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(So far we have indexed pages 1-31, out of a total of 307)
This page has
(1) an Alphabetical index; following this is
(2) a Chronological Index (1829 - founding of Traverse de Sioux; 1852 - John C.
Evans makes a claim in 1852 in New Canada township; 1853 - first log cabin
built in South Bend; etc)
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Adams, Rev. M. N. (1) -
missionary at Traverse de Sioux ·· Page 14 8002e
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Adams, Rev. M. N. (2) (Traverse
de Sioux) - funeral of John Roberts, 1854 (Big Woods) ·· Page 17 8002e
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American settlers, Judson ··
Page 31 8002e
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Babcock's Landing - place on
the
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Babcock's Landing (a little
above the present city of
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Bangs, N. G. - election judge
of Blue Earth precinct (1854) ·· Page 22 8002e
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barley ·· Page 6 8002e
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Barnard, Joshua ·· Page 26 8002e
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basswood ·· Page 6 8002e
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batch it together ·· Page 31 8002e
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beaver skins ·· Page 11 8002e
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bench ·· Page 2 8002e
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Big
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Big
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Big Rock,
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Big Woods - (1) ·· Page 3 8002e
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Big Woods - (2) Todd road in
Big Woods cut by Captain Todd ·· Page 15 8002e
·····
Big Woods - (3) 1854 - arrival
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Evans, parents of John C., Edward S., and Elizabeth
Evans, arrived with their other two daughters, Maria and Liza. ·· Page 17 8002e
·····
black walnut ·· Page 6 8002e
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Blossburg ·· Page 26 8002e
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Blue Earth (1) organized as a
county -
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Blue Earth (2) - extent of the
Welsh settlement in
·····
Blue Earth river - German
boatman ·· Page 34 8002e
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Blue Earth river ·· Page 2 8002e
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Board of
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Bowen, Evan - newly arrives
from Pennsylvanis 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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bread - buying corn bread from
a Winnebago Indian woman 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Bristol Grove - Welsh
settlement ·· Page 3 8002e
·····
brogue - Welsh brogue ·· Page
36 8002e
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Bryant, Alden - allotted a one
eighth share in
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Bryant, Alden - clerk to
Captain Samuel Humbertson ·· Page 19 8002e
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Bryn Llys - epithet of Thomas
J. Jones (1855) ·· Page 27 8002e
·····
Buck and
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buffalo ·· Page 10 8002e
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Business Men,
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butternut ·· Page 6 8002e
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cabin of John A. Jones by Blue
Earth river ·· Page 34 8002e
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Cambria - bottom land known as
the "Little Prairie" (Preri Bach) on the western edge of the present
town of Cambria ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
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Cannon river ·· Page 3 8002e
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Canoe river ·· Page 16 8002e
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Captain - see military titles
·· Page 18 8002e
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Captain Todd ·· Page 15 8002e
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Carver - rapids ·· Page 23 8002e
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cave at
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Caywood, H - owner of
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Caywood's House,
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Chief Friend's Village (photo) ·· Page 32 8002e
·····
Chippewas ·· Page 8 8002e
·····
claims - drawing lots ·· Page
25 8002e
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claims - land occupied before
surveyed by the government (1853) ·· Page 17 8002e
·····
Clarion, a small boat plying
on the
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clay (building clay) ·· Page 2
8002e
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clay (used by Sioux as a
pigment for decorating body) ·· Page 2 8002e
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Cleveland ·· Page 15 8002e
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climate ·· Page 6 8002e
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Colonel - see military titles
·· Page 18 8002e
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Congregational Church,
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Shakopee - hostelry of 'Uncle
Joe', Joseph Reynolds ·· Page 22 8002e
·····
Corinthians 2, 5.1 ·· Page 23 8002e
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Corn ·· Page 6 8002e
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corn bread 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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cottonwood -- Dakota word =
waraju ·· Page 5 8002e
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cottonwood ·· Page 6 8002e
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cow - first cow west of the
Blue Earth ·· Page 19 8002e
·····
Creek - epithet of David Evans
(1855) ·· Page 27 8002e
·····
currants ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
Custer (formerly
·····
Cyfaill (Welsh-language
magazine) 1854 - Y Cyfaill = the friend ·· Page 23 8002e
·····
D. C. Evans - house used for
prayer meetings and Sunday school (1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
·····
Dafdd - Si Dafdd (English name: John E. Davies) ·· Page Biographies 8002e
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dairying ·· Page 6 8002e
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Dakota - clothes ·· Page 7 8002e
·····
Dakota cemetery (destroyed by
the early Welsh settlers) ·· Page 10 8002e
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Dakota people - absent from
the area since early 1860's ·· Page 8 8002e
http://www.lakotaoyate.com/welcome.html
Lakota Oyate "To defend and
preserve Lakota culture from exploitation."
