Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-09
PIONEER PRAISED
FOR HIS BRAVERY
". ]. Graham, Aledo. Gives Interesting
Address at Meeting of Old Set
lers' Association.
TELLS or THE BLACK HAWK WAR
Historical Significance OF This Section
Of State Is Recalled by the
Speaker.

"The history OF the white race is
the history of the westward march. a.
/ declared ", J. Graham. Aledo, mem
Der OF the state legislature from this
district, in the principal address ~
the Old Settlers annual meeting al
the Watch Tower this afternoon. Mir
Graham took as his theme The Pho
neer, and said among other things
While others have been content To
settle and stay in the more peaceful
lands OF the east, this people, Of
wt5Ch we are part. has always and
ever through the centuries pushed its
frontiers toward the west And al
VANS as Is crew and expanded ant
nov-l westward, il vas the young and
energetic and fearless and ambitious
aEC ,uigrated
"}L always 'caUIfes courage and
bravery and to.tit.de 10 leave the es p
tao'iehgd home and so to q country
where perils and unknown conditions
confront one. Fut this has been thu
distinguishing feature OF our race. It
has beer thar Quality by which the
+ Caucasian race e. humanity has de
velopgd itself into many diversified
nations with differing languages and
! leadership in every branch of human
+ endesvor.'
Traces History Of Race.
+ The speaker then traced the history
of the white race from the time il
sprang into existence in the mountains
! or the Caucasus and along the banks
OF the Euphrates, almost sixty centur-
/ les ago. according to tradition, through
to the time Of the discovery of Amer
lea and the coming OF the pioneer 10
! the west
Continuing he said.
u have said that the spot on which
we stand is historic ground. In passing,
cannot refrain from mentioning ga
historical fact which must be of inter
est to us today. Louis Joliet, an ex-
plorer, and Father Jacques Marquette.
a priest, left the Catholic mission al.
the Straits of Macknaw in May. 1879
travelling by way of the Fox and Wis.
consin rivers, on the 18th day OF May
they arrived at the Mississippi river
Procuring canoes. they padded and
foated down this great river. and ia
the same year landed at Rock Island
and spant q considerable time with
the Indians here. parties from the Sac
and Fox tribes. The Jesuit mission
aries were among these Indians as
early as 1868. bur it is more than
probable that the first white men t0 /
ever visit this locality were Joliet and
Marquette. 2t2 years ago.
"Here. where the city of Rock Is
land now stands. stood the Indian vii
laea of Saukanuk. Here the Sacs had
lived for over a hundred wears before ,
the whites came. Here. I'm the latter
part Of the 18Th century. they had 0 .
papulation Of 500 souIs the largest In
dian village in fine west The fields .
from where the VILLAGE of scars nov,
stands to the aTfssfszfnnf were ro,--
cred with Indian corn ana Vegetables +
Here. on this mound. they buirf rhe5r
signal fires and buried their dead .
Here at times thew sailed forth tn
make their wars and few snors tha~e
are in this territory that did NOT know
fine foot of the red man
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ana 1 cannot IAN On this occasion
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io7e ''l7'.l l,al -el't-en 20 this local
--s- refer 10 Jne Black HAWK war.
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name means "aen translated, was
-ll-s[ 81 .ne 94c 'ilne ana IN 1872 was
an any Oh me 17Il'lsh IN 'neif war with
-'sL-''i'- "-lllain henry Harrison. the
7.'e1 ana "A7S released 20 the Unit
7a states government jhe vast terri
Tory between the wisconsin, Fox and
'.'s 1i Ppl rivers ioF the consideration
% 2-'7o' Ii money ana @i'o0o per al
,.'--i -'--' t'lll5 a., II, III lhls territory
.''.l we're lo'ooo.y2V acres, Inc In
la 'S. however retained by inns treaty
rs i-7--l 20 NUM- IN 'nese ianas IoT-
.,,s g. come o. the tFloes heid that
., --' 80 60 vas |aS oo'aineo py oufess.
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