Chapter V
See Notes on Canada and the North-West States of America in Blackwood’s Magazine, Vol. LXXVIII, p. 323, September, 1855. These articles by Laurence Oliphant were later published in book form under the title of Minnesota and the Far West. 198
This is the height given in Nicollet’s Report intended to illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River, p. 69. 199
Seymour’s Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the West, p. 103. 200
This sketch of the fort is obtained from the map of Fort Snelling in the Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. VIII, p. 431; and from a Report of the capacity and condition of the barracks, quarters, hospital, storehouses, &c., at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory, made to the Quartermaster General. This report was made on August 23, 1856. It is printed in Reports of Committees, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Report No. 351, pp. 407–409. 201
American State Papers, Military Affairs, Vol. IV, p. 122. 202
Latrobe’s The Rambler in North America, Vol. II, p. 295. 203
A statement of the equipment at the various posts during the fourth quarter of 1834 is printed in the American State Papers, Military Affairs, Vol. V, p. 853–900. 204
Taliaferro to Lucas, September 30, 1839.—Indian Office Files, 1839, No. 492. 205
Indian Office Files, 1830, No. 153. 206
Taliaferro to William Clark, August 17, 1830.—Indian Office Files, 1830, No. 139. 207
Taliaferro’s Diary, April 7, 1831. 208
Taliaferro’s Diary, March 8, 1831. 209
Taliaferro to Lucas, September 30, 1839.—Indian Office Files, 1839, No. 492; Executive Documents, 3rd Session, 40th Congress, Vol. VII, Document No. 9, p. 19. 210
Indian Office Files, 1830, No. 153. 211
Indian Office Files, 1834, No. 207. 212
Indian Office Files, 1830, No. 153. In the Sibley House at Mendota is hung an oil painting of Fort Snelling made by Sergeant Thomas who was stationed at Fort Snelling sometime between 1836 and 1842. This painting, which was made from the hill behind Sibley House, shows the location of these various buildings. 213
For Baker’s house see Executive Documents, 3rd Session, 40th Congress, Vol. VII, Document No. 9, pp. 19, 33, 34; also Reports of Committees, 1st session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Report No. 351, p. 400. 214
Latrobe’s The Rambler in North America, Vol. II, pp. 295, 296. Charles Joseph Latrobe visited the post in the fall of 1833. 215
These buildings are shown in the picture mentioned in note 213, above. 216
There is a description of Mendota given in Seymour’s Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the West, pp. 101, 102. 217
Seymour’s Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the West, p. 117; Bishop’s Floral Home; or, First Years of Minnesota, pp. 156, 157. 218
These figures are taken from Keating’s Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter’s River, Vol. I, p. 309. 219
Latrobe’s The Rambler in North America, Vol. II, p. 302. 220
Executive Documents, 3rd Session, 40th Congress, Vol. VII, Document No. 9, pp. 37, 38; Reports of Committees, 1st Session, 35th Congress, Vol. II, Report No. 351, p. 148. 221
Upham’s The Women and Children of Fort St. Anthony, later named Fort Snelling in The Magazine of History, Vol. XXI, p. 37. 222
See below, the chapter entitled Soldiers of the Cross. 223
This enumeration of the Indian villages is from Pond’s The Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota as they were in 1834 in the Minnesota Historical Collections, Vol. XII, pp. 320–330. The spelling of the names follows that used by Pond, although they were all written in many ways. The population figures are from Taliaferro’s report in 1834, found in Indian Office Files, 1834, No. 203. 224
See the description of an Indian village in Latrobe’s The Rambler in North America, Vol. II, pp. 288, 289; also, Keating’s Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter’s River, Vol. I, pp. 342, 343. 225