The living conditions of the
Lakota-Dakota-Nakota people at the present day
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Dakota tribes - food eaten ··
Page 8 8002e
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Dakota tribes - hospitality ··
Page 8 8002e
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Dakota tribes - moving camp ··
Page 8 8002e
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Dakota tribes - starvation ··
Page 8 8002e
·····
Dakota tribes - work done by
women ·· Page 8 8002e
·····
Dakota words - Merrah Tauka =
·····
Dakota words - minne = water
·· Page 1 8002e
·····
Dakota words - minne = water,
inneopa = two falls ·· Page 5 8002e
·····
Dakota words - sotah = bleared
/ muddy / cloudy / sky-coloured ·· Page 1 8002e
·····
Dakota words - waraju =
cottonwood ·· Page 5 8002e
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dance : scalp dance ·· Page 8 8002e
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Davies, John E. - cabin in
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Davies, Rev. Richard - comes
to
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Davies, Rev. Richard (
·····
Davies, Richard (born 1820,
Meifod, Sir Drefaldwn) -
·····
Davies, Richard (Rev). -
pastor of the Union church,
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Davies, Thomas Y. - Humphrey
Jones give lodging to Owen Roberts, 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
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Davis, Daniel P. - buys claim
on the upland prairie between the
·····
Davis, David A. - builds
second house in
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Davis, David A., locates a
claim in
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Davis, David J. (
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Davis, David P. - buys claim
on the upland prairie between the
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Davis, David T. - deacon of
·····
Davis, David T. arrives in
Sept. 1855 from Big Rock,
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Davis, David Y. - arrives in
Judson from
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Davis, E. J. ·· Page 36 8002e
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Davis, Evan J - arrives from
Pomeroy, O, with family - October 1855 ·· Page 35 8002e
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Davis, John E - Sunday school superintendent,
Judson, 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
·····
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Davis, John E. - deacon of
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Davis, John E. - first
resident of
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Davis, John E - wife of;
·····
Davis, John E. arrives in
Judson, from Big Rock,
·····
Davis, Rev. Richard ·· Page
34b 8002e
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Davis, Thomas - settles in Big
Woods (1855) after coming from
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Davis, Thomas Y. - brother of
E.J. Davis ·· Page 36 8002e
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Davis, Thomas Y. - looks after
Judson in 1855 along with Humphrey Jones while other settlers collect families
and goods ·· Page 25 8002e
·····
Davis, Thomas Y. - love of
reminiscing about the pioneer days ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
Davis, Thomas Y; Pomeroy, O. -
1855 comes to Judson ·· Page 24 8002e
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Davis, William. E - Sunday
school secretary, Judson, 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
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deaons - Union church,
·····
decapitated heads of Dakota's
enemies ·· Page 8 8002e
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Democrats -
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D'Eraque - guards Le Huillier
fort 1700 ·· Page 11 8002e
·····
Disgedydd (Welsh-language
magazine) 1854 Y Dysgedydd = the teacher, the instructor ·· Page 23 8002e
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Dodgeville (
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dogs - eaten by
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dogs - watch dogs against
Indians ·· Page 29 8002e
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Drych (Welsh-language
magazine) 1854 Y Drych = the mirro ·· Page 23 8002e
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Edward S. Evans - journey with
four others in 1853 from
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Edwards, Hugh - one of the
settlers from
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Elizabeth Evans (sister of
John C. Evans and Edward S. Evans) journey with these and two others in 1853
from
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elm ·· Page 6 8002e
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Emmet - colony arrives in
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Emmet Welshmen build three log
cabins at
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Emmet, a Welsh settlement near
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English - broken English
spoken by an Indian boy, 1855 ·· Page 30 8002e
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Eureak, 1855 - Sioux camp a
quarter of a mile distant ·· Page 29 8002e
·····
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Eureka - Thos. D. Williams, Griffith
Williams, John Williams and Hannah Williams, the grown up children of D. J.
