. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . and theywere mustered in on May 7th and 8th. TheFifteenth followed under the second callon July i8th. In all volunteers werefurnished the national government. Onlythe Thirteenth regiment actually partici-pated in hostilities. Its creditable servicein the Philippine islands is a matter fa-miliar to evervone in the state. 38 A HALF CENTURY OF MINNESOTA. The Pillager Indian U
. A half century of Minnesota as territory and state; a concise account of the principal events in the period of discovery, exploration, and settlement, and during the half century of territorial and state government . and theywere mustered in on May 7th and 8th. TheFifteenth followed under the second callon July i8th. In all volunteers werefurnished the national government. Onlythe Thirteenth regiment actually partici-pated in hostilities. Its creditable servicein the Philippine islands is a matter fa-miliar to evervone in the state. 38 A HALF CENTURY OF MINNESOTA. The Pillager Indian Uprising. In 1898 Minnesota again experienced thesensations of an Indian uprising, but for-tunately on a scale which relieved the af-fair of the terrors of the pioneer days. Theattempt of a deputy United States marshalto arrest two Indians on the Leech Lakereservation led to the rising of the Pillagerband against the authority of the govern-ment. A detachment of troops sent fromFort Snelling attempted to enforce UnitedStates authority, and all but one or twoof the miscreants were finally arrested, butnot until an engagement had taken placeat Sugar Point where the command losteight killed and as many wounded. No. K. DAV1^^. Governor of Minnesota, 1ST4 ISTti. and United States Senator. Indians were killed. For a time the peoplesettled near Leech Lake were fearful of ageneral uprising, and troops were stationedfor several days at all important points. An Agricultural Influence. Second only in influence in the farminglife of the state to the improvements inagricultural and milling machinery of theseventies was the decided movement to-ward dairying in the last decade. Twentyyears ago Minnesota was likely to becomeknown as a one crop state. There wasan extraordinary rush into wheat raising,stimulated by the high price of the cereal,the ease with which it could be raised by men ignorant of general farming and acertain amount of skepticism regarding thepossibilities of the cl
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