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The Making of the Great West, 1512-1883

Note 5 — Group I. THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS. (continued 2)

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Falls of St. Anthony. St. Anthony of Padua was Hennepin's patron saint. The Sioux were in the habit of hanging buffalo-robes on the trees as offerings to the spirit of the waters. Minneapolis is the growth of the water-power of these falls, having increased from 2,564 in 1860, to 46,000 in 1880.

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