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of tbiinder cheer on his fierce warriors, as in life he was wont to cheer 

 them. The first settlers speak of seeing his huge skeleton sitting in its 

 place of sepulture, waiting in vain for the great battle. By-and-by his 

 skull disappeared, and its disappearance became associated in the pub- 

 lic mind with the visit of a wandering phrenologist. But the rolling 

 years passed on. Bone by bone was spirited away. The palisades 

 themselves mouldered into dust. The voice of the chief and prophet 

 was forever stilled iu death. The great Indiau battle remains un- 

 fought. The seat of the Indian tribe is covered with a busy little city, 

 ami the plain is alive with the pale-faced race, and full of the roar of 

 their industry. 



Agriculture and Fruit Growing. 



I would speak of the fruit-growing and agricultural capabilities of 

 this county: but the remarks made in the geology of Wiunebago county, 

 upon these topics, apply to Boone county nearly as well as they do to 

 that county, and we refer the reader to that report for remarks upon 



these subjects. 



