, 1876-07-17
BOOK BLUFF.
A Mountain Region in ILL.,
nOis.
Where Il Is Situated..-indian Tra-
ditions Attached to It,
Down in q Cemont.Mine, and How
Work Is Carried On There.

WorK Ii Carried On There.
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Rock DLnyp liz J",y 1a!rMo 1,a,,n,a,,. ~
ItllnoIsi .rfot .onn;,s o',;iv ennn,h M ,ouht
1oams ~ va,. .ssaa.. ....,t yy -, suoasu. w ,.,.
what linattc is loose now, tl'at'ho should
write Of mountains tu Illinois above the sizo OF
q mole-htll or or, nt,ts, nc.ttM 1,ut TIM under
eIpnci "a ucjthcr mad m, rua1,o1 Tho ain.
~ ~. :. d.. -..t,' @ IN ~ 'uuusu ~ e'.u
ple laet y lllat, within lo n!!cs from Chicago,
as full Of
noxANr1o xot,nrA,a-sosuxny
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people go long distances, at great expense, to
witness and enjoy as we'll as they can after the
hard trials Of their trlp. And tho beauties OF
the acouerv about Rnc,, n1ufr orc AZ rnado hv
Mo.nSs y ~us .''M aa,r nun "te ~ "auo "
win plne-trccs That seem to spring from the
assures without other soil thnn tho accumulated
waehiu9s Of the rocks. 200 fcct belov. rapid
..ro,r, ,1,.+ t,n,1I., .l.,,.,. ~. L., II,
t ~. su'u1..o -, ~, Nons no aoNnu''a
oeo Oh foeNs "Ah ail LUG ogll'ty anu p'ctufoquo~
mesa Of the mountaln-brooks Of the Western
Slope, Cascades, forest foliage, rock springs,
and q natural cayo cnI,aneo thc nrimi,jys boautr
The c1act location Of this hitherto unreportcd
spot Is 95 miles southwest from Chicago, with
tho gateway to its grandeur close beside the
na,, 1,aSk ot tno Ealcag9,, hoex ls,ana d facltle
Railroad; tho Illinois Canal few
fest farther OF; then a Emilio
stretch Of rich botto,n-and to the 1lllnoss River
ssqesnh e sso2 q s s asf an
try makes gradual ascent W over scyesai miles Of
han,laotne, rolling praifle-land.
Tho establishment, some six years ago, of tho
Utica Cement Coinpnny's works just at tho Ill
let OF this
CHARMING HIT or SUCKER COUNTY,,
and the discovery that hero lay 60o acres 50
rough and rocky ns to be almost worthless for
rock as 70 last $50 years ut tho rate Of 100000
barTcls minM each ycar, hRVe brought tho ro-
maucc Of the place Into notice. Indian tradi-
tIons stu eI,ng to 1t; ons Of Them seen !a
comes down the narrow canon for distance Of
III lnilcs,-the pcakunsaugin. -Four miles to tbs
south aid east, and in full vipw from ths place,
Ia tho tragic Indian scene knownas
arAnvED AouK,
rising l5Q feet pcrpcMttcularly on the south
bank Of tho Illinois liver, and embracing about
at acre Of barren, rocky top-aurfacc, accessible
by only 2 narrow dc0le Ut thu rcar. Indian tra-
dltio', that has rtpcned iuto accredited history,
100 .ye0rs ago, the last Of tho IliiMl
Confederation perlshcd. Between them
md their auciont enemies, tho Ottawas,
Quu11cls wcre frequent and fierce. At length,
the faInous Chiaf Of the Ottawas, Ponllnc,
whose DnlnG ono Of the villages OF this Stnte
still bcarB, was wAylaId and Killed by sbme Of
the 1lllni, near the spot whore the city Of Alton
now stands. War by the Ottawas upon their
foes was the speedy result. A pitched battle
ensued, somo distance 70 tho south Of the river
at this point. The OttnwaB were victorious,
and those Of tho 1llini who could fed
north; found thc river they had given thclr
nAme to too swollen for iorliug, aud took
refuge upon Starved Rock; aud,
DY STARVING THERE,
gavcit lta name. Their cnrlieat waut was water
They sought to procure 1t by letting down
buckets attached IL atrIngs Of wampun; but the
rocks, and tying hts scalplngknifc 70 polo, elit
OH tho thllaty bucket as II cnInc down near the
waters Of The riycr. Thus tlc Ottawas de-
stroyed ~ strategy those of their foes
who had netl tic fight. And such is
one Of the couBplcuous landmarks OF the
Rnck-Dlll region.
Four miles south OF the Cement Works, aud
across tho river, Is
THE FAMOUS pEEH PARE,
whose ],tgharchel rocks, ristr on oppoBtte sttfes
close 50 nrarly together TINT they form d la1ge