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rockfordill | 08:45 Sat 08th Mar 2014 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Good King John II here again for Week two.

I wanted to share a little more history this week about the Rockford area of upstate Illinois where I lived for nearly 25 years. This was the fertile area of the Rock and Fox rivers, the Rock particularly which flows generally south west into the mighty Mississippi river. It was home for centuries to the Sauk and Fox Indian tribes and their legendary leader “Chief” Blackhawk. Blackhawk was not in fact a hereditary Indian chief but rather the son of a medicine man, so he had some status but earned his title chief through his skill and bravery in battle. He was born in 1767 and naturally rose to be leader of his tribe. Interestingly he provides a link with Great Britain in this area because in the War of 1812 he chose to side with the British against America.

He and his warriors were thereafter known as the British Band which name he preserved for many years, travelling up into Ontario Province once a year to accept gifts from the British military in Canada (did you know that Mr O?). He fought to preserve his tribes customs and location in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin but in the end could not resist the western push of the European settlers rolling west in their Conestogas. In his last major battle, the Blackhawk war of 1832 ,he was defeated, captured by his American opponents, paraded along the east coast, was the subject of the first Autobiography by a native American and eventually retired across the Mississippi in Iowa where he died in 1838 – 120 years before I first arrived in Illinois! He is not forgotten and his name is still preserved in “Blackhawk State Park”, The Chicago Blackhawks and there is the magnificent statue of him standing with his arms folded serenely on a secluded and wooded area on the southern bank of the Rock river a few miles south of Rockford. I believe that this statue by Taft is the second largest of its kind being some 70 feet high and it does look awesome.

Next week a word about the more recent Scandinavian influence in the Midwest.
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High prairie
River dance
Down town
Urban sprawl
That was interesting, thanks.

Prairie dog
River bank
Urban myth
Eider down
Prairie Schooner
River side
Down stairs
Urban guerrilla
Good Morning

Prairie Oyster
River Bank
Dust Down
Urban Myth
prairie schooner

river horse

flag down

urban sprawl
PRAIRIE oyster
RIVER delta
upside DOWN
URBAN lights
Prairie Chicken
River Side
Down Under
Urban District
Prairie wolf
Yellow River
Down under
Urban myth
Good Afternoon, all. Late off the blocks today.
Mr. O
Prairie Schooner
River Barge
Down Time
Urban Renewal

Mrs. O
Prairie Schooner
River Basin
Down Trodden
Urban Sprawl

Good luck everyone.
PS. To king John. Mr. O. Didn't study Canadian history at school. Mrs. O. says that the hero in these parts is Tecumseh and great celebrations went on for months in 2012. He died in the Battle of the Thames, but prior to his death helped the Brits take back Detroit.
prairie OYSTER
river DANCE
down UNDER
urban JUNGLE
Prairie garden
River bank
Down grade
Urban legend
PRAIRIE OYSTER
RIVER THAMES
DOWN TOWN
URBAN SPRAWL
Prairie Oyster
Moon River
Eider Down
Urban Music

Shazza will do her entry later, we are on our travels!
Shazza here going with

Prairie Wolf
Yellow River
Down Beat
Urban Fox(es)
Prairie Wolf
River Bank
Down Town
Urban Sprawl
Just to inform players that the game will end it the usual time of 7pm but I'm afraid you are going to have to wait until much later this evening for the results post because we have unexpectedly been invited out. Sorry about that.
Thanks King John and good afternoon all. I'll try:

Prairie SCHOONER
CHICAGO River
Down TRODDEN
Urban RENEWAL
Prairie oyster
River dance
Down town
Urban dweller
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