Andrews University - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Heritage ofE. M. C. clothing, and provisions were packed in the wagons, and the cows were driven along with the train. Some of the party rode on horseback, while others were obliged to travel on foot. The hardships which these pioneers endured rival the most harrowing experiences recorded in frontier life. Through the cold, snow, and ice they came. Traveling was slow and difficult. Wagons broke down, cattle strayed away, and some days they could travel only three miles. It was sometimes necessary in crossing many of the streams to cut through the ice. At last they came to the present site of Niles and forded the St. joseph River at a place that is now Ferry Street, and within an hour arrived at the Carey Mission. Life was not to be spent in idleness. Wants were not always to be sup- plied. At times the stock of Hour and other necessities was very low. The settlers boiled the corn which they bought from the Indians, and served it as bread. T In spite of the hard winter of 1824, there was great activity in the spring. A new farm was cleared, fenced, plowed and planted, and, in the course of seven months, trees were felled, and six log cabins were built to be used as school houses, a blacksmith shop, and homes. The following years brought prosperity to the mission which the Indians regarded as their friend 5 but realizing that the white man had come to stay, Coiitiizued on- page 128 if--W ------------------ n-H-f-m--'----H--- ---- -M-H--4: L l l Do You Want a College Education? l I I i I-lere's a Way to Cvet It ' l CANVASS I Z I l This Summer in The Lake Union Conference l 5100.00 SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP OFFER l e Apply Lake Union Conference Publishing Department. I , .l l ! +I'-nu1nn-un 11111 n1n 1m-un-In 11:1111-1 n1nn1un--uliuninnillil lPage One Hundred Sixfl

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