Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-23
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sohie"neie else on the lakes.
Hundreds of arrow,
found, and there were spears Ctbs fay.
ored weapon of the Kickanoo1 .xes
war CLUBS tomahawks, and in fact
almost every instrument of NO. -,
to the aboriginal tribes Aaioir;nn
the fence Of the golf ground. go =:
rectly south was fonn3 - VI
mound from which were dug onr nar-
TALLY cremated skeletons = Frono,
breastplate made Of German siIuor
numerous other metallic devices go
fiint-locks and old medals no., +n-
nature of the relics there is M -
that many Of them beIonqod =, 49,
Sac and Fox Indians. Others were
those used only by the Kickanoos an6
Mascoutens Of the Illinois confadero-
ton. And then there Is oIoo a.
style of battle ak or war oI,h
ployed in battle exclusively NV tha
Chippewas and Menominees
This discovery makes clear tho dis
appearance of the detachment Of the
Sac and Fox Indians that were NOT
killed at the battle of Plano This I,+-
ter was the engagement that m,r,, or
roneously believe to have taken nlooo
at Starved Rock. The great army ~
Sac and Fox came down from Nisrop-
sin over the Green Bay trail Tbev at-
tackled the French fort at Detroit and
were repulsed by Du Poison who coll
ed to his aid the POttawatOmies opd
Miamis and other friendly tribes PRO.
ceeding on southwestward. the Sac and
Fox encountered the Ottawa Indians
and by them were driven to tho Mis-
sissippi river. Here they opposed +he
fierce Sioux, and by them were driven
eastward again. The tribe settled in
the Fox river valley. about so miles
west of Chicago. In time they rocuDer.
ated from their repeated defeats and
started out once more to get van
geance on the French and Indians
who were in peaceful possession Of the
fertile valley of the Illinois. They ad-
vanCed in two divisions, intending to
surprise the enemy. They came uDon
the French and Indians unexpCctedIv
however, and were separated. One de-
tachment was driven from the Illinois
river up the Fox river to where Plano
now is. There all of this division
were killed The other detachment
was the main part of the army. Des-
perate over their recent Universities.
they rallied every young Indian that
could bend a bow and made an ad-
vance on the combined forces of the
French and the four tribes of Indians.
They were under the leadership ~
Pemoussa, chief of the Fox Shortly
after starting out they were Joined
by another band of Sac and Fox, fresh
from Wisconsin, and Pemoussa was
made the leader Of the entire army.
At the advance of the great army
of the Sac and Fox, the French and
Indian forces retreated from Fort
Miami and made a stand on the site
where the GIenview golf grounds are
now located. They had little time to
fOrtify themselves when the entire
army, united, bore down upon them.
They fought until every man was
dead. Pemoussa himself was killed.
Every indication seems to point to
this battle as one of the most impor-
tant Of Indian days. The KickapoO
and MasCouten Indians are known to
have been in this vicinity in those
days. These two tribes were always
allied. They belonged to what is
known as our Illini confederation. It
is probable that the present golf
grounds was the site of an Indian viii
lage, and that the battle took place at
the village. There is but slight men
ton of the early French Fort Miami,
and it's origin is unknown. 1t was
probably one of the La Sale forts.