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Show j This Curious World H 3 " MAINE : .. ' has A ' , .1 ) , 3000 M LB Se council TReei NEAR. CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN .... ' PLANTED IOO "YEARS AGO BY INDIAN CHIEFS, AS A PLEOGE OF,. PEACE, "'"SO LON& AS THE TREES BEAR LEAVES" IN ORDER. THAT THE WHITE MAN MIGHT NOT , j . CUT THE TREES FOR LUMBER, THE y f" TRUNKS WERE BENT INTO CURIOUS Jz2y'' SHAPES. NINE OF THE TREES S ARE ALIVE TOD AyC SVll VrH O 1034 BY NEA SEnviCC, INC. j "P3 '' EELLS ONCE WERE -J-- BELIEVED TO COME FROM yS'..... y:--: gi THE SHETLAND ISLANDS..., Jf , ' . EVOLVING FROM THE JS- J'l r HAIRS OF Wi7Z!A WpL THE Council Trees, 30 in number, were planted about 100 years ago, by Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawattoinio chiefs. Although Al-though precaution was taken by the chieftains to insure a long life to the hard maples, they reckoned without Old Man Depression. Depres-sion. The white man has cut all but nine for firewood. |