. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. he 1830 John Patton built a water-mill on theMackinaw and shortly after John Haner built agrist-mill on the same stream, and about 1840 hisson John added a saw-mill. In the early fortiesHarrison Foster erected at Selma a saw-mill runby eight horses. Patrick Hopkins came to Lexington In went with Gen. Joseph Bartholomew in 1832to Olivers Grove to see if the Kickapoo Indiansencamped there were disposed to be hostile. TheIndians treated the whites with great courtesy,making a feast for them. In the evening the vis-itors witnessed some str
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. he 1830 John Patton built a water-mill on theMackinaw and shortly after John Haner built agrist-mill on the same stream, and about 1840 hisson John added a saw-mill. In the early fortiesHarrison Foster erected at Selma a saw-mill runby eight horses. Patrick Hopkins came to Lexington In went with Gen. Joseph Bartholomew in 1832to Olivers Grove to see if the Kickapoo Indiansencamped there were disposed to be hostile. TheIndians treated the whites with great courtesy,making a feast for them. In the evening the vis-itors witnessed some strange religious ceremoniesperformed by Indians that had been converted toChrist! anity. This was probably by KaannekuksPraying Band of Indians. All were seated onthe ground except the leader, and they sang andexhorted for a long time. At last the leader tookhis seat and then occurred a singular Indian stepped forward and asked to bewhipped for the sins he had committed during theweek, and drew bis garment over his head, ex-. ^c^tZ^iA. 2 ^&^ZIZl---^-v-^ HISTORY OF McLEAN COUNTY. 715 posing his bare hack. Fourteen stripes weregiven him by three Indians near, with smoothhicliory rods about three feet long. The stripeswere received without a movement to indicatepain. This example was followed by fifty others,who received fourteen or twenty-eight stripes laidon with such force that any one of them left amark. The stripes were administered by threeIndians. When fourteen stripes were called for,the first Indian gave seven, the second, four andthe last, three. When twenty-eight stripes werecalled for, the first Indian gave fourteen, the sec-ond, seven, and the last, seven. When each ap-plicant for stripes had been whipped he turnedaround and shook hands with the men who borethe rods. The interpreter told the whites whowere looking on that these stripes were given be-cause of disobedience to the commands of theGreat Spirit during the week. Mr. Hopkins was one of Judge Davis f
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