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88. Captivity among the Sioux; Story of Nancy McClure.

89. Captivity among the Sioux; Story of Mary Schwandt.

90. Autobiography and Reminiscences of Philander Prescott.

91. Recollections of James M. Goodhue, by Colonel John H. Stevens.

92. History of the Ink-pa-du-ta Ma.s.sacre, by Abbie Gardner Sharp.

Volume 7:

93. The Mississippi River and Its Source; a narrative and critical history of the river and its headwaters, accompanied by the results of detailed hydrographic and topographic surveys; ill.u.s.trated with many maps, portraits and views of the scenery; by Hon. J. V. Brower, Commissioner of the Itasca State Park, representing also the State Historical Society. With an appendix: How the Mississippi River and the Lake of the Woods became instrumental in the establishment of the northwestern boundary of the United States, by Alfred J. Hill.

Volume 8:

94. The International Boundary between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods, by Ulysses Sherman Grant.

95. The Settlement and Development of the Red River Valley, by Warren Upham.

96. The Discovery and Development of the Iron Ores of Minnesota, by N. H. Winch.e.l.l, State Geologist.

97. The Origin and Growth of the Minnesota Historical Society, by the President, Hon. Alexander Ramsey.

98. Opening of the Red River of the North to Commerce and Civilization, with plates, by Capt. Russell Blakeley.

99. Last days of Wisconsin Territory, and Early Days of Minnesota Territory, by Hon. Henry L. Moss.

100. Lawyers and Courts of Minnesota, Prior to and During its Territorial Period, by Judge Charles E. Flandrau.

101. Homes and Habitations of the Minnesota Historical Society, by Charles E. Mayo.

102. The Historical Value of Newspapers, by J. B. Chaney.

103. The United States Government Publications, by D. L. Kingsbury.

104. The First Organized Government of Dakota, by Gov. Samuel J.

Albright, with a preface by Judge Charles E. Flandrau.

105. How Minnesota became a State, by Prof. Thomas F. Moran.

106. Minnesota's Northern Boundary, by Alexander N. Winch.e.l.l.

107. The Question of the Sources of the Mississippi River, by Prof.

E. Lava.s.seur. (Translated by Col. W. P. Clough.)

108. The Source of the Mississippi, by Prof. N. H. Winch.e.l.l.

109. Prehistoric Man at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River (with plates), and an addendum relating to the early visits of Mr. Julius Chambers and the Rev. J. A. Gilfillan to Itasca Lake, by Hon. J. V. Brower.

110. History of Minnesota, by Edward D. Neill. First Edition, 1858; has gone through four editions.

111. Concise History of the State of Minnesota, by Edward D. Neill, 1887.

112. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, prepared under the supervision of a committee appointed by the legislature, 1890-1893, in two volumes.

113. History of the Sioux War and Ma.s.sacres of 1862-1863, by Isaac V. D. Heard, 1865.

114. A History of the Great Ma.s.sacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota, by Charles S. Bryant and Abel B. Murch, 1872.

115. Minnesota Historical Society Collections, in eight volumes, 1850 to 1898, containing many of the above named works and papers.

116. History of St. Paul, Minnesota, by Gen. Christopher C.

Andrews, 1890.

117. History of the City of Minneapolis, by Isaac At.w.a.ter, in two volumes.

118. Pen Pictures of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers, by T. M. Newson.

119. Fifty Years in the Northwest, by W. H. C. Folsom, 1888.

120. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Minnesota Volume by Jeremiah Clemmens, a.s.sisted by J. Fletcher Williams, 1879.

121. Progressive Men of Minnesota, Biographical Sketches and Portraits, together with an historical and descriptive sketch of the state, by Marion D. Shutter and J. S. McLain, 1897.

122. Biographical History of the Northwest, by Alonzo Phelps, 1890.

123. A History of the Republican Party, to which is added a political history of Minnesota from a Republican point of view, and biographical sketches of leading Minnesota Republicans, by Eugene V. Smalley.

124. There are also many quarto histories of counties in Minnesota and of larger districts of the state, mostly published during the years 1880 to 1890, including twenty counties, namely, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, McLeod, Meeker, Olmsted, Pope, Ramsey, Rice, Steele, Stevens, Wabasha, Waseca, Was.h.i.+ngton, and Winona, and five districts, namely, The St. Croix Valley, the Upper Mississippi Valley, the Minnesota Valley, the Red River Valley and Park Region, and Southern Minnesota.

125. Winona and its Environs, by L. H. Bunnell, 1897, with maps and portraits.

Among the Earliest Publications are:

126. Minnesota and its Resources, by J. Wesley Bond, 1853.

127. Minnesota Year Books, 1851, 1852, 1853, by William G. Le Duc.

128. Floral Home, or First Years of Minnesota, 1857, by Harriet E. Bishop.

129. Narratives and Reports of Travels and Explorations, by Hennepin, Carver, Long and Keating, Beltrami, Featherstonhaugh, Schoolcraft, Nicollet, Owen, Oliphant, Andrews, Seymour and others.

130. For Geographic and Geologic descriptions of Minnesota, the reports of the geological and natural history survey are the most complete sources of information, by Prof. N. H. Winch.e.l.l, State Geologist, a.s.sisted by Warren Upham, Ulysses Sherman Grant, and others. The annual reports comprise twenty-three volumes, 1872 to 1894, with another to be published. Several other volumes have been issued as bulletins of the survey, on iron, mining, birds, mammals, and fishes.

131. Four thousand two hundred and fifty bound volumes of Minnesota newspapers, embracing complete files of nearly all the newspapers ever published in Minnesota from first to last.

132. One thousand seven hundred and two books and about fifteen hundred pamphlets relating in some way to Minnesota history.

All these books can be found in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society, which is always open to the public, free.