Identifier: lostmaramechearl00lcstew (find matches)
Title: Lost Maramech and earliest Chicago; a history of the Foxes and their downfall near the great village of Maramech;
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Stewart, John F(letcher), 1841- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Fox Indians -- History Kendall County (Ill.) -- Antiquities Chicago (Ill.) -- History
Publisher: Chicago, London (etc.) F. H. Revell company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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those of others, have led to the discov-ery of early historical facts of great interest. What and where was Maramech? What tribe ofnatives was it that lived by the chase on the fiveprairies that neighbor near the mouth of Big Rockcreek, and planted its corn in the rich valley? Whowas it that gathered the fruits and nuts in the forestthat borders this beautiful creek and the river that,in turn, carries the creeks cool contribution to theFather of Waters? Who lived here in the freedomwe so much enjoy when we throw off the harness ofrestraint and seek the shades of the great trees atSylvan Spring and pitch our tents for a season ofabsolute rest? Follow my story, and you shalllearn. Early French maps show that no place in thewest was then better known than the northern partof Illinois. When visited by Nicholas Perrot andthe French traders, so rich was it in game that it AND EARLIEST CHICAGO 23 formed the hunting-ground of many Algonquintribes; indeed, it supplied the needs of the aborig-
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ines to such an extent that battles were fought forits possession. The Iroquois of the east, sworn ene- 24 LOST MARAMECH mies of all the Algonquin tribes, sought to rob themof their homes, but succeeded in part only, leavingthe deed to be finished by so-called civilized man,who later lusted after the bounties Nature had hereshowered down. Of La Salles first explorations we know but little,for they were carried on in a manner so quiet thatonly the governor of New France was aware of hiswhereabouts much of the time during the years pre-ceding the grant, to him, along the St. Lawrenceand later in the country of the Illinois. He was aCoureur du dots of the most energetic type; heknew too well the value of the Mississippi valley toFrance to make known to the world his belief, orthe evidences thereof, that it could be better reachedfrom the Gulf of Mexico than by way of the St.Lawrence, with its many rapids and with that greatbarrier the falls of Niagara. Of all this he darednot speak, exce

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