1827-08-10 MACKINAC M T----RED CDS AND STAMPED PAID AND MS 25----DATELINED MICHILIMACKINAC---FRIDAY--- LUCIUS LYON TO HIS SISTER LUCRETIA IN VERMONT---LUCIUS LYON PAPERS---"I HAVE BEEN BUSILY ENGAGED FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS PAST IN SURVEYING THE ISLAND OF BOIS BLANC (WHICH BEING TRANSLATED IS WHITE-WOOD, ALIAS BASSWOOD ISLAND) ABOUT THREE MILES DISTANT FROM THIS ISLAND OF MACKINAC WHERE I NOW WRITE. I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY SURVEY/ WHICH BY THE BYE HAS BEEN A VERY UNPROFITABLE ONE" ---"YOU PERHAPS HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWSPAPERS AN ACCOUNT OF SOME MURDERS COMMITTED BY THE INDIANS AT PRAIRIE DES CHIENS AND ALSO HIGHER UP THE MISSISSIPPI. THE POTAWATAMIE AND WINEBAGO TRIBES OF INDIANS HAVE BEEN JUST ON THE POINT OF BREAKING OUT INTO OPEN HOSTILITIES WITH THE WHITES AND THE PEOPLE RESIDING NEAR AND IN THEIR COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GREATLY ALARMED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, BUT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FORTUNATE PRESENCE OF GOV. CASS AT THIS JUNCTURE, WHO IS NOW IN THE COUNTRY HOLDING A TREATY WITH THE WINEBAGOES, WILL PREVENT ACTS OF FURTHER HOSTILITY OR AT LEAST PREVENT A GENERAL WAR"---MENTIONS CHARLOTTE, PAMELA AND HER FAMILY, LAVINA, MARY, ESTHER, GEORGE, LEICESTER AND EDWARD, ORSON, MAJ. ALEX THOMPSON COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE GARRISON AT MICHILIMACKINAC---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1827
Date: 1827-08-10
County:
Mackinac
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Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Northern Michigan
, MI Waterways
, Women's Correspondence
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Wisconsin/Michigan Territory
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