distant eight miles, where they found plenty of wild fowl and fish. Leaving the bay mentioned, Henry, with his friend Wawatam, and family, went to St. Martin's Island, where, in the enjoyment of an excellent and plentiful supply of food, they remained till the twenty-sixth of August. It was now proposed by Wawatam, to Henry's great joy, to go to his wintering quarters. Preparation being made, they proceeded to the mouth of the River Aux Sables, and, "as they hunted along their way," says Henry, "I enjoyed a personal freedom, of which I had long been deprived, and became as expert in the Indian pursuits as the Indians themselves." The winter was spent in the chase; and, by degrees, Henry became familiarized with that kind of life; and, had it not been for the idea, of which he could not divest his mind, that he was living among savages, and for the whisper of a lingering hope that he should one day be released from it, he could have enjoyed as much happiness in this as in any other situation.

At the approach of spring, the hunters began their preparations for returning to Michilimackinac; but their faces were no sooner turned towards the scene of the massacre, than all began to fear an attack from the English. On the twenty-seventh of April, 1764, they landed at the fort of Michilimackinac. The Indians who had arrived before them were few in number, and, as yet, Henry was treated with great civility.

With his earnings of the winter's chase Henry procured clothes, of which he was much in need, having been six months without a shirt. In addition, he purchased a good store of ammunition and tobacco, which exhausted his resources. Eight days had passed in tranquillity, when there arrived a band of Indians from the Bay of Saguenaum. They had assisted at the siege of Detroit, and were now trying to muster recruits for that service. Henry was soon informed that, as he was the only Englishman in the place, they proposed to kill him, in order to give their friends a mess of English broth, to raise their courage. This intelligence was not of the most agreeable kind, and he requested his Indian friend to carry him to the Sault Ste. Marie, at which place he knew the Indians to be peaceably inclined, and that M. Cadotte, a resident of that place, enjoyed a powerful influence over their

conduct. They considered Cadotte as their chief, and it is said he was a friend to the English. It was by him that the Chippewas of Lake Superior were prevented from joining Pontiac. Wawatam complied, and that same night transported Henry and his

LORENZO B. CURTIS.

LORENZO B. CURTIS, of Saginaw City, was born in Boston, Erie county, New York, May 3, 1821. He emigrated to Michigan with his father, Benjamin Curtis, in September, 1830, and settled in Vicksburg, Washtenaw.county. In the spring of the succeeding year his father purchased a farm in the township of Green Oak, Livingston county, and there the family immediately moved. They, with the family of Mr. Stephen Lee, were the first white settlers in the county.

It was in the common schools of this county that the subject of this sketch received his education. His father dying in the summer of 1834,

own lodge to Point St. Ignace, on the opposite side of the Strait. Here they remained till daylight. The following day, Henry hailed a canoe on the way to the Sault, and, finding that it contained the wife of Cadotte, already mentioned, he obtained permission to accompany the party. Henry bid his Indian friends farewell; and, putting on his Canadian suit, took his seat in the canoe. After an agreeable journey, they arrived safe at the Sault, where Henry received a generous welcome from Cadotte. He had been at this place but six days, when he was informed that a canoe full of warriors was approaching, with the intention of killing him. Nearly at the same time he received a message from the chief of the village, telling him to conceal himself. A garret was, a second time, his place of refuge; and, through the influence of Cadotte, his life was spared.

At this juncture the village was astir, on account of a canoe which had just arrived from Niagara. The strangers bore a message from Sir William Johnson, desiring the Indians of the Sault to send deputies to a great council, or feast, to be held at

he, being the oldest of seven children, was left in charge of the family. To fulfill this duty he carried on his father's farm for the two succeeding years, when, his mother marrying again, he started out in life for himself, working at farming and taking jobs at clearing land during the summer seasons, and attending school during the winters. In 1845 he removed to Genesee county, and purchased a saw mill ten miles north of Flint. After running this for two years it burned down, and with it about half a million feet of lumber, his barn and house, leaving him penniless and $1,000 in debt. Nothing daunted, he removed to Saginaw in the spring of 1848, and at once went into the employ of Judge Gardner D. Williams, with whom he remained until he spring of 1852. He then was engaged by Capt. Millard, and after working for him one year, he rented the captain's saw mill, and shortly afterwards purchased it. Since that time he has been constantly engaged in the lumbering business, first in the firm of Curtis & King, until 1864, next in the firm of Curtis & Corning, until 1870, and since that time in the firm of L. B. Curtis, & Co.

Mr. Curtis was appointed swamp land State road commissioner by Governor Crapo in 1867, and held the position during the different administrations until the fall of 1872, when he resigned. He has held several other important offices in his town and city, and has given universal satisfaction in all the positions he has filled.

Niagara. After a short consultation, it was agreed to send twenty deputies. Henry seized upon this opportunity of leaving the country; and, having received the permission of the great chief to accompany the deputation, he did so, and thereby escaped from the hands of his persecutors, after trials and tribulations seldom paralleled in the romance of Indian history.

CHAPTER XVI.

CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC CONTINUED-THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE GARRISON OF DETROIT DISCOVERED-PONTIAC COMMENCES THE SIEGECAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S CAPTIVITY-PONTIAC DEMANDS THE SURRENDER OF THE FORT.

WE NOW turn from Michilimackinae to the events that were transpiring elsewhere. On the fifth of May, 1763, a Canadian woman left her home at Detroit, and passed over to the Ottawa village, on the eastern side of the river, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of venison from the Indians of that village. She noticed several of the warriors filing off the barrels of their guns, so as to reduce them, stock and all, to the length of about a yard. Returning home in the evening, she told her neighbors what she had seen. This, and other circumstances, excited the suspicions of the Canadians who had the welfare and peace of the community at heart; and one M. Gouin, an old and wealthy settler, went to the commandant, and warned him to stand upon his guard, but Gladwyn, a man of fearless temper, slighted the advice. It is difficult to determine who Gladwyn's informant was; but, before the next day had closed, he was in possession of a complete knowledge of the plot, and actively preparing to meet the emergency. On the following page we present an engraving, which, if there be truth in tradition, illustrates the unveiling of this conspiracy. The story, as related to Carver, is as follows: In the Pottawattamie village lived an Ojibwa girl, who could boast of a larger share of beauty than is common in the wigwam. She had attracted the eye of Gladwyn, and there is no doubt that she loved the British officer with all the ardor of her untutored mind. On the afternoon of the sixth, Catherine, as she was called by the officers of the fort, came to Detroit, and repaired to Gladwyn's quarters, bringing with her a pair of elk-skin moccasins, ornamented with porcupine work, which he had requested