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Lenawee County By John J. Adam, February 7th, 1878.
Mr. Britain remained there some time, and afterwards moved down to the mouth of the St. Joseph river, and became a prominent business man and politician, serving as state senator in the first and second state legislatures, and
in other public positions.
On their return to Tecumseh the party came back direct by the Chicago trail, until they came to the last crossing of the St. Joseph river, near where Jonesville now is, finding Messrs. Beardsley and Hale still the only white settlers on the route. On the way back, near the above crossing, they encountered a severe rain storm, and their punk and everything being wet, they found it impossible to make a fire, so they slept with their heads on their saddles and covered themselves with such blankets as they had along with them. Here they were told of a trail to Tecumseh, said to be shorter and better than the one by which they came out. This went round by lake Manitoo, as the Indians called it, or Devil's lake, as it was afterwards named by the white settlers, as they thought the Manitoo of the Indians was more of a devil than of a good spirit.
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