The Chicago Massacre of 1812 With Illustrations and Historical Documents

Chapter III. English and Indian Savages.--Capt. Heald

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is inclined to charge the Hardscrabble massacre to the Winnebagoes; British alliance with Indians characterized; 77:--Its unsoldierly results; ruin of brave General Hull; 78:--Shame to Lord Liverpool's government; "Suppose Russia should instigate a Sepoy rebellion;" wild alarm follows the Lee murders, 79:--Munsell's history of it; war declared; 80:--Hull sends Winnemeg with orders to Heald to evacuate Fort Dearborn and fall back on Detroit, Mackinaw had already been taken; wording of Hull's order differently given by Captain Heald and Mrs. Helm; 81:--The latter finds fault with the former; alleges want of harmony in the fort; 82:--Mrs. Heald denies this, alleging that Ronan thought highly of his captain; the stammering soldier; 83:--comparative authenticity of the two narratives; how the Heald story comes to be told now for the first time; 84.