At La Pointe, Wisconsin, a number of Ojibwe bands sign a treaty transferring Minnesota's "Arrowhead" region to the U.S. government for about $400,000. Signers for the Grand Portage band include Little Englishman and Like a Reindeer; Balsom and Loon's Foot sign for the Fond du Lacs; and Hole-in-the-Day and Berry Hunter sign for the Mississippi River band. Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Herriman represent the United States, and Henry M. Rice and Richard Godfroy act as witnesses.

The South St. Paul livestock market opens, and 363 cattle are sold the first day.

Bandits rob the Exchange State Bank at Wykoff. The bandits enter the town in the middle of the night, cut all telephone and telegraph wires, and then blast open the bank's safe. Apparently frightened during the burglary, the thieves leave hurriedly, taking only $500 and leaving another $500 as well as some of their tools behind.