PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 more other varieties of ducks nesting on or near 

 an island. Also, in early times it was a great 

 nesting place for wild geese and for this reason 

 a portion of this great marsh in northern Jasper 

 County along the Kankakee Swamp timber was 

 known as Goose Lake but generally known 

 among the latter-day hunters as Goose Fond, 

 where thousands of geese would flock to roost 

 at night and in the morning they would leave 

 for the feeding grounds, usually on some farm- 

 er's wheat or cornfields. When they would rise 

 from the water the air was filled with birds and 

 the flop of their wings as they rise have the 

 sound of an express train rumbling over a 

 bridge. Now I have tried to picture this great 

 pond at twilight or daybreak. It stands out in 

 memory as one of the most beautiful 1 have 

 ever seen in a country abounding in marshes, a 

 lake where the surroundings were not marred 

 by man and given over to the wild things that 

 love the silent places. Another time I was out 

 duck hunting and we had in camp a hunter of 



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