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Gwefan Cymru-Catalonia La Web de Gal·les i Catalunya The Wales-Catalonia Website HANES Y CYMRY YM MINNESOTA (1) HISTORY OF THE WELSH IN MINNESOTA (1) (Fersiwn destun electronaidd o’r llyfr a gyhoeddwyn yn 1895) (Electronic Text version of the book published in 1895) 1 Title Page 2 Table of Contents 3 Preface 4 Errata 5 List of Illustrations 6 List of Portraits 7 Additional Errata 8 Map of the Welsh Settlements of Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties

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FULL TITLE: History of the Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Iowa, gathered by the Old Settlers
Edited by the Reverends Thomas E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas Hughes.
1895

Note: We have added comments and corrections to the original text . These are in orange type.

We have indicated the page numbers in the original book, but precede them with a letter x and they are placed in brackets (x20), (x45), etc.. This makes them easier to find with the page search function.. The first few pages which have Roman numerals have A preceding them (Ai), (Aii) etc
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FRONTISPIECE

AUTHORS AND EDITORS OF THIS BOOK

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Rev. Daniel Williams, BANCROFT, IA. (Born December 11, 1851, Green Lake County, Wisconsin)

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Rev. J. T. Evans, MINNEAPOLIS. (Joshua Thomas Evans, born 16 January, 1861, Welsh Prairie, near Cambria, Wisconsin)

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J. W. Williams, MINNEAPOLIS. (Born 1838 ‘Carnarvonshire’)

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Wm. (= William) E. Williams, MINNEAPOLIS. (“Gwilym”, born Oak Hill, Ohio, 1844)

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Thos. (= Thomas) Hughes, MANKATO, MINN. (Born Minersville, Ohio, 23 September 1854. Brother of Evan Hughes below)

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Evan Hughes, MANKATO, MINN. (Born 9 February 1862, Cambria, Minnesota. Brother of Thomas Hughes above)

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Rev. Thos. E. Hughes, COURTLAND, MINN. (Born Clynnog, Gwynedd 27 June 1844)

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Rev. David Edwards, LAKE CRYSTAL, MINN. (Born 1861, Bangor, Gwynedd)

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1 TITLE PAGE
History of the Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia. Gathered by the Old Settlers. Edited by Revs. Thomas E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas Hughes. Illustrated. 1895.

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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS
(NOTE: Although in principle this was an alphabetical list in the original book, some items were not in order. Here we have placed them in the correct alphabetical order)

Appendix: Additional Account of the Sioux War. (“Release of the White Captives. Arrest, Trial and Execution of the Indians, Etc”. By Thomas Hughes). (x296)

Appendix: Early Reminiscences (x302)

Appendix: Statistical Table of Churches (x305)

Appendix: The Sioux and their Names of Places (x294)

Bible Societies of Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties, organized (x46)

Biographies (x159)

Blue Earth County, Aborigines of (x6)

Blue Earth County, Climate, Soil and Productions (x5)

Blue Earth County, Early Discoveries (x10)

Blue Earth County, Location of Welsh Settlements in (x1)

Blue Earth County, Organization of (x19)

Butternut Valley, First Settlers of (x32)

Butternut Valley, Organization of (x48)

Cambria, Organization of (x48)

Emmet, Wis., Colony from (x27)

Eureka, First Settlers (x32)

Foreston, Location of (x140)

Horeb Church Organized (x43)

Horeb Neighborhood, First Settlers (x34)

Inkpadoota War (x50)

Jackson, O., Colony from (x39)

Judson Organized (x42)

Judson, First Settlers (x24)

Le Sueur, Elim Church (x16)

Le Sueur, First Welsh Settlers of (x60)

Le Sueur, Saron Church (x44)

Lime Springs, Accidents (x148)

Lime Springs, Churches of (x154)

Lime Springs, Early Settlers (x141)

Lime Springs, Prominent Men of (x152)

Mankato, First Settlement of (x12)

Minneapolis, Welsh Church of (x133)

Minneapolis, Welsh People of (x121)

Music, Interest of Welsh in (x111)

Politics, Interest of Welsh in (x113)

Salem Congregational Church Organized (x35)

Seion Church Organized (x45)

Sioux War, Attack on Butternut Valley (x103)

Sioux War, Battle of Birch Cooley (x96)

Sioux War, Battle of Ft. Ridgely (x80)

Sioux War, Battle of New Ulm (x83)

Sioux War, Battle of Redwood Ferry (x69)

Sioux War, Battle of Wood Lake (x109)

Sioux War, Causes of (x61)

Sioux War, Commencement of (x64)

Soldiers of the Rebellion 1861-1865 (x116)

