Minnesota, the North Star State

by William Watts Folwell

arrives at Mendota (1834), [59];

Dakota name, [60];

chosen delegate by the Stillwater convention, [86];

delegate from Wisconsin Territory, [87];

secures passage of act creating Minnesota Territory, [88];

protests against Rice’s Winnebago Contract, [105];

elected delegate to Congress from Minnesota Territory, [105];

his notable Indian speech, August 2, 1850, [107];

secures double land grants for common schools and for a university, [107];

speech for reform of Indian policy, [107];