The history of Starved Rock

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"This book is a scholarly examination of events that occurred at and around the famous site of Starved Rock between summer 1673, when European explorers first viewed the bluff, to 1911, when Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois's second state park"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walczynski, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2020
Subjects:
Illinois Indians > Illinois > Starved Rock State Park > History.
Kaskaskia Indians > History.
Indians of North America > Illinois > Illinois River Valley > History.
Kaskaskia > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Illinois Indians
Indians of North America
Kaskaskia Indians
Starved Rock State Park (Ill.) > History.
Illinois River Valley (Ill.) > History.
Illinois, Vallée de l' (Ill.) > Histoire.
Illinois > Illinois River Valley
Illinois > Starved Rock State Park
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1673-1679 : the black robe arrives at Kaskaskia (Kaaskaaskinki waahpiiwa mahkateehkoreya)
  • 1680-1682 : everything Is difficult (Čeeki kiikoo aarimatwi)
  • 1683 : the French build a fort (Niimihkiwa mamistikoošia)
  • 1684 : the Iroquois lay siege to the fort (Niimihki wiiyostamwa pahsiikania)
  • 1685-1691 : trade and the beaver (Ataweeyoni ci amehkwa)
  • 1692-1712 : the rock Is abandoned (Neekarenta aašipehkwa)
  • 1712-1730 : Starved Rock and the Fox Wars (Mihšikatwi Aašipehkonki-Mahkwaskimina)
  • 1730-1776 : we leave, never to return (Nimecimehkaamina)
  • 1777-1840 : the big knives will be in control (Tipeerinkiiwaki kata mihšimaarhsaki)
  • 1841-1885 : wait! its heart Is still beating (Eeskwa perakiiwi ateehi)
  • 1886-1911: it will always be sitting here, beautiful (Peehkisita moonšaki apiwa kata)

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