Highlights of Early Michigan History 1800's
- Tonguish an Idian in the Detroit area around 1815
- Michigan Lake Superior Iron Country 1
- LOCATING THE STATE CAPITOL AT LANSING
- Highlights of Early Michigan History 1800's
- But there was one redeeming circumstance
- we who represented the interior of the State
- Wayne, 32,267; Oakland, 30,288; "Washtenaw, 26,979
- That part which retains the name of Saginaw had in 1880
- Highlights of Early Michigan History 1800's
- the Governor's message
- A trial of strength was then clearly foreshadowed
- Highlights of Early Michigan History 1800's
- Report number 2,
- The claim of Ann Arbor was dismissed
- careful examination of the State maps
- favor of the north woods
- proceedings an organization was quietly
- Laying aside all sectional jealousies
- In Mr. Throop's report his allusion
- The subject was now fairly before the House
- drowning men will catch at straws
- after a long struggle
- township of Lansing
- piece of history that is worthy to be written
- lands were laid off in city lots
- Gentlemen of the House—Your labors are closed
- In discharging the duties of the chair
- And now there was a hustling and bustling
- Our first and best State constitution
- Lake Erie's staunchest steamboats,
- sickening breath of the steam engine for the free air of this then far western Territory
- thoughts to the wilderness
- shake-roofed cottage of logs
- the master or the mistress of the household
- Highlights of Early Michigan History 1800's
- REMOVAL OF THE STATE CAPITOL FEOM DETROIT
- I beg to state that this communication reached me during a very severe illness
- Michigan was not admitted into the Union until 1837,
- Saginaw county at that time numbered only 920
- tour through northern Michigan in 1881
- the great disparity in the population
- I had traversed the State in 1829 by Indian trails from Pontiac to Grand Rapids
- We then purchased the land where Owosso now stands
- In 1844 it was ascertained that Shiawassee county
- In 1846 a State Senator was to be elected
- Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York
- A bill was said to have been drawn up and left with Parsons
- capitol in the township of Caledonia
- vote on the bill, on its final passage
- The vote was taken, resulting in a majority of one
- lose no time in dispatching a messenger to the Commissioner of the Land office,
- hundred thousand dollars from that section
- Lenawee County History of the Probate Judges through 1885
- Lake superior Country 1800's
- Reminscences of early Michigan History 1800's
- Coming to Michigan in 1837
- BERRIEN COUNTY.
- LENAWEE COUNTY.
- SHIAWASSEE COUNTY .1
- SHIAWASSEE COUNTY .74
- WASHTENAW COUNTY .3
- Allegan County Michigan 1
- Conspiracy of Pontiac and The Seige of Detriot
- Detroit, March 10, 1864.
- MRS. MELOCHE'S ACCOUNT.
- On the 9th of May, 1763
- Major Campbell was informed of the designs of Pontiac
- Pontiac proposed to Major Campbell
- Soon after leaving the fort, Major Campbell
- Mr. Parkman calls him Quilleriez
- During all the time of Major Campbell's imprisonment,
- Mrs. Meloche never heard of any attempt to burn
- The British forces began to cross the bridge
- She ran towards a horse mill in the rear
- Indians, with a view to intercept them
- The British, before retreating,
- During this siege this vessel sailed
- battle of Bloody Bridge.
- The rest were taken above the town,
- MR. CHARLES GOUIN'S ACCOUNT.
- The next day was fixed by Pontiac
- At the time appointed for the council
- On arriving at the fort Pontiac
- They stated to him the ruinous consequences
- From this time the savages ceased to trouble them,
- Soon after the commencement of the siege
- Major Campbell heard that a reinforcement
- Whether Pontiac knew this is not certain,
- Mr. Gouin sent Chovin again,
- The two prisoners were taken from this place
- During the summer, and while Major Campbell
- The opposite shore was lined with Indians
- They did so and the steersman caught the Indian
- The remaining barges, thirty-one in number
- He was thrown out of the boat and killed with clubs.
