CHAPTER VIII.

GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.

Under French rule the Governors of the Territory embracing the present State of Michigan, were as follows:

The following is a list of the several Governors who have. served from the admission of the State into the Union, down

Questions - Who was the first Governor of the Territory embracing the present State of Michigan? Will you give the names of the French Governors, and the dates of their appointment from 1663 to 1685? From 1689 to 1726? From 1749 to 1755? Who was the first English Governor? Give the names of the English Governors, and the dates of their appointments? Of the American Governors, under the Territorial Government? Give the names of the Governors under the State Government.

CHAPTER IX.

MICHIGAN DURING THE REBELLION.

In the late war of the Rebellion, Michigan achieved for herself a glorious record. She sent to the field one regiment of engineers and mechanics, 11 regiments and 3 independent companies of cavalry, 14 batteries of artillery, 31 regiments.

Resigned on being elected U. S. Senator.

§ Lieutenant Governor, acting as Governor.

** Resigned upon being appointed Secretary of the Interior.

of infantry, and 5 companies of sharpshooters, numbering in all 90,747 men. Of these, 4,175 were killed in action or died of wounds, and 9,230 died of disease while in service.

From the beginning to the close of the war, the Michigan troops bore the reputation of being among the bravest and best disciplined in the army, and there were very few of the more important engagements where Michigan was not represented, and where her regiments were not conspicuous for the efficient aid they rendered.

Questions - How many regiments of engineers did Michigan send to the late war of the Rebellion? Of cavalry? Batteries of artillery? Regiments of infantry? Companies of sharpshooters ? How many men in all? How many were killed, or died of wounds? How many died of disease? What is said of the bravery of Michigan troops?

CHAPTER X.

ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF COUNTIES

ORGANIZATION.

DATES OF THEIR

The following is taken from an account of the origin and derivation of the names of most of the counties of Michigan, by Mr. W. S. George, editor of the Lansing Republican. The dates in parentheses are those of the legal organization of the several counties.

Allegan (1835)- Named from an ancient Indian tribe in the Alleghanies. The word gan signifies Lake.

Antrim (1843)—Named from the northeastern county of Ireland.

Barry (1839)-Named from Wm. T. Barry, Postmaster

General of the United States, in Jackson's cabinet, from 1829 to 1835. Born 1785, died 1835.

Bay (1857)-Named from its bordering on Saginaw Bay.

Benzie (1869)-Named from Aux becscies, the French designation of that important river on which the thriving village of Frankfort is situated.

Berrien (1831)-Named from John M. Berrien, AttorneyGeneral in Jackson's cabinet from 1829 to 1831. Born 1781, died 1856.

Branch (1833) - Named from John Branch, Secretary of the Navy in Jackson's cabinet from 1829 to 1831. Born 1782, died 1863.

Calhoun (1833)-Named from John C. Calhoun, VicePresident of the United States from 1825 to 1833. Born 1782, died 1850.

Cass (1829)-Named from Lewis Cass, Territorial Governor of Michigan from 1814 to 1831, Secretary of War under Jackson, Minister to France, U. S. Senator 12 years, Secretary of State under Buchanan. Born 1782, died 1866.

Clinton (1838)-Named from De Witt Clinton, the most illustrious Governor the State of New York ever had, and projector and virtual builder of the Erie Canal. Born 1769, died 1828.

Charlevoix (1869)-Named from Pierre F. X. de Charlevoix, a French traveler and Jesuit missionary. Born 1682, died 1761.

Cheboygan (1840) — An Indian name for a river emptying into the Straits of Mackinaw from the south. The original word, Chabwegan, signifies a place of ore.

Chippewa (1826)—Named from a powerful Indian tribe, sometimes called "Ojibbeways."

Delta (1861)-Named from its partial resemblance in

position to the "delta" or triangular fork of land at the mouth of the river Nile in Egypt.

Eaton (1837)-Named from John H. Eaton, Secretary of War in Jackson's cabinet from 1829 to 1831. Born 1790, died 1856.

Emmet (1843)-Named from Robert Emmet, the eloquent young Irish patriot, who was one of the leaders in an insurrection against British misrule in 1803, but failed, and was hung by the government as a traitor at the age of only 23 years.

Genesee (1836)-Named from the fertile and pleasant county in Western New York, from whence many settlers emigrated to this part of Michigan. In the Seneca language, Je-nis-hi-yuh signified beautiful, pleasant valley, and was truly descriptive of the valley of the Genesee river.

Grand Traverse (1851) - Named from the peculiarity of. the bay on which it is situated. The French sailors who ran into it, perhaps thinking it was a lake, had to sail a long distance or make a "grand traverse" to get out again.

Gratiot (1855)—Named from Fort Gratiot, which formerly stood at the foot of Lake Huron; the early French traders fortified that point in 1688.

Hillsdale (1835) — Named from the rolling and diversified face of the country, " up hill and down dale.”

Houghton (1845) — Named from Douglas Houghton, the talented geologist and first thorough explorer and describer of the mineral wealth of our Upper Peninsula, whose death by drowning in 1845 was deeply lamented.

Huron (1859) — The name of a tribe of Indians, also called "Wyandottes." A fragment of the Hurons about 1680, settled at Detroit. The slang phrase, "Quelles hures!" (what heads!) was applied by an astonished French traveler to the Wyandottes, on seeing their fantastic mode of dressing