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”Froraovernors of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan relative to the horrible outbreak and asking for aid

”When the troops reached St Peter they were delayed incanister shot By Septeiment, which had returned to the State, and the Sixth and Seventh regianized, were in the field, and on the twenty-third of the month had a battle with the Indians at Wood lake, Lieut Col Marshall, of the Seventh regi five coe, clearing a ravine of hostile savages

”Never before in the history of the republic had so ust about eight hundred white men, women and children were killed, and at least 15,000 persons fled fro knife to St Paul and other places of security

”During the sui been elected to represent the State in the United States senate, Lieut

Gov Swift on and after the tenth of July acted as governor for the unexpired term, as succeeded by Gov Stephen H Miller, both of whoovernment

”Minnesota during the war had surely not more than 40,000 citizens able to bear ariments of infantry, one of heavy artillery, three batteries of light artillery, four cavalry organizations and two companies of sharpshooters, and official returns show that she contributed 25,000 soldiers in all”

Mention of George H Hazzard, of St Paul, unintentionally omitted from the body of the work, is appended below

[Illustration: GEORGE H HAZZARD]

George H Hazzard is one of St Paul's wide awake, energetic young men He is a native of the state of New York He came to the West when a youth and located in St Paul in 1859 He has been engaged in general agencies and real estate, and has served as county commissioner of Ramsey county and filled other city positions in St

Paul He was a member of the Methodist General Conference in New York City in 1888 He hter of Rev Benjamin F Hoyt, of St

Paul

LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ST CROIX VALLEY--WISCONSIN SIDE

Thirty-eighth Session, 1885--Senators: Hans B Warner, Joel F Nason

House: Thomas Porter, James Johnson, Charles S Thayer, Frank M Nye

Thirty-ninth Session, 1887--First Biennial Session--Senate: Joel F

Nason, William A Rust House: J B Thayer, John A Murphy, H L

Humphrey, James N McCourt, Charles S Taylor