National Guard expedition files, 1898-1900.

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National Guard expedition files, 1898-1900.

Payroll and expense records for expeditions by National Guard contingents to protect settlers in Cass Lake, Deer River, and Koochiching from local Ojibwe Indians (1898, 1900); for a San Francisco welcome for the 13th Minnesota Infantry (1899); for the guard's annual encampment (1899); for pursuit of a band of robbers and murderers (1900); and for Cushman K. Davis' funeral escort (1900).

8 folders in partial box.

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Minnesota. National Guard

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 13th (1898-1899)

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Minnesota. Office of the Adjutant General

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The Indian War pension was created by the Minnesota legislature in 1905 [Laws 1905 c315] to provide pensions for Minnesota residents who participated in the Dakota Conflict of 1862 and in subsequent actions from August 15 to September 15, 1862. Those who rendered active service, bore arms, or otherwise rendered efficient aid and suffered any disabilities during this interval were eligible for a monthly pension of up to twelve dollars, beginning in January 1905 and lasting until death and/or unti...

Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838-1900

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Cushman Kellogg Davis, a Senator from Minnesota, was born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., on June 16, 1838. He moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha, and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1865 and became a member of the State house of representatives ine 1867, then s...