320

The Hardships of Early Law Practice 324

Temperance at Traverse 329

Win-ne-muc-ca's Gold Mine 333

A Unique Political Career 340

La Crosse 345

Making a Post Office 350

The Courage of Conviction 354

How the Capital was Saved 358

An Editor Incog 365

The Ink-pa-du-ta War 370

Muscular Legislation 378

The Virgin Feast 383

The Aboriginal War Correspondent 387

Bred in the Bone 391

An Accomplished Rascal 396

An Advocate's Opinion of His Own Eloquence is Not Always Reliable 400

A Momentous Meeting 402

Primitive Justice 406

HISTORY OF MINNESOTA.

BY JUDGE CHARLES E. FLANDRAU.

It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the
Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and
unimportant creation, but which in its half century of growth has
expanded into one of the most brilliant and promising stars upon the
union of our flag; so that its history must cover every subject, moral,
physical and social, that enters into the composition of a first-class
progressive Western state, which presents a pretty extensive field; but
there is also to be considered a period anterior to civilization, which
may be called the aboriginal and legendary era, which abounds with
interesting matter, and to the general reader is much more attractive
than the prosy subjects of agriculture, finance and commerce.

Having lived in the state through nearly the whole period of Minnesota's
political existence, and having taken part in most of the leading events
in her history, both savage and civilized, I propose to treat the
various subjects that compose her history in a narrative an