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];