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the Dakotas were the mound builders, not only of Minnesota, 

 but also of the Ohio valley. This early opinion has been fully 

 confirmed by researches carried on along other lines, but illus- 

 trates the acumen and carefulness with which the early Minne- 

 sota missionaries pursued their studies of the Indian. Air. Wil- 

 liamson died a few years ago at Seattle, having resigned at Rock 

 Island because of poor health. 



E. W. B. Harvey was superintendent of schools for St. An- 

 thony. He left Minneapolis soon after the organization of the 

 Academy, and never took part in any of our meetings. He was 

 a capable man whose pleasant personality made him welcome at 

 our early discussions. He was made the first treasurer of the 

 Academy, and in 1873 he was a member of the Committees of 

 Ornithology and of the Museum, co-operating with Doctors 

 Simpson and Stoneman. I have never heard anything of Mr. 

 Harvey after he left Minneapolis, probably in 1873, and he may 

 be still living. 



N. H. Winchell. There remains of the original charter mem- 

 bers but one more to speak of, but I must stop. This is not the 

 occasion, and I cannot. The foregoing have passed ofT the field 

 of action, and they need to be commemorated. But "the poor ye 

 have always with you." 



