one of the
commissioners on the part of the United States to negotiate the treaty
of peace with Spain after the recent Spanish war.

Gov. William R. Merriam was appointed by President McKinley as director
of the census of 1900, and is now busily engaged in the performance of
the arduous duties of that office. They are not diplomatic, but
exceedingly important.

President Cleveland appointed John W. Riddle as secretary of legation to
the embassy at Constantinople, where he has remained to the present
time.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Necessity has compelled me, in the preparation of this history, to be
brief, not only in the subjects treated of, but also in the manner of
such treatment. Details have usually been avoided, and comprehensive
generalities indulged in. Those who read it may find many things
wanting, and in order that they may have an opportunity to supply my
deficiencies without too much research and labor, I have prepared a list
of all the works which have ever been written on Minnesota, or any
particular subject pertaining thereto, and append them hereto for
convenience of reference. Any and all of them can be found in the
library of the Minnesota Historical Society in the state capitol.

So much of what I have said consists of personal experiences and
observations that it more resembles a narrative than a history, but I
think I can safely vouch for the accuracy and truthfulness of all I have
thus related.

BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED RELATING TO MINNESOTA.

The following will be found in "Collections of the Minnesota Historical
Society, volume I, St. Paul, 1872:"

1. The French Voyageurs to Minnesota during the Seventeenth
Century, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

2. Description of Minnesota (1850), by Hon. Henry H. Sibley.

3. Our Field of Historical Research, by Hon. Alexander Ramsey.

4. Early Courts of Minnesota, by Hon. Aaron Goodrich.

5. Early Schools of Minnesota, by D. A. J. Baker.

6. Religious Movements in Minnesota, by Rev. C. Hobart.

7. The Dakota Language, by Rev. S. R. Riggs.

8. History and Physical Geography of Minnesota, by H. R.
Schoolcraft.

9. Letter of Mesnard, by Rev. E. D. Neill.

10. The Saint Louis River, by T. M. Fullerton.

11. Ancient Mounds and Memorials, by Messrs. Pond, Aiton and
Riggs.

12. Schoolcraft's Exploring Tour of 1832, by Rev. W. T.
Boutwell.

13. Battle o