The History of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume 1H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, 1916 - Renville County (Minn.) |
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acres in section America Anderson Anna Beaver Falls Birch Cooley Birch Cooley township Bird Island Boon Lake township born April born December born in Germany born in Norway born January born July born June born March born October born September bought Buffalo Lake building built Cairo township Camp township Captain Carver county Charles Company county seat creek Dakota daughter died district eight elected erected Fairfax farmer father feet Fort Ridgely Franklin George Hector Henry homestead Indians James John Johnson Joseph killed land lived located Lutheran church married Mary McLeod county miles Minn Minnesota river Mississippi mother moved Nicollet county Olivia Olson Peter Peterson postmaster prairie Preston Lake Preston Lake township Renville county Ridgely Rieke settlers Sibley Sibley county Sioux soldiers squaw took town township 115 treaty village wagon Wellington township wife William Wisconsin
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Page 55 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 56 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 61 - Lake; thence through its center to its outlet; thence by a due south line to the north line of the State of Iowa; thence east along the northern boundary of said State to the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the main channel of said river and following the boundary line of the State of Wisconsin until the same intersects the...
Page 61 - 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 43 - States, all their lands in the State of Iowa; and, also all their lands in the Territory of Minnesota, lying east of the following line, to wit: Beginning at the junction of the Buffalo River with the Red River of the North ; thence along the western bank of...
Page 8 - ... it into the shapes of pipes and various toys. It appears like the pipestone, though less heavy and less hard, and has a very different color. It is said to harden by heating. This substance, which may, at least provisionally, be denominated a kaolin, seems to be the result of the action of water on the underlying granite. Since it prevails in the Cretaceous areas, and is always present, so far as known, whenever the Cretaceous deposits have preserved it from disruption by the glacier period,...
Page 61 - Pigeon river and following said dividing line to the place of beginning, be and they hereby are authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government by the name of the State of Minnesota, and to come into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, according to the Federal Constitution.
Page 152 - The money arising from the sale of their said lands, after paying the indebtedness required by said treaty to be paid, shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and shall be expended as the same is received, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in necessary improvements upon their new reservation; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to allot to said Indians, in severally, lands...
Page 69 - Killistinocs,] together with my own observations I have learned that the four most capital rivers on the continent of North America — viz., the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or River of the West, (as I hinted in my introduction) — have their sources in the same neighborhood.
Page 246 - ... officer so detailed shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts necessary to complete any proceedings pending before the court to which he was appointed, and to carry into effect any judgment, mandate, order or process, made or issued by such court previous to his detail.