, 1880-06-20
OLD CHICAGO.
Did Father Marquette Ever Vis;,
T. the Site OF Our City?
Criticism on Prof.:Hager's Paper Read
Before the Historical Society
In Which the Negative View T.,
Asserted.
To the Editor Of 77.e Chicago T,fban.

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,},nt- To the Editor Of 17e Chicago T1tbun,
| CHICAGO. June Isl hand you the fn1o,,,-.
criticism Oh Prof fINgers paper, which ha 49, :
before the Historical Society on TUESDAY cven;..
and printed in the Chicago Tin.ss Of Tho 1ets
inst. will say that 1t (the critical uotico, M,
add n few sentences to chapter In ..cb;oa.a ~
Antiquities" !" which entitled volume. It Ia -
licvcd, will be Issued IN 8eptember next. ~.
chapter referred to will be appropriated tn ths
consideration and correction of numerous ~
rors with which histories and historical nrttca,
| relating to Chicago abound,-thnt il, as thu mn.
| dersigned views them. here wish to saw that T.
| is certainly highly comnen1alle in Pfvf. Ho,.s
| II he thinks he sees something crooked thar ha
should cndeavor to strnfghte,. out the kinks ma
| make the matter clear; and while believe ha i.
! on tho wrong trail in attempting to locate M
| Chicago at tho Calumet, he is cnttle,1 IN N,
same freedom Of opinion which would c,ar,
for myself. HENRY II. HCRLBC1.
The Secretary Of tho Chicago Histories, c.
clety-, Prof Albert D. Ha%cr. ut the meeting n
c'sscd Gus the question, Ws Father Jae;ues 1s NJ 1!s
| uuctte Ever In Chicago!"
/ The Professor does not hesitate to resnon, IN
tho negative to that inquiry: 50, quoting same %
I of the Professors reasons for such belief whinh
| we fail to discover the force OF, We shall ndd
few suggestions, ignoring the light Claimed ed ~ n
| be shown in this new departure.
! Prof. Fl. says: Tho authority for this be,ta,
and the source from which historians deriye ths
| evidence on which they have made these STATE
| mcnts CONCERNING Marquette, is Cha1ieyoixs
| History at New France" !"
The Professor here without doubt mnkns
| great mfstakc. Students In Western hisrorv
| who have read up the subject with much attrn
ton. do not rely upon Charievot1 eoncerninc
Marquette with Chicsago: they have betteTr
! sources Of informution- Charlevoix wus never
| at Chi:ago, and only Ions. years after the death
| Of Marquette tnear 4 half century, wis he +.
we believe are aware of Gaarlerofx's- MS
statements; and what Prof. Fl. SAYS of int
traveller, quoting and denying some things thar
| he told, we may say. is neither decided; in
| Mnrluette's ncanaintAace with Chtca8p. NJ
will add that Charleyofx. being at the mouth of
ST soSsPh Yep rte b. septembfer % of I'll Intended :
luke md shore led Elm to n 'pu M
the St Joseph River and across to the Kanka-
kee+ etc He did not propose to reaeh the MI
nois and Mississippi by way Of Calumet Lake;
indeed We cannot remember Of ever reading Of
again: IN lsss Mr.. Jared Sparks examined
the manuscripts left BY Marquette, and frnm
them obtained 1nnrerIal for his biography. He
found Il manuscript mnp of the route taken BY
mp dated 1E7i was irst published at that time
nssS) by Mr; Sparks, and appears in his Life ot
Marquettc.
1t Is proper to say TIM. the map above referred
to was nor .nade by Marquette; it Is tho SANE.
we believe, us appears In Theyenats publication
N6s1>, Il copy OF which Is in the Library 1t Hsr-
vari college. from which Mr. SPARKS probably
in Mr~ Shca,s Discovery and Exploration Of tho
Furtheerr: ain iss: John Culinary Shea, tor the
journal. He also brought from its hiding phce
and forthe first time produced 4 f,c-smie Of
another map made by Marquette. evidently mA!e
at Inter period than tho one copied By Nj.
Sparks:
: This map q copy Of which Mr. Shea brought
from its hiding place., III st. Marys tolexe,
Montreal, is the ,nap Of Marquette: it has been
familiar t., the public: but Prof. II. Is IN e:rss,
when he calls it - another map made by Mar
quettc''; it is the only ono known Of bis Is We
understand it.
'In this last-narned n1np, which wns probably
matle in the winter of 1G:4- etc.
