History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . drift woodwas carried down stream, their escape fromdrowning was really miraculous. That same winter the McCormicks sufferedwith hundreds of other pioneers, from thebursting of the financial bubble, and the crashof wild-cat banks. James McCormick soldhis surplus corn to Saginaw parties for $ bushel, and the boys hauled it down inlarge, crude sleds on the ice. The corn waspaid for in Ijills on the Flint Rapids these bills were taken to Flint, it wasfound the wild-cat bank had failed the daybefore, and the pay for a
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . drift woodwas carried down stream, their escape fromdrowning was really miraculous. That same winter the McCormicks sufferedwith hundreds of other pioneers, from thebursting of the financial bubble, and the crashof wild-cat banks. James McCormick soldhis surplus corn to Saginaw parties for $ bushel, and the boys hauled it down inlarge, crude sleds on the ice. The corn waspaid for in Ijills on the Flint Rapids these bills were taken to Flint, it wasfound the wild-cat bank had failed the daybefore, and the pay for a whole years laborhad been lost! That same winter the Indianswere dying by hundreds from smallpox, and asfew were well enough to hunt or fish, they wereactually starving. Chief Ton-dog-a-ne, sagewarrior and friend of the pale faces, was amongthe first to cross the great river. Despite theloss of their entire crop of corn through thefailure of the Flint wild-cat bank, the Mc-Cormicks gave liberally of all they had to thestarving red men. Potatoes, corn, ^rj*— =1 ?-? j ,JU- ^g i ^1 ^m ^««j mm ^m -, ^«fl P^i r. 1 ¥ W ^ ma fif / W^ :.^ mm ml I H*i|i 1 L [^^^-wk ^^vT^.
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