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This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern
Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home
to Native Americans, particularly the Kaskaskia who lived in the
Grand Village of the Illinois across the river. Louis Jolliet and
Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring
the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis
on a large sandstone butte overlooking the river. According to a
native legend, a group of Illinois Confederation (Illini) pursued
by the Ottawa and Potawatomi fled to the butte in the late 18th
century. The Ottawa and Potawatomi besieged the butte until all of
the Illini had starved, and the butte became known as Starved Rock.
The butte area was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in
1960. (Introduction by Wikipedia and Veronica Jenkins)
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