It appears to me that it will be interesting to men, who in the futureshall live along the Ecorce and enjoy their beautiful homes and farms, toknow who were the brave, sacrificing, benovolent men who first settledthe country, and were a few of the many who have made the State ofMichigan what it will be to them.

I give together the names of some of those early worthies whom I havementioned before in this sketch. They were the first settlers of thesoutheast part of the town of Dearborn. Their names are arrangedaccording to the time of their settlement along and near the Ecorce withthe fortnights and seasons of their settlement in the wilderness.

Joseph Pardee--Fall of 1833.