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EARLY RECOLLECTIONS BY WM. C. HOYT
June 7th, 1873
They have appeared before that Judge where lawyers are not allowed to plead, except, I will add, in self-defense.
ADVENTURES OF GEORGE MORAN.
BY LEVI BISHOP.
In the month of November, in or about the year 1826, when George Moran had been living at Grosse Point about a year, a couple of gentlemen from Tennessee came up to this frontier, wishing to buy a few small Indian ponies. They called on General Cass, and the General sent them, with a letter of introduction, to Mr. M. at Grosse Point. Having stated their object and having accepted the invitation of Mr. M. to stay with him over night, the three came down to Detroit the next day and took a boat for Walpole Island, in the River St. Clair, which was then inhabited by Indians, and where the desired ponies could be obtained. They put up at a tavern kept by one George Rapp, on the island. This island was then traversed by three roads, and our party started out, one on each road, so as to find the ponies, and leave word with the owners that they should be brought the next day to Rapp's tavern, where purchasers could be found for them.
Mr. M. was detained longer than the others on his route, and on returning to the tavern he was overtaken by a dark night and by a heavy rain-storm. Seeing a light at a short distance he concluded it must proceed from a wigwam, and he made for it in order to obtain shelter and quarters for the night. On arriving at the place he found a log hut about fifteen or sixteen feet square.
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