bought of France by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase, [43].
As Territory:
bill to organize in 1846, defeated, [88];
created (1849), [88];
proclaimed, [89];
boundaries and area, [89];
laws of Wisconsin remain in force, [90];
provisional counties and judicial districts, [90];
first census, election, and legislature, [91];
capital located at St. Paul, [91];