Excerpt from Memoir of Hon. David Olmsted In the fall of 1847, Mr. Olmsted, in company with H. C. Rhodes, purchased the interest of the ewings in the Winne bago trade, and in the summer of 1848, when the Indians were removed to Long Prairie, Minn., be accompanied them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.