. Lost Maramech and earliest Chicago; a history of the Foxes and their downfall near the great village of Maramech; . rept northwardover the road that, when a mere trail, had beentraveled by the French in going by land from FortSt. Louis to Chicago. He turned therefrom to fol-low up the Little River, as called in the earlymilitary reports. This last representative of ourlocal tribes was Shaubena with his squaw. Theroad cleft in the side of the hill that skirts thestream had not yet been made. The old trail over 354 LOST MARAMECH the hill, not prepared for wheeled vehicles, so woundamong the tr
. Lost Maramech and earliest Chicago; a history of the Foxes and their downfall near the great village of Maramech; . rept northwardover the road that, when a mere trail, had beentraveled by the French in going by land from FortSt. Louis to Chicago. He turned therefrom to fol-low up the Little River, as called in the earlymilitary reports. This last representative of ourlocal tribes was Shaubena with his squaw. Theroad cleft in the side of the hill that skirts thestream had not yet been made. The old trail over 354 LOST MARAMECH the hill, not prepared for wheeled vehicles, so woundamong the trees and dropped so abruptly to thenorth that he was forced to take a newer road, madeby the whites. Hence it was only across the swampthat he saw the hill so fatal to the Foxes. Hepassed within a stonethrow of the site of De Villierslittle fort and onward to the new village of Piano,where he exchanged furs for necessities. For atime he camped near the head of the cool streamthat, miles below, bathes the foot of Maramech then the eyes of no red man have restedupon the scene of alternate storm and Shaubena, a Pottawatlomy friend to the whites. CHAPTER XXIV CHICAGO The question as to the origin of the name of ourgreat city of the west has often been raised, butnever in a manner so novel as by the author ofRemi?iiscences of Early Chicago, in whose interest-ing book we find what purports to be an extractfrom a letter written by La Salle to a friend inFrance: Were I to give this place a name, I wouldderive it from the nature of the place and the natureof the man who will occupy this place: ago, I act;circum, all around—Circago. I do not find any-thing like this in any of the writings of La Salle,and believe that I have a copy of every scratch ofLa Salles pen that did not perish with him. If heever did propose the name, he did not use it, for wefind him using the name given to the stream by theAlgonquin tribes, the meaning of which is stated byCadillac, an
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