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FULL TITLE: History of the
Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Iowa, gathered by the Old
Settlers
Edited by the Reverends
Thomas E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas
Hughes.
1895
Note: We have
added comments and corrections to the original text . These are in orange type.
We have indicated the page numbers in the original book, but precede them with
a letter x and they are placed in
brackets (x20), (x45), etc.. This
makes them easier to find with the page search function.. The first few pages
which have Roman numerals have A preceding them (Ai), (Aii) etc
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FRONTISPIECE
AUTHORS AND EDITORS OF THIS
BOOK
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Rev. Daniel Williams,
BANCROFT, IA. (Born December 11, 1851, Green Lake
County, Wisconsin)
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photo to see an enlargement)
Rev. J. T. Evans,
MINNEAPOLIS. (Joshua Thomas Evans, born 16 January,
1861, Welsh Prairie, near Cambria, Wisconsin)
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J. W. Williams, MINNEAPOLIS.
(Born 1838 ‘Carnarvonshire’)
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Wm. (=
William) E. Williams, MINNEAPOLIS. (“Gwilym”,
born Oak Hill, Ohio, 1844)
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Thos. (= Thomas) Hughes, MANKATO, MINN. (Born Minersville, Ohio, 23 September 1854. Brother of
Evan Hughes below)
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Evan Hughes, MANKATO, MINN. (Born 9 February 1862, Cambria, Minnesota. Brother of
Thomas Hughes above)
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Rev. Thos. E. Hughes,
COURTLAND, MINN. (Born Clynnog, Gwynedd 27 June
1844)
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Rev. David Edwards, LAKE
CRYSTAL, MINN. (Born 1861, Bangor, Gwynedd)
(Ai)
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TITLE PAGE
History of the Welsh in Minnesota, Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia. Gathered by
the Old Settlers. Edited by Revs. Thomas E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs.
Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas Hughes. Illustrated. 1895.
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(Aii)
2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(NOTE: Although in
principle this was an alphabetical list in the original book, some items were
not in order. Here we have placed them in the correct alphabetical order)
Appendix: Additional Account of the Sioux War. (“Release of the White
Captives. Arrest, Trial and Execution of the Indians, Etc”. By Thomas Hughes). (x296)
Appendix: Early Reminiscences (x302)
Appendix: Statistical Table of Churches (x305)
Appendix: The Sioux and their Names of Places (x294)
Bible Societies of Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties, organized (x46)
Biographies (x159)
Blue Earth County, Aborigines of (x6)
Blue Earth County, Climate, Soil and Productions (x5)
Blue Earth County, Early Discoveries (x10)
Blue Earth County, Location of Welsh Settlements in (x1)
Blue Earth County, Organization of (x19)
Butternut Valley, First Settlers of (x32)
Butternut Valley, Organization of (x48)
Cambria, Organization of (x48)
Emmet, Wis., Colony from (x27)
Eureka, First Settlers (x32)
Foreston, Location of (x140)
Horeb Church Organized (x43)
Horeb Neighborhood, First Settlers (x34)
Inkpadoota War (x50)
Jackson, O., Colony from (x39)
Judson Organized (x42)
Judson, First Settlers (x24)
Le Sueur, Elim Church (x16)
Le Sueur, First Welsh Settlers of (x60)
Le Sueur, Saron Church (x44)
Lime Springs, Accidents (x148)
Lime Springs, Churches of (x154)
Lime Springs, Early Settlers (x141)
Lime Springs, Prominent Men of (x152)
Mankato, First Settlement of (x12)
Minneapolis, Welsh Church of (x133)
Minneapolis, Welsh People of (x121)
Music, Interest of Welsh in (x111)
Politics, Interest of Welsh in (x113)
Salem Congregational Church Organized (x35)
Seion Church Organized (x45)
Sioux War, Attack on Butternut Valley (x103)
Sioux War, Battle of Birch Cooley (x96)
Sioux War, Battle of Ft. Ridgely (x80)
Sioux War, Battle of New Ulm (x83)
Sioux War, Battle of Redwood Ferry (x69)
Sioux War, Battle of Wood Lake (x109)
Sioux War, Causes of (x61)
Sioux War, Commencement of (x64)
Soldiers of the Rebellion 1861-1865 (x116)
South Bend Church Organized (x28)
South Bend, First Settlers of (x17)
St. Paul, First Welsh Settlers (x13)
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(Aiv)
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PREFACE
On June 13, 1894, the Welsh people of Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties held an
“Old Settlers Meeting” at Lake Crystal, Minnesota. It was decided to print, in
pamphlet form, the papers presented at this meeting, and an editorial board was
appointed, consisting of Rev. Thos. E. Hughes, of Courtland, Minn.; Rev. David
Edwards, of Lake Crystal, Minn.; Hugh G. Roberts and Thos. Hughes, of Mankato,
Minn. When the material was gathered, there was enough to warrant printing it
in book form. It was then decided to invite all the Welsh of the State to unite
in the book, and as the settlement of Fillmore County dipped over into Iowa,
rather than divide this settlement into two parts, Foreston and Lime Springs,
Ia., were included in the invitation. Everywhere the editors have met with the
most ready and hearty co-operation. There has been no croaking or indifference
on the part of anybody, but this book is the product of the combined, united
effort of all our Welsh people, and our English friends have been just as ready
with their help whenever asked. Much prominence is given to the Sioux massacre,
because of its importance in the experience of our Welsh pioneers. No other
Welsh settlements in America had such an experience. The history, howver, is
written from a Welsh standpoint. The work has expanded to more than double the
size originally intended, and, as the material for this expansion was gathered
and arranged since the first manuscripts were given to the printer, it
necessitated much haste in preparation. The article in the Indian massacre went
beyond the limit assigned, after all, and we were obliged to place the
concluding pages in the appendix. The biographies were written by various
persons, and hence there is no exact uniformity either in style or length. Lack
of space, however, compelled us to cut many of them down. In printing, the
biographies of Rev. John Moses, Rev. Richard F. Jones, Dr. John Williams, Owen
E. Edwards and David J. Jones were inadvertently over-looked, so they will be
found at the end of the other biographies. A few mistakes are noted in the
Errata, others may occur to the reader, for our book is not infallible.
