The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-28

Sibley, alser some opposition. took his sea,
a. delegate for Wisconsin On the third
day OF March ls+9, the last day Of the aes
sion, Bill WAS passed organizing the Ter.
r'lorry OF MINNESOTA with its present east.
ern boundary aud its western on the Mis-.
souri, river, with ST. Paul rs its Capital.
Ga the 10Th day OF March following.
President Taylor appointed the following
officers for the administration Of the new
Territory; Alex. Ramsey, Governor; q.
h. Smith. Secretary; A. Goodrich, Chief
Justice ID. Cooper and b. b. Mcckcr. As,
socia'e Justices Joshua J.. Taylor, Mar.
shall ii. l.. Moss, u. s. Attorney.
More than month" says Mr. Neit, after
the adjournment Of Congress. Just At eve, On the
9Th Of April, amid terrific pesis Of thunder and
iorrene Of rain, tho weekly steam packet, the
first to force Its way through the icy barrier Of
Lake PePin, rounded tho rocky point. whtstitng
long and loud, 1 " the bearer Of glad tidings
Before She was safely moored 10 the landing at
ST. faa, the shouts Of the sJpcctant vIiiagcrs an
nounoed that there WAS Territory Of Minnesota,
and that Saint Paul was the scat Of govercmen
Nine days atterwari thcre arfite cd James Good
hue with Press, types and printing apparatus.
On The ftrtnty- sifhh Of Arid he
issued The .frsi number efhe P,ossss"
let us pause here, then, at this epoch of
the inauguration of printing IN Minnesota
ten years ago to-day--and survey the goal
from which Minnesota started 10 its race Of
development.
EXTERNAL ricTrRn op MINNESOTA IN iS<9.
When on the day prcccding the first is.
sue Of the II. Paul P,onetr, Alex. Ramsey
arrived nj the seat OF government, ny the
Governor Of Minnesota, the area OF his
actual jurisdiction, or the numbers en-
braced in it, would have bccn very limited
if be had not also brought with him com.
mission rs Superintendent Of Indian Affairs
For, of the t47 900 square miles over which
he was called TO preside, four hi,hs were
owned and occupied by the aboriginal Ia
dian irbs-,he pakotas occupying the
southern half Of the State west Of the Mis-.
sissippi, the Chippewas and Winnebagcs
all the rcst except the delta Of country EN-.
braced between the st. Croix and Missis-
sippi south Of u line drawn from Grow
Wing to Superior. This angle comprised
the lands within Minnesota ceded by the
Chippewas and NJ dcwakanton Sioux in the
treaties Of 1887. The one county Of ~.
Croix, M old Wisconsin division, which
contained this coded tract, was the only
county in the State, with Saltwater M i,s
county seat. II had an area Of about 10000
square miles md contained all the white set.
Elements and trading points 10 the Terri.
tory.
Settlements The first settlement on the
ccdcd tract was in 1897, when the treaty
with the Sioux and the Chippeways opened
up the pineries Of the st. Croix, and was
made at 1aylors Falls by Jesse Taylor,
Baker, and others Of the Northwest Com
pany, and IN ls49 contained two or three
log houses. The FIRST steamboat that ever
navigatcd the 81. Croix, the Palmyra,
brought up Samuel Burkico Of Delaware,
and Orange Walker Of Vermont, who, in
1888. founded the se,tlameBt at Marine
Mills, which in 1919 contained raw mill, Il
tavern stand one or two good frame houses,
and was business place OF importance --
Jos. H. Brown, in 1897 made claim at the
upper eDd OF Saltwater, which ia lS4l be-
came the county scat Of ST. Croix county.
settled by John Mex u-itk Of Maine, Calvin
Il. leach from Vermont, and Elias Mex can
from Pennsylvania. 10 1874 the frat frame
house was built there by Arson Norihrup
for tavern. In ls47, IL became the county
seat Of ST. Croix county, and in lS43 con
talDed, with large saw mill, several frame
houses aud stores, and was, as now, the depot
Of the numbering operations Of ,be st.
troix.
10 1886, Franklin Steele, n. W. Kit
son and w. Stambougb. made claim at
ST. Anthony Falls, aud 10 lSt7 Mr.. Steele
laid out block 81 lots there; then the place
but one house. IN the spring OF
ls49. It contained sawmilI, built there by
+. Steele, two or three stores, and less than
half dozen dwellings,. A small settlement
at Point Douglas, founded IN 1889 contain.
ID ia lb43, two or three prairie haements,
some log houses. and a saw mill IN process
Of erection. st. Paul lust emerging, says
Mr.. Nell, from collection Of Indian viii
key shops and the brcbrooh,' cabins Of
aalfbfed voyagers," will be elsewhere de-
.crihd
Trading Poas.--An Indian trading pos,
" tavern at Sank Rapids, Grow Wing, and
lbe or two intermediate points. with
'orne scattering French and Swiss farmers
we're all the settlements within the coded
Territory. Over the Indian country, along
be Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, chains
4 trading posts extended Il, large distances
up TO Bigs,one Lake and Pembina, geper-
lily In the iptfres, Of the American Fur
Company, whose depot ~ twenty years
lsd Eecn at Mendoza, bnt who bad recently
Established general outfit for the Whine
ago and Cbipe.ays at ST. Paul.
Alexis BaIllys post at Wabastiaw, a trad
ng post at ioads LANDING, James Wds
~, farther Up on lake Pepin, aPfesbyteri-
N mission q, Rcd Wing few farmers =,
Ped Rock, DR.. williamson mission AT IA
yl@a. the Sioux outfit nj Mendoza, cius-
es Of bats around the stone dwelling aud
sareboase Of Mr. biblsy, Oliver Fsrribsul,s
90, At Sixs village and Ponds mission at
ihakope; AIeI Graham. post ADD the
i9pkins mi~ion 1t JrayerG dos Sioux,
Ioe IAirasnafnboise at iitte Rock, Martin |
fcf God with Rigs fnisson At facuulpayle