Brave Warrior (17 page)

But South Dakota, which now occupies the territory where he lived, did not become a state until 1889, over ten years after he died. That same year, North Dakota also became a state.

What was happening in other parts of the world:

Victoria was the queen of England.

Russia owned what is now Alaska (the US purchased it from them in 1867 for $7,200,000).

A potato blight in Ireland caused the Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849), which killed one million people in Ireland and led to at least another one million leaving the country.

The United States went to war with Mexico in 1846.

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo, leading to the opening of trade between Japan and the United States.

In 1859, work began on the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea through Egypt.