Title: The story of a French homestead in the Old Northwest /
Authors: Howe, Frances R. 1851-1917; Dowd, James, 1937-
Publisher: Heritage Books,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Howe, Frances R.; Bailey family.; Howe family.; Lefevre family.; Pioneers Northwest, Old Biography.; French Americans Northwest, Old Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life Northwest, Old; Frontier and pioneer life Indiana Porter County.; Northwest, Old History; Porter County (Ind.) History.
Contents: Grandmother Marie LeFevre -- Grandfather Honore Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein -- Marriages and hardships -- The homestead in Indiana -- Carey Mission and Reverend Isaac McCoy -- The Detroit-Sandwich Connection -- Everyday life at the homestead -- Insulting the Indians-A case in point -- The "Good" people -- Improvements and growth-A desparate ride -- The death of Joseph Bailly -- Settling affairs -- Father Guegen's reminisce -- Howe and Bailly unite -- Some final thoughts -- Bailly's Indian friends would now say, "It is done."