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 the summer of 1673, when European explorers first viewed the bluff, to 1911, when Rock became the centerpiece of Illinois's second state park"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.