COLLECTIONS
OF THE
Minnesota Historical Society,
FOR THE YEAR 1867.
Saint Paul:
PIONEER PRINTING COMPANY.
1867.
OFFICERS.
President:
- Major General H. H. SIBLEY.
Vice Presidents:
- D. A. ROBERTSON,
- D. W. INGERSOLL,
- R. BLAKELEY.
Secretary:
- J. F. WILLIAMS.
Treasurer:
- PETER BERKEY.
Executive Council:
- Rev. J. Mattocks,
- Rev. S. Y. McMasters, D.D., LL. D.
- Gov. W. R. Marshall,
- Hon. H. M. Rice,
- Rev. John Ireland,
- Hon. J. D. Ludden,
- A. H. Cathcart,
- G. A. Hamilton,
- W. H. Kelley,
- C. E. Mayo,
- A. J. Hill,
- Hon. A. Goodrich,
- Dr. C. DeMontreville,
- Dr. Henry H. Eames,
- R. O. Sweeney,
- W. B. Dean,
- S. B. Woolworth,
- J. P. Pond,
- Hon. S. J. R. McMillan
CONTENTS.
| Article. | Page. | |
| I. | Annual Report of the Secretary, | 3 |
| II. | Mineral Regions of Lake Superior, | 8 |
| III. | Constantine Beltrami, | 13 |
| IV. | Historical Notes of the United States Land Office, | 21 |
| V. | The Geography of Perrot, | 22 |
| VI. | Dakota Superstitions, | 32 |
Report of the Committee of Publication.
Hon. H. H. Sibley, President of the Minnesota Historical Society:
Your Committee of Publication, acting under instruction of the ExecutiveCouncil, beg leave to lay before you the accompanying annual.
The limited means of the Society have compelled brevity; and most ofthe articles selected are of local, rather than of general interest.
The article on the “Mineral Regions of Minnesota” may be a matter ofsome general i
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