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| OF IOWA | ix |
| Chapter | Contents | Pages |
| Senate—Political Conventions of 1849—Success of the Democratic Ticket—Gold Discoveries in California—Thousands of Iowa People Go to the Gold Regions—Conflict Over Slavery—Election of 1850—Governor Hempstead Inaugurated—Forty-nine New Counties Established—Revision of the Laws and Code of 1851—Iowa Teachers in 1850—Wet Season of 1851—The Cholera in Iowa—Establishment of Fort Dodge | 257-267 | |
| XXII | Election of 1851—The Fourth General Assembly—Des Moines River Improvement—Political Conventions and Election of 1852—George W. Jones Reëlected to the Senate—The First Railroad Approaches Iowa—Great Increase in Population from 1852 to 1854—First Defeat of the Democratic Party in Iowa—James W. Grimes Elected Governor—Governor Hempstead Defeated for Congress—Fifth General Assembly—Hempstead’s Last Message—Governor Grimes’ Inaugural—Contest for United States Senator—James Harlan Elected by a Union of the Antislavery Members—Beginning of a Political Revolution—Enactment of the Prohibitory Liquor Law—Election of 1855—Disintegration of the Whig Party—Organization of the Republican Party | 269-282 |
| XXIII | Land Grants for Iowa Railroads—Extra Session of 1856—State and Presidential Elections—Census of 1856—Convention to Frame a New Constitution—The Sixth General Assembly—The Eads Defalcation—James Harlan Reëlected to the Senate—Sioux Indians in Northwestern Iowa—Massacre of the Chief Sidominadotah by Henry Lott—Flight, Pursuit and Escape of Lott—Inkpadutah, a Brother of the Murdered Chief—His Secret Plans for Vengeance—Isolated Settlements in Northwestern Iowa—Severe Winter of 1856-7—Inkpadutah Invades the Little Sioux Valley—Outrages Perpetrated Upon the Settlers | 283-294 |
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