Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . ake Huron, with a view to estab-lishing trade in peltries. In the summer of that yearhe voyaged in a bark canoe, with an escort of sevenHurons to St. Marys river which he ascended to theoutlet of Lake Superior. Thence he returned down theriver and coasted the south shore of the Upper Penin-sula of Michigan to Michilimackinac and thence byLake Michigan to Green bay in Wisconsin. He was thefirst white man, so far as recorded, to visit this region,or to set foot on the soil of Michigan. After landing on th
Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . ake Huron, with a view to estab-lishing trade in peltries. In the summer of that yearhe voyaged in a bark canoe, with an escort of sevenHurons to St. Marys river which he ascended to theoutlet of Lake Superior. Thence he returned down theriver and coasted the south shore of the Upper Penin-sula of Michigan to Michilimackinac and thence byLake Michigan to Green bay in Wisconsin. He was thefirst white man, so far as recorded, to visit this region,or to set foot on the soil of Michigan. After landing on the shore of Green bay he pushedon to the westward. He had been told by the Indiansthat there were strange peoples living far beyond andknown as the Tribe of the Sea. These men had nobeards, shaved their heads, wore peculiar costumes andcame over a vast extent of water in canoes made ofwood, instead of bark. From these descriptions Nicol-let was convinced that these people were Chinese andthat the previous theories of reaching China by thisroute were about to be verified. These Men of the. H o oo l-H G MICHIGAN AS A PROVINCE 47 Sea afterward proved to be the Winnebagoes, but itis remarked that so sure was Nicollet that he was to bebrought into the presence of Chinese when he first metthem that he had clothed himself in a large garmentof China damask strewn with flowers and birds ofvarious colors. The expected Asiatics proved to be noother than ordinary red skins. But they treated himwell, banqueted and feasted him and made with him atreaty of peace. He journeyed southward to the coun-try of the Illinois and afterward returned to Canada bythe same route, arriving at Quebec late in the autumn of1635.* Soon after his return Champlain died and thisput an end for the time to his contemplated efforts atfurther exploration. He married the god-daughter ofChamplain and settled down upon an estate. In 1642he was accidentally drowned while on a trip from Que-bec to Three Rivers. In the summ
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