The Chicago Massacre of 1812 With Illustrations and Historical Documents
Chapter II. Building of the First Fort Dearborn.--William Wells
is 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 House; 67:--How the Chicagoans passed their time; War Department records of Fort Dearborn, furnished in 1881 by Secretary-of-War Lincoln to John Wentworth; 68:--In 1811 Captain Nathan Heald marries Rebekah Wells; wild wedding journey; 69:--Gay winter for the bride; John Kinzie kills John Lalime in self-defence; 70:--Double murder by Indians at Lee's place (Hardscrabble), on the South Branch; 71:--Graphic narrative in Wau-Bun; 72:--Man and boy escape and spread the alarm; 74:--Captain Heald tells the story; Indian traits; 75.