- the Indians got very drunk,
- The Major was delivered to the Indians
- officers collected the bones and removed
- with the advanced guard at the house
- Soon after the Major passed, the noise of musketry was
- They did not lose many men in the retreat
- The Indians returning, fired and
- When the party reached the fort a gun was fired
- The garrison was supplied from time
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- From Miami Pontiac went to Fort Chartres
- The vessel mentioned
- before Pontiac was informed of the success
- Mr. Sterling, a merchant
- MR. GABRIEL ST. AUBIN'S ACCOUNT.
- hen they had all entered the fort
- employed in sawing off their guns.
- She demanded the reason but received no satisfaction.
- Mr. LaButte went to Major Gladwin
- They met their father, and the Blackbird
- This house was situated in what is now (1824) the center of the common
- The next day they broke up their encampment
- But finding this wholly ineffectual, Pontiac
- Parisian Frenchman whom he pressed
- During the summer, in the months of July and August,
- Point au Pelee on Lake Erie was a favorite haunt
- After the capture of the last party of barges
- In the same month of August, Major Gladwin
- He was accompanied by Messrs. Chapa-ton and St. Martin as guides.
- The commandant was killed in the retreat,
- the Canadians near the bridge.
- Soon after the battle Pontiac told his
- In the meantime the commandant had learned by Mr. Jadeau, a Canadian,
- Sometime after the departure of the vessel
- When Pontiae heard of this he proceeded
- Godfroy and Chene were sent for by the commandant
- Mr. Pilette, having satisfied himself of the truth
- No communication was had between the commandant and Pontiac
- During the preceding winter
- They arrived so late at Mackinac that Rogers thought
- MR. JACQUES PARENT'S ACCOUNT.
- Previous, however, to killing these families,
- Pontiac told Parent that intimations
- They were opposed by the Indians who were in the boats,
- Some days after the arrival of this detachment
- Parent understood that peace was not made till 1765
- MR. PETTIER'S ACCOUNT.
- When the two messengers had found Catherine
- Then some of his young men, sent by him
- The Ottawas encamped on Parent's Creek
- Pontiac continued to send his warriors to the fort
- The canoes were immediately got out,
- The guide set fire to the rafts when they had reached
- Mr. Pettier recollects that a few weeks after the feast
- They rowed hard, but the opposite bank was lined with forty or fifty Indians,
- the night preceding the battle, about five hundred men,
- A small body of one hundred and fifty to one hundred
- Three discharges were made, and then the retreat commenced.
- No bodies were left on the bridge
- The vessel was not considered absolutely necessary
- The vessel was at the fort when the siege was abandoned
- Some small parties commenced at Sandusky
- It was a fact that Pontiac prevented his Indians
- PONTIAC'S INCURSIONS;
- into the Territory of Michigan
- That evening she finished them and brought them to him
- The garrison on this discovery was immediately under arms
- Thunderstruck at the charge Pontiac
- Pontiac gave up the siege,
- British troops profered his services and braved
- Here a seine of carnage and butchery
- Father Winter and His Family
- MEMORIAL OF HEZEKIAH G. WELLS
- The Pontiac Manuscript
- The manuscript appears to have been elaborately
- HISTORY OF A CONSPIRACY BY THE INDIANS
- This chief of a nation, whose main reliance
- The two nations contained about four hundred men
- voted by twigs that Pontiac
- Pontiac had selected for his camp-ground
- which he and his people had received from the English commander
- An Indian of the Wolf nation
- the general rule amongst all Indians
- He marched on without being discouraged
