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fund being raised by this Association, for the erection of a monument 

 to the memory of the late General George A. Custer, has made ar- 

 rangements to remit to our treasurer here the money derived from 

 Buch lectures, and we bespeak for him your earnest endeavor in aid 

 of our common, glorious cause. Respectfully, 



J. M. BULKLEY, 



/Secretary. 



Our second day at Ecorse ended pleasantly. In the 

 afternoon my brother and I went for a row on the 

 river, and in the evening took a walk into the country. 

 We did not meet with any game, although natural 

 history proclaims this section the haunt of many 

 varieties of bird and beast. The first settlers even re- 

 member having a casual acquaintance with the deer, 

 bear, wolf, wild cat, and a variety of smaller game, 

 including that interesting little quadruped, the wolver- 

 ine, whose name has become the nickname of Michigan. 



