PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 tended his trapping grounds up the river as far 

 as Crooked Creek. He built a shanty on Indian 

 Garden near the mouth of Sandy Hook. Late 

 in the Fall of '79, after the fall catch, he sold his 

 claim including shanty, boats and traps to the 

 Sherwood Brothers, Jerry and Holland, for one 

 hundred and fifty dollars. He also realized one 

 hundred and forty dollars from one month's 

 trapping, thus retiring from the business after 

 spending twelve years of successful trapping on 

 the Kankakee. The latch string of /Ar. Irvin's 

 shanty door always hung out to all hunters and 

 fishermen from far and near and they were hos- 

 pitably treated and entertained, The Sherwoods 

 trapped the ground one or two seasons, then 

 sold out and moved to Tennessee. Another 

 very successful trapper in those days was H. G. 

 Castle who began trapping with his cousin, 

 Charles Castle. They trapped in the Shanty 

 Island ground for several years and bought furs. 

 He retired in '82 and engaged in the mercantile 

 business at Hebron Indiana. By 1882 nearly 



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