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MINNESOTA]. A fine and extensive collection of books, pamphlets, maps and one autograph letter relating to the exploration and history of Minnesota and its peoples, approximately 200 books and pamphlets and 20 maps, 16 o -8 o , most in original bindings, condition varies. INCLUDING: EXPLORATION: KEATING, William H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. performed in the year 1823. London, 1825. 2 volumes. Frontispiece, folding map. -- SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. Narrative of an Expedition through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of this River . New York, 1834. Folding maps. -- OWEN, David Dale. Illustrations to the Geological Report of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota . Philadelphia, 1852. Plates. -- WARREN, G.K. Explorations in the Dacota Country, in the Year 1855 . Washington, D.C., 1856. Folding maps. -- FEATHERSTONHAUGH, G.W. Geological Report of an Examination Made in 1834, of the Elevated Country between the Missouri and Red Rivers . Washington, D.C., 1835. Folding color map. -- SEYMOUR, E.S. Sketches of Minnesota, the New England of the West. With Incidents of Travel in that Territory during the Summer of 1849 . New York, 1850. Folding map. -- Another copy. -- HARGRAVE, Joseph James Red River . Montreal, 1871. -- JENKINS, Thomas J. Six Season on our Prairies and Six Weeks in our Rockies . Louisville, KY, 1884. HISTORIES: KINZIE, Mrs. John H. Wau-Bun, the "Early Day" in the North-West . New York, 1856. ANDREWS, C.C. Minnesota and Dacotah: in Letters Descriptive of a Tour through the North-West, in the Autumn of 1856. Washington, 1857. -- BISHOP, Harriet E. Floral Home; or, First Years in Minnesota . New York, 1857. Plates. -- COLONEY, Myron. Manomin: A Rhythmical Romance of Minnesota . St. Louis, 1866. -- GARDNER-SHARP, Miss Abbie. History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Mrs. Abbie Gardner . Des Moines, 1885. Plates. -- Other volumes, including large runs of Minnesota History Bulletin and Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society . INDIANS: POPE, John. Official Communications from General Pope, Commanding Military Department of the Missouri, Concerning Indian Affairs . St. Louis, 1865. -- EASTMAN, Mrs. Mary. Dahcotah; or, Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling. New York, 1849. Plates. -- SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers . Philadelphia, 1851. -- HINMAN, Rev. S.D. Journal of the Rev. S.D. Hinman, Missionary to the Santee Sioux Indians. and Taopi, by Bishop Whipple . Philadelphia, 1869. Frontispiece. -- RIGGS, Stephen R. Dakota Wowapi Wakan Kin. The New Testament, in the Dakota Language . New York, 1886. -- MCCONKEY, Harriet E. Bishop. Dakota War Whoop: or, Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota of 1862-3 . St. Paul, 1864. Plates. -- Taopi and His Friends, or the Indians' Wrongs and Rights . Philadelphia, 1869. Frontispiece. -- PETTIJOHN, Jonas. Autobiography, Family History and Various Reminiscences of the Life of Jonas Pettijohn, among the Sioux or Dakota Indians . Clay Center, KS, 1890. -- CONNOLLY, A.P. A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63 . Chicago, 1896. Plates. -- CARRIGAN, Minnie Buce. Captured by the Indians. Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in Minnesota . Buffalo Lake, Minn, 1912. RAILROAD: RAMSAY. Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the board of direction of the company, communications from Liutenant General Grant... November, 1867 . 40th Congress, 2d Session, Mis. Doc No. 9. [Washington, D.C., 1867]. Folding map. -- Guide to the Northern Pacific Railroad Lands in Minnesota . New York, n.d. Illustrations in text. Maps. GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES: Minnestota Year Book for 1852 . St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, [1851]. Frontispiece. -- Saint Paul City Directory. For 1856-7 . Saint Paul, 1857. Folding map. -- All About Northfield, Minn. Directory of Names and Business Firms, Informati