The history of Starved Rock, 1673-1911 / Mark Walczynski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walczynski, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illinois Indians--Illinois--Starved Rock State Park--History.

Illinois Indians.

Kaskaskia Indians--History.

Kaskaskia Indians.

Indians of North America--Illinois--Illinois River Valley--History.

Indians of North America.

History.

Starved Rock State Park (Ill.)--History.

Starved Rock State Park (Ill.).

Illinois River Valley (Ill.)--History.

Illinois River Valley (Ill.).

Illinois--Illinois River Valley.

Illinois--Starved Rock State Park.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2020.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walczynski, Mark. History of Starved Rock, 1673-1911

ISBN:

9781501748240

1501748246

OCLC:

1105747854