The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-16
THIRD VOLUME
OF COLLECTIONS
STATE RHETORICAL SOCIETY HAS
JUST ISSUED AN INTERESTING
AND INSTRUCTIVE PuRLlcA-
TON CONTAINING MANY INTER-
EsTING SUBJECTS

The third volume Of the collections
Of the State Historical society has
just been published under the super
vision Of DIR. 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 or
the Northwest, Biography and Indians.
Under local history will be found
further studies of foreign immigra-
ton. c. s. Torvend discusses the
causes for Norwegian emigration:
Hazel j. Loynes contributes valu-
able article on the Mennonites of the
state, to which is appended an excel
lent biography Myrtle Benis gives
us q fairly complete account of the
Swedish settlement in North Dakota.
with an interesting account Of Rev. J
o. Cavillin, the principal factor In
Swedish settlement In the state. There
is also brief sketch of a remarkable
settlement Of Swedes in Texas. Alma
Tweto writes a brief story Of Aber-
crombie township, which Is a part Of
a longer article in preparation on the
settlement of Richland county. The
history of Fort Totten is furnished
by Chas. DeNoyer, the second of our
early forts to be written up. This
sketch contains the interesting story
Of Grahams island, and sketches OF
the principal characters connected
with early FIT. Totten history. The
complete census record Of 1870 and
1880 adds very valuable mass of de-
tailed information for this part of the
state. ]. B. Power gives us an i'm
portant chapter In the settlement of
the state in his articles on Bits of His
tory Connected with the Early Days
of the Northern Pacific Railway. r..
M. Black discusses in a scholarly fash
ion the State Constitutional Conven-
ton Of 1889. Cora Dean gives a sum-
mary Of the journal kept by Alexan-
der Henry jr., agent for the North
west Co. during his fur trade opera
ton in the Red river valley in 1880
1888.
A special feature of the sketches in
the local history section are the bio
graphical notices forming, in some
cases, "a 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
evidence taken at the instance of Lord
SeIlxirk as to the part played by his
Rer river colony: second by the mis-
stance Of a journal kept by the mis-
sionary, John West, during visit to
the Red River colony In 1903. Two
scholarly theses are printed in this
portion of the volumn and are val
liable contributions to our history. Le-
roy F. Jackson on Sioux Land Urea
ties and John L. Coulter on Industrial
History Of the Valley of the Red River
OF the North The latter article is es-
pecially noteworthy as the first study
yet attempted OF the agricultural de-
velopment Of this important wheat
area of the northwest Both theses
are accompanied by full autographs.
The Indian section of the volume is
devoted largely to a reproduction of
some Chippewa and Mandan legends.
A. B. Stout writes Of a unique find
made by him in our state a turtle
mosaic made Of boulders. This valu-
able relic was afterwards transferred
to the capitol grounds where it will
be preserved by the society.