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Necessity has compelled me, in the preparation of this history, to be brief, not only in the subjects treated of, but also in the manner of such treatment. Details have usually been avoided, and comprehensive generalities indulged in. Those who read it may find many things wanting, and in order that they may have an opportunity to supply my deficiencies without too much research and labor, I have prepared a list of all the works which have ever been written on Minnesota, or any particular subject pertaining thereto, and append them hereto for convenience of reference. Any and all of them can be found in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society in the state capitol.

So much of what I have said consists of personal experiences and observations that it more resembles a narrative than a history, but I think I can safely vouch for the accuracy and truthfulness of all I have thus related.

BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED RELATING TO MINNESOTA.

The following will be found in "Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, volume I, St. Paul, 1872:"

1. The French Voyageurs to Minnesota during the Seventeenth Century, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

2. Description of Minnesota (1850), by Hon. Henry H. Sibley.

3. Our Field of Historical Research, by Hon. Alexander Ramsey.

4. Early Courts of Minnesota, by Hon. Aaron Goodrich.

5. Early Schools of Minnesota, by D. A. J. Baker.

6. Religious Movements in Minnesota, by Rev. C. Hobart.

7. The Dakota Language, by Rev. S. R. Riggs.

8. History and Physical Geography of Minnesota, by H. R. Schoolcraft.

9. Letter of Mesnard, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

10. The Saint Louis River, by T. M. Fullerton.

11. Ancient Mounds and Memorials, by Messrs. Pond, Aiton and Riggs.

12. Schoolcraft's Exploring Tour of 1832, by Rev. W. T. Boutwell.

13. Battle of Lake Pokegama, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

14. Memoir of Jean Nicollet, by Hon. Henry H. Sibley.

15. Sketch of Joseph Renville, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

16. Department of Hudson's Bay, by Rev. G. A. Belcourt.

17. Obituary of James M. Goodhue, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

18. Dakota Land and Dakota Life, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

19. Who were the First Men, by Rev. T. S. Williamson.

20. Louis Hennepin, the Franciscan, and Du Luth, the Explorer.

21. Le Sueur, the Explorer of the Minnesota River.

22. D'Iberville; An Abstract of his Memorial.

23. The Fox and Ojibway War.

24. Captain Jonathan Carver and his Explorations.

25. Pike's Explorations in Minnesota.

26. Who Discovered Itasca Lake, by William Morrison.

27. Early Days at Fort Snelling.

28. Running the Gauntlet, by William T. Snelling.

29. Reminiscences, Historical and Personal.

Volume 2:

30. Voyage in a Six-oared Skiff to the Falls of St. Anthony in 1817, by Major Stephen H. Long.

31. Early French Forts and Footprints of the Valley of the Upper Mississippi, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

32. Occurrences in and around Fort Snelling from 1819 to 1840, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

33. Religion of the Dakotas (Chapter VI. of James W. Lynd's Manuscripts).

34. Mineral Regions of Lake Superior, from Their First Discovery in 1865, by Hon. Henry M. Rice.

35. Constantine Beltrami, by Alfred J. Hill.

36. Historical Notes on the U. S. Land Office, by Hon. Henry M. Rice.

37. The Geography of Perrot, so far as it relates to Minnesota, by Alfred J. Hill.

38. Dakota Superstitions, by Rev. Gideon H. Pond.

39. The Carver Centenary; an account of the Celebration, May 1, 1867, of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Council and Treaty of Capt. Jonathan Carver with the Nadowessioux, at Carver's Cave in St. Paul, with an address by the Rev. John Mattocks.

