Excerpt from Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. 2: Together With Reports of County, Town, and District Pioneer Societies Through Divine mercy you are permitted to meet again in council on this joyful occasion, and pass the friendly greetings such as pioneers admire, and mingle, in review, the past with the present recollections. In changing a Wilderness into fruitful fields Of plenty, you left your native land and friends SO near, to fill that noble mission Of pioneers, to brave the hardships incident to a new country. All states and nations have had their pioneers to march in front and Open the way for emigration - a worthy and noble undertaking. Pioneers, you can well remember, in the days Of youth, the anxious thoughts Of finding broad fields for labor; to fill your boundless desires and become independent landholders; and when on those frail barks, sailing over tempestuous seas, undauntedly, you were willing to cling to the last plank when the storm and the night set in around you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.