebrations, 199.
New York and the ordinance of 1787,

513, 516, 524.

Nindibewinini, an Ojibway, 105.
Noah, Col. J. J., 392.
Nobles, Milton V., 299.

Nobles, Col. William H., 299.

Normal schools, 609.

Norris, James S., 152.

North, John W., 174, 349.

North Carolina and Frankland, 465.
468.

Northern Pacific railroad, 28, 267,
353, 358, 593.
Northrop, Pres. Cyrus, Education in
the United States and in Minne-

sota during the past Fifty Years,
602-616; see Contents.
Northup, Anson, 287, 299, 341, 349,
352.

Northwest Fur Company, 8, 13, 14,
15, 584.

Northwest Territory and Ordinance
of 1787, 509-518, 519; Dual Origin
of Minnesota, 519-548.

Oakes, Charles H., 13, 151, 199, 341,
348, 584, 593.
Obituaries, 637-680; Elias Franklin

Drake, 637-653; Henry Mower
Rice, 654-658; Charles Edwin
Mayo, 659-664; Russell Blakeley,
665-670; other deceased members
of this society, 188-1901, 671-680.
Officer, Harvey, 188.
Ohio, 542, 560, 644-650.
Ojibways in Minnesota, paper by
Rev. Joseph A. Gilfillan, 55-128
(see Contents); Civilization and
Christianization of the, paper by
Bishop Henry B. Whipple, 129-
142.

Old Bets, 370, 373, 374.

Old Settlers, Biographic Notes of,
paper by Hon. Henry L. Moss,
143-162; see Contents.

Old Settlers' Association of Minne-

sota, 143-162, 669.
Oliphant, Laurence, 184.
Olmsted, David, 150, 172, 561, 563.
Oneota, 255, 256, 259, 262, 267, 271,
272, 273, 275.

Oratory, Ojibway, 74.
Ord, William, 255.

Ordinance of 1787, Some Legacies of

the, paper by Hon. James O.
Pierce, 509-518; see Contents.
Organization and Growth of the Min-

nesota Historical Society, paper
by Gen. William G. Le Duc, 559-
568.

Origin, Dual, of Minnesota, paper by
Samuel M. Davis, 519-548; see
Contents.

Orleans, Territory of, 543.
Osceola, Wis., 299.

Other Day, John, 411, 449, 579.
Ouasicoude, Sioux chief, 230, 231, 232.
Outbreak, Sioux, in the Year 1862,

with Notes of Missionary Work
among the Sioux, paper by Rev.
Moses N. Adams, 431-452; see
Contents.

Pacific Fur company, 503.
Palmer, Judge E. C., 203.
Palmyra, first steamer on the St.
Croix, 293, 294.

Park, National, proposed in northern
Minnesota, 585, 590.

Park Place, St. Paul, Early Missions
of, paper by Bishop M. N. Gil-
bert, 181-196.

Parker, Charles H., 593.
Parkman, Francis, quoted, 224, 238,
240.

Parrant, Pierre, 144, 163, 164.
Patch, Luther, 340.

Paterson, Rev. Andrew B., 200, 206.
Peake, Rev. E. Steele, 130, 132.
Peet, Rev. James, 255, 273.
Pembina, N. D., 185.

Pembina band of Ojibways, 55, 56,
69.

Pickett, Capt. George E., 39-47.
Piegan Indians, 76.

Pierce, Hon. James Oscar, Some Leg-
acies of the Ordinance of 1787,
509-518; see Cortents.

Pierre, South Dakota, 668.
Pierrepont, schooner on lake Superior,
264.

Pike, Gen. Z. M., 6, 106.
Pillager band of Ojibways, 194.
Pillsbury, Hon. Charles A., 360.
Pillsbury, Hon. George A., 360.
Pillsbury, Hon. John S., 349, 583,
625; biographic sketch, with por-
trait, 359; opening address at the
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Min-
nesota Historical Society, 597-601.
Pilots of Mississippi steamers, 388.
Pine county, sawmills, 310.
Pine timber in Minnesota, 324, 590.
Pineries, Rum river, 329-333.
Pioneers of Minnesota, 390-394, 568,

575, 598.

Plumer, Hon. William, quoted, 493.
Point Douglas, sawmills, 305, 577.
Pokegama lake, of Snake river, 247,
292.

Politeness of Ojibways, 93.

Political History of Minnesota, Early,
paper by Hon. Charles D. Gilfil-
lan, 167-180.

Politics, territorial, 209-212.
Polk, President James K., 506.
Pomme de Terre, 396.

Pomroy, Jesse H., 383.

Pond, Revs. Gideon H. and Samuel,
153, 450.

Portland, Minn., 255, 256, 269, 272.
Portrait Collection, etc., of the Min-

nesota Historical Society, paper
by Nathaniel P. Langford, 569-
575.

Post, Capt. Ed., 281.

Post offices, first in Minnesota, 145;
first in St. Louis county, 267.
Potts, Dr. T. R., 561.

Prairie du Chien, 161, 293, 378, 391,
656, 667.

