HISTORY

OF

EMMET COUNTY

AND

DICKINSON COUNTY

IOWA

A RECORD OF SETTLEMENT, ORGANIZATION,
PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

THE PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY

1917

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

PHYSICAL FEATURES, GEOLOGY, ETC.

LOCATION-LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE-BOUNDARIES AND AREA- -GENERAL

SURFACE-RIVERS AND CREEKS THE LAKES-THE PRAIRIES-GEOLOGY

-THE GLACIAL EPOCH-HOW THE SURFACE OF IOWA WAS FORMED-

CHARACTER OF THE DRIFT-THE WATER SUPPLY-GEOLOGICAL STRUC-

TURE AS SHOWN BY DEEP WELL RECORDS-ALTITUDE OF SPIRIT LAKE,

ESTHERVILLE AND ARMSTRONG_.
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CHAPTER II

THE FIRST INHABITANTS

THE MOUND BUILDERS-DESCRIPTION OF THEIR RELICS-EARLY INVESTI-

GATORS MOUND BUILDERS' DISTRICTS-WHO WERE THEY? THE IN-

DIANS DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN GROUPS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE

SIXTEENTH CENTURY-THE IOWA-THE SAC AND FOX-BLACK HAWK

AND KEOKUK-OTHER SAC AND FOX CHIEFS-POTAWATOMI-WINNE-

BAGO PRINCIPAL TRIBES OF THE SANTEE

SISSETON-WAHPECUTE-WAHPETON

SIOUX-MDEWAKANTON—

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CHAPTER III

THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION

THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN-EARLY EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICA-STRENGTH-

ENING SPANISH CLAIMS-WORK OF THE ENGLISH-FRENCH EXPLORA-

TIONS MARQUETTE AND JOLIET-LA SALLE'S EXPEDITIONS-SETTLE-

MENT OF LOUISIANA-CONFLICTING INTERESTS-FRENCH AND INDIAN

WAR-CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST-NAVIGATION OF THE

MISSISSIPPI-THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE-TREATY OF PARIS-EXPLOR-

ING THE NEW PURCHASE-ACQUISITION OF THE INDIAN LANDS-TREATY

OF 1804-THE NEUTRAL GROUND--TREATY OF 1830-TREATY OF 1832-

TREATY OF 1842-TREATY OF TRAVERSE DES SIOUX__
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