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father commented that their mother would have to come join them, because "three of her children are here now and the rest of them will come, and they will never leave such a country as you and
Colwert are in and go back to Vermont." In the Fall of 1836, he made another trip to Colwert's camp to help him stack grain he had harvested. In the Winter, he attempted another trip to bring provisions to his brother, but while traveling over the frozen Lake Winnebago, he and a horse broke through the ice into the icy water. Pier survived, but the horse and provisions were lost.
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