- which surprised him to the point of frightening him
- he suddenly saw a large fire
- something appeared in his view like a mountain
- to speak to the Master of Life
- ascent without other help than that
- afraid to proceed farther
- The Wolf hesitated to do so from fear
- or run after the wives of others
- You might live wholly as you did before you knew them
- I love them not, they know me not
- Pontiac Manuscript- not to fight amongst each other
- Pontiac Manuscript-The Wolf promised to do well
- Pontiac Manuscript- Upon entering his village
- Pontiac Manuscript- Pontiac, delighted by the success of his speech
- Pontiac Manuscript-This surprised Pontiac
- Pontiac Manuscript-they had beaten the English
- Pontiac Manuscript-On their return to the village,
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac, always occupied with his project
- Pontiac Manuscript-The day fixed having arrived,
- Pontiac Manuscript-The English sell us the merchandise
- Pontiac Manuscript-You can well see by that that he seeks our ruin
- Pontiac Manuscript- Let us strike all together
- Pontiac Manuscript- This address, which Pontiac delivered
- Pontiac Manuscript-The women of the Ottawas
- Pontiac Manuscript-An Ottawa Indian
- Pontiac Manuscript- He explained to the two commanders
- Pontiac Manuscript-The commanders, upon this report
- Pontiac Manuscript-The fatal day for the English
- Pontiac Manuscript-Other parties of officers were at work
- Pontiac Manuscript-he found that the troops were under arms
- Pontiac Manuscript-Returned to the village
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac ordered four Indians
- Pontiac Manuscript-They made her enter the fort
- Pontiac Manuscript-He would speak to the commanders
- Pontiac Manuscript- They brought with them a calumet
- Pontiac Manuscript- The commander accepted the calumet
- Pontiac Manuscript-In order to play his part better
- Pontiac Manuscript- The commanders, ever on the lookout
- Pontiac Manuscript- according to the custom of the church
- Pontiac Manuscript-these gentlemen had two barks
- Pontiac Manuscript- speak to the commander
- Pontiac Manuscript-were killed and scalped
- Pontiac Manuscript- their goods plundered
- Pontiac Manuscript-She would not follow them,
- Pontiac Manuscript-inhabitant of the east shore
- Pontiac Manuscript-with six soldiers and a guide
- Pontiac Manuscript-When they passed to the right of the pinery
- Pontiac Manuscript-they ran after them and killed them all
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac assembled all his men around him
- Pontiac Manuscript-Indians made their arrangements
- Pontiac Manuscript-r. La Butte went out several times
- Pontiac Manuscript- The commander set an example
- Pontiac Manuscript-in the fort three pieces of cannon,
- Pontiac Manuscript- When the commander saw that the fire of
- Pontiac Manuscript-gentlemen went to the Indians
- Pontiac Manuscript- Mr. Campbell, second commander
- Pontiac Manuscript- Pontiac finally feigned
- Pontiac Manuscript- conversation they demanded bread
- Pontiac Manuscript-of concocting some other bad design
- Pontiac Manuscript-warn Mr. Campbell of what had taken
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac sent runners
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac, like a good general,
- Pontiac Manuscript-cut off the passages so that no more Englishmen
- Pontiac Manuscript- The traders, seeing themselves forced
- Pontiac Manuscript-Pontiac crossed the river
- Pontiac Manuscript-Thursday, May 13, being Ascension day
- Pontiac Manuscript- Teata and Baby, both chiefs
- Pontiac Manuscript-the arrival of the Hurons
- Pontiac Manuscript- Ninivois, at the head of the Foxes
- Pontiac Manuscript- spared neither efforts nor powder
- Pontiac Manuscript- order to return to Niagara.
