PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 



from his hunting grounds on the Kankakee, and 

 now we see a shadow of gloom, of sadness, on 

 the faces of the few remaining old pioneer hunt- 

 ers who have spent their early years in hunting 

 wild game and trapping the fur-bearing animals 

 of the Kankakee region. 



it is not my purpose to write the whole history 

 of this Kankakee region or to give reminiscenses 

 of all the pioneer hunters that have hunted and 

 fished on the Kankakee, in the years past, as it 

 would take a long time to write it, and it would 

 make volumes. 



Aany hunters have come here from far off 

 cities. New York, Philadephia, Washington, Bos- 

 ton, Pittsburg, and many near-by cities. I have 

 met and hunted with sportsmen from Europe, 

 and the hunters usually get what they are look- 

 for— plenty of game— as it was the best hunting 

 ground for all kinds of game birds in the United 

 States. This fact I knov/, as I have hunted as 

 far north as I could and yet be in the United 

 States, and as far south as the Gulf of Mexico, 



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