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Edward Duffield Neill was born on August 9, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Doctor Henry and Martha R. (Duffield) Neill.
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Excerpt from Minnesota Explorers and Pioneers From A. D. 1659 to A. D. 1858 During the summer of 1661, he resolved to visit the Hurons, who had fled eastward from the Sioux of Minnesota, and encamped amid the marshes of Northern Wisconsin. Some Frenchmen, who had been among the Hurons, in vain attempted to dis suade him from the journey. To their entreaties he replied, I must go, if it cost me my life. I can not suffer souls to perish on the ground of saving the bodily life of a miserable old man like myself. What! Are we to serve God only when there is nothing to suffer, and no risk of life? 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.
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Edward Duffield Neill (1823–1893) was an American author and educator. He wrote a large number of historical books including: Minnesota Explorers and Pioneers (1881); History of Minnesota (1858; fifth edition, 1883). Neill writes: "MINNESOTA is the "land of the Dahkotahs." Long before their existence was known to civilized men, they wandered through the forests, between Lake Superior and the Mississippi, in quest of the bounding deer, and over the prairies beyond in search of the ponderous buffalo. They are an entirely different group from the Algonquin and Iroquois, who were found by the early settlers of the Atlantic States, on the banks of the Connecticut, Mohawk, and Susquehanna rivers. Their language is much more difficult to comprehend; and, while they have many customs in common with the tribes who once dwelt in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, they have peculiarities which mark them as belonging to a distinct family of the aborigines of America." This book covers the history of these native peoples during the colonial times and their interactions with early fur traders and trappers. This book originally published in 1859 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
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Excerpt from Early Days at Fort Snelling In 1823, news was brought by the traders that two white children were with a party of Sioux, on the St. Peter's. It appeared from what they could learn, that a family from Red River - Selkirk's settlement - had been on their way to the fort, when a war party of Sioux met them, murdered the parents and an infant, and made the boys prisoners. Col. Snelling sent an officer with a party of soldiers to rescue the children. After some delay in the ransom, they were finally brought. An old squaw, who had the youngest, was very unwilling to give him up, and indeed the child did not wish to leave her. The oldest, about eight years old, said his name was john tully, and his brother, five years old, abraham. His mother had an infant, but he saw the Indians dash its brains out against a tree, then killed his father and mother. Because he cried they took him by his hair, and cut a small piece from his head, which was a running sore when he was re-taken. Col. Snellincr took john into his family, Major clark the other, but he was afterwards sent to an orphan asylum in New York. The eldest died of lockjaw, occasioned by a cut in the ankle while using an axe. During this year, the commandant was visited by Gen scott and suit, and the fort was completed. Heretofore it had been called Fort St. Anthony, but Gen. Scott issued an order giving it the name of Fort Snelling. He expressed his approbation of the construction and site of the fort, etc., Spent a week with his friends, and visited the Falls and a chain of lakes where they were used to amuse themselves fishing, and where the water was so cleat they could see the fish playing about the hook. One of the lakes Mrs. Snelling named Scott Lake. 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.
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Excerpt from The French Voyageurs to Minnesota During the Seventeenth Century: An Address Delivered by Rev. Edward D. Neill, Before the Annual Meeting of the Society, January 1, 1850 The first of white men then, who looked upon the Falls of St. Anthony, was not a Jesuit, as steinmetz, misled by kip's eloquent preface to the early Jesuit Missions in North America, asserts; but a Franciscan of the Recollect branch. 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.
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Edward Duffield Neill was born on August 9, 1823 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of Doctor Henry and Martha R. (Duffield) Neill.
After two years at the University of Pennsylvania, he went to Amherst College in 1839 and was graduated in 1842. He then spent a year in Andover Theological Seminary and completed his theological studies in Philadelphia.
In 1847 he was licensed by the presbytery of Galena, Illinois, to preach among the leadminers of the vicinity. On April 26, 1848, he was ordained, and a year later he went to St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, where he established the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was pastor, 1849-54.
From 1851 to 1863 he was secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society and contributed numerous articles to its Collections. From 1855 to 1860 he was pastor of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, which he had organized.
In 1858 he published the first edition of his History of Minnesota.
In the next decade Neill's activities lay outside of Minnesota. He was chaplain of the First Minnesota Infantry, 1861-62, and United States Army hospital chaplain in Philadelphia, 1862-64.
From February 1864 to 1869 he served as assistant secretary to Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, after which he was consul in Dublin for two years. These various services gave him opportunity for historical research which resulted in his most important works.
Returning home, Neill flung himself again into educational projects.
In 1872 he opened in Minneapolis "Jesus College, " a religious but nonsectarian institution, with himself as provost. This being unsuccessful, he persuaded Charles Macalester of Philadelphia to give a building, contingent upon the raising of an endowment fund, for a Christian but nonsectarian college. The fund was raised, and in 1874 Macalester College was started with Neill as president.
In the same year he deserted the Presbyterians to become "presbyter in charge" of Calvary Reformed Episcopal Church. In 1880 Macalester College was transferred to the control of the Presbyterian synod, in 1883 it was removed to St. Paul, and in 1884 Neill resigned as president.
From 1885 until his death he occupied the chair of history, English literature, and political economy, and for some years he was also librarian.
Neill's works are lacking in organization and interpretation and have been largely superseded, but he made valuable contributions to historical knowledge by bringing to light important documentary material.
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In education he was rather the promoter than the successful administrator, with more versatility than tenacity of purpose. In an era of beginnings in Minnesota this versatility was not to his disadvantage. It enabled him to turn from one venture to the next with undiminished enthusiasm and faith in his own abilities. He is noteworthy as a prophet of the mind and spirit at a time when most of his associates were preoccupied with material things.
On October 4, 1847 he married Nancy, daughter of Richard Hall.