, 1875-04-12

WhNpu t1HAtJ phlA u0l tAHt kUl4
a'st mcat upon my arrival ln this city.
III 1850, tho stoamhnat' ilonry Clay n1Ado trips to
Hreen Bay from Detroit. eoltlv Ia tile tur-lthd0
lntorcnt, There was no trade TO tAk0 her TO Gill
cAXo. At that pnrtoslt and for bonao tine thtro-
After Tue South si.lo wns ono entire msrsl,, with
1ovorAl cfocis tunnlHg into tho river. Thero
VA. small brlge on Wator street over httcAm
Which draiDnd 4 slough near ga ntroet, aud
Madison street. rome tino atler came 'lcro.
In 1870 the forwarding HOUSES woro Ill upon
tho North Side.
nLAcH HAWK, ....
Oh{ef Of the united trfbo Of BAes aud Fox In
dtans, HAa born Abont 1867, near tho month Of
tho Hook River, and therc wote Ills headquarters
uuri ho tnaio teeats cc.lfng hla 1aatis 10 tho
unitod States, aud agreeing to 20 70 Iowa. Lie
wont there. and aotttors won't upon Ills lands,
and had Gognn to cultivate thom, wien lio vopu-
distcd his treaty. returned to Illinois. aud com-
noncod 1,assacrotng thetn. Before tho Untol
stases could tnke up tho matter. thu Gov-
crnor oai.od for troops, and most OF tho prom.
inept politicians volunteered the!r sesvcos, and
raised more OF loss soldiers to 20 under thoif
own particular leadership. D1aol Hawk wsa
ohasoh UP into Wisconsin. captured, aud hent to
Washington to 500 Con. Jnckaoo. jack Fnlatsn
neyoE slow a. mAnv mon In buctram - oaoh and
woud often go out from camp and hasten back
with accounts Of tbeir miraculous escapes from
large bodics Of Indians. whom therc were uono
ban " ono 1s 81 ho As a.t sA5@ E,sa o9 ns
STATIC mounted ILLS horse. without unbttchng
him, mud cnvo him spur. whom, mintaktug tho
stump 70 Which ho was tlsd for an 1ndian takin,s
hold Of THO teins, ho immediately excl aimad !:
that large body Of Inlnua Was approaching
tho Ka1'kaGoo hottloments; volunteers turned
out, and found them TO be nothing but saud-hi
cranes. II nn lnd;ar was found deaf on tho
tho ono / killed." Mt. Lincoln had m inox-
llauhttbls supply Of stories based upon his OK
porionco to thin Nar. but ho uovoE chtncd that
hts serylces thcrc made him rrcsidont. llo
tho rails ho Ind split than ont Of tho Indian
scalrs hc lad tAkcn.
GEN. Buorr
arrivcd hero with regular troops TO tako Tho
the State authorities July s, 1889, in tho steamer
PenDBylvsnis. the hrbt Steamboat trip over made
to Chicago. Dut his stay hoIo was 80 delayed
by tho AEiatio cholera In ltB worst form that he
reached Ao,k 1aland. on tho Alaslss!ppl. late In
c,oaed, BY Tho capture Of it, leader ia Wisconsin.
Ponce wAa made with tho Indians In September
Of that year. Tho cholera vas 20 fatal that
thirty bodios woro thrown Overheard betweon
here aud Macktnaw, aud About 100 died At Obi.
cago.. Tho deaths woro 20 sudden, and tho
burial so instantaneous thereafter. that tho vic
Tins su their last agonics fearod thu. tho5 would
bo buried alive. II 1t could bs called = bur,al !;
IT, S"s ssss sna %.ss T.
havo heard Cen Scott describe this us tho
most affecting eceuo Of hin lite. Gen.
Humphrey Marshall. tncmber Of Congress
from koutuoIy, who waa then hera ~ Sscond
Lieu.on.nt. gave mo description ct tho H Scene,
aud th 'ught, thlckly sottled az our city thefs
was. he couIl aud tue place whero he nssIstcd In
dopostttng Tho remains Of tue Victims, many
bang thrown Into tho pit iu few houraaiter thoy
had assisted IN depo sitting thoir conradsB t1crc.
Tic people Ati through the Fox aud Rock River
Yalleys had ilol to Furt Dearborn for protection
agltust tho Indians; but they Boon ilod back,
b wing greater drcad Of tho cholors than Of
barron OF impotanoo in q military point Of
vie =, wa, Of ticllsulable advantage In bringing
to notice tbs Fcr.1to country III tua Fox, Hook,
md Mss!astpp. Rsyer Valleys, and expedtting
development of Tho agriculsurli rosourcna Of tho
so,n became ono exporting til 5m.
About 1870, oh:ago was lasd out into lots BY
,ho Canal .0 ~ ao and tsy were so
lSJa-3 Col. Hubbard WAS member Of tho ILL.,
ho,s Legislature aud ho introduced the frat
R1tlfoad bill bycr introduced Into tha: body. 1t
passed tho nouae and was !ost 10 tho Senate BY
had given lha power to make either . railcold or
u catal. In 1884.
-. THE FIRST NEwaPArEn.
tho Chicago Democrat. MAS established. Up to
tho tinio OF the ire had + complete flo of It
for ovor a.4uartor Of q. contlry, waich am t, y
lug 10 roplase,. aud will DO very thankful to any
wll> Will Hend mo single copy or even frac-
tlonal copy Of 1t. In tbs wtntor OF 1850,
-.... THE CANAL I'LL
was PASSED, and on TITO crentnE OF tbs l6th OK
JnuuIry, 1876, our clt!zeus assembled tn ma 3D.
meeting md voted that twolra guns be fired tor
each 'nan That voted Tor tho bill, and that tic
ne sspapers Qhero aoro then two Ueok'sea) bo
o1uostod 70 pubi1sh thoif natnos IN large cap.-
tails, and tho nalnes of those who vosed against
tho bill III tho smallest kind Of ltsio lcttera.
On the 4sh OF July, 1885, every man, woman,
and child In the CITY, whose boallh woud permit,
vent down 10 wnefo tue canal WAS to oo CON;
menced, called then canalport ana calobratod
tho removal Of tho first ehoyolful Of dnt
BY !he Canal Commandments. Of whlc!,
Board Col. 4. s. Hubbard was Que.
AMI ho; made . apecch: ool E. .. TAYLOR
and Walter Atmball, late CITY Comptroller. BOTH
now living in shta CITY. Mere Msrshasa on the %.
caslon. Tho la:o Dr. William 0. Egan. dclE7ctcd
the GRAFTON; -, Neat tho place vas living spring
OF Wa or: Tley chopped up thc lannon's OF sew
oral fnit boxes ana threw them iuto tho spring,
70 mAxe lemonade foF tho temperance people
Taeu they spotted tho Lemonade BY ompsying into
Y whole barrel Of whisky. which 80 peostratod
the founsatn.head Of tho spsin. that Bridgeport
UsODla f0el thb 6ffoCth of II to ti6 dkY! All oil