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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drake, Francis Samuel, 1828-1885 (search)
Drake, Francis Samuel, 1828-1885 Biographer; born in Northwood, N. H., Feb. 22, 1828; son of Samuel Gardner Drake. He is the author of Dictionary of American biography; Life of Gen. Henry Knox; The town of Roxbury; Indian history for young folks, etc. He edited Schoolcraft's history of the Indians. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 22, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indian corn. (search)
0,000,000 mark. See Agriculture. Legend of the Grain.—While Capt. Miles Standish and others of the Pilgrims were seeking a place to land, they found some maize in one of the deserted huts of the Indians. Afterwards Samoset, the friendly Indian, and others, taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the grain, for it was unknown in Europe, and this supply, serving them for seed, saved the litthe colony from starvation the following year. The grain now first received the name of Indian corn. Mr. Schoolcraft tells us that Indian corn entered into the mythology of the Indians of the region of the Upper Lakes. In legend the Indians tell us that a youth, on the verge of manhood, went into the forest to fast, where he built himself a lodge and painted his face in sombre colors; and then he asked the Master of Life for some precious gift that should benefit his race. Being weak from fasting, he lay down in his lodge and gazed through its opening into the blue depths of the heavens, from whic
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
The purchase of Louisiana, in 1803, gave the United States possession of the whole country west of the Mississippi, and in 1816 Congress passed a law excluding foreigners from the fur-trade in that region. Fort Snelling was built and garrisoned in 1819, and active trade with the Indians was carried on there. In 1820 that region was explored by a party under Gen. Lewis Cass, and by Major State seal of Minnesota. Long in 1821. A third exploring party went there in 1832, led by Henry R. Schoolcraft, who discovered the main source of the Mississippi River. In 1837, some lumbering operations began in A view of St. Paul. Minnesota, upon the St. Croix River. The town of St. Paul was founded in 1842, and in 1849 the Territory of Minnesota was ereated. At that time one-half the lands ineluded in the Territory belonged to the Indians, and the white population was less than 5,000. Emigrants flocked in, and at the end of eight years (1857) the number was 150,000. In 1851 the Siou
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe 1793-1864 (search)
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe 1793-1864 Ethnologist; born in Watervliet, N. Y., March 28, 1793. His ancestor who first settled in America was a school-teacher named Calcraft, and he was popularly named Schoolcraft. Henry studied chemistry and mineralogy in Union College in 1807-8. In 1817-18 he took a scientific tour in the West,Schoolcraft. Henry studied chemistry and mineralogy in Union College in 1807-8. In 1817-18 he took a scientific tour in the West, and made a fine mineralogical and geological collection, publishing, in 1819, A view of the lead mines of Missouri, which was enlarged and published (1853) under the title of Scenes and adventures in the semi-alpine regions of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas. In 1820 he was geologist of an exploring expedition underectures on the grammatical construction of the Indian languages. These, translated into French by Duponceau and presented to the French Institute, procured for Schoolcraft a gold medal from that institution. He published several works on Indian literature, as well as fiction, and in 1832 led a second government expedition to disc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
irst appointed......July 9, 1832 President vetoes the bank bill......July 10, 1832 Senate fails to pass the bank charter over the President's veto......July 13, 1832 Source of the Mississippi discovered by an exploring party under Henry R. Schoolcraft......July 13, 1832 Partial repeal of the tariff measures of 1828......July 14, 1832 First session adjourns......July 16, 1832 Cholera first appears in the United States......1832 Treaty with the two Sicilies, indemnity......Oct 1864 Confederate incendiaries fire many hotels in New York......Nov. 25, 1864 Battle of Franklin......Nov. 30, 1864 Second session convenes......Dec. 5, 1864 Fourth annual message of President Lincoln......Dec. 6, 1864 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Ll.D., born 1793, dies at Washington, D. C.......Dec. 10, 1864 Fort McAllister, Savannah, Ga., captured by Hazen's division of Sherman's army......Dec. 13, 1864 Thomas defeats Hood at Nashville, Tenn......Dec. 15-16, 1864 President
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
Minnesota River, the Virginia, reaches Fort Snelling......May, 1823 An expedition fitted out by government, in charge of Maj. S. H. Long, discovers that Pembina, the fort of the Hudson Bay Company on Red River, is within the United States. Long erects an oak post on the line, raises the United States flag, and proclaims the territory a part of the United States......Aug. 5, 1823 A colony of Swiss from the Red River settlement establish themselves near Fort Snelling......1827 Henry R. Schoolcraft, with an expedition for exploring the Mississippi, Crow Wing, and St. Croix rivers, reaches the Mississippi by Lake Superior and Sandy Lake, and reaches the source of the west fork in Itasca Lake......July 13, 1832 Rev. W. T. Boutwell establishes at Leech Lake the first mission among the Indians in Minnesota west of the Mississippi......October, 1833 Jean N. Nicollet leaves Fort Snelling to explore the sources of the rivulets that feed Itasca Lake......July 26, 1836 Governor