Michigan historical collections . ar. General George B. Porter of Pennsyl-vania, was appointed governor of the territory, but Governor Masonwas the acting governor until June, 1832. During this interval, in 1831, occurred the Black Hawk war. Thischief. Black Hawk, having refused to remove to the reservation of landwest of the Mississippi which the general government provided forhim, Michigan was, called upon for volunteer troops to enforce hisdeparture. Thus the boy governor, as he was called, had the oppor-tunity to show that belligerent spirit which, at a later period, gainedfor him with Gen
Michigan historical collections . ar. General George B. Porter of Pennsyl-vania, was appointed governor of the territory, but Governor Masonwas the acting governor until June, 1832. During this interval, in 1831, occurred the Black Hawk war. Thischief. Black Hawk, having refused to remove to the reservation of landwest of the Mississippi which the general government provided forhim, Michigan was, called upon for volunteer troops to enforce hisdeparture. Thus the boy governor, as he was called, had the oppor-tunity to show that belligerent spirit which, at a later period, gainedfor him with General Jackson, the name of Young Hotspur. BlackHawk, a prisoner, was escorted by Lieutenant Jefferson Davis, U. S. A.,to Jefferson barracks and afterwards to Fortress Monroe. In 1833, Governor Mason was confirmed by the senate, secretary ofthe territory, and in 1834, when Governor Porter died, he assumed againthe duties of the territorj^ till the following year, when he was electedthe first governor of the State, November 3, EMILY VIRGINIA MASON. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OCTOGENARIAN. 249 In arranging the boundary line with the adjoining State of Ohio, adispute occurred over 470 square miles claimed by both sides. Thi^resulted, in 1835, in what was called the Toledo war. GovernorMason with 1,200 men, marched upon Toledo and broke up the courtthere, and in the fray no lives were lost. But the Michiganders wereobliged to give up the disputed territory, or the State would not havebeen admitted into the union. And besides this, the general govern-ment was then distributing the public lands, and advised the surrenderof the claim upon Ohio in order to give to Michigan her quota of theselands. A war song of the time ran: Old Lucas gave his order all for to hold a court. But Stevens Thomson Mason he thought hed have some sport; He called upon the Wolverines and asked them for to go,To meet the rebel Lucas, his court to overthrow. It was in consequence of this Hotspur achievement, that
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