Chapter XV.

Red Wing.

The beauty of the location of Red Wing has so often
been described by visitors and tourists that it is unnec-
essary to dwell upon that feature here.
The first settlement of the place by the whites was
made in the year 1852. Those who came before that
year were either traders or missionaries to the Indians.
The first missionaries here were from Switzerland,
Samuel Denton and Daniel Gavin. These men built
two substantial log houses, and labored for nine years,
from 1837 to 1846. The next band of missionaries
were sent here by the American Boards of Commis-
sioners for Foreign Missions. John Aiton came in
1848, and J. W. Hancock in the spring following. The
former left in 1850; the latter remained till the Indians
removed, and is here still.