HISTORY
OF
LAKE MAXINKUCKEE
BYDANIEL McDONALD
TO WHICH IS APPENDED
FISHES AND FISHING IN THE LAKE,
BYJUDGE A. C. CAPRON
;THE MAXINKUCKEE LAKE ASSOCIATION,
BYW. T. WILSON
, AND THEAUBBEENAUBBEE YACHT CLUB,
BYT. H. WILSON, JR.
PUBLISHED BY
THE MAXINKUCKEE LAKE ASSOCIATION
1905
Printed by
LEVEY BRO'S & CO., Inc.,
Indianapolis.
Acknowledgments.
Grateful acknowledgments for the use of the cuts shown in the following pages are due the officers of the Culver Military Academy, the officers of the Vandalia Railroad, the Hon. Z. T. Sweeney, Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries of Indiana, and to the printers, Messrs. Levey Bro's & Co., for their pains and liberality in producing the work.
The map is a reproduction of the one prepared by Prof. B. W. Everman, of the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.
THE COMMITTEE.
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MAP OF LAKE MAXINKUCKEE, IND.
MAX-IN-KUCK-EE LAKE.
(By Jerome Burnett.)
- Ah, here is a scene for a painter,
- A gleaming and glorified lake,
- With its framing of forest and prairie,
- And its etching of thicket and brake;
- With its grandeur and boldness of headland,
- Where the oaks and the tamaracks grow,
- A league with the sunlight of heaven,
- And the spirit-like shadows below.
- Where the swallows skim over the surface,
- And quaff as they touch the clear wave;
- Where the robins seek out the cool waters,
- And warily venture to lave;
- Where the sand piper toys with the plashes,
- And whistles his passionate note,
- And the water-bugs sail like a navy
- Of fairies for battle afloat.
- Where the blackbirds go noisily over,
- And the mallard wings rapidly by,
- And the heron that flies like a snowflake,
- Comes down from the clouds in the sky;
- Where the bobolink lights on the flag blade,
- And so proudly and prettily sings,
- Or watches askance the swift minnow,
- That out of his element springs.
- Where the lilies abloom on the surface,
- Held down by their cable-like stems,
- And the tints of the bright cardinals,
- Have the semblance of loveliest gems;
- Where the mosses in festoons are hanging,
- In the richest of fashion and fold,
- To decorate submarine dwellings,
- O'er pavements of amber and gold.
- Where the spirit of mortal may worship,
- In the freedom of unwritten creeds,
- Hearing many and joyous responses
- In the music that comes from the reeds.
- And where in my fancy I've pictured
- A temple that's builded so high,
- It reaches in grandest proportions
- From the beautiful lake to the sky.
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The Arrival at Culver (Lake Maxinkuckee).