40. Relation of M. Penticant, translated by Alfred J. Hill, with an introductory note by the Rev. E. D. Neill.

41. Bibliography of Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams.

42. A Reminiscence of Fort Snelling, by Mrs. Charlotte O. Van Cleve.

43. Narrative of Paul Ma-za-koo-to-ma-ne. Translated by Rev. S. R. Riggs.

44. Memoir of Ex-Governor Henry A. Swift, by J. Fletcher Williams.

45. Sketch of John Otherday, by Hon. Henry H. Sibley.

46. A Coincidence, by Mrs. Charlotte O. Van Cleve

47. Memoir of Hon. James W. Lynd, by Rev. S. R. Riggs.

48. The Dakota Mission, by Rev. S. R. Riggs.

49. Indian Warfare in Minnesota, by Rev. S. W. Pond.

50. Colonel Leavenworth's Expedition to Establish Fort Snelling in 1819, by Major Thomas Forsyth.

51. Memoir of Jean Baptiste Faribault, by Gen. H. H. Sibley.

52. Memoir of Captain Martin Scott, by J. Fletcher Williams.

53. Na-peh-shnee-doo-ta, a Dakota Christian, by Rev. T. S. Williamson.

54. Memoir of Hercules L. Dousman, by Gen. Henry H. Sibley.

55. Memoir of Joseph R. Brown, by J. F. Williams, E. S. Goodrich, and J. A. Wheelock.

56. Memoir of Hon. Cyrus Aldrich, by J. F. Williams.

57. Memoir of Rev. Lucian Galtier, by Bishop John Ireland.

58. Memoir of Hon. David Olmsted, by J. F. Williams.

59. Reminiscences of the Early Days of Minnesota, by Hon. H. H. Sibley.

60. The Sioux or Dakotas of the Missouri River, by Rev. T. S. Williamson.

61. Memoir of Rev. S. Y. McMasters, by Earle S. Goodrich.

62. Tributes to the Memory of Rev. John Mattocks, by J. F. Williams, Hon. Henry H. Sibley, John B. Sanborn and Bishop Ireland.

63. Memoir of Ex-Governor Willis A. Gorman, compiled from press notices, and eulogy by Hon. C. K. Davis.

64. Lake Superior, Historical and Descriptive, by Hon. James H. Baker.

65. Memorial Notices of Rev. Gideon H. Pond, by Rev. S. R. Riggs, Hon. H. H. Sibley and Rev. T. S. Williamson.

66. In Memory of Rev. Thomas S. Williamson, by Rev. S. R. Riggs and A. W. Williamson.

67. The Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre of 1857, by Hon. Charles E. Flandrau.

Volume 4:

68. History of the City of St. Paul and County of Ramsey, Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams, containing a very full sketch of the first settlement and early days of St. Paul, in 1838, 1839 and 1840, and of the territory from 1849 to 1858; lists of the early settlers and claim owners; amusing events of pioneer days; biographical sketches of over two hundred prominent men of early times; three steel portraits and forty-seven woodcuts (portraits and views); lists of federal, county and city officers since 1849.

Volume 5:

69. History of the Ojibway Nation, by William W. Warren (deceased); a valuable work, containing the legends and traditions of the Ojibways, their origin, history, costumes, religion, daily life and habits, ideas, biographies of leading chieftains and, orators, vivid descriptions of battles, etc. The work was carefully edited by Rev. Edward D. Neill, who added an appendix of 116 pages, giving an account of the Ojibways from official and other records. It also contains a portrait of Warren, a memoir of him by J. Fletcher Williams, and a copious index.

Volume 6:

70. The Sources of the Mississippi; their Discovery, Real and Pretended, by Hon. James H. Baker.

71. The Hennepin Bicentenary; Celebration by the Minnesota Historical Society of the 200th anniversary of the Discovery of the Falls of St. Anthony in 1680, by Louis Hennepin.

72. Early Days at Red River Settlement and Fort Snelling; reminiscences of Mrs. Ann Adams.

73. Protestant Missions in the Northwest, by Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, with a memoir of the author, by J. F. Williams.

