INDIAN ISLAND 



this way, leaving deep holes covering an area of 

 two to twenty acres in a place and from one to 

 five feet in depth and when filled with water 

 made many small lakes and ponds. The day 

 we moved to the island, October 9, was the hot 

 day in Chicago, the great Chicago fire. It was 

 on this island that many scenes of my boyhood 

 experiences were painted on memery's canvas, 

 as it was here that I began my early experiences 

 hunting with a shot gun. During the early 

 seventies and eighties this island was a great 

 camping ground for hunters coming from far and 

 near. I have met with hunters from all parts of 

 the country who came' here to shoot wild geese 

 and ducks. In the Fall of '75, H. J. /AcSheehy, 

 of Logansport, Indiana, made his first hunting 

 trip to this island and the acquaintance of this 

 newspaper man grew into inseperable friend- 

 ship. It was Ar. AcSheehy and his party that 

 brought the first breech-loaders to the island and 

 the next year his hunting partner, the late John 

 Condon, a millionaire race-track man of Chica- 



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