. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . L I V I N G S T O. JI I S T O B Y OF SHIiWASSEE iND CLINTON COUNTIES, IICHIGiN. BY FRANKLIN ELLIS CHAPTER 1. INDIAN HISTORY OF THE TWO COUNTIES. Forests, Rivers, and Indian Mounds—Tradition of Sauli Occupancyand Kipulsion—Chippewa Occupation—Early Indian Traders—Indian Villages, Fields, and Agriculture—Their Peculiar Super-stitions—The Chief Oketnos—Character of the Indians of thisRegion—Fearful Ravages of Smallpox among them in 1837. A SECTION of country lying in the form of a parallelo-gran), about forty-sis miles in length due east an
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . L I V I N G S T O. JI I S T O B Y OF SHIiWASSEE iND CLINTON COUNTIES, IICHIGiN. BY FRANKLIN ELLIS CHAPTER 1. INDIAN HISTORY OF THE TWO COUNTIES. Forests, Rivers, and Indian Mounds—Tradition of Sauli Occupancyand Kipulsion—Chippewa Occupation—Early Indian Traders—Indian Villages, Fields, and Agriculture—Their Peculiar Super-stitions—The Chief Oketnos—Character of the Indians of thisRegion—Fearful Ravages of Smallpox among them in 1837. A SECTION of country lying in the form of a parallelo-gran), about forty-sis miles in length due east and west,and twenty-four miles wide from south to north, throughwhich the principal meridian of the State passes, one mileeast of the centre, and of which the south boundary isparallel to, and twenty-four miles north of, the base line ;—•this is the modern geographical description of the territoryembraced in the counties of Shiawassee and Clinton. Butmany years ago, before the surveyors transit or compass hadmarked the course of a meridian or a base lin
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