Marie Canal for the State of Michigan. and that it was Henry M. Rice. the Indiantreaty maker of the forties and fifties and thereafter. who opened to white settlement the wheat lands. the pine forests. and iron ranges which furnish the bulk of the tonnage which has brought fame to the commerce of the " Soo" Canal and Great Lakes and prosperity to the industries of Minnesota and the entire upper Mississippi Valley. His life in the pioneer wilderness of the NorthwestArmy sutler at Fort Snelling and Fort Atkinson. chief fur trader among the tribes of the Winnebagoes and Chippewas. surveyor and founder of settlements. friend and coworker of both white settlers and Indian trappers. versed in wood lore and Indian lore. as familiar with the life and languages of the Sioux and Chippewas as with those of the New Englander and European immigrantgave him that thoroughly practical grasp. that intimate understanding of men and motives. that sympathy with and knowledge of pioneer and primitive conditions which made him perhaps the most successful Indiantreaty maker our country has known. The Winnebagoes made him their representative in Washington for the sale of their lands "and the signing of their reservation treaties. The Sioux negotiated their treaties.through him. after all previous efforts had resulted in failure.
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