Category: History - American
[2] To the region lying on the upper waters of three great river systems--the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence, and the Red River of the North--the writer has applied the name "Upper Northwest" to distinguish it from the "Old Northwest" and the "Pacific Northwest".
[504] Much has been written on the founding of this colony and the romantic events connected with the struggle between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, in wh...
1. Chapter 1[2] To the region lying on the upper waters of three great river systems--the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence, and the Red River of the North--the writer has applied the name "Upp...
3. Chapter 3[93] This was the opening of the Winnebago War, often called the "Red Bird War". Accounts of it are given in William Joseph Snelling's _Early Days at Prairie du Chien_ in the _W...
2. Chapter 2[60] The story of the Yellowstone Expedition is narrated in detail in Chittenden's _The History of the American Fur Trade of the Far West_, Vol. II, pp. 562-587. See also the pr...
8. Chapter 8[327] The information upon which the entire incident is built is contained in the letter of Snelling to Atkinson, May 31, 1827, in _Indian Office Files_, 1827, No. 10; the lette...
4. Chapter 4[147] For the life of Henry Leavenworth see the _Kansas Historical Collections_, Vol. VII, pp. 577, 578, Vol. IX, p. 569, Vol. XI, p. xxi; Powell's _List of Officers of the Army...
11. Chapter 11"The Indians say they had dreamed of seeing some monster of the deep the night before, which frightened them very much. It appears they did not discover the boat until it had go...
9. Chapter 9[364] This account of the fur trade is based upon the reminiscences of Mr. H. H. Sibley in the _Minnesota Historical Collections_, Vol. III, pp. 245-247; and Turner's _The Chara...
7. Chapter 7[284] _Taliaferro's Diary_, February 19, 1831. The speech of the chief closes thus: "We know you have nothing on hand for your children, but we hope you will give us some Pork &...
6. Chapter 6[226] On December 22, 1819, the House of Representatives passed a resolution directing the Secretary of War, J. C. Calhoun, to prepare a system of martial law and field service....
5. Chapter 5[198] See _Notes on Canada and the North-West States of America_ in _Blackwood's Magazine_, Vol. LXXVIII, p. 323, September, 1855. These articles by Laurence Oliphant were later...
10. Chapter 10[406] Taliaferro writes: "It was some length of time before he could induce the Indians to respect the Sabbath-day--all days being alike to them. It so happened that hundreds of...
12. Chapter 12[478] These figures are taken from an account of the proceedings of the council published in _Niles' Register_, Vol. XXIX, pp. 187-192. Taliaferro gives the number of his party...