74. Autobiography of Major Lawrence Taliaferro, Indian Agent at Fort Snelling, 1820 to 1840.

75. Memoir of General Henry Hastings Sibley, by J. F. Williams.

76. Mounds in Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, by Alfred J. Hill.

77. Columbian Address, delivered by Hon. H. W. Childs before the Minnesota Historical Society, Oct. 21, 1892.

78. Reminiscences of Fort Snelling, by Col. John Bliss.

79. Sioux Outbreak of 1862; Mrs. J. E. DeCamp's Narrative of her Captivity.

80. A Sioux Story of the War; Chief Big Eagle's Story of the Sioux Outbreak of 1862.

81. Incidents of the Threatened Outbreak of Hole-in-the-day and other Ojibways at the time of the Sioux Massacre in 1862, by George W. Sweet.

82. Dakota Scalp Dances, by Rev. T. S. Williamson.

83. Earliest Schools in Minnesota Valley, by Rev. T. S. Williamson.

84. Traditions of Sioux Indians, by Major William H. Forbes.

85. Death of a Remarkable Man; Gabriel Franchere, by Hon. Benjamin P. Avery.

86. First Settlement on the Red River of the North in 1812, and its Condition in 1847, by Mrs. Elizabeth T. Ayres.

87. Frederick Ayer, Teacher and Missionary to the Ojibway Indians, 1829 to 1850.

88. Captivity among the Sioux; Story of Nancy McClure.

89. Captivity among the Sioux; Story of Mary Schwandt.

90. Autobiography and Reminiscences of Philander Prescott.

91. Recollections of James M. Goodhue, by Colonel John H. Stevens.

92. History of the Ink-pa-du-ta Massacre, by Abbie Gardner Sharp.

Volume 7:

93. The Mississippi River and Its Source; a narrative and critical history of the river and its headwaters, accompanied by the results of detailed hydrographic and topographic surveys; illustrated with many maps, portraits and views of the scenery; by Hon. J. V. Brower, Commissioner of the Itasca State Park, representing also the State Historical Society. With an appendix: How the Mississippi River and the Lake of the Woods became instrumental in the establishment of the northwestern boundary of the United States, by Alfred J. Hill.

Volume 8:

94. The International Boundary between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, by Ulysses Sherman Grant.

95. The Settlement and Development of the Red River Valley, by Warren Upham.

96. The Discovery and Development of the Iron Ores of Minnesota, by N. H. Winchell, State Geologist.

97. The Origin and Growth of the Minnesota Historical Society, by the President, Hon. Alexander Ramsey.

98. Opening of the Red River of the North to Commerce and Civilization, with plates, by Capt. Russell Blakeley.

99. Last days of Wisconsin Territory, and Early Days of Minnesota Territory, by Hon. Henry L. Moss.

100. Lawyers and Courts of Minnesota, Prior to and During its Territorial Period, by Judge Charles E. Flandrau.

101. Homes and Habitations of the Minnesota Historical Society, by Charles E. Mayo.

102. The Historical Value of Newspapers, by J. B. Chaney.

103. The United States Government Publications, by D. L. Kingsbury.

104. The First Organized Government of Dakota, by Gov. Samuel J. Albright, with a preface by Judge Charles E. Flandrau.

105. How Minnesota became a State, by Prof. Thomas F. Moran.

106. Minnesota's Northern Boundary, by Alexander N. Winchell.

107. The Question of the Sources of the Mississippi River, by Prof. E. Lavasseur. (Translated by Col. W. P. Clough.)

108. The Source of the Mississippi, by Prof. N. H. Winchell.

109. Prehistoric Man at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River (with plates), and an addendum relating to the early visits of Mr. Julius Chambers and the Rev. J. A. Gilfillan to Itasca Lake, by Hon. J. V. Brower.

110. History of Minnesota, by Edward D. Neill. First Edition, 1858; has gone through four editions.

111. Concise History of the State of Minnesota, by Edward D. Neill, 1887.

112. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, prepared under the supervision of a committee appointed by the legislature, 1890-1893, in two volumes.

