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THE FOREST PRESERVES 



DESPLAINES RIVER, SOUTH FROM ALLISON BRIDGE. 



ground lies on both sides of the Desplaines between Addison and 

 Foster avenues. The old Indian chief lived here until his death 

 in 1872, at which time he was generally reputed to be anywhere 

 from 85 to 110 years of age. He was a citizen, voter and tax- 

 payer of Chicago. 



But like Caldwell, Robinson's best claim on the white man's 

 friendship came through his efforts in their behalf at the time 

 of the bloody massacre. He had the distinction of having been 

 married to the squaw of his choice by Justice of the Peace Kinzie. 



Then at the time the Chicago colony was threatened with 

 extinction by the Indian uprising known as the Winnebago 

 wars, Robinson saved the day by a soul-stirring plea that kept 

 th Pottowatomies from joining with the Sauks in an attack 

 that would have been fatal. 



It was largely through the efforts of these two Indian 

 leaders that the St. Louis treaty under which Cook County be- 

 came part of the United States, August 1816, by the establish- 

 ment of the famous Indian Boundary Lines. Here are the 

 treaty words defining the white man's territory: 



"Beginning on the left bank of the Fox River of Illinois 

 ten miles above the mouth of said Fox River; thence running 

 so as to cross Sandy Creek, ten miles above its mouth ; thence 

 in a direct line to a point ten miles north of the west end of 



