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INDEX TO HISTORY.

Miller, Colonel      26

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MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.

Miller, Davis & Webster (Ann Arbor)      20
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WOODLAND.
page 15
Miller John, carpenter.
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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
page 26
About the same time, Col. Miller, with a detachment of six hundred men,
attacked the enemy at Monguagon, and entirely defeated them. On the 14th of
August, General Brock arrived at Fort Malden, with a reinforcement, and, on
the 15th, he appeared at Sandwich, and summoned General Hull to surrender. He
was answered in the negative, and a cannonade was immediately commenced upon
Detroit, which was returned with effect. On the 16th, General Brock crossed
the strait with his army, at Springwells, three miles below Detroit, without
opposition. He marched directly up the strait toward the fort, without
resistance. A negotiation soon commenced between the two commanders, and
terminated with the surrender of the army and the Territory of Michigan to
the British General, to the mortification and bitterest indignation of the
American troops, who were impatiently waiting orders of attack upon the
enemy. The force of General Brock is said to have been only "fourteen
hundred," while that of General Hull was "eighteen hundred."

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INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
page 51
Augus Miller,      3,000,000       "

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Wayne County.
page 127
Wayne is the most populous county in the state, and in point of manufactures
and commercial advantages, it is far in advance of all others. It is in the
south-eastern part of the state, and is bounded on the north by Oakland and
Macomb, east by Lake St. Clair and Detroit river, south by Monroe county, and
west by Washtenaw, and contains about 600 square miles. Its surface is
generally level, but in the western part somewhat undulating. The soil in the
southern and western part is a sandy loam, intermixed with day. A belt of
land, immediately adjoining Detroit river, and extending to Lake St. Clair,
and back from the river from two to five miles, consists of a rich black
loam, with a substratum of clay. It was formerly considered valueless, in
consequences of its swampy character; but thorough draining and proper
cultivation proves it to be exceedingly rich and productive. The western part
of the county is well adapted to grass and grains. It is watered by the
Rouge, the Aux Ecorces, and the Huron rivers, Milk and Tremble's creeks,
Bloody Run, Monguagon, Brownstown, Muddy, Woods, and Swam creeks, and by
numerous other tributaries of the larger streams. The streams generally are
of a sluggish character; but the Rouge furnishes some good water power. In
Monguagon township, an excellent quality of limestone has been found, and
used for manufacturing and transportation, for many years. Detroit derives
its name from the French word d'etroit, signifying the strait, which is
believed by some to be more appropriately applied than river. The river is
about twenty-five miles in length, and contains several beautiful islands,
the most important of which are Grosse and Fighting islands. Much of the
historical interest which belongs to Wayne county is associated with this
noble stream. When La Salle first ascended the river with his vessel, the
Griffin, the first built on the upper lakes, in 1679, he found several Indian
villages along the shores, and a large village of the Hurons, which they
called Teuchsagrondie, stood upon the present site of Detroit. These villages
had been previously visited, as early as in 1610, by the Jesuit missionaries,
and the coureurs des bois, but no settlement had been made. The great
importance of establishing a fort at Detroit, was discussed soon after the
English and French war was ended, in 1697. It was alleged to be necessary, in
order to prevent the English from having access to the Indians on the far
country bordering the upper lakes and also in order to keep the Indians in
check. Count Pontchartrain, the colonial minister of France, ordered M. De La
Motte Cardillac, commandant at Michillimackinac, to proceed to Detroit for
the purpose of establishing a fort. He fitted out an Expedition at Montreal,
and with fifty soldiers and fifty Canadian traders and artisans, accompanied
by two missionaries, proceeded to his destination by the Ottawa river and
Michillimackinac, and arrived on the 24th of July, 1701. A strong stockade of
wooden pickets was constructed, and within this inclosure a few log huts were
