Excerpt from The History of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1820 to 1898 Previous to this time this section had only been visited by some enterprising Indian traders, who could see quite a busi ness speculation in trafficing with the natives for their rich products of furs. The best known of these Indian traders in this vicinity was Stephen Mack, who on the advent of the first white settlers in 1835, lived with his Indian wife with a tribe of Winnebago Indians in the grove about two miles down the river, which was subsequently known as Bird's grove, on lands now owned by Caleb Bentley, Esq., of this town. The remains of the old fire-places where this tribe was encamped so many years are still distinctly visible.

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