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the rapids, and there Pontiac's voice was heard, call- 

 ing upon the chiefs to aid hira in his projected siege 

 of Detroit. Here the fur traders had their grand de- 

 pot, and the missionaries labored in the cause of 

 Christianity ; and when in 1834 the Indian settlement 

 began its metamorphosis, some bold prophet declared 

 that it would soon be " the brightest star in the con- 

 stellation of western villages/' This prophecy has 

 been more than fulfilled, for Grand Rapids is the ac- 

 knowledged metropolis of Western Michigan. In the 

 mail that awaited me was a copy of the South Bend 

 Herald, containing a pleasant notice which chronicled 

 in true newspaper diction the fact that 



** Captain Glazier delivered his lecture ' Echoes from the Revolution' 

 at the Academy of Music last evening. Promptly at eight o'clock 

 the lecturer, with Mr. J. F. Creed, appeared on the platform. Mr. 

 Creed in introducing the lecturer stated the object of the lecture to 

 be in aid of the Custer Monument Association of Monroe, Michigan. 

 He also read several letters introducing Captain Glazier to the public, 

 from well-known citizens of Michigan, and acknowledging receipts 

 of the proceeds of the lectures delivered in Detroit and Kalamazoo. 

 The theme of the lecturer afforded a fine field for the display of his 

 talents as a speaker. Possessing a fine imagination, good descriptive 

 powers and the real qualities of an orator, he could not fail to please 

 the really intelligent audience which greeted him last evening. 

 Probably one hour and a half were consumed in its delivery; but the 

 interest and attention did not flag nor tire, and when the speaker 

 took leave of his audience he was greeted with several rounds of ap- 

 plause." 



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Duncomhe House, 

 Decatur, Michigan* 



August Twenty-third: 



Came down from Grand Rapids in the morning in- 

 tending to stop on the way at Lawton, but was carried 



