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Michigan Abel Bingham
Little Beard harvested so fine a crop he made preparations
to build a new frame house for himself the next season.
They were filled with sorrow and regret at his departure, and their good wishes followed him to his new field of labor.
At this period of his life he becomes a Michigan pioneer. In July, 1828, he received from the Board of Foreign Missions, an appointment as missionary to the Ojibwa Indians, of lake Superior, at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., which was a military station. After going to Boston to receive instructions, he returned to his old home in western N. Y., where he was ordained. Leaving his family behind, he bade farewell to long tried beloved friends and neighbors, and started for the Sault, taking passage at Buffalo Sept. 14th, in the schooner, " Lady of the Lake," Capt. Walker, master, re-embarking at Detroit in the "John Quincy Adams," with Capt. Charles Stannard, and arrived at the Sault Oct. 9th, 1828. He immediately called on Henry R. Schoolcraft, the Indian agent, by whom he was most courteously received; and also by Capt. Wilcox, of the garrison at Fort Brady.
Early Michigan Preachers
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