238 THE GEORGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLEEY. 



Over Lis vault, a leaden-doored one, was a cedar cross carrying an 

 inscription in French, " Julien Dubuque, rniuer of the mines of Spain; 

 died March 24, 1810; aged 45 and a half years." This remained until 

 about 1853, when some vandal tore it down along with the vault. The 

 city of Dubuque, with a population of 18,434 in 1880, is now his best 

 monument. 



331. River Bluffs, magnificent view, Upper Mississippi. Painted in 1835. 



332. Fort Snelling, at the mouth of Saint Peter's. United States garrison, six 



miles below the Falls of Saint Anthony, Upper Mississippi. Established 

 in 1822. First called Fort St. Anthony ; name changed to Snelling January 

 7, 1825. Painted in 1835. 



(Plate No. 321, page 131, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 

 At this place [mouth of Saint Peter's, on the Mississippi], on the point of land be- 

 tween the Mississippi and the Saint Peter's Elvers, the United States Government have 

 erected a strong fort, which has taken the name of Fort SnelKng, from the name of a 

 distinguished and most excellent officer who superintended the building of it. The 

 site of this fort is one of the most judicious that could have been selected in the 

 countrj^, both for health and defense ; and being on an elevation of one hundred feet 

 or more above the water, has an exceedingly bold and picturesque effect. 



This fort is generally occupied by a regiment of men placed here to keep the peace 

 amongst the Sioux and Chippeways, who occupy the country about it, and also for the 

 purpose of protecting the citizens on the frontier. — G. C. 



(See also No. 321.) 



It is a fact to be regretted that no comprehensive publication exists 

 giving the trading or military posts of the country west of the Missis- 

 sippi Eiver. A vast field of history and romance lies before the person 

 who will undertake its preparation. Forts Union, Pierre, Kearney, 

 Laramie, Leavenworth, and Gibson are names which call up interesting 

 figures of the past. Many persons can be found who were in the mili- 

 tary or Indian service in the West forty years ago and some fifty. How 

 much data of interest could be obtained for such a romantic, historical 

 episode as the settlement and capture of California, or what interest 

 would cluster in its groupings around Suter's Fort, near where gold was 

 discovered *? 



A " List of Military Forts, Arsenals, Camps, Barracks," &c., about one 

 thousand in number, from 1744-1779 to 1879, can be found, with much 

 statistical and historical matter in the way of text, pages 122 to 162 of 

 the title, in the " Complete Eegular Army Eegister of the United States : 

 for One Hundred Years (1779 to 1879), T. H. S. Hamersly, Washington, 

 D. C, 1880." No attempt is made, however, to give any local history of 

 them, or deriviation of names, or by whom established, &c. 



The "The Annual Army Eegister," published at Washington by the 

 War Department, gives a list of existing military posts, arsenals, camps, 

 and barracks. 



A series of photographic and water- color views of many United States 

 military posts, including Forts Bridger, Fetterman, Kearney, Laramie, 

 D. A. Eussell, Fred. Steele, Sedgwick, Sanders, Phil. Kearney, Eeno, 

 C. F. Smith, Abraham Lincoln, Buford, Trumbull, dastoTi, Delaware, 



