LOST MARAMECH AND EARLIEST CHICAGO: A History of the Foxes and of Their Downfall Near the Great Village of Maramech
by Steward, John F
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Chicago: Revell, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. photos, maps. Octavo, 390pp., maroon pictorial cloth
Original Investigations and Discoveries. Story of the troublesome Fox Indian tribe and their near-destruction in 1730 near Plano, Kendall County, Illinois by the combined forces of Frenchmen and their Native allies. A very personal and idiosyncratic work which was extensively researched and remains the primary source for this event..However, a more-recently discovered map from 1731 suggests that the battle occurred closer to Starved Rock State Park. Steward had been an assistant geologist for the Colorado River Exploring Epedition in 1871. "Maramech was the battle where the French crushed ithe Indians - Jewell, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHCAGO HISTORY, Y39."
Original Investigations and Discoveries. Story of the troublesome Fox Indian tribe and their near-destruction in 1730 near Plano, Kendall County, Illinois by the combined forces of Frenchmen and their Native allies. A very personal and idiosyncratic work which was extensively researched and remains the primary source for this event..However, a more-recently discovered map from 1731 suggests that the battle occurred closer to Starved Rock State Park. Steward had been an assistant geologist for the Colorado River Exploring Epedition in 1871. "Maramech was the battle where the French crushed ithe Indians - Jewell, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHCAGO HISTORY, Y39."
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
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- 0006010
- Title
- LOST MARAMECH AND EARLIEST CHICAGO
- Author
- Steward, John F
- Illustrator
- photos, maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Revell
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Indians, Indians, native americans, Fox tribe, Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, Indian Wars. Big Rock Creek, Tama Reservation, Outagamies, Starved Rock State Park,
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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