IN THE

NORTHWEST.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX

CONTAINING

REMINISCENCES, INCIDENTS AND NOTES.

BY W. H. C. FOLSOM.

EDITED BY E. E. EDWARDS.

PUBLISHED BY

PIONEER PRESS COMPANY.

1888.

US 23477115

HARVARD COLLEGE

NOV 4 1908

LIBRARY

Gift of
James F. Curtis

of Boston

BALIND, AUG 14 1911

TO THE OLD SETTLERS.

OF

WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA,

WHO, AS PIONEERS, AMIDST PRIVATIONS AND TOIL NOT KNOWN TO THOSE OF
A LATER GENERATION, LAID HERE THE FOUNDATIONS OF TWO GREAT
STATES, AND HAVE LIVED TO SEE THE RESULT OF. THEIR AR-
DUOUS LABORS IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WIL-
DERNESS-DURING FIFTY YEARS-INTO A FRUIT-

FUL COUNTRY, IN THE BUILDING OF GREAT
CITIES, IN THE ESTABLISHING OF ARTS

AND MANUFACTURES, IN THE

CREATION OF COMMERCE

AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED

BY THE AUTHOR, W. H. C. FOLSOM.