- Pontiac Manuscript- The night passed very quietly
- Pontiac Manuscript-The Indians had been moving about so much
- Pontiac Manuscript-put fire to two barns and stables
- Pontiac Manuscript- ost of them did not know how to go about it
- Pontiac Manuscript-merchants might remain with their merchandise
- Pontiac Manuscript- Pontiac, who had flattered himself
- Pontiac Manuscript-the fierceness of the firing vexed
- Pontiac Manuscript-English employes to their village
- Pontiac Manuscript- who seemed to be the leader
- Pontiac Manuscript-fort and the summit of the hill
- Pontiac Manuscript-to make sail for Niagara,
- Pontiac Manuscript-passed without an assault
- Pontiac Manuscript-loved and esteemed by the Indians
- Pontiac Manuscript-flattered themselves of good success
- Pontiac Manuscript-promised his father the place should be free
- Pontiac Manuscript-The Frenchmen had to bring answer to Father Poitier
- Pontiac Manuscript- The commander, who, though anxious,
- Pontiac Manuscript-time and powder lost for them
- Pontiac Manuscript- Monday, May 16, the commander
- Pontiac Manuscript- They weighed anchor
- Pontiac Manuscript- Their fears were still more removed
- Pontiac Manuscript-and returned to anchor where they had started,
- Pontiac Manuscript-Tuesday, May 17, Pontiac,
- Pontiac Manuscript-after each nation had provided
- Pontiac Manuscript- shall have driven out or killed the English
- Pontiac Manuscript-remaining without commander
- Pontiac Manuscript- writings were furnished by both sides
- Pontiac Manuscript- Pontiac, who believed that Mr. Deleon
- Pontiac Manuscript- the commander, who had planned
- Pontiac Manuscript-The two barks changed places,
- Pontiac Manuscript-All this holiday there was a violent
- Pontiac Manuscript- from prudence and fear of surprise,
- Pontiac Manuscript-this tragic affair would not end
- Pontiac Manuscript- This was executed by Lieutenant Hay
- Pontiac Manuscript-The settlers on the shore were divided
- Pontiac Manuscript-not knowing which of the two parties
- Pontiac Manuscript- upon the English
- Pontiac Manuscript II-that you have done us no personal
- Pontiac Manuscript II-You respect him, say you.
- Pontiac Manuscript II- Pontiac, who had not lost a word
- Pontiac Manuscript II- making you write on a paper
- Pontiac Manuscript II-to make war against us
- Pontiac Manuscript II-When Mekinak, great chief of all the nations
- Pontiac Manuscript II- And I repeat to you they
- Pontiac Manuscript II- We shall be obliged to you for that
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The commander had observed
- Pontiac Manuscript II-To put it in place,
- Pontiac Manuscript II-capture and defeat of Sandusky
- Pontiac Manuscript II-This had been seen by several
- Pontiac Manuscript II-This poor gentleman was extremely
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The Ottawas had taken with them
- Pontiac Manuscript II-They weighed anchor in the night
- Pontiac Manuscript II-but they violated the promises
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The commander, seeing that the Indians
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The English officers had a fish-net
- Pontiac Manuscript II- side of the Huron village,
- Pontiac Manuscript II- By means of a spy-glass they saw that
- Pontiac Manuscript II- The Hurons of the bad band and the Foxes
- Pontiac Manuscript II- The Indians who had planned to attack
- Pontiac Manuscript II- of the Indians, who possessed
- Pontiac Manuscript II-they turned directly towards it
- Pontiac Manuscript II-while throwing himself into the water
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The other Indians who
- Pontiac Manuscript II-savages lacerated them from afar with arrows
- Pontiac Manuscript II- Upon others they practised other cruelties
- Pontiac Manuscript II-To crown their tyranny
- Pontiac Manuscript II- Pontiac, the great chief
- Pontiac Manuscript II- The barges were loaded with powder
- Pontiac Manuscript II-they drank, hid away all their offensive arms from fear
- Pontiac Manuscript II-precautions which Pontiac had taken
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The sentinels, who were above
- Pontiac Manuscript II-A Frenchman who had remained
- Pontiac Manuscript II-useful to the English officers
- Pontiac Manuscript II- The commander wanted to see him
- Pontiac Manuscript II-Afterwards he went down to the south shore
- Pontiac Manuscript II-merchant excused himself by saying
- Pontiac Manuscript II-two soldiers and a merchant
- Pontiac Manuscript II-them believe that the escaped prisoners'
- Pontiac Manuscript II-Thursday, June 3, Corpus Christi day
- Pontiac Manuscript II-found by the Hurons in the clothes
- Pontiac Manuscript II-before by the escaped prisoner
- Pontiac Manuscript II-the Indians fired a few shots
- Pontiac Manuscript II-there were again heard
- Pontiac Manuscript II-The savages made fun of them
- Pontiac Manuscript II- the settlers or