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Tecumseh Letter from E. B. Brown to Gen. Joseph Brown
on the lakes; the three days trip by wagon through an uninhabited wilderness to where Tecumseh now stands; the camp in the woods, with its big fir that cast its cheerful glow to the tree-tops; the capsizing of the wagons and the arrival at the log house of James Patchin, after passing the heavy timber lands and emerging into the oak openings, and the arrival at the house of the mill company; the welcome so cheery and hearty. The winter passed in the double log house, where, besides your own, lived the' families of uncle Musgrove and George Spafford and the men employed in clearing the land and building the saw-mill. How crowded and thick we were when clustered around the huge log fire in the open fire-place the children were sent to bed so that there should be room for the men and women. The good health, hearty cheer and kindly feeling that pre vailed made the life in the woods cheerful and bright; privations endured only to be the cause for merriment.
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