History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . he bitterness of the past, where the rival races met, we of to-day are not accountable!But we are responsible for these children of thisWestern Hemisphere, in this, our day andgeneration. Charity begins at home, and whatheart-beat of our people is there to-day. thatdoes not go out in sympathy and kindness tothe poor, suffering and dying remnants of theAmerican Indians at our very doors! Let jus-tice be mingled with mercv and love, that thedying race may know and feel, that the palefaces are not forgetful e\en of the least ofAdams
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . he bitterness of the past, where the rival races met, we of to-day are not accountable!But we are responsible for these children of thisWestern Hemisphere, in this, our day andgeneration. Charity begins at home, and whatheart-beat of our people is there to-day. thatdoes not go out in sympathy and kindness tothe poor, suffering and dying remnants of theAmerican Indians at our very doors! Let jus-tice be mingled with mercv and love, that thedying race may know and feel, that the palefaces are not forgetful e\en of the least ofAdams twigs within their borders! Let usmake their last days on earth more cheerful,less painful, by the collective assistance andgood cheer of our industrious, progressive,prosperous and Christian community, builtupon the shores that not so very long ago werethe undisturbed hunting grounds of Poor Lo! Indulge, my native land; indulge the tear That steals impassioned oer a races doom! To us, each twig from Adams stock is near,And sorrows fall upon the Indians tomb!. LOWER SAGINAW (now b.*v city) IN ,4. CHAPTER III. THE COLONIAL PERIOD. The Onward March of Civilization—The Pale Faces Westward Bound—Years ofExploration^ and Trading with the Indians—Trappers, Hunters and Adven-turers—The Saginaw Valley for Years the Northernmost Outpost of Civili-zation IN THE Northwest Territory—Indian Title to Land Extinguished—TheEarliest White Settlers. Home of my heart, I sing of thee, Michigan, my lake-bound shores I long to see, Michigan, my Saginaws tall and whispering pinesTo Lake Superiors farthest mines,Fair in the light of memory shines, ^Michigan, my Michigan. So often have we heard the stirring mesto theyounger generation our commonwealth seems dedicated to our native State, that venerable, and ripe with the passing of count-less ages. Yet history records but a singlecentur), since from the almost unknownand seemingly unlimited Northwest Territory
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