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Sibley, Henry Hastings 1811-1891
Pioneer; born in Detroit, Mich., Feb. 20, 1811; became a partner in the American Fur Company in 1834.
On one of his trips he arrived at the mouth of the Minnesota River, and was so much pleased with the place that he settled there.
On May 29, 1848, when Wisconsin became a State, St. Croix River was made the western boundary.
This left about 23,000 square miles east of the Mississippi without a government.
In November, 1848, Mr. Sibley was elected to reprMr. Sibley was elected to represent this district in Congress where he was instrumental in having an act passed creating the Territory of Minnesota, which was made to include the rest of Wisconsin and a large area west of the Mississippi.
He served in Congress till 1853. Minnesota was created a State on May 11, 1858, and he was chosen its first governor.
He commanded the white volunteer forces of Iowa and Minnesota against the Sioux rising of 1862, and on Sept. 23 broke the power of the Indians in a decisive battle at Wood
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General Canby, commander of the Department of New Mexico, was at Fort Craig, on the Rio Grande, early in 1862.
At that time Col. H. H. Sibley, a Louisianian, had invaded New Mexico with 2,300 Texas Rangers, many of them veterans who had fought the Indians.
Sibley issued a proclamation demanding from the inhabitants aid for and allegiance to his troops.
Feeling confident of success, he moved towards Fort Craig to attack Canby.
His light field-pieces could not injure the fort, so he crossed the Rio Grande below and out of reach of the guns of the fort for the purpose of drawing Canby out. In this he was successful.
Canby threw a force across the river to occupy an eminence commanding the fort, which it was thought Sibley might attempt to gain.
There a skirmish ensued, and the Nationals retired to the fort.
On the following day (Feb. 21) a considerable force of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Roberts, crossed the river, and at