Minnesotas Eastern Southern And Western Boundaries
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And it must be admitted that the final ar- rangement of States is contrary to the intention of the Ordinance, if not to its letter. Another coterie of men would run the boundary to the Rum river and thence to lake Superior. This idea obtained sufficient support to be embodied in a memorial passed by the convention and sent to Congress. But the settlers in the St. Croix valley were vigorously opposed to the propoisition, and they adopted a counter-memorial that will bear quotation. It must be re...mem- bered that "Minnisota Territory" was not yet established, though a bill for that purpose had been before Congress, and that it was then expected that the new Territory would not extend west of the Mississippi. The idea of the St. Croix settlers was, therefore, to give to the State (Wisconsin) and the Territory ("Minnisota") approximately equal areas; and so another boundary line was proposed, namely, the Chippewa river. The memorial addressed to Congress by the citizens of the proposed new Territory reads as follows :t *Senate Documents, 1st Session, 33rd Congress, 1853-54, vol.
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