113. History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862-1863, by Isaac V. D. Heard, 1865.

114. A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota, by Charles S. Bryant and Abel B. Murch, 1872.

115. Minnesota Historical Society Collections, in eight volumes, 1850 to 1898, containing many of the above named works and papers.

116. History of St. Paul, Minnesota, by Gen. Christopher C. Andrews, 1890.

117. History of the City of Minneapolis, by Isaac Atwater, in two volumes.

118. Pen Pictures of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers, by T. M. Newson.

119. Fifty Years in the Northwest, by W. H. C. Folsom, 1888.

120. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Minnesota Volume by Jeremiah Clemmens, assisted by J. Fletcher Williams, 1879.

121. Progressive Men of Minnesota, Biographical Sketches and Portraits, together with an historical and descriptive sketch of the state, by Marion D. Shutter and J. S. McLain, 1897.

122. Biographical History of the Northwest, by Alonzo Phelps, 1890.

123. A History of the Republican Party, to which is added a political history of Minnesota from a Republican point of view, and biographical sketches of leading Minnesota Republicans, by Eugene V. Smalley.

124. There are also many quarto histories of counties in Minnesota and of larger districts of the state, mostly published during the years 1880 to 1890, including twenty counties, namely, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, McLeod, Meeker, Olmsted, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, Steele, Stevens, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, and Winona, and five districts, namely, The St. Croix Valley, the Upper Mississippi Valley, the Minnesota Valley, the Red River Valley and Park Region, and Southern Minnesota.

125. Winona and its Environs, by L. H. Bunnell, 1897, with maps and portraits.

Among the Earliest Publications are:

126. Minnesota and its Resources, by J. Wesley Bond, 1853.

127. Minnesota Year Books, 1851, 1852, 1853, by William G. Le Duc.

128. Floral Home, or First Years of Minnesota, 1857, by Harriet E. Bishop.

129. Narratives and Reports of Travels and Explorations, by Hennepin, Carver, Long and Keating, Beltrami, Featherstonhaugh, Schoolcraft, Nicollet, Owen, Oliphant, Andrews, Seymour and others.

130. For Geographic and Geologic descriptions of Minnesota, the reports of the geological and natural history survey are the most complete sources of information, by Prof. N. H. Winchell, State Geologist, assisted by Warren Upham, Ulysses Sherman Grant, and others. The annual reports comprise twenty-three volumes, 1872 to 1894, with another to be published. Several other volumes have been issued as bulletins of the survey, on iron, mining, birds, mammals, and fishes.

131. Four thousand two hundred and fifty bound volumes of Minnesota newspapers, embracing complete files of nearly all the newspapers ever published in Minnesota from first to last.

132. One thousand seven hundred and two books and about fifteen hundred pamphlets relating in some way to Minnesota history. All these books can be found in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society, which is always open to the public, free.

133. Much historical and other information is contained in the messages of the governors and reports of the various state officers, and especially in the Legislative Manuals prepared for the use of the members of the legislature by the secretary of state, under chapter 122 of the General Laws of 1893, and former laws. These Manuals, and especially that of 1899, are replete with valuable statistics concerning the state, its history and resources.

134. Illustrated History of Minnesota, by T. H. Kirk, M. L., 1887.

135. Ancestry, Life and Times of Henry Hastings Sibley, by Nathaniel West, D. D., 1889.

136. Minnesota and Dacotah in Letters descriptive of a Tour through the Northwest in the Autumn of 1856, with information relative to public lands and a table of statistics, by General C. C. Andrews.

137. Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate by the Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D. D., L. L. D., Bishop of Minnesota.

138. Reminiscences, Memoirs and Lectures of Monsignor A. Ravoux, V. G. 1890.

139. Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota, with a History of Minnesota, by Judge Charles E. Flandrau.

Finis.

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