Show THE ONTONAGON coppen COPPER roce ROCK the copper 1 rock or boulder which lies in the yard between the dirand war arid arld navy department departments 1 I in ahk city ci ty it san ban 8 an extraordinary hi history tory ittris brought from i the banks of the river river ontonagon Onto Onlo near rear lalie L e sui perlor and has it ilia is said sald slid been known over two i hundred years the jesuits J e suits who first visited i that part of the tile country heard lizard of it from front ahe the indian priests priest who however refused to conduct i ei to the spot where ole Oie reIt relt it lay on oil account of a superstitious b lief ilef asdig the he indians that when the white man inan had bad seen it the indians Indi ails atis j would be destroyed ard the 06 of lie lle tiie tie conniry pass out of their po they called 11 this rock 1 Mani nani Us 11 itou tout tott and anti beair believed ved tha that t it had been sent to their heir ancestors by the morning star to be i their mediator ahn thes they should stand tand in fit need of any particular favor in order to propitiate the spirit of the manitou Manit oil oli they were to cover the rock with the moke of the tho calu met in the year 1811 mr J emrel eldred pay purchased chased this a rock of the chief of the ifie ontonagon Onto trib tribe iribe el i for fon or tha ilia sum of with it it I 1 llie imi loi of oo itina it as a great natural nati nali iral and arid al curiosity in m this country and europe artera afdera A artor a great grat deal of trouble he succeed succeeded pd in 1844 it 1 to tile the hore hore bore of lake superior Su prior where it war wai a laired by gen cunningham Cunnin ghani ag as the p property of i lle ile lie united states it appears thit that in in tile secretary of war had written to gen cunning I 1 ham to take poses pos esian sian sion of the he copper dopper rcck reek anti and to have it shipped to the thence tn ty be he tai ken on board tile the revenue loe uce jetke erie jt it was finally agreed ix 1 tween twe elv and eldred ahat the latter iatter should detroit and deliver U laup tip lip to the government ogi he be should ba be paid for all ui trouble tilis tills was gas accordingly dane done and aid the tha celebrate celebrated il co copp pae errock fk ai of ontonagon Onto Ont n th he e idol of the Onto hazon hagon indians finally remove dby god goi government to this city and deposited wile where re it nov nol lies mr eldred elard by order of congress was paid the ium aum sum of 98 for his ins services sei sel vices gashin washington tun ton union |