Williams, together with Morris Lewis and David Evans, arrive June 1, 1855 ··
Page 32 8002e
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Evans (first name not stated)
- settler of Welsh origin in
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Evans, D. C. (1) - La Crosse, Wisconsin ·· Page 17 8002e
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Evans, D. C. (2) - one of the
six members of the
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Evans, David - 1855 - from
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Evans, David - 1855 - pulls
out of the expedition to
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Evans, David (Creek) - one of
the settlers from
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Evans, David locates a claim
in
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Evans, David reaches
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Evans, David, sells claim at
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Evans, Edward - father of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Edward S. - brother of
John C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Elizabeth - sister of
John C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Evans (Pant) ·· Page 26
8002e
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Evans, Evan (Pant) - one of
five deacons of the Union church,
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Evans, Evan (Pant) comes to
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Evans, Evan D. - arrives from
Blossburg, April 1855 ·· Page 26 8002e
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Evans, Evan H - 1855 - pulls
out of the expedition to
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Evans, Evan H - one of five
deacons of the Union church,
·····
Evans, Evan H. - one of the
settlers from
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Evans, John C. - sails for
Blue Earth (1853) ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, John C. (makes claim in
1852 in New Canada township) ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, John H. - nephew is Enoch
Masoon ·· Page 13 8002e
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Evans, Liza - sister of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Margaret - sister of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Maria - sister of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Mary - sister of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Rose - sister of John
C. Evans ·· Page 14 8002e
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Evans, Thomas - first baptism,
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Fachgen, yr wt ti ynddi pan yn y t yma (Boy, you are in it when in this house) 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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farming - using only an ax and
a grub-hoe ·· Page 31 8002e
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farming ·· Page 6 8002e
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Father of Waters. ·· Page 27 8002e
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first church in
·····
first death at
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first prayer meeting west of
Blue Earth - April 1855 ·· Page 26 8002e
·····
first sermon west of the Blue
Earth river (1854) ·· Page 23 8002e
·····
First Welsh sermon in
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first Welsh sermon in
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Foreston - Welsh settlement ··
Page 3 8002e
·····
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Fox Indians ·· Page 11 8002e
·····
Francis, John - one of a group
from
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Frazer claim 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Frenchman - house of a
Frenchman seven miles from
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freshets ·· Page 2 8002e
·····
Friend - name of a Dakota
chief ·· Page 7 8002e
·····
Friend's Village (Dakota
settlement at Judson) ·· Page 9 8002e
·····
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Gehenna ·· Page 8 8002e
·····
General - see military titles
·· Page 18 8002e
·····
German boatman on the Blue
Earth river ·· Page 34 8002e
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gooseberries ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
grapes ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
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Harris, William, late of
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Herbert, Owen - Welshman who
looks after D.C. Evans' interests at
·····
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Herbert, Owen (employee of Mr.
