This is one of the citations made by Thoreau in his long-continued study of the Indians, east and west, and in view of his visit to them at Redwood, to be mentioned hereafter.
Soon after reaching St. Paul, he went to see a kinsman or friend, named Thatcher, at his house in St. Paul, and of whom he thus wrote, May 27, to his sister at Concord:
I last evening called on Mr. Thatcher. He is much worse in consequence of having been recently thrown from a carriage,—so as to have had watchers within a few nights past. He was, however, able to give me a letter to a Dr. Anderson of Minneapolis, just over the river. You may as well direct to Mr. Thatcher's care still; for I cannot see where I may be a fortnight hence.
This was the occasion of his day's acquaintance with Dr. Anderson, so fruitful in botanizing and natural history. He received letters from home at Mr. Thatcher's, and remained in that vicinity for more than a fortnight; after which he joined an expedition
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