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We hope, however, it will serve the purpose of introducing our people one to
the other and more than all preserve to posterity the deeds of our noble,
sturdy Welsh pioneers. To all the friends, who have so kindly and generously
aided us in the work we extend our heartiest thanks. EDITORS.
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(Av)
4
ERRATA
(the list of corrections
to mistakes in the original volume have been incorporated into this electronic
text version)
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(Avii)
5
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
(NOTE: These will be
added to our pages at some future date)
Band, Cambria Philharmonic (x112)
Band, Salem Cornet (x113)
Bristol Grove Church (x155)
Carmel Church (x56)
Elim Church and Cemetery (x112)
Eureka Neighborhood (x32)
Execution of Indians at Mankato (x299)
Foreston Church (x155)
Glee Club, Cambrian (x306) 1989
Grove of H. J. Roberts, Esq., Judson, Minn (x80)
Horeb Church (x43)
Jerusalem Church (x56)
Jerusalem Neighborhood (x104)
Lake Crystal Church (x305)
Lake Crystal Business Men (x3)
Lime Springs Church (x157)
Lime Springs Group of Settlers (x146)
Little Crow (x63)
Mankato (x80)
Mankato Church (x304)
Mankato Singers, Group of (x111)
Map (x1)
Minneopa Falls (x4)
Minneapolis Church (x134)
Minneapolis Sunday School Picnic (x135)
Residence of Rev. Thos. E. Hughes (x31)
Residence of Humphrey J. Roberts (x31)
Salem Congregational Church (x33)
Salem Log Church (x44)
Seion C. M. Church (x134)
South Bend (x21)
Sunday School Class of Rev. Jos. (= Joseph) Roberts
(x290)
School House, District No. 11 (x108)
Willing Workers (x136)
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(Aviii)
6 LIST OF
PORTRAITS
(NOTE: The list and the
portraits will be added to our pages at some future date)
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(Ax)
7
ADDITIONAL ERRATA
(the list of further
corrections to mistakes in the original volume have been incorporated into this
electronic text version)
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(Axii)
8 MAP
OF THE WELSH SETTLEMENTS OF BLUE EARTH AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES
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map for an enlarged version)
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LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:
LAKOTA-DAKOTA-NAKOTA
(1) http://www.lakotaoyate.com/welcome.html Lakota
Oyate
“To defend and preserve Lakota culture from exploitation.”
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(2) http://www.enter.net/~drutzler/intro.htm Welcome
to Spirit’s Place
“So yeah, I am Native American. Lakota actually. I do “Indian stuff”, but I am a
human being first and foremost. I created this set of pages for many reasons.
First, to help keep Native information easily available for all... The Lakota
Language Page will be updated monthly with a new subject. This month’s
lesson: “Animals”. Check it out for basic grammar and phonetics. There is no
charge for these lessons, no club to join or anything else to “buy”. This is
for you, the curious, the seeking and the informed”
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(3) http://207.254.63.58/language1.htm Introduction
to Lakota
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(4) Hau! Tima hiyu wo! ‘Greetings! Come inside!’ Hokahe, hel iyotaka.
‘Welcome’ to the Lodge of šung’manitu-Išna, ‘ Lone Wolf ‘. The intent of
these pages is to honor a proud and noble people, the Oglala Lakota, of Pine
Ridge, South Dakota. http://207.254.63.58/i-welcome.htm#sitemap
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(5) Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe’s Homepage http://swcc.cc.sd.us/homepage.htm
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(6) Sota Iya Ye Yapi - http://www.earthskyweb.com/news.htm -
bringing news of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe / Dakota Nation and Lake Traverse
Reservation to the World Wide Web. Weekly, with updates when appropriate during
the week.