D. C. Evans) ·· Page 22 8002e
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Herbert, Owen (Prayer meeting)
(1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
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hickory ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
Hill - an American from Judson
hired with his ox-team ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
hole in the hillside as a
house -
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Home Landing (later Shakopee)
·· Page 14 8002e
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Horeb - location ·· Page 31 8002e
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Horeb Neighborhood,
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Howells, Anthony;
·····
Humbertson, Samuel - allotted
a quarter share in
·····
Humbertson, Samuel (Captain)
·· Page 19, 20 8002e
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Humphreys, William - settles
in Big Woods (1855) ·· Page 17 8002e
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illegal occupation of Dakota
people's lands (1853) ·· Page 18 8002e
·····
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Indian stone pipes ·· Page 29 8002e
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Indian trail ·· Page 15 8002e
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Indian trail ·· Page 16 8002e
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Indians - noise of their
revelry ·· Page 29 8002e
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Indians - veneration for dogs
·· Page 29 8002e
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Indians - visiting cabins
unbidden ·· Page 29 8002e
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Inkdaputa War ·· Page 5 8002e
·····
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Jackson, Henry (1850) ·· Page
12 8002e
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James, John - possible Welsh
origins of ·· Page 13 8002e
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James, John (1852) - platting
of
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Jenkins, Jenkin Rev. - arrives
i
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Jenkins, Jenkin Rev. -
composes a poem ·· Page 33 8002e
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Jenkins, Rev. Jenkin (Shenkin
Ddwwaith) (PHOTO) ·· Page 34b 8002e
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Jenkins, William; Big Rock,
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John C. Evans - journey with
four others in 1853 from
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John Roberts - journey with
four others in 1853 from
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Johnson P.K. (1850, 1852) -
platting of
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Jones, David (1) (later of Le Sueur)
- settler of Welsh origin in
·····
Jones, David (2) (namesake of
the above) - settler of Welsh origin in
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Jones, David (3) - sails for
Blue Earth (1853) ·· Page 14 8002e
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Jones, David (4) - settles in
Big Woods (1855) ·· Page 17 8002e
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Jones, Evans - settles in Big
Woods (1855) ·· Page 17 8002e
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Jones, Griffith - settler of
Welsh origin in
·····
Jones,
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Jones, Henry - in
·····
Jones, Henry - sells claim on
the upland prairie between the
·····
Jones, Humphrey - and Thomas
Y. Davies give lodging to Owen Roberts, 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
·····
Jones, Humphrey - builds his
house on the site of his cabin ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
Jones, Humphrey - Judson -
Sunday school ·· Page 33 8002e
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Jones, Humphrey - looks after
Judson in 1855 along with Thomas Y Davis while other settlers collect families
and goods ·· Page 25 8002e
·····
Jones, Humphrey; Pomeroy, O. -
1855 comes to Judson ·· Page 24 8002e
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Jones, Humphrey;
·····
Jones, John (Maes Mawr) comes
to
·····
Jones, John (
·····
Jones, John A. - (1855) comes
back to
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Jones, John A. - cabin by Blue
Earth river ·· Page 34 8002e
·····
Jones, John A. (
·····
Jones, John A. (Prayer
meeting) (1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
·····
Jones, John L. - settler of
Welsh origin in
·····
Jones, John, from near
·····
Jones, John, from near
·····
Jones, Rev. Richard G. ·· Page
34c 8002e
·····
Jones, Rev. Richard W. ·· Page
34c 8002e
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Jones, Thomas (Maes Mawr) ·· Page 26 8002e
·····
Jones, Thomas (Maes-mawr) -
seeks provisions for
·····
Jones, Thomas J. (Bryn Llys) -
one of the settlers from
·····
Joseph Reynolds, 'Uncle Joe'.
Keeps hostelry at Shakopee ·· Page 22 8002e
·····
Judson - Minneopa brook ··
Page 5 8002e
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Judson township ·· Page 3 8002e
·····
Judson townsite (abandoned) ··
Page 2 8002e
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Kasota (1) - quarries ·· Page
2 8002e
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Kasota (2) - journey by
ox-drawn wagons from St. Paul to Kasota made by John C. Evans, Edward S. Evans,
Elizabeth Evans (their sister), John Roberts and Griffith Jones in 1853 ·· Page
16 8002e
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Laidlaw - 1820 - sails with a
party of Scots up the
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lakes - chain of five lakes
south of
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Lamareaux, Thomas (nephew of
his Captain Samuel Humbertson). One of the six members of the
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Le Huillier - fort. Origin of
the name. ·· Page 10 8002e
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Le Sueur prairie - site of Le
Sueur or 'Big Woods' Welsh settlement ·· Page 17 8002e
·····
Le Sueur river ·· Page 3 8002e
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Lewis, David - (1855) comes
back to
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Lewis, David - Bible class
(1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
·····
Lewis, David J. . (
·····
Lewis, Evan J. - (
·····
Lewis, Evan J. - (1855) comes
back to
·····
Lewis, Evan J. - Bible class
(1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
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Lewis, Morris - 1855 - from
·····
Lewis, Morris - builds second
house in
·····
Lewis, Morris - teaches Sunday
school Bible class, Judson, 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
·····
Rees, J. David (From
·····
Lewis, Morris locates a claim
in
·····
Lewis, Morris reaches
·····
Lewis, William R., buys claim
of David Evans at
·····
Lewis. Morris - 1855 - visit to
the cabin of Thomas Y. Davis and Humphrey Jones in
·····
Lime Springs - Welsh
settlement ·· Page 3 8002e
·····
Little Cottonwood - claims
located here by David J. Davis and David J. Williams who came from Palmyra,
Ohio - 6 July 1855 ·· Page 33 8002e
·····
Little
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Llanwddelan (Sir Drefaldwn) - birthplace of Richard
Davies (1804 or 1805) ·· Page 18 8002e
·····
log cabin - (2) construction ··
Page 25 8002e
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log cabins - (1) three built
in
·····
log raising for Rev. William Williams
1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
·····
logs hauled - during the
winter (1853-54) Mr. Evans had the logs hauled for his two-story house, which
was built during the summer ·· Page 22 8002e
·····
Long, Stephen H. - description
of Sun Dance (1823) ·· Page 8 8002e
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lots - drawing lots for claims
·· Page 25 8002e
·····
lumber wagon 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
·····
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Lyon, David (
·····
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Lyon, John. Son of J. S. Lyon.
