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The Ancestry, Life, and Times of Hon. Henry Hastings Sibley
The Ancestry Life and Times of Hon Henry Hastings Sibley Author:Nathaniel West Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: H?' . P-v ' CHAPTER II. BARLY LIFE AND CAREER OF HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY.—TRAITS.—EDUCA- TION.— REJECTS THE LAW AS A PROFESSION. — LEAVES HOME. — CLERK ... more »AT SAULT STE. MARIE. — ENTERS THE SERVICE OF THB AMERICAN FUR COMPANY. —MACKINAC. — TRIP TO CHICAGO.— CHICAGO IN 1829. TRIP TO DETROIT IN 1832.— PERILOUS VOYAGE AND PICTURESQUE ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY. — CHOLERA.— DEATH.— SUPPLY PURCHAS- ING AGENT FOR THE COMPANY, 1832-1834.—JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN HIS TEENS.—BECOMES PARTNER IN THE COMPANY, 1834. — CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE TRADING POSTS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST.— LANDS AT ST. PETERS, AT THE MOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER, NOVEMBER, 1834.— EMOTIONS AND SENSATIONS.—FORT SNELLING.—THE HAM- LET.— INDIANS.— BUSINESS.— SEVERE WINTER.—EMPLOYMENT.— THE SPLENDID GANDER-SHOT.— SIGN LANGUAGE.— ERECTS STONE BUILD- INGS.— BUYS OUT THE INTEREST OF BAILLY.— BACHELOR'S LIFE. THE OFFERED SQUAW.— HIS LIBRARY.— LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS. RELIGIOUS CHARACTER, VIEWS, AND RELATIONS.— INDIAN BANDS AND DIVISIONS DESCRIBED.—VIRTUES OF THE INDIANS. —THEIR RELIGION. — CHARACTER OF THE INDIAN TRADERS AND VOYAGEURS.— CHAR- ACTER OF THE EARLY PIONEERS AND SETTLERS OF MINNESOTA. ROMANTIC INCIDENTS IN MR. SIBLEY'S INDIAN LIFE.— HUNTING. — ORGANIZATION OF A HUNTING CAMP AND EXPEDITION.—ADVEN- TURES.— MODE OF HUNTING. —SIBLEY IN INDIAN COSTUME.—A SAB- BATH-KEEPER.— HIS NOMS DE PLUME, "HAL A DAKOTAH." AND "WALKER-IN-THE-PINES."—ELK SHOOTING.— ENCOUNTER WITH A BUFFALO.— PROTECTS AND DELIVERS AN ASSAULTED CAMP. — SAVES THE WAHPETONS FROM DEATH BY COLD AND STARVATION.—JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OVER A TERRITORY LARGE AS THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE.—HIS MARRIAGE TO MISS SARAH JANE STEELE.—HE K ANCESTRY.— HER THREE SISTERS, MARY H. STEELE, MRS. DR. POTTS, MRS. GENERAL JOHNSON.— THE MANSION AT MENDOTA.— MR. SIBLE...« less