304 MICHIGAN. 



of Michigan, while the small and beautiful prairies will im 

 part ecstasy, and it is, perhaps, to the accounts of such 

 people that the territory is indebted for its celebrity. Michi 

 gan, compared with the New England States, is rich, and a 

 desirable place of settlement, but in all respects inferior to 

 districts laying to the south and west. 



