Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

VEVAY TOWNSHIP AND ITS HISTORY

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we brought from home we were obliged to get out our trunks from
under the bed and some blocks of wood and we did very well.
Just put a stove and fourteen folks in Ma's room and you will
know how much room we had to set the table, so we passed the
dinner around. We have got well learned now, and get along
pretty well considering. Charlotte."
My mother writes the next part of the letter in which she gives
some information about the house and items about their trip from
New York, which was by teams from Lakeville, N. Y., they having sent their household goods by boat to Cleveland, Ohio, some
time earlier before the close of navigation on the lake; from there
they obtained teams to bring them through the rest of the way.
I am told one set of teams and teamsters brought them to Blissfield, Mich., and another set of teams brought them on to Vevay.
"You could not have pictured our log palace better if you had
been here and seen it. I will tell you what the ladder is for, it is
to go up garret to sleep. We get along very well, a great deal
better than I had any idea we should after being used to so much
room; we are as well off or better than some of our neighbours
who have been here five or six years, so we need not complain. I
shall not say anthing about building a house any faster than we
can and not get in debt. I can live in as poor house as the rest
can, as long as we have our health and good appetite as we have
now. I am not much concerned but we shall get along well
enough-we can eat raw turnips for apples, and they taste good.
You would like to know how our provisions lasted us-we got out
of bread before we got to Perrysburg, and out of chicken pies before we got to Jackson, out of pork and beans before we got home
to the shanty. The dog stuck by us and eat his part and is with
us yet, he is good to chase deer but don't catch any. I like the
place full as well as I expected I should, or better, we have some
fine folks here in the woods.
"There is meeting every sabbath of some kind at the school
house, which is one mile from us-a house full, I know not where
they come from-out of the woods I suppose. I guess you would
think so if you should see some of them.
"Augusta says that if she had known what kind of a place she
was coming to she would have stayed with Grand Ma, but I