The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-10-07
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ono secs The graves Of eight generations
and thc relies of coloaisl times, II
Chicago Mr. Gurdon 5, Hubbard Il nov
living, an setlve man seventy eight year,
Of age (And looking slxty,l who came tc
the spot when there were bnt two houses
there
The sight Of this great city, iayorlls
one with The Indians, was early visited
BY some Of those splendid old pioneers oi
France 10 the New World, WHO have
been made famous In this generation hy
tie pen Of that accomplished aud genIsl
historian, Sir. Psrkmsn. old pefC Mar.
quotle was there In 1878, and returned In
the winter Of l67t-75. II was also
known 10 Joliet tior whom town not
far of is now nsmed,) Hennepin, and la
Sale. The name Is Of Indian origin,
cheecGrRd meaning stroAg, aud being
the term for kind OF Wild onion found
on the shore of the lake In old days. Tho
| place Is fret known to geography ~ tho
Fort Cheesgon ofA French map publish.
ed toward the end OF the seventeenth
century. Fort Dearborn was built by
our government Ia 1904. aud the laio
John III. Kinzie, an eminent pioneer and
citizen of Chicago, celebrated the frat
anniversary Of bis birth day on Its site,
his father having arrived three days
before, In company with Major Whistler
and his command. The Fort Dearborn
massacre, perpetrated by the Indians,
was in 1912, and the bones o. the soldiers
were lying unburied near the shore when
young Klnzic returned from Detroit in
1916.
Here The memoranda which Hubbard
has kindly prepared for the purpose may
be appropriately inserted;
was born at Windsor, Vermont, Au-
gust %, 1902. In the spring OF 1918,
engaged, with the consent Of my parents,
to the American Fur Company { of which
John Astor was presldent,) for five years
at a salary of $l2o per snnum. On the
18th OF May | left Montreal, in company
with twelve other clerks, of whom | was
the youngest; and ! am the only one OF
them as we'll as OF about one hundred
others Of that day, now living. was In
September detailed TO the Illinois brigade
of traders, under command of Antoine
Dechamps. The brigade, of about twelve
bateaux, coasted Lake Micigan TO
Chicago, where were Fort Dearborn and
two white famiiies-those of Mr.. John
Kinzie and Antonio 0uilmett. After
leaving Lake Ontario, and till within
eighteen miles of st. Louis, did not see
white inhabitant, except at Macklnaw
and Chicago; nor were there any signs
of civilization In all this disirict ahdi
auout 1927 or 1926. Up TO this date there
was but one yearly arrival Of a small
schooner, sent from Buffalo by the
United States to take supplies to Fort
Dearborn. From 1856 to 1882 there was
an increase OF vessels, but mono were over
100 tons burden. The first steamer 10
Chicago came in 1882, bringing General
Scott and troops for the Black Hawk
war. Quite a number Of these troops
died on the way and at Chicago OF
cholera. Up 10 1928 the only means OF
transit on Lske Michigan was in Cana
dian bateaux, known as Mackinaw boats
In this way haYe coasted Lake Michi.
gan twenty six times, say, for thirteen
consecutive years, fall and spring. In
the fall of 1923 | went from Chicago 10
Detroit on horseback without meeting q
white person or seeing any indication Of
white settlement until reaching Ypsil-
anti, where were few rude log cabins
Until 1882 tho country north and west
from Chicsgo 10 Mississippi was almost
wilderness. A few families had settled
on the lower Fox aud Rock rivers, and
Gaena and vicinity had few peopl
engaged in mining lead In summer o.
1888 | erected, on tho coruer OF South
and Lasale streets, in Chicago, the
largest brick building U believe) then IN
this State, the timber ior which were cut
aud hewn on the Calumet River In the
winter, and In the spring RATED tc
Chicago. The building had two stories
and cellar steep roof; size, 100 by u
feet. Workmen we're brought from the
Wabash to make the brick. The finish.
ing lumber, etc, were brought iron
Cleveland, Ohio, by vessel. This wae
called Hubbard's folly. ] was the hrs
packer Of beef and pork, opened the frs
store, was tho first insurance agent, ano
Issued the first policy in Chicago.
These lines were written by Mr. Hub
bard, In the midst OF active engagements
nst sixty two years after be saw the be
ginning OF the great city In which be nov
resides. IL was In 1888 that village
charter was obtained in 1887. The late
William B. Ogden defeated Mr.. Kinzis
by q small majority, and was made The
frst Mayor. The census that year show
ed population Of 4179. Only one mar
was reported bs having no regular EN-
ployment, and be Gas stated In tho Hon.
Isaac N. Arnold's address before ths
Chicago Historical Society 10 1869 ws'
denomlnated lonfer.
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You goin' 10 the State Fair this year
queried one boot black OF another q
they met at the Post OGlce yesterday.
Course. You goinY
Course.
There was silence Of bali minute
during which they lool ed 81 each o'hef
Then the fret one asked:
Do you sneak ia with family or clint
The feuca7