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Reminscences of early Michigan History 1800's
We usually traveled in companies of a dozen or more, for mutual protection and assistance. My oldest children, Mary and Olive, had only Indian children for playmates. The chiefs gave them Indian names, in token of their friendship. The wives and daughters of the chiefs would take them to the pay grounds, and, under the direction of the chiefs, they would draw their share of money the same as, and with, the Indian children. We bought our goods for the Indian trade, and also for what little white trade there was of the American Fur Company, and sold them our furs in the spring.
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