. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. ards, May 2, 3, and 4,1861, and was the successor of *Camp Lewis,named in honor of the great explorer of the west;Camp Jackson being named in honor of thethen governor of the state. It was located in Lin-dell Grove, on Grand Avenue, between Olive andLaclede Streets, then a wooded valley on thecity borders, and now covered by businesshouses. It was the fashionable resort of men andwomen of every age, class and condition. It wassurrendered May loth, 1861 to General of the men destroyed their swords ratherthan surrender them. The only
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. ards, May 2, 3, and 4,1861, and was the successor of *Camp Lewis,named in honor of the great explorer of the west;Camp Jackson being named in honor of thethen governor of the state. It was located in Lin-dell Grove, on Grand Avenue, between Olive andLaclede Streets, then a wooded valley on thecity borders, and now covered by businesshouses. It was the fashionable resort of men andwomen of every age, class and condition. It wassurrendered May loth, 1861 to General of the men destroyed their swords ratherthan surrender them. The only one known to havebeen carried unsurrendered from the Camp, waspresented to the Missouri Historical Society in1907, by Mr. Michael McEnnis, of Kirkwood, whowas a member of the Camp. The surrender ofCamp Jackson is depicted in The Crisis by Win-ston Churchhill, and used effectively in the stag-ing, in the Third Act. The flag made by societywomen of Saint Louis and captured at this sur-render by General Lyon is also at the MissouriHistorical ^^TjCJB Camp Jackson Flag. 38 SAIXT LOUIS MEMORIAL TABLETS. One of the memorable incidents in Saint Louishistory was the visit of the great Indian, Chief ofthe Ottawas, Pontiac, in 1769. He came to visithis friend St. Ange de Bellerive, then governor, andwas received with great honor. During his stay he went to Cahokia, and wasthere murdered by an Indian, whom an Enghsh-raan bribed to kill him. His body was brought toSaint Louis and buried here. In after years thelocation of this grave was for a long time unknown,but afterwards discovered in making excavations,and in 1900 the St. Louis Chapter of the Daughtersof the American Revolution erected a handsomememorial tablet to his memory in the great hallof the Southern Hotel, on Fourth and WalnutStreets, near where it was found his grave was lo-cated. In September 1906, the one hundredth anniver-sary of the return of the Lewis and Clark expeditionup the Missouri through the west, the fir
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