Pratt, Major, Indian agent, 119.
Presbyterian missions to Sioux, 451.
Prescott, Philander, 298, 306, 327,
436, 584.

Prescott, Wis., 299, 306.

Presley, Bartlett, 166, 371.
Prince, John S., 318, 341, 348.
Princeton, first sawmills, 352.
Progress of Minnesota during the
Half Century, paper by Hon.
Charles E. Flandrau, 587-596.
Progress of the United States during
the Half Century, paper by Hon.
Cushman K. Davis, 617-622.
Provencalle, Louis, 7.

Puget Sound, international boundary,
35-54.

Pugh, Rev. James, 273.

Purchase of Louisiana, paper by Na-
thaniel P. Langford, 453-508; see
Contents.

Purinton, James, 307.

Putnam, Prof. F. W., 3.

Quakers of Philadelphia, 142.
Quarrying, Redwood county, 289.
Quincy, Hon. Josiah, quoted, 492.

Rabbit band of Ojibways, 126.
Race, S. J., 285.

Radisson, Peter Esprit, 4, 241, 669.
Rafts of logs, 317, 343, 355; of sawn
lumber, 317, 326.

Railroad companies in Minnesota, 25-
32, 286, 593, 642; "five million
loan," 25, 27, 579, 651, 652.
Railroad transportation, 23-32, 266,
286, 593, 600.
Rainfall, decrease, 297.
Rakowski, John G., 271.
Ramsey, Hon. Alexander, 162, 167,

168, 169, 171, 176, 180, 199, 315,
391, 392, 551, 559, 561, 563, 583,
597, 601, 658; Response at Fifti-
eth Anniversary, 555.

Randall, William H., Jr., 379.
Ravoux, Father Augustin, 583.
Ray, James D., 255, 259.
Raymond, B. W., 273.

Read's Landing, sawmill, 320.
Recollections of the City and People
of St. Paul, 1843-1898, paper by
August L. Larpenteur, 363-394;
see Contents.

Recollections of Persons and Events

in the History of Minnesota, pa-
per by Bishop Henry B. Whipple,
576-586.

Red lake, Ojibways, 59, 60, 61, 75,
76-78, 82, 99, 101, 102, 119, 136,
176.

Red Owl, Sioux orator, 131.
Red river of the North, steamboats,

19; ox cart trade, 20, 585, 587; 558.
Red Wing sawmills, 319.
Redwood County, Early Settlement

and History of, paper by Hon. O.
B. Turrell, 279-290.

Redwood Falls, 280, 283, 284, 286.
Redwood river, 408, 410, 444.
Reese, Edward, 94.
Reindeer, 57, 100, 589.
Relf, Richard, 253.

Reminiscences of Minnesota during

the Territorial Period, paper by
Hon. Charles E. Flandrau, 197-
222; see Contents.

Religious liberty, Ordinance of 1787,
518.

Renfro, W., 375-378.

Renville, Antoine, 447.

Renville, Mrs. Antoine, 449.

Renville, Rev. John B., and wife, 449.
Renville, Joseph, 7.

Republican party, 171-180, 209-211,
669.

Rhawn, William H., 165.

Rhode Island Historical Society, 634.
Rice, Hon. Edmund, 26, 33, 200, 582,
583, 642.

Rice, Hon. Henry M., 13, 15, 150, 166,
169, 170, 172, 180, 200, 210, 244,
245, 335, 338, 546, 583, 589, 625;
obituary sketch, 654-658.

Rice, Orrin W., 253, 255, 261.
Richardson, Eliphalet, 441.
Riggs, Rev. Stephen R., 428, 446,
447, 450, 563.

Riverside, Redwood county, 285.
Robert, Capt. Louis, 164, 221, 280,
283, 369, 378, 382, 386.
Robertson, Andrew, 427.
Robertson, Col. D. A., 188, 200, 251,
565, 566, 583.
Robideau, 313.

Robideau, Mrs., 448.

Rolette, Joseph, 155, 156, 198, 210.
Roman Catholic missions, 187, 204,

212.

Rondo, Joseph, 367.

Rosario strait, 37, 40, 50, 51.

Ross, Hon. James, 481.

Ross, Jerry, 315.

Rum river, 228, 231, 233; pineries,
329-333, 341-343, 370, 375.

Russell, Jeremiah, 151.
Russell, Lord John, 49.

Russell, Roswell P., 340, 348, 655.
Russia, treaty with, 505.

Sailing vessels, lake Superior, 14, 263-
266.

Saint Anthony, 149, 171, 189, 192,
212, 327, 339, 355, 358.
Saint Anthony, falls of, 232, 327.
Saint Cloud, first sawmills, 352.
Saint Croix county, 299-301.

Saint Croix Falls, Wis., 294, 295, 328,
378.

Saint Croix river, 292, 293, 317.
Saint Croix Valley, History of Lum-

bering, with Biographic Sketches,
paper by William H. C. Folsom,
291-324.

Saint Louis, Mo., 366, 383, 389.
Saint Louis County, History of, and
of Duluth, to the Year 1870, pa-
per by Hon. John R. Carey, 241-
278; see Contents.

Saint Mary's Falls Ship Canal, 15, 21,
266, 600, 655.

