Minnesota and Dacotah : in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west in the autumn of 1856 : with information relative to public lands and a table of statistics / by C.C. Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1829-1922.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minnesota--Description and travel.

Minnesota.

Dakota Territory--Description and travel.

Dakota Territory.

Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1829-1922.

Andrews, C. C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) ) fold. map ;

Edition:

4th ed., with a new map.

Other Title:

Minnesota and Dacotah

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : R. Farnham, 1857 (Philadelphia : Stereotyped by E.D. Mears, printed by C. Sherman & Son)

Summary:

Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829-1922), future Civil War general, diplomat, and state official, wrote these twenty-six letters on a trip to the Minnesota and Dakota [Dacotah] territory during the fall of 1856. He traveled by rail as far as Chicago and Dunleith (Jo Daviess County, Illinois), continuing by steamship to St. Paul, and making his way by stagecoach to Crow Wing and St. Cloud before returning east. Each letter describes the trip or discusses the territory's economic and institutional development, governance, and opportunities for pioneers, land speculators, and entrepreneurs. Andrews devotes considerable attention to the Minnesota bar and also takes an interest in such topics as farming, lumbering, railroads, waterways, the potential of Lake Superior and the Red River valley, and efforts to induce the Chippewa [Ojibwe] to adopt a way of life rooted in European cultural traditions. The letters anticipate the establishment of Dakota as a separate territory and review current proposals for demarcating its boundaries. Andrews also comments on slavery and the era's racial attitudes.

Contents:

pt. 1. Letters on Minnesota

Pt. 2. Territory of Dacotah.

Notes:

Publisher's advertising: [2] p., 2nd count.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 1488.

"List of works ... consulted or referred to": p. 9.

OCLC:

12