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Identifier: baycountypastpre1910butt (find matches)
Title: Bay County past and present
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Butterfield, George Ernest, 1883- ed Bay City (Mich.). Public Schools Bay City (Mich.). Board of Education
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Publisher: (S.l.) : C & J Gregory
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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and to his home. When he went in to get his gun, the cowardlywolves quickly disappeared. The wolf is still to be found in parts ofthe Upper Peninsula, but there is not the slightest desire to preservethe life of this animal for the future, as is the case with the deer, bearand many others. 24 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND PRESENT, The deer was one of the most valuable of the wild animals, bothto the Indians and the pioneers. F. W. Nelson, in the NationalGeographic Magazine for November, 1916, says: The supreme im-portance of this deer to the early settlers of the Eastern States is madeplain in all the literature covering the occupation of that region. Itsflesh was one of the most reliable staples in the food supply, and notinfrequently was the only resource against starvation. In addition,the tanned skins served for clothing and the sinews for thread. Manyof the most striking and romantic characters in our early history ap-pear clad in buckskin, from fringed hunting shirt to beaded mocca-sins.
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Wolverine. Michigan has been nicknamed the Wolverine State because thewolverine was so plentiful within its borders. It gets its name fromits wolfish habits, but it belongs to the weasel family. It is the largestof that family, being from two to three feet long. It is a low, squat,heavy-bodied animal and its sharp claws, powerful build, and its per-sistence and cunning, make it a dangerous enemy for much largeranimals and even for man. It frequently trails trappers along theirtrap lines, eating or destroying their catches and at times hiding theirtraps. A wolverine has often been known to expend a surprisingamount of labor in apparently deliberate mischief, even carryingnumerous articles away from camps and hiding them in different NATIVE LIFE—FIRST EVIDENCES OF HUMAN LIFE. 25 places. (1) Both because of these bad habits and on account of itshandsome brown fur, the wolverine was driven out of this region veryearly, but it is still quite numerous in northern Canada and in Alaska. Ano

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