Dies 9 September 1854, aged 21 ·· Page 23 8002e
·····
Maes Mawr - epithet of Thomas
Jones of
·····
Maes Mawr ·· Page 28 8002e
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Maes-mawr - epithet of Thomas
Jones - s provisions for
·····
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Mann, John - Captain Samuel Humbertson's
engineer ·· Page 19 8002e
·····
maple ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
maple sugar made by the Dakota
·· Page 7 8002e
·····
Mascouten Indians ·· Page 11 8002e
·····
Mason, Enoch - settler of
Welsh origin in
·····
Matthews, General - searches
for land near
·····
Matthews, L. - election judge
of Blue Earth precinct (1854) ·· Page 22 8002e
·····
Matthews, Lyman - allotted a
quarter share in
·····
Medawakon band - treaty 1851
·· Page 18 8002e
·····
Meifod (Sir Drefaldwn) - birthplace of Richard Davies ·· Page 17 8002e
·····
Merrah Tauka =
·····
Methodist Episcopal Church ··
Page 26 8002e
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military road - from Mendota to
·····
military titles (Colonel,
General, Captain) ·· Page 18 8002e
·····
Minneopa - mouth of the Minneopa
Creek ·· Page 12 8002e
·····
Minneopa creek - 1855 - colony
from
·····
Minneopa creek - saw mill -
built at
·····
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Minnesota Register (newspaper) ·· Page 13 8002e
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Morgan, Richard - farm, 1855
·· Page 34 8002e
·····
mosquitoes (1) ·· Page 12 8002e
·····
mosquitoes (2) - appear
·····
mosquitoes ·· Page 29 8002e
·····
Myrick, Nathan - trader at
Traverse de Sioux, ·· Page 14 8002e
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name origins -
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name origins -
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name origins - Minneopa ··
Page 5 8002e
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name origins -
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name origins -
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New
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New
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Nicollet (naturalist) ·· Page
3 8002e
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oak ·· Page 6 8002e
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oak trees ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
oats ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
Ojibwes - see Chippewas ··
·····
Origin of the name '
·····
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Owens, John (Ty Coed) ·· Page
36 8002e
·····
Owens, John P (Major) - from
·····
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Pant - epithet of Evan Evans
of
·····
Pant ·· Page 28 8002e
·····
paper city -
·····
papooses ·· Page 8 8002e
·····
partridges - source of meat ··
Page 31 8002e
·····
Pembina - see Selkirk Colony
·· Page 12 8002e
·····
Penicaut - chronicler of Le
Sueur's expedition in 1700 ·· Page 11 8002e
·····
Phillips, Thomas - comes to
·····
Pierce, Edward; Big Rock,
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pioneer life - a hundred-mile
journey to
·····
plat - shares in
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plums - wild plums ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
Pomeroy, O. - see Jones,
Humphrey; Davis, Thomas Y ·· Page 24 8002e
·····
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Pont-y-pwl (
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poplar ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
poplar trees ·· Page 31 8002e
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potatoes ·· Page 6 8002e
·····
prairie chickens - source of
meat ·· Page 31 8002e
·····
Prairie du Chien ·· Page 12 8002e
·····
prairie schooner (a wagon with
a tented cover of sheeting) ·· Page 19 8002e
·····
precinct - Blue Earth election
precinct ·· Page 22 8002e
·····
Preri Bach (= Little Prairie)
·· Page 31 8002e
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Price, Rev. Robert D. ·· Page
34b 8002e
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Price, Sophia Hannah -
baptism,
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Price, William R. comes to
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Prie, William R - one of five
deacons of the Union church,
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Pugh, John - seeks provisions
for
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Pugh, John (Senior) - one of
the settlers from
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Pugh, Thomas M. - comes to
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quarries (Kasota village) ··
Page 2 8002e
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quarries ·· Page 2 8002e
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Ramsey county - poor land ··
Page 14 8002e
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raspberries ·· Page 6 8002e
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reconnoiter - party of Emmet
