Show battle on over an old cemetery t court order forbids use of historic ground as pasture valparaiso ind historic dailly nestled in est cheter township the southern edge of the old calu net river bottom in the dune region 0 porter county once the stamping pound of friendly gindlin tribes now lithe battleground for what appears to be a long and bitter fight desecration of the now famous ce meter wherein lie the bones of joseph bailly grizzled plo and founder of the town which bears his name his resulted in 24 atkens filing injunction proceedings to the porter circuit court here carl john and anonia an onia K the targets tor the begil launched lann ched by the plaintiff the dan atelsons it Is charged hive permitted ia tattle to roam about the cemetery toning the heretofore sacred ground into a pasture members of the tiny community nho believe that the three acre plot should forever be preserved are up in arms and hive announced their intention of battling to the finish and a afy tranquil place Is buzzing alth while the war rages judge gannt crumpacker has grunted a temporary restraining order without notice and thereby gained a point for the corn pla ining faction james 7 mcgarvey youngest member of the porter bar and a deputy prosecuting actor has carried the colors of the plaintiffs before judge site of first settlement township Is the hie ground of porter county here first settlement was emde and ilac bere civilized man and savage joined cods and trod together the paths peace in a white roin was closely indian eves he traded bis weary way through the ilder neos around like michigan sliced without tear for the indians kaew him as a friend and ann welcome were ahead while long illes lay behind him toward his white friends daring the war of 1812 this man u maln prisoner by both the amer n and british forces but failed to aist la either army in his wander he sought safety and ato trade with friendly indians A the indians gradually du lulled with the advent of the white joseph bailly the french ca lan trader followed halted on the north amk of the anlu in what Is now porter county upon a beautiful he erected the arst cabin in the region billly bar with the indians and his bust ness increased and his buildings mul tippled weds indian girl meantime bailly had coed and won an ottawa maid and brought ats brida to dwell at the post on the hanks of the calumet here they reared a family of four daughters LI canor the oldest for several years was mother superior of st marys in terre haute the second daughter married colonel whistler a resident of the county and the third wed a chicago banker by the name of inowe hortense the youngest the bride of joseph wicker the first merchant of deep river in lake county besides the daughters a son was born to the IE 1817 and died ten years later when bally burled his only son a lad of ten years in 1827 he erected a huge oak cross 30 feet in height to his memory the cross rose high above the surrounding forest ams much as it rested on a knoll for years travelers and mall carriers used this cross as a guide on the cross was the following inscription today my turn tomor row yours and also jeus je us christ ed have merca upon us the father himself passed away in 1835 after being for almost ten years the only white settler in what Is now westchester cemetery holds ohp remains of if founder his son his granddaughter france inowe and members of an extinct tribe of indians arthur J bowser for many years ind who Is a resident of chesterton at present making bis home here tells many interesting tales of now robed in tradition bowser sixty four spent 47 of his life as a newspaper man an elm and an oak tree still stand ing at were planted together by bailly and hia indian bride if the trees entwined and lived the indian maid predicted their marriage would endure mr bowser complied other data of interest during the many years he resided near even though the danielsons Danl elsons pur chased the three acre strip including the cemetery from emma C auston daughter of sirs and her bus band james L now residents of los angeles the irate citizens con tend that they haven t the right ty desecrate the graves |