Not 81 in the winter of lG.t'5' is it likely th1t
Marquette lnndc his. map. Those months 10
passed ut Chicago. and mostly IL prisoner within
his wigwa1n, from cold and weakness: making
efforts to perform his religious duties. ssrlS. M
dying missionary WIS billing his time with ths
fhrtltude of u martyr. No. the map was msds
ut m earlier date than the Professor suggests;
6Fos9sy pF Mt the a'ss'0"s': as'e' Inc 'o''na
On this map he has extended the river frem
the Mississippi to near. the southwestern corner
Calumet River nOw enpttes-
We cannot see ANYTHING improbable that me
line Of stream which the Professor calls me me
Illinois Iiivcr, extended to tho corncr OF Lnsa
aichig,itl was c.lt.t by Marquette TO represent
the route OF the Chicnt,o by which he came fsDm
the Sn,1rh. He WAS well aware. no doubt. " the
fact that canoes passed, ut times. without inter
r,lption frum the lake to the Illinois, A3 Rcn-
er1.l outline Of the soush end OF Lake Michigan.
Marquette received his information from tha
Indians, who had knowledge Of the matter, for
we must benr in mind TINT he had then ne'es
been south OF Chicago upon the lake shore.
- Farther up tttovn] the western shore OF ms
luke, near where Chicago now stands he repre-
sents a river"
That river which Prof H. would haze Mar
quette intend for the Chicago, is placed lon2
way from the south end Of the iake7say, :SS y,i, IL
miles.-fOr It Is about oac-fOurth OF the 1hA
length OF the lake from Its south shore
- Had Marquetre entered chicago River pse-
yious to making that map it IS highly prnoapse ose
that he would have represented it With its ~, tNa
branches, the one from the north and the ot1ek
from the south. insteni Of placing 1t without q
branch. and extending It uearly straight out lap
We do not think SO: Joliet and Marquette; ; 90
their return from the Mississippi. were speeding
their way towards the north: and while eomns lg
ing for Lake Miehiean, near 1T hand. Ihosa
gentlemen were !iur taking u tTiKonometlacsa
survey Of lake or land; it was not part or tnen
present dsI to give minute o9 aetSs ha xatrrs
OF their route; the nain features were an ILL.,
were aimed nt- A..
Or Joliet and MarQuette's voyage down ING
Mississippi tho Professor snys: They Asp@
down that strcm. and dotted line On MS HIP
cnrroboratetl by statements III his Journal sno"s
that he visited the Illinois Indians near vhat y
now the City Of Joliet, and not in Iowa. as ti "
been suggested by several writer's OF early n1s
tory"
This dotted Tine" referred to does not appeaat.
On MaTqucttes map tlook ut In Shea, nr tne ~. o.i
ChicA@o .Nu4u.ine, or OH lltanchGrds dlstos,ea1 -
Chart}- That journey which Marquette II "
resented by the Professor to have taken. l1u'n
tho Mississippi acrt,Ss the country more t4au 80
hundred miles to the ncighb0rhGo1 OF Jo:,s. ;n,s
City. would have been most eccentric leas s ~
his companions in the boat iueailsiu'e nuL n.e
idea Is more eccentric than the Journey. tor 1 t
could NOT have happened within the TOUR OF h'o
days Ut their stop on shore. ,,,.,,.
His map SHOWS that he entered Lake 3llcat.s 3lla.s
gan southeast Of lake about six miles in!al w.,
quette's map. We will here say that hetNcta
the South lsr3inch aud Dcspiuines IL early times5
ns we'll Us ut Later day. in wet seasons ;, ai...
high-watcr In tho Desp!nInes River the les,oii s."i
between that river nnd the ChfcAEo pF1se:sl.sa
varieties in appearance .its.ortliuX u the folu
Of water. II the whole surface WIS nor o'e, s1
flowed, then II succession OF pond. MKe. Aao
stream; the subsistence OF the waters ln sul t-
mer, left III places, dikc5, itEl Eulilcs, ana Doas
reaches OF dry land. ,,.o
Prof. Hnger seems to stumble at tno u1eAni ~ -.
OF MIrluctre*s words III his last le.lcr. Vuen ~
Bays, 1.-The navigation Of the iaka frutn ono ~,
port,sc 70 the other Is quite tine there osns tbs
rrnversc. ctt:- He unqucstionaoly mcIn. H. IN ~
tTo porta2cs on his route fr,,tn Green baf ~ ~
the lllinois-nnmely: that fru11 Sturgeon .s'd n.t
to tho like and tf:at h..fWtsEsl the Chicago hAlA