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The history of Starved Rock
- Title
- The history of Starved Rock / Mark Walczynski.
- Author
- Walczynski, Mark
- Publication
- Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- vi, 242 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book is a scholarly examination of events that occurred at and around the famous site of Starved Rock between the summer of 1673, when European explorers first viewed the bluff, to 1911, when Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois's second state park"--
- Subject
- Illinois Indians > Illinois > Starved Rock State Park > History
- Kaskaskia Indians > History
- Indians of North America > Illinois > Illinois River Valley > History
- Illinois Indians
- Indians of North America
- Kaskaskia Indians
- Starved Rock State Park (Ill.) > History
- Illinois River Valley (Ill.) > History
- Illinois > Illinois River Valley
- Illinois > Starved Rock State Park
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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).
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5967
- ISBN
- 9781501748240
- 1501748246
- 9781501748264 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781501748257 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019026063
- OCLC
- 1105747854
- Author
- Walczynski, Mark, author.
- Title
- The history of Starved Rock / Mark Walczynski.
- Publisher
- Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Walczynski, Mark. History of Starved Rock, 1673-1911 DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2020 9781501748264 (DLC) 2019026064
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5967