Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20
FROM SCANDINAVIA.
STURDY PEOPLE WHO HAVE OVER
RUN SEVEN WESTERN STATES.


ties of swedes and Norwrgians.
Neither Jan Printz In his stronghold on
the Delaware nor Jan CIaudius RIsIngh,
the commander Of Fort Casimir, had such
strong reasons for calling their settle
ments New Sweden as the people Of many
a town in Minnesota have, The immigra-
ton TO the northwest from Scandinavia has
been enormous Beginning a few years
before the war Of the rebellion, when
Minnesota was the main hunting ground
of the Sioux Indians. it continued small
and irregular until 1866 when it began in
a mighty volume, and sin" that time 1t
has continued without serious interrup-
tion until now there are in this co ..ntry
more than 10000 Swedes and NOrwe-
gians, the great majority OF them being
residents of Minnesota, Dakota Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas.
For forty years previous to the war they
came at the rate of from 100 to 1000 a
year Since the rebellion as many as 80
600 of them have arrived in one year IL
linois has 5000 of them, mostly Swedes
one half of the number being in Chicago.
Iowa's 1000 are about equally divided
between Swedes and Norwegians. Kan
20 '" t"'''
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L4AEHALLi 'NhEN f"'Si-'H'OS
Men OF mluule age VINO remembered
that as ooys 'he picture IN 'heF schooi
oooAs Vi Norwegian Killing oear SuS
sesteu country anu race thaI were Iheh
as reiiiole lroiu us 'tS 'he ouuuan anu '"e
Souuanese ho" are Will ue ai'ilIeu at
tneSe Hsules' Du' lney uo hoC 'eLI ''o
"nole truth. Inc ocanulnaN NIau mas H'er
any 'aheu posseSsloh oI "hole Couh'ieS III
the northwest anu Ihe ci'lLlEaIion "uiCn
there ootalhs IL that oI scandinavia Win
some iiio"lliCalIohs anu Improvements
rather thah thaI OIL the hlIeu states III
MiuhesoIa' more thah III any o'neF STATE
'he 9Ne"eS anu Nor"eSians nave I'M
pressed themselves upon o''sl'esS' society
anu p"lllics. Az the IasU census tle Il"
i've voting population Oh TINS S'"Ue WAS
ooo'o' "hiIe 'he lore, oorh voters mum
oereu '-"V"" III only TWO Other states
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Methodst anu bapuS' uehohlihations'
an" nitS newspapers anu Perloulcals'
more 'hah nan o' winch are puolISueu Ill
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ply tneHi Win sul'aole reduilS' No
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