Category: History - American
Scene at dawn; page 19:--Mothers and children; Captain Wells and his Miamis; his niece, Rebekah Heald; why he blackened his face; the Dead March; the Fort cattle; Indian follies; 20:--Margaret Helm, the authority for Mrs. Kinzie's narrative in Wau-Bun; 21:--Ensign Ronan's insu...
HARDLY any one institution existing four score years ago, shows so wondrous a change as does the American newspaper. The steamboat, railroad, telegraph, telephone, power-press a...
10. PART II.A.--John Baptiste Pointe de Saible. B.--Fort Dearborn in the War Department. C.--The Whistler Family. D.--The Kinzie Family. E.--The Wells and Heald Families. F.--The Bones of J...
15. CHAPTER V.EVERY word bearing upon the adventures of the handful of Chicagoans left alive on Sunday, August 16th, 1812, has been carefully looked up and faithfully transcribed. Those words...
14. CHAPTER IV.THE departure was not approved by all, if any, of the subordinate officers. It was urged on Capt. Heald that the command would be attacked; that the attack would have been made...
12. CHAPTER II.DELAYING our narrative for a moment, we here bring upon the scene another figure--the most distinguished and heroic of all who were to play a part in the terrific tragedy which...
11. CHAPTER I.RESOLUTELY, though unwillingly, I pass over the romantic history of the first century of Chicago's annals, the French period beginning about 1678, embracing the thrilling story...
13. CHAPTER III.The Pottowatomies always averred that they had nothing to do with the great massacre, and this may be true of the tribe as a whole, but it is well known that many of its members...
16. CHAPTER VI.We are, and always were (and I hope always will be), anything but a "military nation." 1813 opened very gloomily for the United States; but, as our quiet country has shown in se...
9. Chapter VII. Contemporaneous Reports.--Progress ofthe press since 1812; Niles' Weekly Register our main authority; 113:--First published statement of the massacre; the schooner Queen Charlotte; 114:--Absurd story regarding Mrs....
1. PART I.Scene at dawn; page 19:--Mothers and children; Captain Wells and his Miamis; his niece, Rebekah Heald; why he blackened his face; the Dead March; the Fort cattle; Indian follies...
7. Chapter V. Fate of the Fugitives.--Every word treasured;97:--Heald's escape while wounded are being tortured; incidents of canoe-travel; omission of record of halt on the St. Joseph's; kindness of commandant at Mackinaw; 98;--Push on...
3. Chapter I. The Dark Before the Dawn.--The Frenchperiod reluctantly passed over; Chicago reappears in 1778, after 100 years of oblivion; J. B. Pointe de Saible; 53:--Various spellings of Chicago; meaning of the word; 54:--Trea...
5. Chapter III. English and Indian Savages.--Capt. Healdis inclined to charge the Hardscrabble massacre to the Winnebagoes; British alliance with Indians characterized; 77:--Its unsoldierly results; ruin of brave General Hull; 78:--S...
4. Chapter II. Building of the First Fort Dearborn.--William Wellsis here in 1803; 65:--Signs an Indian trader's license as Governor Harrison's agent; Captain Anderson comes down from "Mill-wack-ie" in 1804; what the fort was like; 66:--Agency...
6. Chapter IV. A Long Farewell.--Departure not favoredby sub-officers; soldier suggests "jerked beef;" 85:--Heald's letter of Nov. 7, 1812, regarding the withdrawal; Wau-Bun to the contrary; alleged disorder; 86:--Captain Heald's t...
8. Chapter VI. John Kinzie's Captivity.--America never amititary nation; gloomy opening of 1813; early losses and later gains; 107:--Prisoners ransomed in Detroit; Kinzies try to help the helpless; 108:--John Kinzie suspected of spyi...
2. PART II.