THE

EARLY HISTORY

OF

MICHIGAN,

FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT TO 1815.

BY E. M. SHELDON.

NEW YORK:

A. S. BARNES & COMPANY, 51 & 53 JOHN-ST.

DETROIT:-KERR, MORLEY & CO.

1856.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,

BY A. S. BARNES & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

TO

HON. LEWIS CASS,

SECOND GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN,

WHOSE JUDICIOUS MANAGEMENT OF THE

NUMEROUS INDIAN TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST

SECURED TO THE

PENINSULAR STATE

ITS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT AND CONTINUED PROSPERITY,

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,

BY A. S. BARNES & CO.,

of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

SU

SECOND GOVERNOR OF MICHIGA

WHOSE JUDICIOUS MANAGEMENT OF THE

NUMEROUS INDIAN TRIBES OF THE NORT

SECURED TO THE

PENINSULAR STATE

ITS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT AND CONTINUED PROSPERIT

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.