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 Pond, 

 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 v/ith 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 1 was out 

 duck hunting and we had in camp a hunter of 



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