Papers in Illinois history and transactions . nfavorable wind. The attack of theIndians induced him to haul off, and anchor beyond the reach of theirsmall arms. (Page 443, History of the Late War, by McAfee. 1816.) The two trails, the one from Oquawka, and the one from the east,joined on the south bank of Rock river opposite Black Hawks place of junction was somewhere about the line between the eastand west halves of the Northwest quarter of Section twenty-three,Black Hawk Township, Rock Island County. Mr. William ONeal of Milan, 111., said: The old Indian fordis really right in fr
Papers in Illinois history and transactions . nfavorable wind. The attack of theIndians induced him to haul off, and anchor beyond the reach of theirsmall arms. (Page 443, History of the Late War, by McAfee. 1816.) The two trails, the one from Oquawka, and the one from the east,joined on the south bank of Rock river opposite Black Hawks place of junction was somewhere about the line between the eastand west halves of the Northwest quarter of Section twenty-three,Black Hawk Township, Rock Island County. Mr. William ONeal of Milan, 111., said: The old Indian fordis really right in front of the main street of Milan. I could take youright across the (Ills, and Mich.) canal bank and show you where theford is. It was right about where the old power dam was. Therewas a good rock bottom way across. I got this from Mrs. Ben father (Joshua Vandruflf, after whom Vandruff Island is named)built a cabin right beside the Indian trail (in 1828) and the fordacross the northern part (main channel) of the river was between the. The Ford across Rock River rapids to Black Hawks Village not a better Ford on any River in the World. There 93 present wagon bridge and the railroad bridge, about where the DavisPower House is now. Rock river rapids at this point flow over a bed of flat rock, whichprovides a fordable bottom of a width of a hundred yards or Peter Cartwright, the backwoods preacher, (in his autobiog-raphy (1856) at page 334) mentions this ford and quotes the strangerwho crossed just before him as saying that There was no better fordon any river in the world, and that there was not the least danger onearth. Of all the Indian trails mentioned herein, the Sauk and FoxTrail or Great Sauk Trail is the most widely known. The ChicagoHistorical Society has plats showing where it crossed certain sectionsin the State of Michigan, and also plats showing its location in someparts of Illinois. The Cook County, Illinois, Forest Reserve has atChicago Hei
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