'THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN' ***
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Three Score Years and Ten.
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"THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN,"
LIFE-LONG MEMORIES
OF
_FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA_,
AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WEST,
BY
CHARLOTTE OUISCONSIN VAN CLEVE.
1888.
COPYRIGHTED 1888.
PRINTING HOUSE
HARRISON & SMITH, 257 AND 259 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
_DEDICATION._
"_To the husband of my youth, by whose side I have journeyed more than half a century, and whose tender love has brightened my whole life, this book is dedicated._"
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
_515 Portland Avenue_.
March 14, 1888.
MY DEAR MRS. VAN CLEVE:
_Whenever there is growth in any community the desire arises to know something of what was in the beginning. It was with no weariness I read in manuscript the "Reminiscences" from your pen. Each chapter contains something in connection with the dawn of civilization in the west, which is worthy of being preserved. The incidents related are stirring, and the style is graphic. When I finished the perusal I felt the force of the adage, that "Truth is Stranger than Fiction." As the diary of John Evelyn, throwing light upon the days of Charles the Second, is still read, so I think, if printed, your unaffected narrative will always find a place in the private and public libraries of Minnesota and the Western States._
_Believe me_,
_Sincerely_,
EDWARD D. NEILL.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. 7
II. 16
III. 24
IV. 32
V. 38
VI. A COINCIDENCE. 45
VII. ANDREW TULLY. 49
VIII. A WOLF STORY. 62
IX. RED RIVER OR SELKIRK SETTLEMENT. 68
X. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. 74
XI. 80
XII. CINCINNATI. 91
XIII. NEW HOME--SCHOOL DAYS. 99
XIV. FATHER'S DEATH, ETC. 105
XV. 110
XVI. 125
XVII. 131
XVIII. MALCOLM CLARK. 148
XIX. 157
XX. 161
XXI. 167
XXII. THE GOLDEN WEDDING. 173
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