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CAHOKIA: INSCRIPTIONS
SOME interesting and historic inscriptions were found by the author on several tomb-stones in the Old Cemetery at Cahokia. Several of these were in French, and partly obliterated by the wear of time. Others were in English, showing the march of the years. The first noticed was that of Monsieur Nicholas Jarrot. Above were two words still to be read. They were: "Ice Repose," dans ... and beneath them a carved figure, splendidly sculptured by an artist, a bas relief of the "Christ Crucified." And below this the words: "Le Corpis de, NICHOLAS JARROT." It a Vesoul, Franch-Comte; mai, 1764-Mort a Decembre, Huitieme, 1820.
A third which bears part of the inscription in English and part in French, is that of their daughter Ortance. Part of the inscription reads: ORTANCE JARROT, born May 29, 1799, died August 29, 1886," and below this, as on the stones of her parents are the words, in French, "Priez ou supplies pour l'ame d'elle," which translated are "Pray for her Soul." And the fourth shows the transition to the English. It is the tombstone of Vital Jarrot, noted resident of the American Bottoms, and of St. Louis, Missouri, for many years. The inscription reads: "VITAL JARROT (born Cahokia, Illinois, Sept. 10, 1805; died (Black Hills), Rapid City, S. D., June 5th, 1877. The tombstone which now graces the grave of Reverend Jacque, is inscribed in English, also. It is a second stone, undoubtedly, because the stone of Father Condamine is very old, and no words thereon are to be read. But the inscription on the other reads: "In Memory of Rev. Father JOHN A. JACQUE, born in Loraine, France, died in Cahokia, July 14th, 1878. R.I.P." |
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