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9781108033343

Minnesota and the Far West

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    9781108033343

  • ISBN10:

    1108033342

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-07-14
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Summary

Laurence Oliphant (1829-88) was a much-travelled British diplomat and writer. In the mid-nineteenth century, between two stints in the Caucasus, he spent several years in North America, helped Lord Elgin negotiate a trade treaty between Canada and the US, and was for a time Superintendent-General for Indian Affairs in Canada. In this book, first published in 1855, Oliphant expresses his enthusiasm for the rapid development in the American West that was being driven by industry and commerce. He documents a fact-finding journey around the Great Lakes region, travelling on the new railway and adventurously taking a bark canoe down rapids and across portages. From picnics, dances and sleigh rides to mining, forest clearance and land speculation, Oliphant conveys a vivid picture of the opportunities and hardships of the frontier society. He focuses in detail on the Native Americans he encountered, their customs, skills, way of life and future prospects.

Table of Contents

Preface
Canada
Across the frontier. Reciprocity
Canadian politics
Canadian society
Canadian statistics
Canadian backwoods
A bark-canoe voyage down the Severn
A ride to the Indian village of Saugeen
The annual distribution of Indian presents at Manitoulin. Georgian Bay
Lake Superior
The Sault Ste. Marie
The Pictured Rocks. Father Marquette
The mineral region of Lake Superior
Ontonagon. The 'Sam Ward'
The city of Superior. Land speculation
Wisconsin. Bed and board in the far west
Minnesota
Camping out on the St. Louis
The Savannahs
Sandy Lake
Early traders. Coureurs des Bois. Chippeways
The head waters of the Mississippi. Shooting the little falls in a bark canoe
Winnebagoes. Indian affairs. The Sauk Rapids
The falls of St. Anthony
St. Paul. Locomotive doins in Minnesota
Manners, customs, and political opinions of the St. Paul public
Steamboat life on the Mississippi. The Bluffs
Across the prairies. Chicago. Niagara
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