The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-10
Barclay Brothers,
DRUGGISTS. @A
- Ohio Levee and I
Cor. 9th St. & Wash. Ave. AN@YE
heapng up riches for the days to come.

A NEW GROVE
has been cleared up, possessing attrac-
| tiOns that were before unheard
or uu,hought of, and a new spring opened
near the gate of the park with saltish water
not at all like the others. An arborwith
seats aud stone floor has been built over
this. The new grove takes IN the whole ex
panse of "Firtation Hill"-(why it should
be called that don't know; nobody ever
tlirts at Dixon Springs)-and has been
provided with seats here and there for the
weary to rest and exchange little anecdotes.
The hill has a gradual slope in all drec.
tions, down to the noisy brook on the south,
to the orchard on the east, to the park on
the west, ard will some day be the site Of
| fine hotel for the benefit of those who prefer
fashion to farm life.
In the new grove stands the rock behind
| which the enemies of Ken.ne-zo ("Death1
Arrow'0 lay in ambush, and within twenty
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grave of this great chief of the Shawnee, so
long neglected and forgotten that few of
the visitors to the Springs know of its ex-
istence.
only by accident, last summer, made
the acquaintance of an old hunter who
came to this section boy some seventy
years ago, and heard from his lips the
story of death Arrow" and the sad fate of
the Indian Princess Ka-la-Meta (the LEAP
ing Fawn'D long before the white man
first crossed the Ohio river.
The rock is an immense one; large as a
church house, fat on the top. Although
there Is no soil, several trees have taken
root, apparently in the solid rock-two
oaks, two elms and large, wild, grapevine
furnish shade for the seats that have been
placed there, from which the occupants,
themselves unseen, have fine view Of the
park, springs, cottages and the surround
ing country. An unsurpassed situation for
filtration or Jack Pot"
THE CHIEFTAIN's GRAVE
has been rescued from oblivion; a monu-
ment of stones has been built over it with
stone shaft projecting from the top, making
it by no means the least attractive feature
Of the new grove.
According to the traditions of his tribe,
as told to my friend, the hunter, Ken ne-loo
was the han dsomest, the brayest, the great
est hunter among the young braves of his
time. His arrows were the longest, his
battle axe of stone heaviest and his bow so
strong that none but he could draw the bow
string to his ear. His arrows never missed /;
| they were indeed the arrows of death, and
| from that he received the Indian name that
struck terror to the hearts of the enemies
of his people. He always went alone on
the hunt or on the war.path.
The Indian trail from what is now Cave
in Rock on the Ohio to Grand Tower on the
Mississippi, passed over this ridge from the
east, and down in the valley by these
springs whose virtues we're known 10 the
Indians even in those remote days, and
they never failed in passing them to obtain
a supply of medicine water"
"Death-Arrow" was on his way from one
of his solitary expeditions, when on this
hill, his body was riddled with arrows Of
enemies in ambush behind this rock The
story of his death, the vengeance Of his
tribe on the Illinois that only ended at
"Starved Rock" and how his sweetheart,
the beautiful Ka-la-meta, with her own
hands, buried him where he fell and grleved
her life AWAY among the rocks that sur
round the springs, making her home in q
cave far up the side Of the cliff that over
looks the falls NOW called the First Klss"o
is too long for me to tell here as 1t was
told to me, but should visitors see the old
hunter and hear the legend as no can tell
II, they would find 1t well worth the loss
OF a supper as lost mine. They can at
least visit the grave OF Ken.ne-loo, the
rock that hid his enemies and the cave Of
Ka la.meta the "Leaplng Fawn."
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