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Reminscences of early Michigan History 1800's
The first we saw delighted us, but
they increased and destroyed every head of grain, and we never cut a straw. This we thought rather rough, on the start.
Father kept a few goods and we boys traded considerably with the Indians, collecting a good many furs and skins, sugar, wax, etc., which we sold in Detroit, procuring in exchange many comforts we could not get from the new farm. Every spring while I remained at home I would take a load of furs, sugar, etc., to Detroit. I could not go direct, the roads being impassable ; consequently I used to go by way of Mt. Clemens, taking two and three days
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