Of Time And The River: 12,000 Years of Human Use of the Illinois River

Of Time and the River
Colonial and Territorial ( 1673 - 1876 A.D. )

There is fine hunting there of Wild Cattle, Bears, Stags, Turkeys, Ducks, Bustards, Pigeons, and Cranes. They live by hunting, game being plentiful in that country, and on indian corn, of which they always have a good crop; consequently, they have never suffered from famine.”