Fifty Years In The Northwest

Going West. 1

Lakes Huron and Michigan 3

Chicago and Milwaukee 5

On Foot to Galena 6

The Northwestern Territory 7

Arrival at Dubuque 7

Reminiscences of Dubuque 8

Arrival at Prairie du Chien 9

Early History of Prairie du Chien 9

Ancient Document 10

Forts Shelby-McKay-Crawford 11

First Commissioners at Prairie du Chien 11

Organization of Crawford County 12

Indian Troubles 12

Running the Gauntlet 13

Fort Crawford Robbed 13

Early Justice 14

A Southward Journey 15

New Orleans, Vicksburg 15

Return to Prairie du Chien 16

Privations 16

A Perilous Journey 17

Return to Maine-Mountains of New Hampshire 17

Marriage 18

Prairie du Chien in 1837 18

American Residents 19

Biographies.

James Duane Doty 19

James H. Lockwood 20

Indian Troubles 21

John S. Lockwood 22

Samuel Gilbert 23

Michael Brisbois 23

Pierre La Point 24

Joseph Rolette 24

Hercules Dousman 24

Rev. David Lowry 25

Chief Justice Charles Dunn 25

Rev. Alfred Brunson 26

Ira Brunson 27

John H. Folsom 28

Ezekiel Tainter 28

Judge Wyram Knowlton 29

Robert Lester 29

Thomas Pendleton Burnett 30

General Henry Dodge 30

General George W. Jones 31

S. G. and S. L. Tainter, John Thomas 31

From Prairie du Chien to Stillwater 32

Stillwater in 1845 33

St. Croix County 33

First Settlement in 1838 34

Dismemberment of St. Croix Valley from Crawford County 34

Judge Irwin's Court in 1840 35

Events in 1840, First Commissioners' Meeting 35

Election Precincts in 1841 36

Early History of Stillwater 37

The First Saw Mill 37

Copy of Agreement of Mill Company 38

Agreement of Land Claims 40

Bateau Voyage up the St. Croix 41

Indian Drunks 42

Skiff Voyage to Prairie du Chien 42

Mail Carrying 43

Claim and Mill at Arcola 43

Stillwater in 1846, Events 44

Overland Trip to Prairie du Chien 44

Return, Adventure 45

A Pioneer Cat 45

Stillwater in 1847 46

Territorial Election 46

Arrest of Nodin and Ne-she-ke-o-ge-ma 46

Visit to Sunrise, Connor's Camp 47

Murder of Henry Rust 47

Funeral, Indignation Meeting 48

First District Court in Stillwater 48

Nodin and Ne-she-ke-o-ge-ma Acquitted 49

Steamer War Eagle and Raft 49

Society Ball in Stillwater 49

Stillwater in 1848 50

Joseph Renshaw Brown 52

Paul Carli 53

Dr. Christopher Carli 53

Lydia Ann Carli 54

Phineas Lawrence 54

Jacob Fisher 55

James S. Anderson 55

Emanuel D. Farmer 56

Col. John Greely 56

Mrs. Hannah Greely 57

Elam Greely 57

Himan Greely 57

Aquilla Greely 58

Elias McKean 58

Calvin F. Leach 58

Socrates Nelson 58

Mrs. Socrates Nelson 59

Edward Blake 59

Walter R Vail 59

John E Mower 60

Martin Mower 61

William Willim 61

Albert Harris 61

Cornelius Lyman 62

David B Loomis 62

William E Cove 63

John Smith 63

John Morgan 63

Anson Northrup 63

Robert Kennedy 64

Harvey Wilson 65

Andrew Jackson Short 65

James D McComb 65

William Rutherford 66

Albion Masterman 66

Joseph N Masterman 66

Mahlon Black 66

Morton S Wilkinson 67

William Stanchfield 67

Thomas Ramsdell 68

Charles Macey 68

Jonathan E McKusick 68

John McKusick 68

William McKusick 69

Noah McKusick 69

Royal McKusick 69

Ivory E McKusick 69

Charles E Leonard 69

Daniel McLean 70

Robert Simpson 70

William H Hooper 70

James H Spencer 71

John T Blackburn 71

Joseph T Blackburn 71

Horace McKinstry 71

Seth M Sawyer 71

Henry Sawyer 72

Alvah D Heaton 72

John McKenzie 72

George McKenzie 72

Henry Kattenberg 72

Julius F Brunswick 73

Henry McLean 73

Hugh Burns 73

Sylvanus Trask 73

Ariel Eldridge 73

Edward White Durant 74

Oliver Parsons 75

Albert Stimson 75

Abraham Van Voorhees 75

Michael E Owens 76

Joseph Bonin 77

Marcel Gagnon 77

Sebastian Marty 77

John Marty 77

Adam Marty 77

Michael McHale 77

George Watson 78

Rev Eleazer A Greenleaf 78

J B Covey 78

John Shaesby 78

John S Proctor 78

Barron Proctor 79

Henry Westing 79

Thomas Dunn 79

Charles J Gardiner 79

Samuel Staples 79

Josiah Staples 80

Joel M Darling 80

Early River Pilots 80

Joe Perro 80

James McPhail 80

John Cormack 81

John Hanford 81

John Leach 81

Stephen B Hanks 81

Samuel S Hanks 81