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CHAPTER XII.
Visit in Minnesota and Philadelphia—Conversation with Jav Cooke—The
Crisis of 1873—Negotiations in Holland—Draining of a Lake in Ska,ne—
Icelandic Colony in Manitoba—Return to America.
In the spring of 1873 I returned to Minnesota in company
with a large number of immigrants. Being anxious to have
my children learn the Swedish language, I left my family in
Sweden where the children attended school. They spent this
summer at Ronneby watering place, where the surroundings
are characteristic of the mild and pleasant scenery of
southern Sweden.
In traveling from the Atlantic to Minnesota we came by
wav of the Great Lakes and the Sault St. Marie canal.
Having spent a couple of months in Minnesota I returned
to Europe again via Philadelphia, New York and Quebec.
The reader may remember that the Northern Pacific railroad
was building at that time, and that Jay Cooke, by means
of his enthusiasm and great popularity, had succeeded in
raising large sums of money for this stupendous enterprise. The
Union Pacific railroad, south of us, was already in
operation, and its owners, fearing the competition of the new
road, had resorted to all conceivable schemes to undermine
the confidence of the public in the Northern Pacific road and
its promoters. Many of those who had furnished money
began to feel uneasy, but Jay Cooke went ahead, full of hope
and confidence in its final success. Just as I called at his pri-
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