South Bend Church Organized (x28)

South Bend, First Settlers of (x17)

St. Paul, First Welsh Settlers (x13)
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3 PREFACE
On June 13, 1894, the Welsh people of Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties held an “Old Settlers Meeting” at Lake Crystal, Minnesota. It was decided to print, in pamphlet form, the papers presented at this meeting, and an editorial board was appointed, consisting of Rev. Thos. E. Hughes, of Courtland, Minn.; Rev. David Edwards, of Lake Crystal, Minn.; Hugh G. Roberts and Thos. Hughes, of Mankato, Minn. When the material was gathered, there was enough to warrant printing it in book form. It was then decided to invite all the Welsh of the State to unite in the book, and as the settlement of Fillmore County dipped over into Iowa, rather than divide this settlement into two parts, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia., were included in the invitation. Everywhere the editors have met with the most ready and hearty co-operation. There has been no croaking or indifference on the part of anybody, but this book is the product of the combined, united effort of all our Welsh people, and our English friends have been just as ready with their help whenever asked. Much prominence is given to the Sioux massacre, because of its importance in the experience of our Welsh pioneers. No other Welsh settlements in America had such an experience. The history, howver, is written from a Welsh standpoint. The work has expanded to more than double the size originally intended, and, as the material for this expansion was gathered and arranged since the first manuscripts were given to the printer, it necessitated much haste in preparation. The article in the Indian massacre went beyond the limit assigned, after all, and we were obliged to place the concluding pages in the appendix. The biographies were written by various persons, and hence there is no exact uniformity either in style or length. Lack of space, however, compelled us to cut many of them down. In printing, the biographies of Rev. John Moses, Rev. Richard F. Jones, Dr. John Williams, Owen E. Edwards and David J. Jones were inadvertently over-looked, so they will be found at the end of the other biographies. A few mistakes are noted in the Errata, others may occur to the reader, for our book is not infallible.
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We hope, however, it will serve the purpose of introducing our people one to the other and more than all preserve to posterity the deeds of our noble, sturdy Welsh pioneers. To all the friends, who have so kindly and generously aided us in the work we extend our heartiest thanks. EDITORS.

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4 ERRATA
(the list of corrections to mistakes in the original volume have been incorporated into this electronic text version)

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5 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
(NOTE: These will be added to our pages at some future date)

Band, Cambria Philharmonic (x112)

Band, Salem Cornet (x113)

Bristol Grove Church (x155)

Carmel Church (x56)

Elim Church and Cemetery (x112)

Eureka Neighborhood (x32)

Execution of Indians at Mankato (x299)

Foreston Church (x155)

Glee Club, Cambrian (x306) 1989

Grove of H. J. Roberts, Esq., Judson, Minn (x80)

Horeb Church (x43)

Jerusalem Church (x56)

Jerusalem Neighborhood (x104)

Lake Crystal Church (x305)

Lake Crystal Business Men (x3)

Lime Springs Church (x157)

Lime Springs Group of Settlers (x146)

Little Crow (x63)

Mankato (x80)

Mankato Church (x304)

Mankato Singers, Group of (x111)

Map (x1)

Minneopa Falls (x4)

Minneapolis Church (x134)

Minneapolis Sunday School Picnic (x135)

Residence of Rev. Thos. E. Hughes (x31)

Residence of Humphrey J. Roberts (x31)

Salem Congregational Church (x33)

Salem Log Church (x44)

Seion C. M. Church (x134)

South Bend (x21)

Sunday School Class of Rev. Jos. (= Joseph) Roberts (x290)

School House, District No. 11 (x108)

Willing Workers (x136)

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6 LIST OF PORTRAITS
(NOTE: The list and the portraits will be added to our pages at some future date)

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7 ADDITIONAL ERRATA
(the list of further corrections to mistakes in the original volume have been incorporated into this electronic text version)

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8 MAP OF THE WELSH SETTLEMENTS OF BLUE EARTH AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES

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0882 On to the next page (Blue Earth County and the first Welsh settlers from 1849 onwards)

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ychwanegiadau diweddaraf o ‘Hanes y Cymry ym Minnesota...’
latest additions from the ‘History of the Welsh in Minnesota
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our list of the names which appear in the ‘History of the Welsh in Minnesota...’
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y Cymry yn erbyn y Sioux a’r Winnebagos - gwrthryfel 1862
the Welsh against the Sioux and the Winnebagoes - the 1862 uprising

0874 Gwefan Cymru-Catalonia / Wales-Catalonia Website. The Welsh Settlement in Minnesota 1895. Online edition of the “History of the Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia. Gathered by the Old Settlers. Edited by Revs. Thos. E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas Hughes”

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