colony inspects the country in Blue Earth (1855) ·· Page 27 8002e
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Red Iron - Dakota 'chief' ·· Page 7 8002e
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Republicans -
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rifles - lack of rifles for settlers
to hunt with ·· Page 31 8002e
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Riggs S. R. - establishes a
mission at Traverse de Sioux, 1843 ·· Page 14 8002e
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river:
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river: Cannon ·· Page 3 8002e
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river: Le Sueur ·· Page 3 8002e
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river: Little Cottonwood
(emptying into the
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river: Straight ·· Page 3 8002e
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Roberts, Griffith - one of the
settlers from
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Roberts, Henry ·· Page 7 8002e
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Roberts, Hugh J - in
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Roberts, Hugh J. - sells claim
on the upland prairie between the
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Roberts, John - sails for Blue
Earth (1853) ·· Page 14 8002e
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Roberts, John - settler of
Welsh origin in
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Roberts, John (Big Woods).
Dies 1854 ·· Page 17 8002e
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Roberts, Owen - 1855 - visit
to the cabin of Thomas Y. Davis and Humphrey Jones in
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Roberts, Owen - arrives from
Pomeroy, O, with family - October 1855 ·· Page 35 8002e
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Pomeroy - origin of Evan J.
Davis, Owen Roberts - arrive
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Roberts, Owen - arrives in
Judson from
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Roberts, Rev. John - farm in
Judson (1855) ·· Page 25 8002e
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Roberts, Rev. John W. ·· Page
34c 8002e
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Roberts, Rev. Wm. ·· Page 34c 8002e
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Roberts, Rev. Wm. from
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Roberts, William J- one of
five deacons of the Union church,
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Roberts, William J. - one of
the settlers from
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Robertson, Colonel - wife ··
Page 13 8002e
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Robertson, Colonel (1850) ··
Page 12 8002e
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Rock
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Rush
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Saint Peter - see
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Saint Peter (St. Peter) -
former name = Rock Bend ·· Page 14 8002e
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Watkins, John - religious
services in the cabin of ·· Page 35 8002e
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salt - unobtainable by the
early Welsh settlers ·· Page 31 8002e
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San-tuhu-mah-na-du-tah,
"Hater-of-the-white-race" ·· Page 5 8002e
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saw mill - built at
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scalps ·· Page 8 8002e
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Selkirk Colony (Pembina) - colony
of Scots ·· Page 12 8002e
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Shakopee - earlier name (Home
Landing) ·· Page 14 8002e
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Shakopee to
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shallop (kind of sailboat) ··
Page 11 8002e
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shanty - description of
construction (Judson, June 1855) ·· Page 32 8002e
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shanty - only building at
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shanty - squatter's shanty at
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shanty - William C. Williams,
Judson, June, 1855 ·· Page 32 8002e
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shanty built by some steamboat
wood-choppers (two miles above the mouth of the
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Sibley county - settlers in
1855 - David Jones, Evan Jones and Wm. Humphreys, ·· Page 17 8002e
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Siencn Ddwwaith - Reverend Jenkin
Jenkins (PHOTO) ·· Page 34b XXXX 8002e
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Si Dafdd (English name: John E.
