This is a reproduction of an 1844 edition. Includes: the numerous murders by the Indians; notices of the first Swedish, Welsh, French, German, Irish, and English settlers, giving the names of nearly five thousand of them; biographical sketches; topographical descriptions of every township, and of the principal towns and villages; religious history; useful statistical information; and notices of the press and education. (512pp. index. Higginson Book Company reprint.)