History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . klrs. , as they fondly called her. William R.]\IcCormick was taken with the cholera, andever after credited Mrs. Rogers with savinghis life. The Rogers family occupied a littleblock-house on the banks of the river in Ports-mouth, and the venerable old lady neverwearied in after years of telling her many har-rowing experiences in those dismal years. Thewolves howled so at night that the newcomerscould not sleep. In time they became so accus-tomed to these nightly wolf concerts that theydid not mind them any more, and often
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . klrs. , as they fondly called her. William R.]\IcCormick was taken with the cholera, andever after credited Mrs. Rogers with savinghis life. The Rogers family occupied a littleblock-house on the banks of the river in Ports-mouth, and the venerable old lady neverwearied in after years of telling her many har-rowing experiences in those dismal years. Thewolves howled so at night that the newcomerscould not sleep. In time they became so accus-tomed to these nightly wolf concerts that theydid not mind them any more, and often in afteryears she would start out to see a sick personwith the howling of the wolves as accompani-ment all the way. Often in the daytime shecould see packs of wolves romping on the oppo-site river bank, where Salzburg is now AND REPRESENTATRE CITIZENS. 93 One clay two drunken Indians came lo licr doorwliile her husband was away. Slie refusedthem achnittance, when they secured an axeand proceeded to break down the door. Sheseized an iron rake, flung open the door andknocked the nearest redskin senseless with oneblow, and the other was glad to make off. Thenshe nursed the wounded Indian back to con-sciousness and bade him begone. She was atonce brave and tenderhearted, and gave thepioneers credit for all the noble characteristicsshe herself possessed. When the tide of com-mercialism swept over the valley, she fre-quently remarked the change. Our settlementhas grown from three families to more than20,000 inhabitants, she would say, but thegreatest change is in the people do not seem to be as hospitable, noble-hearted and generous, as they used to be. Andthe surviving pioneers readily agreed with died July 16. 1881, in the community forwhich she had done so much during the tryingdays o
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