The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 June 1965 — Page 6

t AKK WAWASEE is the largest *•*diana. The original survey on file at the State Auditor’s office shows the water area to be 3,826.21 acres. The water does- not stand as high now as it did when the first survey was male. When the Indiana University Biological Station Was located at Wawasee the lake was surveyed by .members of the summer school, and it was found to contain a little more than 3,600 acres. . she difference of about two hundred acres between the area above stated from the original survey and that <>f the Indiana University survey may have its explanation in the following two facts: the methods of computing the areas in both cases were different. By ditching in various parts ot the county the. system that drains the lake is lower than it was in the days of the early survey. Locally people are wont to speak of portions of Lake W awasee as “the little lake.” There is but One lake. This custom of misnaming is not done through a mistaken idea, l»u’t it is for convenience. Two main bodies oi water are joined by a shallow portion of grassy iH-tt'-m several hundred feet wide called Ihe ■ ' into “the little lake.” It is at the mouth of The Channel that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses the hike. This point was chosen by the builders of the road as the easiest one at which a

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James Hibschman To Graduate June 5 ■ ■ through Griffith '.'Memorial ' ’ A;v>,. rho m-w K..m*r V:w Arts ' tv -■■■ v chaiiceliof at the Ohio boeird ofre- } .ij.: V comer of tile cfiffipus lawn. In August. nvtre juniors will their .eomiftemvment ever- ■ ■ ' Tr;c th.-'a n’umni will be "gyests j college ''president; IV. Ivan Frick, : Os Sunlight And Shallow Water Sw mmers, boaters, and fish alike.; binding call of a* j hundant sunlight and the clear.; rrfa- '• lively shalloW wat , - many of the state's recreation areas There is another form of life, however, such conditions . . . much to the del- i t rirnent of the others. Certain types of i eegs der- these ..same coalitions that it be-i conies nearly mpo<mih!e to enjoy swiniming, fish, :ig, boating. or -any other water activity. I Water weeds ami "moss" are but j ' monly u«xl to describe tins aquatic j vegetation when sts tentacles foul a fishing lur, or -the oars of a row boat. Rank growths of this vegetation can virtually cover a swimming beach, unround a boat dock, and greatly hinder fishing and other wat-

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crossing could be effected, for here stood Buck Island, a long protuberance of two or three acres that was readily adaptable as .a roadbed. The present bridge, a two-span concrete one. was constructed only recently. It is The Channel and the railroad that seems to divide Wawasee into “the big lake” and “the little lake.” "Among the Miami Indian tribes that ceded their -lands-in northern Indiana to the United States in 1826, there were three Pottowattomie chiefs named Flat Belly. W'au-wa-aus-see and Mus-qua-buek whose principal abodes were in the region of Kosciusko and Noble counties, the first two named of whom were signers of the treaty by w hich the lands aforesaid were ceued. There was a reservation made for the people of Flat Belly, six miles square, containing thirty-six square miles, in which was included the east half of w hat is now known as Lake Wawksee. The home of • e cl ief was at Indian Village, just east of the lake over in Noble County, and here he died in 1839 or 1840, his death having been caused, so the story comes down to us, by the perfidy of the government agents of the time. It is said that w hen he signed the- treaty aiove mentioned, he understood that there was being reserved for his people a tract thirty-six miles Square, and that when he discovered the fraud that had been practiced upon him, and realized the smallness of the territory reserved for his tribe, as the

months, floating, skiiim. and swimming are among the most popular summer activities in the area.

