Le Sueur, Pierre, on Prairie Island (1694), 23; gets leave to mine copper, 23; builds Fort l’Huillier (1700), 24; his copper mine, 24.
Lincoln, President, examines record of Indian trials, 229; writes out order for execution of Sioux murderers, 230; recommends reëlection of M. S. Wilkinson as U.S. senator, 251.
Little Crow: apparently peaceable, 197; character, 198; assumes command of Sioux, 199; plans attack on Fort Ridgely, 205; leads Indians in battle of New Ulm, 209; retires behind the Yellow Medicine, 210; plans ambush for Sibley, 218; takes flight after battle, 220; killed, 238.
Lochren, William, candidate for U. S. senator, 297.
Long, Major S. H., examines site for Fort Snelling (1817), 55; expedition to Pembina, 72; marks international boundary, 72; _see_ Keating.
Louisiana, under Spanish rule, 42; retroceded to France by Spain, 43; bought of France, 43; delivered to United States, 43.
Lugger, Dr. Otto, investigates locusts, 349.
Mackubin, C. N., state senator, advises payment in full of the special state bonds, 172.
McGill, Andrew R., governor (1887-89), 340.
McGillis, Hugh, agrees to Pike’s demands, 51.
McLeod, Martin, bill for free schools, 90.
McMillan, S. R. J., elected United States senator (1875), 297.
McPhail, Samuel, leader of relieving party at Birch Coulie, 214.
Marine, first American settlement (1839), 81.
Markle, Mrs., taken prisoner and killed by Inkpaduta, 146.
Marquette, at La Pointe, 14; to accompany Joliet, 16.
Marsh, Capt. John S., marches to rescue of victims of Sioux massacre, 200; drowned after battle of Redwood Ferry, 200.
Marshall, William R.: defeated by Rice (1855), 110; Republican leader, 136; candidate for Congress, 137; commands Seventh Minnesota at Wood Lake, 219; commands brigade at Nashville, 245; brevetted brigadier, 245; leads Seventh at capture of Fort Blakely, 246; elected governor (1865), 254; vetoes bill to remove state capital (1869), 266; recommends oversight of corporations, 279; elected state railroad commissioner, 284; recommends use of internal improvement lands for redemption of bonds, 327.
Medary, Samuel, appointed territorial governor, 136; leaves Minnesota, 155.
Medawakantons, country of, 96; _see_ Sioux Indians.
Meeker, B. B., appointed territorial justice, 90.