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(7) KILI Radio, the Voice of the Lakota Nation. http://www.lakotamall.com/kili/schedule.htm
KILI Radio (pronounced “KEE-lee”) is the largest
Indian-owned and operated public radio station in America. We
broadcast in English and Lakota 22 hours each day to homes on three
reservations in the Black Hills. Our listeners are spread out over 10,000 square
miles, an area larger than the state of Delaware. KILI means “cool” or
“awesome” in the Lakota language. KILI Radio is cool, but it’s much more than
that. It’s a vital force of preservation for Lakota people and our culture.
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(8) Lakota newspaper. EYAPAHA - allies of the Lakota. http://www.lakotamall.com/allies/Eyapaha/99F/
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(9) Links to Lakota-Dakota-Nakota (Sioux) Indians Sites http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/links12lakota.html
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(10) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/Dakota_excerpts.html
In Their Own Words: Excerpts from Speeches & Letters Concerning the
Dakota Conflict
SPEECH OF HDAINYANKA IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING WAR
LETTER FROM GENERAL POPE DECLARING HIS GOAL OF EXTERMINATING SIOUX
LETTER FROM BISHOP WHIPPLE CONCERNING DEGREES OF GUILT
ADDRESS TO CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEFORE THEIR EXECUTIONS
STATEMENT OF TAZOO AT THE TIME OF HIS EXECUTION
LETTER OF HDAINYANKA WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
LETTER FROM REV. THOMAS WILLIAMSON TO REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY
LETTER FROM REV. STEPHEN RIGGS
LETTER FROM COL. HENRY SIBLEY TO HIS WIFE
GEORGE CROOK’S (WAKANAJAJA’S) ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY TO PRISON CAMP
CALL OF JACOB NIX, COMMANDANT OF NEW ULM, FOR DAKOTA BLOOD
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(11) The Dakota Indian Conflict http://www.ic.mankato.mn.us/reg9/nul/tour/dakota.html
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(12) http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/sioux.html “The Black
Hills of Dakota are sacred to the Sioux Indians. In the 1868 treaty, signed
at Fort Laramie and other military posts in Sioux country, the United States
recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside
for exclusive use by the Sioux people. However, after the discovery of gold
there in 1874, the United States confiscated the land in 1877. To this day,
ownership of the Black Hills remains the subject of a legal dispute between the
U.S. government and the Sioux...”
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HO-CHUK
(9) The Ho-Chunk (‘Winnebago’) Nation http://www.ho-chunk.com/index.htm
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(10) (Ho-Chunk History - http://www.ho-chunk.com/culture_history_page.htm For
example, 1856 Winnebago mission founded at Blue Earth and is attended by
diocesan priest residing at Saints Peter & Paul Church in Mankato).
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(11) Ho-Chunk newspaper http://www.ho-chunk.com/dept_newspaper_page.htm
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(16) Indian Circle Web Ring, maintained by the Seminole Tribe of
Florida. List of websites of federally acknowledged tribes in the contiguous 48
states and in Alaska. http://www.indiancircle.com/links.shtml
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INDIAN COUNTRY
(1) http://indiancountry.com Indian Country
- America’s Leading Indian News Source. Weekly online edtion
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(2) http://airos.org/grid.html Programme
Schedule for AIROS (American Indian Radio On Satellite)
“The AIROS network is a national distribution system for Native programming to
Tribal communities and to general audiences through Native American and other
public radio stations as well as the Internet. Alter*Native Voices / California
Indian Radio Project / Different Drums / Earthsongs / National Native News /
Native America Calling / Native Sounds-Native Voices National / New Letters on
Air / Voices from the Circle / Wellness Edition
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'Wales-Catalonia' Website
0874 Gwefan Cymru-Catalonia / Wales-Catalonia Website. The Welsh Settlement in
Minnesota 1895. Online edition of the “History of the Welsh in Minnesota,
Foreston and Lime Springs, Ia. Gathered by the Old Settlers. Edited by Revs.
Thos. E. Hughes and David Edwards, and Messrs. Hugh G. Roberts and Thomas
Hughes”
Ble'r wyf i? Yr ych
chi'n ymwéld ag un o dudalennau'r Gwefan "CYMRU-CATALONIA"
On sóc? Esteu visitant una pŕgina de la Web "CYMRU-CATALONIA" (=
Gal·les-Catalunya)
Where am I? You are visiting a page from the "CYMRU-CATALONIA" (=
Wales-Catalonia) Website
Weř(r) ŕm ai? Yůu ŕa(r) vízďting ř peij frňm dhř "CYMRU-CATALONIA (=
Weilz-Katřlóuniř) Wébsait
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