Table of Contents

ch.1. Moving spirit -- ch.2. Cradle -- ch.3. Pearl of the Western states -- ch.4. Turmoil and growth in the Twin Cities -- ch.5. Western prairies -- ch.6. Forests and streams -- ch.7. Biographical notes -- ch.8. Additional notes and comments.

Table of Contents Beggar's Gabardine, 1838-50 -- L'Étoile du Nord, 1838-52 -- Ireland, Jean, des États Unis, 1852-61 -- You were with me at Corinth, 1861-63 -- Father Mathew of the northwest, 1863-73 -- Romanità, 1867-75 -- An invitation to the land, 1876-82 -- A larger stage, 1883-84 -- In aspiration I am a scholar, 1885-86 -- All things do converge, 1886-87 -- Ireland would do well anywhere, 1887-89 -- The consecrated blizzard, 1889 -- We are in war, 1890-91 -- Tolerari potest, 1891-92 -- The fourteen...

Table of Contents Chapter I: The call: New horizons -- The summoned -- Investigation of potential fields -- The Pond brothers -- Final preparations -- Chapter II: Unconscious infidels: The Dakota -- Santee society -- Dakota religion -- Dakota virtues -- The feast-famine cycle -- Some aspects of roving life -- The physical appearance of the Santee -- Chapter III: Noses against the window pane: The mission party -- A false start -- Relations with the board -- Establishment policies -- Indian trails -- Lac qui...