built. This was called Fort Pontchartrain, and thus was the settlement of
Detroit commenced. There were three Indian villages in the vicinity, a Huron
and Pottowatomie on the south, and an Ottaway on the opposite side of the
strait. Game was abundant, and herds of buffalo ranged the prairies in the
valley of the Detroit. The country along the border of the Detroit river,
after the year 1749, was gradually settled by French, who had [p.127]
succeeded in securing the confluence of the several Indian tribes. But 1712 a
plot was formed the Fox, or Ottogamie Indians, who had long been the enemies
of the French, to seize the fort; but they were repulsed, and retired to the
Fox river. During the early part of the eighteenth century, France and
England were continually at war, the effects of which reached their
respective colonial possessions, and greatly retarded the growth and
prosperity of both. The capitulation of Montreal to the British was followed
also by the surrender of Detroit to the latter. In May, 1763, an attempt was
made by the noted Indian chief, Pontiac, to capture the fort from the English
garrison, by an act of treachery, which was discovered and prevented. The
Indians then besieged the fort. On the 3d of June information was received of
the peace between France and England, and of the session of all New France to
the British. The siege of the fort was however continued by the Indians,
until the arrival of General Bradstreet with 3,000 troops, when a treaty of
peace was concluded with the various tribes of Indians; Pontiac, however,
refusing to take part in it. The frontier, from this time, began to enjoy a
period of peace and prosperity, which lasted until the breaking out of the
revolutionary war. The British adopted politic measures to secure the
confidence of the Indians, who became warmly attached to the British crown.
Detroit became the center, from which several expeditions were fitted out
against the Americans during the war. In 1783 a treaty of peace was
concluded, by which Michigan was included within the United States boundary.
The county of Wayne was organized by General Wayne, in 1796, and was
co-extensive with the whole of the Peninsula. In 1798, the north-western
territory assumed the second grade of government, and Wayne sent one
representative to the general assembly, at Chillicothe. On the first of June,
1805, the government of the territory was organized at Detroit, by General
William Hull, its first governor. In 1812, upon the breaking out of the war
with Great Britain, the Michigan frontier early became the seat of
hostilities. The Indians were instigated by the British to acts of savage
barbarity, and the frontier was laid waste by a wanton soldiery. The
successful attack of Colonel Miller, with 600 men, upon the enemy at
Monguagon, the surrender of Detroit by General Hull, the battle at Fenchtown,
the defeat of General Winchester, and the massacre at the River Raisin,
Perry's victory, on Lake Erie, followed by the evacuation of Detroit by the
British, and the defeat of the British army under General Brock, with the
Indian allies led by Tecumseh, were events that followed in rapid succession,
and were intimately connected with the interests of Wayne county. Peace being
declared in 1815, a new impulse was given to the settlement of the county.
General Cass had been previously appointed Governor of the territory, and his
wise administration inspired the people with great confidence. The survey of
the public lands commenced in 1816-17, and in 1818, they were opened to
market, and the towns lying back from the river began to attract the
attention of emigrants. On the 25th of July, 1805, the governor and judges
divided the territory into three judicial districts, or counties, viz: Erie,
Detroit and Huron, and Michillimackinac. The Detroit and Huron district
embraced only that portion of the territory west and north, where the Indians
titles had become extinct, and Wayne was embraced within these limits. The
county with its present limits was organized in 1815. Wayne is intersected by
the Michigan Central, the Detroit and Milwaukee, the Detroit, Monroe and
Toledo, and the Grand Trunk railways.
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ADRIAN.
page 165
Bowen & Geddes, (Lucian B. Bowen, Norman Geddes, C R Miller), lawyers, Maumee.
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ANN ARBOR.
page 184
Miller, Davis & Webster, (John F Miller, Gilbert F Davis of N Y, and Stephen
M Webster), bankers, Main. (See adv.)
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ANN ARBOR.
page 184
Schoff & Miller, (Nelson M Schoff, John F Miller), books and stationery, Main.
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AUBURN.
page 188
Miller & Baylis, flour mill.

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