[Selected files relating to Minnesota and northern plains Indian affairs], 1848-1901.

Enmegahbowh, J. J. (John Johnson), 1812?-1902

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Ottawa-Chippewa Indian and protestant preacher who served first as a Methodist and later as an Episcopal clergyman among the Chippewa in Minnesota, 1839-1902. Born in Canada around 1812, Enmegahbowh was educated at a Methodist mission school in Jacksonville, Ill., and ordained as the Rev. John Johnson. Working as a Methodist missionary to the Chippewas from 1839 until 1844, when the church abandoned its mission, Enmegahbowh convinced the Episcopalians to start a mission ...

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

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Caleb Blood Smith, lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of the Interior. Smith was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, and was reelected in 1834, 1835, and 1836. He represented Indiana in the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congress serving on the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and chairing the Committee on Territories. Known for his staunch opposition to the Mexican War, he refused another nomination and left Congress in 1849. He practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was p...

Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1876

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Edward Parmelee Smith was ordained a pastor of the Congregational Church in 1856. From 1863-1866 he served as field agent and field secretary of the U.S. Christian Commission. Smith was district secretary from 1866-1871, and then general field agent for the American Missionary Association from 1871-1873. He was Indian agent to the Chippewa Agency in Minnesota, and from 1873-1875, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In 1875 Smith was elected president of Howard University. From the d...

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

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In 1912, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway announced its decision to operate on hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power or electrification was a highly cost-efficient power source and companies throughout the U.S. converted their steam-powered engines to it. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began its electrification project on the 113-mile stretch between Three Forks and Deer Lodge, Montana. The General Electric Company submitted a proposal to design the locomotives, as wel...

Wilder, Amherst H.

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Cooke, Wells W. (Wells Woodbridge), 1858-1916

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Wells Cooke grew up in Ripon, Wisconsin and earned degrees from Ripon College. He taught at Indian Schools in Minnesota, briefly studied at the University of Iowa and encouraged ornithologists to record seasonal data related to birds. He published numerous articles on bird migration in the Mississippi Valley in The Ornithologist and Oologist. From the description of Wells Woodbridge Cooke ornithological papers, 1881-1931. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 726648907 ...

United States. Dept. of the Interior. Indian Division.

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud Agency

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Vilas, William F. (William Freeman), 1840-1908

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Wisconsin law professor and Civil War lieutenant colonel who was appointed Postmaster-General by President Cleveland in 1885 and then in December, 1887, was transferred to the Department of the Interior. From the description of Letter, March 29, 1888. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56089358 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armis...

Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota. From the description of Henry Benjamin Whipple papers, 1856-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664364247 Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota. From the description of Papers, 1863. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18086096 Epithet: Bishop of Minnesota British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000007...

Ewing, William Griffith, 1801-1854.

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Pillsbury, J. S. 1827-1901.

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Ruffee, Charles

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Bottineau, Jno. B. (John B.)

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Beaulieu, Paul H., 1820-1897.

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Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

American Horse, Oglala chief.

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Ewing, George Washington, 1803-1866

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Businessman and land speculator. From the description of George Washington Ewing papers, 1829-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 162502359 Merchant, Indian trader, real estate speculator, and government lobbyist. Born on the Raisin River near Detroit in 1803, George Washington Ewing was raised on the frontier in Piqua, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father established a large fur trading operation with the Shawnees. In 1827, Ewing and his...

Chandler, George.

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Spencer, George H.

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Dakota Central Railway Company

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Haworth, J. M.

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