Pioneer Collections, 8. köideThe Society, 1886 |
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... bark of the neighboring forest trees were roughly dealt with , but the Black Hawk tribe retreated . Thus we see the importance of the military arm of our service . With discipline and undaunted bravery it maintained our rights near the ...
... bark of the neighboring forest trees were roughly dealt with , but the Black Hawk tribe retreated . Thus we see the importance of the military arm of our service . With discipline and undaunted bravery it maintained our rights near the ...
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... bark canoe and breaking the ice as they went . Her father's name was Mashieo , and for a number of years he ran a ferry at South Saginaw . In 1836 she was married to Joseph Campau , who came here from Detroit as an Indian trader , with ...
... bark canoe and breaking the ice as they went . Her father's name was Mashieo , and for a number of years he ran a ferry at South Saginaw . In 1836 she was married to Joseph Campau , who came here from Detroit as an Indian trader , with ...
Page 139
... bark canoe and Mackinaw boats of explorers from the first settlement of the country , and some mining had been done as early as 1846 near its shores , yet no fissure veins , bearing mass copper , had been discovered , and , owing to the ...
... bark canoe and Mackinaw boats of explorers from the first settlement of the country , and some mining had been done as early as 1846 near its shores , yet no fissure veins , bearing mass copper , had been discovered , and , owing to the ...
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... bark - covered rafters by a couple of otherwise useless table forks . The father of the writer , Nahum Lamb , settled in 1834 , on section ten , on the aforesaid turnpike , where he continued to reside for about thirty years , and then ...
... bark - covered rafters by a couple of otherwise useless table forks . The father of the writer , Nahum Lamb , settled in 1834 , on section ten , on the aforesaid turnpike , where he continued to reside for about thirty years , and then ...
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... bark , and soon after saw a light . On approaching the house from which the light shone , it proved to be occupied by an old acquaintance by the name of Codding , who lived in the town of Chester , east of Vermontville . I was glad to ...
... bark , and soon after saw a light . On approaching the house from which the light shone , it proved to be occupied by an old acquaintance by the name of Codding , who lived in the town of Chester , east of Vermontville . I was glad to ...
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