Church Os God Officers To Meet The Syracuse• Church of .God will m of officers on Juik 7. at the church. Trustees will be d©ct6Q foe s <# three yes ■ ■ lak«s-

LET’S BARBECUE CHICKEN! Lafayette; in<i. — Hoosi-ers f who plan outings this summer will f find that a chicken barbecue is ideal j for get togethers of' all sizes, ad- , uses Purdue extension poultryman j David D.. Jackson.' < Barbecued chicken is prepared in, the same way for 20, 200, or 2000 , 3 easy and simple. .-j If the group is doing a barbecue ; for the first time, on just learning , Jackson recommends having' an ex- , perienced person supervise. For those who do not wish to do the •* barbecuing., • .there are civic and ■ try groups throughout die state who have the equipment and-exper-ience to handle large groups at a ■ • reasonable cost. First requirement for a chicken • is.a d’iii and pit. According to Jackson, one of the best and most ■ economical" pits for average size groups is made by splitting a r SALES & SERVICE MERCURY MOTORS • TRAVELER & SEA SPRITE BOATS SHORELINE & ARNOLT ; TRAILERS 1 PARTY BARGE PONTOONS 6 . - — Good Selection of Good n I'sed Boats and Motors — 0 K SALES Rd 13. South of Syracuse

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white men crowded their settlements about him, he died of a broken heart. “Wau-wa-aus-see. whose name was shortened by the settlers into Wa-was, lived south of the lake that now bears his name, near the west end of Dewart Lake. Musquaback. given by the settlers the name of ‘Bill/ and always referred to as ‘Old Bill Squabuck/ was a rover, and spent liis tirye traveling back and forth between the -W abash River and the northern state line. Os hint there are still told many interesting stories by the few remaining early settlers of that region. He had a brother named Mosette Squabuck, who lived in the north part of Wabash County, and who also visited the lakes to the north of hint on occasions. Mosette was a tall and powerful fellow, while ‘BilF was rather rotund of architecture, and was probably no more than five feet and nine inches in height. The two brothers are said to have quarreled, once on a time, and ‘Bill’ plunged a knife into the abdomen of Mosette and disemboweled him; but he recovered from the injury and was a sound Indiana for many years thereafter. V ■ ■ “This ‘Bill.’ though the whites knew him as a rather harmless fellow, could hardly have been an exemplary husband. He and his wife had a little misunderstanding once, and the lady plugged

55-gallon oil drum lengthwise and attaching legs that can be- removed so that the. pit can be easily hauled from place to place—even in a trunk of a car. Concrete or cinder block pits are also satisfactory and can be outfitted with wire grills making ;t possible tor. two men to turn a large number of chicken halves a: one time, Young fryers-of about two to two and a half pounds dressed weight rheeuing and are in "plentiful -supply -this spring. They should be cooked slowly over a fire and basted constantly with barbecue sauce each time they are turned. The sauce is what gives the chicken its personality. For more information on how to

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prepare barbecued chicken, see your county extension, agent or send a postcard to agricultural publications, AES, building, Purdue university. Lafayette, Ind. 47907. Ask for extension circular 434.. ‘Hbosier Barbecued Chicken.” It is free to Indiana residents, SYRACUSE NAVY MAN IN CUBA Terry Brock, U. S. N.. son. of-Mr. and Mrs. James Brock of Syracuse, has left Norfolk. Ya.. and will be stationed in Cuba His address is: ; . Terry R. Brock F. N. 775-21-21 U S S. Lawrence D. P. G. 4) , .< FPO. New York City. 11201.

himMhrough the lung with the charge from a rifle, pie afterward claimed, and many young Indians ever faithfully believed that he coughed up a bullet: but I have never been able to dispel all my doubts about the truth of this claim. “The government surveyors, when they came to plat the newly acquired land, set the lake down as ‘Turkey Lake,’ as their'maps bear witness, probably for no other reason than that the name easily occurred to them. Indeed, several of the good lakes in the north part of the State were given the same name. Dissatisfied with this, the settlers gave it the name of Nine-Mile Lake, for what reason nobody ever knew: surely not because it is nine miles Tongi for its real length is three miles less than that. “When the new Inn was built on the bank of the lake some years ago, the late Colonel Eli Lily, of Indianapolis, and his-associates in the building of that now popular summer hotel, decided that the lake should have an appropriate and enduringname; Naturally they turned to the chiefs of the tribes who had been its first owners, the name of Wau-wa-au-see, that had been shortened to Wawas.' or Wa-was-ee, was chosen for its euphonism. It was immediately adopted by all friends of the lake as most appropriate and fitting, and neither of the older names was applied to it thereafter.”

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