The History of Starved Rock / / Mark Walczynski.

The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluff in 1673 through to 1911, when Starved Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois' second state park. Mark Walczynski pulls together stories and insig...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 9 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Starved Rock in the Seventeenth Century
  • 1. 1673-1679: The Black Robe Arrives at Kaskaskia (Kaaskaaskinki waahpiiwa mahkateehkoreya)
  • 2. 1680-1682: Everything Is Difficult (Čeeki kiikoo aarimatwi)
  • 3. 1683: The French Build a Fort (maamistikoošiwa wešihtooka niimihki)
  • 4. 1684: The Iroquois Lay Siege to the Fort (Niimihki wiiyostamwa pahsiikania)
  • 5. 1685-1691: Trade and the Beaver (Ataweeyoni ci amehkwa)
  • Part 2. Starved Rock into the Eighteenth Century
  • 6. 1692-1712: The Rock Is Abandoned (Neekarenta aašipehkwa)
  • 7. 1712-1730: Starved Rock and the Fox Wars (Mihšikatwi Aašipehkonki-Mahkwaskimina)
  • 8. 1730-1776: We Leave, Never to Return (Nimecimehkaamina)
  • Part 3. Starved Rock into the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
  • 9. 1777-1840: The Big Knives Will Be in Control (Tipeerinkiiwaki kata mihšimaarhsaki)
  • 10. 1841-1885: Wait! Its Heart Is Still Beating (Eeskwa perakiiwi ateehi)
  • 11. 1886-1911: It Will Always Be Sitting Here, Beautiful (Peehkisita moonšaki apiwa kata)
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • Timeline of Starved Rock: 1673-1911
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index