The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-17

Fighting Goodhue" should be the
glorious nickname of Goodhue county,
Minnesota, in view of the statement
made last night by former Gov. L. F.
Hubbard, during the annual meeting of
the State Historical society, that, in the
course of the Civil war, the county con-
tributed no less than 1908 Union sol
diers, "or one man in every six of the
population, including men, women and
children proportion, Gen. Hubbard
might have added, that might now be
represented by an army of 100000
men enrolled in the United States.
The former governor and general was
reading before the society, at public
session in the senate chamber of the
old capitol, a paper upon Early Days
in Goodhue County, Gov Hubbard
said:
OF the Goodhue county recruits there
and three majors-all of whom rose to
these ranks through the subordinate
grades: as well as eighteen captains,
twenty lieutenants, one surgeon, and one
chaplain.
Even the earliest explorers of the coun-
try were attracted by the natural beau
ties and advantages of the locality. and
were wont to linger in the vicinity as
the Great Northwest 1t appears that two
of the first stockadeS and trading posts
of the early French voyageurs were es-
Ia abllShed on territory now within the linn
its of Goodhue county.
Frontenac Rested There
AS early as the middle of the seven
teenth century Count Frontenac landed
and tarried for time with his party of
explorers on the peninsula that extends
into Lake Pepin, short distance below
the site OF the present village that now
bears his name. Many years later or in
1886, La Perrie du Bouche with his party
of voyageurs landed at the same place
and established post or stockade, which
they named Point du Sable, and which
was maintained as a French and Indian
trading post for many years. A second
French post was established about the
same time-Some accounts giving the
same year-1695-about eight miles above
Red Wing on what is now known as
Prairie island. A fort was erected here
by LIE Sueur as a barrier against hostile
Indians, which served the purpose for a
time of protecting refuge for the VEN
turesome explorers of the country.
The first representatives of Christianity
and civilization who attempted to utilize
the beauty and bounty with which nature
invited the white man to occupy the coun.
try were two Swiss missionaries, Rev.
Samuel Denton and Rev. Daniel Garvin,
with their families, who came out to the
new world under the patronage of the
Evangelical Society of Lausanne, Switzer-
land. They first established their mission
at Trempealeau, Wis, in 1887, removing to
what afterwards became the site of the
city of Red Wing, the following year.
They found there band of about 800
Dakota or Sioux Indians. descendants of
a people who had made the locality their
home-so far as these savage wanderers
of the earth could regard any spot their
home-for many generations. The then
chief of this band of Indians was Hhoo-
pos:-hoo- -doo-tah. which being interpreted
means Scarlet Wing, hence, the place
came to be called by the whites Red
Wings village The Indian designation
of the spot was Hham- -necha, which sig
nifies hill, water and wood, appropriately
and or the erea Ever dha OF
along their base.
Missionaries Retire
their work. ard the mission was trans
ferred to the care of the American board