Davies) ·· Biographies 0850
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Sisseton band - treaty 1851 ··
Page 18 8002e
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Sisseton band ·· Page 7 8002e
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snakes - appear
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soil type ·· Page 6 8002e
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sorghum ·· Page 6 8002e
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steamboat trip up the
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Stevens, Colonel - squatter by
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steward among the higher
classes in
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Stoddard, Colonel T. B. of
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Straight river ·· Page 3 8002e
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strawberries ·· Page 6 8002e
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sumac trees ·· Page 31 8002e
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Sun Dance (1823) ·· Page 8 8002e
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Sunday school superintendent -
Edward Thomas (1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
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Swedish blacksmith's hut by
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Swedish settlers, Judson ··
Page 31 8002e
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Thomas, Edward - comes from
Pomeroy 5 May 1855. Becomes Sunday school superintendent ·· Page 26 8002e
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Thomas, Edward - one of five
deacons of the Union church,
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Thomas, Edward, Sr. - clerk of
the Union church,
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Thomas, James P. (late owner
of a farm at
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Thomas, Thomas (Pont-y-pwl,
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Thompson, A - allotted a one eighth
share in
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Tiger - boat on the
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Todd road - road in Big Woods
cut by Captain Todd ·· Page 15 8002e
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town site company (to survey
and plat a site later called
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townsite company for
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Traverse de Sioux - 1855 -
Lewis Morris and David Evans arrive by boat, having come from
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Traverse de Sioux - founded
1829 ·· Page 14 8002e
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Traverse de Sioux - meting the
boat to collect provisions ·· Page 31 8002e
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Traverse de Sioux - path from
here to
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Traverse de Sioux (abandoned settlement, 1895) ·· Page
2 8002e
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Traverse de Sioux. October 1855 - low water,
impossible to go upriver ·· Page 35 8002e
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treaties with Dakota Indians
(1851) ·· Page 18 8002e
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Turpin, D. T. -
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Ty Coed - John Owens (Ty Coed)
·· Page 36 8002e
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Undine ·· Page 13 8002e
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Undine Region ·· Page 3 8002e
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Union church (
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village - abandoned Indian village
between Traverse de Sioux and
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voting precincts -
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wagon train - Welsh settlers
from Emmet to
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Wanotau (Dakota warrior) ·· Page 8 8002e
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Wapekuta band - treaty 1851 ··
Page 18 8002e
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Wapeton band - treaty 1851 ··
Page 18 8002e
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Watkins, John;
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Weather - severe cold spell in
first half of 1854 ·· Page 20 8002e
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Welsh place names in the
settlements - Preri Bach (= Little Prairie) ·· Page 31 8002e
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Welsh place names in the
settlements - see Lln Tegid ··
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Welsh settlement - Blue Earth
·· Page 3 8002e
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Welsh settlement - Bristol
Grove ·· Page 3 8002e
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Welsh settlement - Foreston ··
Page 3 8002e
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Welsh settlement - intention
to set up a Welsh settlement in rich farmland ·· Page 18 8002e
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Welsh settlement - Lime
Springs ·· Page 3 8002e
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Welsh settlement -
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Wesleyans - John Roberts ··
Page 17 8002e
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wheat ·· Page 6 8002e
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whiskey - abandoned whiskey
barrels in an empty Indian village ·· Page 15 8002e
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Wiiliams, Daniel L - brother
of David J. Williams ·· Page 36 8002e
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Williams (Broadford) - Evan
Bowen's claim by the side 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Williams (Broadford) - house
on Nicollet side of the river 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Williams (first name not
stated) - settler of Welsh origin in
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Williams, Rev. William - log
raising 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Williams, D.J. and his four grown-up
children reach
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Williams, Daniel - possible
Welsh origins of ·· Page 13 8002e
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Williams, Daniel (1850, 1852)
- platting of
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Williams, David (Banker), from
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Williams, David (Banker), from
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Williams, David J. - arrives
at
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Williams, David J. - hut by
the mouth of the Little Cottonwood ·· Page 34 8002e
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Williams, David J. (
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Williams, Griffith, son of D.
J. Williams ·· Page 32 8002e
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Williams, Hannah, son of D. J.
Williams ·· Page 32 8002e
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Williams, Hugh R. arrives with
his family from
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Williams, Hugh R. comes to
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Williams, John - one of a
group from
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Williams, John, son of D. J.
