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Rh When Minnesota was admitted as a state in 1858, the commissioners of Big Sioux County at once appointed Alpheus G. Fuller as delegate in Congress from Dakota territory, but Congress refused to recognize him. The settlers, however, proceeded to organize a territorial



government. They elected a legislature, which convened and passed some memorials to Congress and declared the laws of Minnesota in force until others were provided. The legislature elected Henry Masters governor, and James Allen secretary of state. In the spring of 1858 the Yankton Indians, under the lead of Smutty Bear, visited the settlement at Medary,