Saint Paul, 144, 145, 147, 158; first
schools, 159; first surveys, 161,
163, 170, 184, 378; Reminiscences
by Hon. C. E. Flandrau, 197-209;
212; sawmills, 318, 341; 367, 425,
556, 643, 662, 663, 669, 671-680.

Saint Paul, Early Missions of Park
Place, paper by Bishop M. N.
Gilbert, 181-196.

Saint Paul, Early Trade and Traders
in, paper by Charles D. Elfelt,
163-166.

Saint Paul, Recollections of the City
and People, 1843-1898, paper by
August L. Larpenteur, 363-394;
see Contents.

Saint Paul and Duluth railroad com-
pany, 28, 165, 267.

Saint Paul and Pacific railroad com-
pany 26, 29.

Saint Paul and Sioux City railroad

company, 27, 642.

Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manito-
ba railway, 30.

Saint Peter, 208, 423-425, 438, 439,
440.

Salaries, State of Franklin, 467.
Salutations of Ojibways, 108.
San Juan Archipelago, How we won
the, paper by Gen. E. C. Mason,
35-54.

San Juan island, 37-53.

Sanborn, Gen. John B., 140, 622; Min-
nesota in the National Congress
during Fifty Years, 623-626.

Sandy lake, 99, 258.

Santee Agency, Nebraska, 428.
Sauk Center, 585.

Sauk Rapids, 151, 152, 189, 557.
Sault Ste. Marie ship canal, 15, 21,
266, 600, 655.

Sawmills, Duluth, 262, 312; Redwood
Falls, 287; St. Croix valley, 301-
323.

Scharf, John Thomas,

sketch, 678.

obituary

Schmidt, William, 430.
Schoolcraft, Henry R., 14, 33, 220,
247, 563.

Schools, common, 599, 602, 606-608.
Schools, first in Duluth, 273, 274; in
Redwood county, 284; in St. Croix
valley, 292.

Schools, Ojibway, 119; of all the In-
dians, 142.

Schurz, Hon. Carl, 173, 174.

Schwandt, Mary, Rescue by Snana, a

friendly Sioux, 427-430.

Sciences, instruction in, 610-614.
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 35, 46, 47.
Sedella, Father de, 463.
Selby, J. W., 25.

Semi-Centennial Celebration, Minne-

sota Historical Society, 549-636;
see Contents.

Sermons, first, in Duluth, etc., 273.
Setzer, Henry N., 155.
Sevier, Gov. John, 466-468.
Seymour, Hon. Horatio, quoted, 573.
Shabaskong, Ojibway chief, 137.

Shadayence, Ojibway medicine man,
95, 106, 134, 135.

Shakopee, Sioux medicine man, 222,
367, 430.

Shea, John Gilmary, 235, 236, 237,
238.

Sheehan, Col. T. J., 118.
Sherman, Major Thomas W., 566.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., 138, 140.
Sherwood, Capt. George, 265.
Shields, Gen. James, 176.

Sibley, Gen. Henry H., 7, 136, 161,
165, 166, 167, 169, 176, 180, 188,
200, 204, 282, 302, 378, 379, 392,
400, 402, 404, 418, 420, 430, 442,
579, 582, 583, 584, 589, 599.
Simpson, J. W., 164, 369, 372.
Simpson, James, 248.
Simpson, Hon. Jerry, 265.
Simpson, Hon. Thomas, 320.
Sioux, Captivity among the, August
18 to September 26, 1862, paper
by Mrs. N. D. White, 395-426;
see Contents.

Sioux, friendly, in War of 1862, 427-
430, 446-449.

Sioux, Hennepin and the, 226-233.
Sioux, Missionary Work among the,

paper by Rev. Moses N. Adams,
431-452; see Contents.

Sioux, Narration of a Friendly, paper
by Snana (Mrs. Maggie Brass),
427-430.

Sioux missions, 132.

Sioux names, 215-218.
Sioux Outbreak in the Year 1862,

with Notes of Missionary Work
among the Sioux, paper by Rev.
Moses N. Adams, 431-452; see
Contents.

Sioux reservation, 280, 427.
Sioux, traffic of Ojibways with, 102,
117.

Sioux War, 1862-64, 132, 141, 148,
204, 208, 282, 385, 395-426, 429,
431-452, 579.

Sisseton tribe of Sioux, 416, 432.
Sloan, Levi, 166.

Sloan, Thomas, 375, 376.

Smith, Ansel, 315.

Smith, Hon. Charles K., 157, 159,
559-564, 567.

Smith, Daniel F., 313.

Smith, Rev. E. P., Indian agent, 60,

102, 117, 139.

Smith, Rev. Fred, Ojibway, 135.

Smith, Hon. James, Jr., 28.
Smith, Hon. John A., 178.

Smith, Truman M., 593.
Smith, Gen. W. R., 293.
Snake river, 293.

Snana (Mrs. Maggie Brass), Narra-
tion of a Friendly Sioux, 427-430.
Some Legacies of the Ordinance of
1787, paper by Hon. James O.
Pierce, 509-518; see Contents.