St. Peters, Minnesota Territory — Traveled up the Mississippi River on the steamboat Dr. Franklin. Visits an Indian encampment at Wabashaw’s prairie, where he witnessed a council between Winnebago Indians, Sioux Indians, and Capt. Eastman from Fort Snelling. Describes a Sioux Indian dance he witnessed. Mentions the American Fur Company depot at St. Peters. Mentions Dr. Wheeler of Missouri, formerly of Newport, New Hampshire., 1848 June 22

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The collection contains a typescript copy of a diary of Rev. Charles Peabody, May 21– September 11, 1846; a diary of Rev. Peabody, October 12, 1846–July 25, 1849, while he traveled in the West (mostly in St. Louis, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio) as an agent of the American Tract Society; and four travel diaries of Rev. Peabody, 1858-1859, recording his travels mostly in Europe. The collection also contains correspondence to Rev. Peabody, 1888-1889; many of these letters are from his Dartmouth College classmates.