The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-01
TH,Ro COLLECTION VOLUME.
Another Publication Of the state HE.
4. eerjcaf Society.

the third volume Of the collections
OF the State Historical society has
Just been published under the super.
vision OF DR.. o. G. Libby, of Grand
FORKS, chairman Of the board Of edi.
tors.
The contents of this volume are ar.
ranged under the following headings:
reports and proceedings of state
meetings. local history. history of the
northwest, biography and Indians.
Under local history will be found
further studies of foreign immigration.
=. $. Torvend discusses the causes for
norwegian emigration. Hazel J.
Loynes contributes a valuable article
on the Mennonites Of the state, to
which Is appended an excellent bio.
eraphy. Myrtle Bemis gives us a fair
~ complete account of the Swedish
settlement in North Dakota with an
interesting account of Rev. J. o. Cayil.
iin' the principal factor in Swedish set.
tiement In the state. There is also a
orief sketch of a remarkable settle.
ment OF Swedes in Texas. Alma TIVE
to writes a brief story of Abercrombie
township, which is part of longer
article In preparation on the settle.
ment of Richland county. The his
tory OF Fort Totten is furnished by
Cnas. DeNoyer, the second of our ear.
ly forts to be written up. This sketch
contains the interesting story of Ora.
mans island. and sketches of the prin.
clpal characters connected with early
ri. Rotten history. The complete CEN
sus record of 1870 and 1880 adds a
very valuable mass of detailed infor-
nation for this part of the state. J.B
Power gives us an important chapter
IN the settlement of the state in his
articles on Bits of History Connected
with the Early Days of the Northern
Pacific railway. R. NJ Black dis
cusses in a scholarly fashion the State
Constitutional Convention Of 1889.
Cora Dean gives summary of the
journal kept by Alexander Henry, Jr.,
agent for the Northwest company,
during his fur trade operation in the
Red River valley in 1880-188S.
A special feature of the sketches in
the local history section are the bio.
graphical notices forming. in some
cases. large part of the material.
These have been carefully prepared
and supply local details and genealog.
ical data of considerable value.
In the section Of northwest history
two important reprints occur. first the
aHyi %o1x 81 f,,-k "a
Lord Selkirk as to the part played by
his Red River colony: second by the
instance of journal kept by the
missionary. John West. during a visit
to the Red river colony in 1903,
Two scholarly theses are printed in
valuable contributions to our history,
Leroy F. Jackson on Sioux Land Trea-
ties and John l.. Coulter on Indus
trial History of the Valley of the Red
River of the North. The latter ar
ticle is especially noteworthy as the
first study yet attempted of the agri-
cultural development of this import
tant wheat area of the northwest.
Both theses are accompanied by full
photographers.
The Indian section of the volume is
devoted largely to reproduction Of
some Chippewa and Mandan legends.
A. b. Stout writes of unique find
made by him in our state. turtle
mosaic made of boulders. This valu.
able relic was afterwards transferred
to the capitol grounds where it will
be preserved by the society.