Williams ·· Page 32 8002e
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Williams, Rev. William ·· Page
34b 8002e
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Williams, Rev. Wm. - Baptist
minister from Big Rock, Ill., preaches the first Welsh sermon in Blue Earth
county - June 24 1855 ·· Page 28 8002e
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Williams, Robert R. - one of
the settlers from Emmet, Wis. (1855) ·· Page 27 8002e
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Williams, Thomas D., son of D.
J. Williams ·· Page 32 8002e
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Williams, William C. - farm at
Judson ·· Page 25 8002e
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Williams, William C.; Big
Rock, Ill. - 1855 comes to Judson ·· Page 24 8002e
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Williams, William Rev - buys
claim in Judson, October 1855 ·· Page 35 8002e
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Winnebago Agency - fifteen
miles beyond Mankato 1855 ·· Page 36 8002e
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Winnebago Indians - being
moved (1855) to a new reservation, "located that spring three miles south
of Mankato and South Bend, in the very heart of Blue Earth county" ·· Page
27 8002e
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winter season in Blue Earth ··
Page 6 8002e
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wolves - fear of; gradual
disappearance (1855) ·· Page 27 8002e
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wolves between Shakopee and
South Bend (1855) ·· Page 26 8002e
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Yankee - name of steamboat
(1850) ·· Page 12 8002e
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Youngstown, O - see Jones,
Humphrey; Watkins, John ·· Page 24 8002e
(2) Chronological index
1700 - Le Sueur seeks copper
·· Page 10 8002e
1820 - (1) killing of two
white men by Sisseton Sioux ·· Page 8 8002e
1820 - (2) Scots sail up
Minnesota river ·· Page 12 8002e
1823 - Long, Stephen H. ··
Page 8 8002e
1829 - founding of Traverse de
Sioux ·· Page 14 8002e
1838 - Nicollet visits ·· Page
3 8002e
1843 - S. R. Riggs establishes
a mission at Traverse de Sioux ·· Page 14 8002e
1849 - Thomas Thomas from
Pont-y-pwl in St. Paul ·· Page 13 8002e
1850 - (1) first steamboat
passes mouth of Blue Earth river ·· Page 12 8002e
1850 - (2) four Welshmen in
St. Paul ·· Page 13 8002e
1851 - four Welshmen in St.
Paul from from Sir Ddinbch / Denbighshire in North
Wales ·· Page 13 8002e
1852 - John C. Evans makes a claim
in 1852 in New Canada township ·· Page 14
1853 - (1) Dakota people's
lands thrown open for settlement ·· Page 18 8002e
1853 - (2) D.C. Evans and
Richard Davies move out west from La Crosse, Wisconsin ·· Page 18 8002e
1853 - (3) D.C. Evans looks
for lands for a Welsh settlement near Saint Paul ·· Page 18 8002e
1854 -
(3) John Roberts dies at the "Big Woods" Welsh settlement a year
after settling there (1854) ·· Page 17· 8002e
1854 -
(4) Griffith Jones abandons the "Big Woods" Welsh settlement and goes
to Wisconsin ·· Page 17· 8002e
1854 -
(5) On the 6th of July, 1854, the election precinct of South Bend was created,
comprising all the country west of the Blue Earth. ·· Page 22· 8002e
1854 -
(6) John Jones, from near Oshkosh, Wis., and his son-in-law, Griffith Jones
arrive to view South Bend, the 24th of July, 1854; ·· Page 22· 8002e
1854 -
(7) saw mill - built at South Bend by J. S. Lyon ·· Page 23· 8002e
1854 -
(8) Jones, John, from near Oshkosh, Wis., settles on a claim near Rush Lake 17
August 1854 ·· Page 22
1855 -
(1) About the first of February, 1855, three persons left Emmet, a Welsh
settlement near Waukesha, Wis., for South Bend. ·· Page 23· 8002e
1855 -
(2) March 22, Mr. Evans goes to Palmyra ·· Page 24· 8002e
1855 -
(3) April 10th - group of eight Welshmen meets at Galena, Ill., and travels to
the Minnesota valley ·· Page 24· 8002e
1855 -
(4) May - Williams, David J. - arrives at St. Paul from Bradford, Pa. ·· Page
31· 8002e
1855 -
(5) 21 06 1855 - forward party of Emmet colony reaches South Bend ·· Page 27· 8002e
1855 -
(6) July - Indian dance, camp by Eureka settlement ·· Page 29· 8002e
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