, 1875-04-12

got tho 20" then. 1t VIVA Chica--jo.
I hare already told vou how Chicago essapea ,.
from tho nrfsticIo OF so humans ,n. toi Il vnS sns
Frol,c and tho English. Now ! "uss 'en W"
OF nnothcr escapc. 1 MEM from
THE SOUTHERN i'uNFEHEnAef.
For Virginia cIa,n,ol l,s nr.lsr tho oconqucsto Gen.
aso, Cr To'o @ scrsof rnS ,
never been refnalol TO her. n l7!8 her Lo9is-
laturo created tho County Of 1lnoois, embracing
ali or our rroson. state. our address thea WAS
I!ncs "a Va Anil hut for tue ordinance OF
17s7, which coaci tho Eorthwestorn Territory to
tic tinted Sntos, va might havo toen breeding
savos up 10 tho titne Of Linooln's Proclamation,
aud thu wtlto 1ab3rcrs, who hayo dnno 80 nluoh
excluded. As Il was. we we're only compelled TO
catc! tho nlnvos that othere bred, whilst follow
Ing tho OLD Indian trait to Caunda mud Freedom.
l,at no malo a:tll another escape. fon re-
politicians who woro riding horse nith hoad
tlpon both snls. catod ',nlnattor sovorcig1ty.'
Con. I.o*is Casa. Of Michigan. claimed to havo
dlncorerod Tho original horuc In thu picsidcnstal
Wools. This Horse dia A. much 20 nreclp!tate
our late War Of tho Rebellion ~ all othor things
put togothor as It's doctrine Was TINT whoever
got possession or 4 Territory frat had 1t. Tho
original battle-ground was kanaas. waore tho
friends Of white l,s'nr and biaolt labor struggled
for supremacy. Con. Casa vas, Of coNrao, riding
hiH h1rse a. fast rs ho could Ealop bosh Ways.
with tho cry OF "Squattor eororsl1nsy fotcyor."
Our first sotllor, atier tha tioaiy of Groenyillc,
was
NEGRO rnoM sAN noM1S6o,
who drove la stakes lust across tho river en- tho
Nortl. Silo, named Jean DAptis: Point MI Habio.
as what WAS afterwards known rs tho old kinzo
place, = few rods from wlers wd now arc.
lIc lid hs bea. ia ingrAtia:o himself into tho
affections OF Tho Indians with tho iioa Of be ON.
ing Chtof. and thon sending back for moro of
his couutrymou aud planting a San Donngo
cotony horo. After living hero few years. aud
tnoeting With poor s1ccess in becoming Cacf, lo
removed to Peoria, tnon known as Fort Clark,
whore ho died. Ilul Au Ssbr al1ccco!ioi III his
designs and tho doctgino Ut B,ua.ter soyotolgnty
prevailed, how different would haro been our
coutlltlon We wbito folks. wond then havs
bcen compelled to ask for Cirit-liights bill to
protect tn whilst patroutzinE negro saloon CT
n.nczro tloatrt.
Iu $500 lilinots una organfzsl into Territory
With Indiana ,lnler tho iilmo OF Indiana Torrlto-
rv, with Gen. William llonry iiarriHon ~
Qoreruor, and our seat Of 0o7e,nulent Nas
at Fiucennar, 1ud.. and then wa Nero all
1loos,er1. Our nd1rens then Was Chlcago, Ind.
Ln. Chicago &C .Iuisol no importance until 1891,
when fort was oroctod hero namna nttcr Gan.
11oury Dearborn. a conspicuous oticor Of tha
Amnrrcaa ltoyolutlon. and afterwards Secretary
Of War. Aud with tho troops cAuo
JOHN RtSz1E.
Robert 4. Kiuzsc. whose childseu still reside
here. Mir. Kinzte was born ut Quebec IN l7j3,
and settled upon tho promises uf tho original
Aluatter sovereign, An saublc, and died ther,
AL l513, WHQEA nl86NN, JOnu IL NlJ1lo. ufu1 ulttl
his doath, : fow yoara ago. Ills house was tho
ilrs: orecod in Chicago, nud 1t standing long
after Chicago boaame, a city. In 1909, we ceased
to be lfoosIcra and be:amn sncsors by tho Or
ganlza:ion Of Illinois Territory. with N,n!an Ed
wards 81 Governor. aud with the scat ct Goyotn-
mcnt at Kas ,aKia. At tso tItAo Of tlle m.aaacto.
IN 1919, Chicago contained not 80 exceed a half
dozen families outside Of the fort; and. II there
living 10 day any descendants OF tut ono inside
or OUTSIDE Of tho for. ar that time besides tho
descentlaats OF a[r. klnzic I anow 1t not. Per-
hnps sl.ollh except s,ater OF the Indian CLcf
La Framb5ise, who WAS living IN alr. klnzo's
family. aud who aftcrwards ullrried John Dap
sist H,aubica. wh3 WAS living at Mack,nav at
| tho ti!nn IL vas taxen. nnd Wsoto descendants
aro quito humorous ib this rtc'nltv.
In 1913, Illinois WIS admitted into tho Union,
aud tlaroby W. m1tlo
ANOTHER VERY hEMAnEAnIE EscArE,-
tlat from being Wiscon AIN DA l?sss. For br
tho terms OF tho oriinnncc Of 1851. three 6tatos
wero TO 10 frnniod Houth OF llne drawn duo
cas-: and west from tho most southerly bond OF
LaIe Michigan. and tRo notth OF It. Whou
Michigan APPLIED for almtsssou iato tho Union
has claimed that, under tho torns OF tho ott!i-
nance, she was Quilted to Iolcdo ln Ohio aud
Michigan City in Indiana. It will bo relnon.
barred that Michigan sont out troopa to sctzo aul
hold To!eIo but Ohio wla prepared to give
tlem 80 warm a reception that history only re-
cords tho number Of neutrality-suspicious. That
vera attacked. When Wisconsin was preparing
to apply for admission Into tho Union, sho
prottcd by tho mistakes Of Michigan,
mud cune not With blundorbusaos but
With sweotmcAta. uor newHp1pors called