PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 on Sandy Hook, also he trapped the Crooked 

 Creek Claim. Later on he owned the Indian 

 Garden trapping ground which he sold to Sam- 

 uel Irvin in the early seventies. A\r. Broady 

 was a very successful hunter and trapper ' He 

 never trapped any after selling out his claims 

 but continued hunting on the Kankakee up to 

 the time of his death which occured in 1878 

 from a severe cold from the effects of getting wet 

 by falling through the ice in a bayou, on a very 

 cold day whilst hunting deer, A\r. Broady was 

 widely - known as a deer hunter, having led 

 many hunting parties through the swamps in 

 those early days. It was about this time that 

 my father came to the Kankakee region and for 

 many years he and /Ar. Broady were hunting 

 partners and have been together on many deer 

 hunts through the Kankakee Swamps. In 1852 

 Gideon Alyea, son of the old trap maker, built a 

 shanty on Butter Nut Ridge and trapped this 

 ground for many years. Leaving the Butter Nut 

 he built a shanty on what is now known as 



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