Bay County past and present . NTY, PAST AND PRESENT, structed to establish missions throughout the Saginaw region whichhe did. (1) Among other evidences that missionaries attempted tocarry on their work here, are the fine cultivated fruit trees on the riverbank that were later found by the pioneers between here and Saginawand in various other places in the valley. (2) The French sent tenboats from Michilimackinac to look for food in 1706 (3) and in 1708provisions were sent to the Saginaw Indians from Detroit, (4) asmall village established just seven years before that date. In 1711these Indian
Bay County past and present . NTY, PAST AND PRESENT, structed to establish missions throughout the Saginaw region whichhe did. (1) Among other evidences that missionaries attempted tocarry on their work here, are the fine cultivated fruit trees on the riverbank that were later found by the pioneers between here and Saginawand in various other places in the valley. (2) The French sent tenboats from Michilimackinac to look for food in 1706 (3) and in 1708provisions were sent to the Saginaw Indians from Detroit, (4) asmall village established just seven years before that date. In 1711these Indians aided the French against the English, (5) but in 1717 they were told that they need not ex-pect any missionaries to go there tolive. (6) During these two hundred yearsthe French had made very few settle-ments in the state, and though theSaginaw valley seemed to be wellknown, not even a permanent tradingpost had been established here. (7) (Map of Great Lakes region, as itwas believed to be, from John Mit-chells Map of 1755.). REFERENCES. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections,topics: Explorers, Missions, and Fur Traders. Bay County History—Gansser, Cliapter I. See list in Appendix under (1) XXII. 244—Faillon, a Canadian historian, 1799-1870.) (2) VII. 254. (3) XXXIII. 270. (4) XXX, 436. (5) XXX. 498. (6) XXX. 386. (7) See chronolog-ical table, Appendix. THE FRENCH PERIOD 45
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