The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08
=" STARVED ROCK"
The Las; stand of the ILLINOIS ih"'"hs'

,.,,. onno.i+e tho VILLAGE of Utica,
~ -'i c wy miroi. .-onds the on.
- elevation NJ cliff called Starved
rous 'i ',','io. " ;nn.,r,,ion, l. j. =
,,,.I;o,,or mass ,c sandstone rock. and
,'.5.-lo,,Jsf ,,. .ayan feet above
s,n,,ll. .ilo. :, presents bold
-, ,,,,..,.,ce In front + oyer.
NV - a.a. .i,ot washes lis base II,
=, ,r,,r ,o,l,s down ON the ton, of
...ra,s ,.,o,r On tho east Is q wide
.7 u,,s.,y voodad rayjne. from whose
do,,.hs . Iit,a brook creeps down 10
l;ay,a oi;.h .,e ,ivar. Wills, It's south or
orar,ool,ino .he llutfs atfoIds the
onI,. nouns Of oc,as, in the shape Of %
-. ,,o,,,r,I stairway formed in the
VI. I'll.
r. =. Iof.,. .,7,rrit llaIf an acre In
o,..o,., a., eycellant view can be had of
-, t-,ol and lovely valley If the Illinois,
h-rdol IN fine distance Nv low, Wooded
b;Hs and Grassy stones; the river winding
II two broad channel, among island, hol.
daral with tall trees. and flowing calmly
westward -jU il, glimmerinL blue i lost in
,,.,,, distance
In Sap-emher, 1912. Father Marquette,
a,companied by Joliet, five oarsmen, and
two Indian interpreters sailed up the iii
nots whose waters till then had never re
footed the face of a white man Their
fleet consisted of two canoes. On the sail
Of tie foremost was painted q coatof.arms
.,,;ra and q cross embla,natic of power
d.hin and Christianity Near starved
Rock WAS Kaska,kia, the great Indian
ci,laga If the Him. numbering about
ooh. .Loussnd Noodle. The sightthat met
Ether Narouette and hi, little band was
cnp,a,,r.o Of wild human life such a, they
had never seen before Lodges OF bark
and PUSHES. cabins o. sticks and brush were
scattered over the plain, among the bluffs,
and along the riyerbank. squawN lab"Ied
in the neld, warriors lounged in the sun,
and children whooped and gamboled ON
the grass For many weeks Father Mar
ouet,e remained among these people con
yerting and baptizing them, Two years
later ne returned and established mis-
sion, the first in the State In 1852 came
La Sadie and Tonty, who intrenched them
selves On Starved Rock" being impressed
with lis natural advantages in case of In
dian hostilities. They cut away the forest
that crowned it, dragged timber up lis
rugged pathway, encircledits summit with
pal4ade, and named it Fort st Louis,
in honor of Louis XIV. For many years
II was the abode Of gay ana adventurous
Frsuchmen. where pleasure had IT'S home,
and where also were heard morning and
.,,,;,,., ,l.,, so,.,s of ,,rai.e from .ha Inns
''VH'"- '"o ' Va
" AeyOur Jesults. linus starved ROCK
formed one of the links that answered for
church and fort. al that time the outposts of
civilization in the wilderness
In Ia Sale the Indians saw their cham.
,;ap agginS, all tribes When danger
threatened they gathered round his strong
mold like the timorous peasantry of the .
middle agcs round the rock.b castle of |
their fauJaI lord Summers passed and
-ra-vtbin, wen, ON prosperouslv for over
.,rar.c -agrs when La Sale abandoned
.For+ - Loui, Here. by starvation. per
;.led ,ba rorn,u, of tho, once powerful
,riLa ,1,. mini Indian. Pontiac. the
.-r.o, cl,iaf of the pottowatomies. AT a
council of war was stabbed To- death by
o,a ,f ,bo uIinoi. warriors For this of
,o,co ,ho po,,ou.,,o,nias reso,vad an a war
&c denomination nm the Illinois For
,o,,y DAVIS t,ev fopght with all that sovoca
f,r,, lon,,r orI, !, Indian warfare
nC,dnf met chief in dubiou, strife.
And neither yielded but with life;
G. nnllen d. 'iH, ~" 1cs,h nr S
Ry thair nowerfnl enemies fine Illinois
,ca,o so,, rearce1 too fa,y warriors and
.noso ,,i,, ,h.ir woman and Children nm
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