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force which was more or less of an unknown quantity to them, 

 they took refuge on these thicketed banks of Salt Creek at the 

 junction of the present Schaumburg Creek. 



However, as the story runs, the blood-thirsty Indians 

 maintained a cautious lookout here for days while they coun- 

 selled with one another in plans for further ravages and to date 

 the explorers of this region have been unable to discover any 

 probable station for that lookout. 



How to Get There 



By automobile take Milwaukee Avenue to Higgins Road, thence west 

 and northwest direct into preserve. 



By rail take Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to Arlington 

 Heights, thence direct south on highway that leads to preserve. 



