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The history of Starved Rock / Mark Walczynski

Author
Walczynski, Mark
Published
Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 242 pages) : illustrations
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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)
Summary
"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"--
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ISBN
9781501748257 electronic bk.
1501748254 electronic bk.
9781501748264 electronic bk.
1501748262 electronic bk.
9781501748240 paperback
1501748246 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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