Map of Minnesota's western boundary south of Lake Traverse.

Map showing three Minnesota–Wisconsin boundaries proposed during the late 1840s. Created by Alan Ominsky and reproduced in Lass, William E., "Minnesota's Separation from Wisconsin," Minnesota History 50 (Winter 1987): 311.

Map of three northern boundaries proposed for the state of Minnesota at varying degrees of latitude.

Map of the boundaries of Iowa approved by Congress in 1845 but rejected by Iowa voters.

Map of the boundaries of Iowa proposed by the Iowa Constitutional Convention of 1844.

Map of North America drawn by John Mitchell, 1755.

Ho-Chunk leader, Winneshiek II, likely at Fort Snelling, 1863. Winnesheik II led Ho-Chunk resistance against the treaty of 1859. His band was the last to submit to removal from Minnesota.

Andre Balcombe, 1858. Balcombe served as the Ho-Chunk's Indian agent during their last years at Blue Earth. He was accused of corruption and evidence suggests he took the job for monetary gain.

Black and white photograph of the Ho-Chunk leader Baptiste Lasallier wearing a mix of American Indian and Euro-American clothing, c.1855. After the treaty of 1859 the U.S. government recognized Lasallier as the "head chief" of the Ho-Chunk at Blue Earth.