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CONTENTS HISTORY OF MINNESOTA. CHAPTER I. THE NAMES SIOUX, AND DAHKOTAH. DIFFERENT DAHKOTAH BANDS. DAHK0TAH WORSHIP AND GODS. HAYOKAH, AND OTHER DEITIES. WAHKEENYAN. THUNDER BIRD. CHAPTER II. SACRED MEN INITIATED. MEDICINE DANCE AND SONGS. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.—VAPOUR BATH. MEDICAL PRACTICE. CRUELTY TO FOES. A MOTHER'S WAIL OVER HER INFANT. THE WOODPECKER CHARM. DRESS. FOOT RACING. DOG AND FISH DANCES. CORMORANT DANCE. WANT OF CLEANLINESS. IRREGULAR MODE OF LIFE. CHAPTER III. THE HARDSHIPS OF DAHKOTAH FEMALES. THE DISGUISED GIRL. WANT OF LAW. RELIGIOUS RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS. SCHILLER'S POEM. BULWER, HERSCHELL. SCARLET DOVE. ANPETUSAPA. MAIDEN'S ROCK OF THE DAHKOTAHS. LANGUAGE AND LEXICON. DAHKOTAH ALPHABET. CHAPTER IV. CARTIER. CHAMPLAIN. TRADERS PIONEERS FOR THE PRIESTS. GROSELLIER'S JOURNEY TO HUDSON BAY, BY LAND. MENARD AT LAKE SUPERIOR. DISAPPEARANCE OF MENARD. ALLOUEZ AT LA POINTE. MARQUETTE'S DESCRIPTION OF DAHKOTAHS. LA POINTE MISSION ABANDONED. OJIBWAYS DIVIDED. CHAPTER V. THE FUR TRADE. HABITS OF THE VOYAGEURS. PROFITS OF FUR TRADE. PERROT. TAKING POSSESSION OF THE NORTH-WEST. DU LUTH'S UNCLE. CHAPTER VI. HENNEPIN'S FONDNESS OF ADVENTURE. THE SHIP GRIFFIN. HENNEPIN. FRANCISCAN'S ATTEMPT TO PRAY. HENNEPIN NEAR ST. PAUL. MILLE LAC. QUERIES OF THE DAHKOTAHS. FALSEHOODS OF HENNEPIN. KING OF FRANCE DISSATISFIED WITH HENNEPIN. PERROT'S INTERVIEW WITH DAHKOTAHS. LEAD MINES. DU LUTH. ENGLISH CAPTURED. CHAPTER VII. FORMAL OCCUPANCY OF MINNESOTA. FORT AT LAKE PEPIN. LONG DESIRED PELTRIES ARRIVE AT MONTREAL. OJIBWAY AND DAHKOTAH CHIEFS' SPEECH. DAIIKOTAH CHIEF DIES IN CANADA. LE SUEUR'S LICENSE TO MINE REVOKED. CHAPTER VIII. LE SUEUR MEETS A WAR PARTY. DAHKOTAHS ROBBED CANADIANS. LAKE PEPIN. CANNON RIVER. ST. CROIX DROWNED. RIVER ST. PIERRE. DAHKOTAHS OF THE PLAINS. LE SUEUR FILLS CANOES WITH BLUE EARTH. WEEP OVER, THE DEATH OF TEEOSKAIITAY. M'DEWAKANTONWAN CHIEFS AT BLUE EARTH FORT. D'IBERVILLE'S MANUSCRIPT. EARLIEST CENSUS OF INDIANS OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RETURN OF WORKMEN FROM MAHKAHTO. CHAPTER IX. ATTACK OF FOXES ON DETROIT. PREDICTION IN RELATION TO ENGLISH MASTERY. LINCTOT AT LA POINTE. FRENCH RE-ESTABLISHED AT LAKE PEPIN. DE LIGXERY'S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE FOXES. VERANDERIE'S TOUR TOWARDS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. FINAL ATTACK ON THE FOXES. LUSIGNAN VISITS THE DAHKOTAHS. CHAPTER X. INDIAN ENLISTMENT. FRENCH WAR. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT. ST. PIERRE'S DEATH. IOWAYS AT TICONDEROGA. ENGLISH AT GREEN BAY. DAHKOTAH EMBASSY. CHAPTER XI. NO ENGLISH POSTS BEYOND MACKINAW. CARVER'S DESCRIPTION OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. SUPPOSED EARTH WORKS NEAR LAKE PEPIN. CAVE AND BURIAL PLACE NEAR ST. PAUL. FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY IN 1766. ALLEGED BURIAL SPEECH AT ST. PAUL. PROPOSED PACIFIC ROAD. EXAMINATION OF THE CARVER CLAIM. CARVER'S CLAIM BEFORE CONGRESS. LEAVENWORTH'S LETTER ON THE GRANT. REPORT OF SENATE COMMITTEE. CHAPTER XII. ORIGIN OF THE NAME PILLAGER. DEFEAT OF FOXES AT FALLS OF ST. CROIX. WAPASHAW AT MONTREAL. EXPEDITION TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN 1780. FORMATION OF NORTH-WEST COMPANY. TRADERS AT SANDY LAKE AND PINE RIVER. KAY WOUNDED IN A DRUNKEN REVEL. JUDGE PERLIER, TRADER IN MINNESOTA. NORTH-WEST CO. ESTABLISH POSTS IN MINNESOTA.
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