The Forrest City times., 1903-01-09

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of tie vorl1 the-e 81 ~ or@ place
vhere sazh . tk7ag has es-E Azps-1er-
F and that place : Chiczgs-
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G. Early Ch5czgo.~ - 1s-.ou rs &C.
serlpt5o1s II TIE bottom ztss roads. ~
rather tEz trsTs thai aE.seEes e.
road. q > szllzge wi;hgat streets. .
Village POPPED more largely = j.
clzns than 81 whites. village -
shacas zle hafz ct e from the =
m.ziz5sr Il Tt uor.e b a-M1s'
+ countless rnIles 81 lntFzselel foT~st
O. raore miles u almost aurass gate
water. . village Sstkoat IlG4s1rt'
save tie errce agriculture Il tie from
] sisTs,y--a. and without commerce save
the rzsge market CT lie trace 81
/ the ia speT. zEd then - reHseEalse--
that Il. nan shs szW This IS stu H#F-
IL q see The Chicago II To-Day
seems 3 verlia be fale from the Ara
/ ban y gh;s.
sscA z.e tie facts. however, and Ag
Gale. hex q retired merchant Es-ne
/ IL che Il Chicago suburbs. bas bui
+ recently pat LIS fales = Chlcag a.
lie fri knew i INTO box form. pub
l5she4 b. FleH.H T. Rec. 1, 60. eili-
/ eago. Prom The DosA fess extract
are MAE in Greer IL picture fer cur
+ readers a. near - possible TIE flag
that M Gale s1w zen - fr.f lzrr-
4 = al = l.
/ plossed Is Wy from Buffalo - tie
mouth of the Chicago r.ser Oh Mas -.
ls5s. lie was then q By 81 eight
years. ia writing & lie village ii
that Ca. he says.
What strikes - especially On g5ing GU.
E y ne entire abaeEce q atrs..s Of which.
+ properly - ca..eEs here e rc: one no not
sssn a.tc1 70 marx he roaes- Moreover.
+ tEsfs = nothing = indicate Whsrs thty
ultimately W4.. * save Ire eur7-aygr.s
staksz- Ard as tE@re are 10 streets. 70
/ are there 10 sidewalks Occasional 5 ~ ar
I re house, vt come across stopping 5cks.
+ abort pieces Cf cord goc9 thrcwn down
y keep psaestr4ans out q Re mud. but
u their gse IN The spring. tfsy had IL most
/ cases bten pressed down 70 near ire level
/ o. ne a3Jo.nins path
At The time Of Mr. Gales landing
no effort had been made to remove the
| Indians TO the further west, as was
done few years later, and we quote
4 paragraph descriptive Of them:
But what interests US more than any
| thing We have heretofore seen in cur en-
| tire wax Is the Indian encampmeut COW
! sring The entire block not occupied b. The
hotel. two Water street stores and war;
| houses. We have met the PottawattornIes
. fsaa
| brlng alcng the streets or in the stores
| wrapped in their blankets and brfght
| tnawls. Their faces painted with the deep
| est dyes. The bucks have eagle feathers In
| heir hair, HE tie squaws have silver
earrings. and Their fingers arc ornament
ed with broad bands Of the same metal
| with strings Of beads around their necks
| the number q which Is only limited py
| their abiAty 10 purchase. AL VITO are not
! Darefooied. wear buckskin moccasEns Gee
| Grated with beacs and Stance grasses.
| and they are as vain Of their fantastic
/ ornaHertations as are the most fashion
abe bellies Of their charms and acorn
| menis. We feel an lndescr!bable repug-
| nance Il have them near Us. but notwith-
| standing tits. the encAmpment with its
| Hlg"ans. ponies. papocses ard the Ineager
| cooking utensils scattered about thai-
lodges. are certainly quite interesting 70
one who haS never before seen any hing
| Of the kind.
Here there are youngsters on a pony
| with nothing but L hair l2riat around It's
neck. yel!lng al the top Of their strong
| young voices and kicking the moor ~ NO
| with their bare feet In tie vain effort 10
| get IL on wax Yonder are two little
| fellows trying the speed Of their respective
/ racers, urged by the shouts OF their en-
| thuslasiie comrades. Another whose lean
| cm!nuiive charger has the mastery OF
| him. IS making good time amlGst the dogs
| kettles =
| phernasa OF the encampment Several are
| engaged IN shooting their arrows at n
| bIackD.rds which some o. them have Killed
! and now are tossing In the air 10 test The
! skill 81 tie future brave. changing the
/ programme occasionally by placing tie
| bedraggied victim 81 d stake A nuuber
| somewhat larger has been 10 The river Ash
ing. and have left the perch By the wig
| vans until such tine a. the squnws shall
see III 10 prepare them for supper or
| faihtF Until such time their appetite
| sha4l prompt their being cooked MANY
| astt.e raFea.s are scuftilng and chasing rarf
/ other while their lndo.eut elders sit On
! their heels taking. or lounge on the grass
| smoking. But. the most interesting OF All
| are tie papocses dashed 70 their mothers
backs In blankets. or in their rocker.ess
/ cradles leaning agslIAzt ans thing that Will
| furnish support. o. If more conve nief.t
| paced on their ba' k on the GROUND Some
/ Of these barsoues had number OF small
bells SUSPENDED from the top. But. enter
tanning as this strange scene IS. We shall
probably sc enough OF il IN the future.
anc - We proceed with our Itinerary
CUPID came with other immigrants
10 the new town, and the shafts of the
little god Of love often caused much
Inconvenience TO prospective bride
grooms. The reason for this Is given
in the following paragraph descrip-
tive Of the difficulties me- with by
Lieut.. David Hunter, Of the garrison
al Fort Dearborn. when he wished to
marry the lady of his choice: