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acres America Anderson Andrew appointed April assessor August Barn Bluff Betcher Bluff born building built Cannon Falls Cannon river Charles Cherry Grove township clerk Company congregation daughter December died district early elected erected farm farmer father Featherstone February George George W Goodhue county Hancock Hay Creek held Henry Indians James January John Johnson July June Kenyon Lake Lake Pepin land later living located Lutheran Church Main street March married mill Minn Minneola township Minnesota Mississippi mother mounds natives of Norway Nelson Norway November October Olson organized pastor Paul Peter Peterson Pine Island Pine Island township Prairie present president purchased received his education Red Wing Republican river Roscoe township secretary September served settlers Sioux Sweney Thomas took town treasurer Vasa village W. W. Phelps Wabasha county Wanamingo wife William Wisconsin Zumbrota
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Page 504 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Page 319 - Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it ; Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad...
Page 79 - River ; thence fifteen miles to the Grand Encampment opposite the River aforesaid ; The United States agree to suffer said half Breeds to occupy said tract of country; they holding by the same title, and in the same manner that other Indian Titles are held.
Page 504 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.
Page 136 - He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 60 - The big boats did not get up till after sundown. Medicine Wood takes its name from a large beech tree, which kind of wood the Sioux are not acquainted with, and supposing that the Great Spirit has placed it there as a genii to protect or punish them according to their merits or demerits.
Page 87 - Traverse; thence up the center of said lake to the southern extremity thereof; thence in a direct line to the head of Big Stone Lake ; thence through its center to its outlet ; thence by a due south line to the north line of the State of Iowa...
Page 41 - ... fault.t Nor does this similarity stop with objects made of stone. On the contrary, it is believed to extend to all the articles, of every kind whatsoever, that have thus far been taken from the mounds. Indeed, I might even go further, and as the result of some years of work, as well in the field as in the library, venture the assertion that not only has there not as yet been anything taken from the mounds indicating a higher stage of development than the red Indian of the United States is known...
Page 69 - I observed the ruins of a French factory, where it is said Captain St. Pierre resided, and carried on a very great trade with the Naudowessies, before the reduction of Canada.
Page 369 - Vindelicia, and Pannonia, 15 BC ; and Spain, 25 BC His efforts with the Arabians, however, failed, and the attempt against the Germans beyond the Rhine succeeded no better. Germany then extended from the Rhine to the Vistula, and from the Danube to the North Sea and the Baltic. Its natives were as wild as their own forests, and by their rough exercises and simple fare they acquired a physical vigor which astonished the inhabitants of other countries. Hunting and war constituted their highest pleasures,...