The Chicago massacre of 1812 - with illustrations and historical documents (1893) (14781970364)

Identifier: chicagomassacreo01kirk (find matches)
Title: The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Kirkland, Joseph, 1830-1894
Subjects: Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812 Chicago (Ill.) -- History
Publisher: Chicago : Dibble Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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use, and paddled with all possible hasteacross the river to take refutre in the fort. fe^ Mrs. Kinzie goes on to give the fullest account we haveof this initial murder, fitting prelude to the bloody dramato follow a few months later. Here is a condensation ofher narrative : In the afternoon a party 01 ten or twelve Indians,dressed and painted, arrived at the I^ee house, and accord-ing to their custom, entered and seated themselves with-out ceremony. Something in their appearance and man-ner excited the suspicions of one of the family, a French-man (Debou), who remarked : * I dont like the looksof those Indians ; they are not Pottowatomies. Anotherof the famih, a discharged soldier, said to a boy (a sonof Lee): If that is the case, we had belter get away ifwe can. Say nothing, but do as you see me do. As theafternoon was far advanced, the soldier walked leisurelytoward the two canoes tied near the bank. They asked nUII.DING OK TIIIC IIKST ToKT Dl,AkUoKN. 7:J N > ■X. I—t O I 00to
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74 THE CHICAGO MASSACRE OF l8l2. where he was going. He pointed to the cattle whichwere standing among the hay-stacks on the oppositebank, and made signs that they must go and fodder themand then return and get their supper. He got into one canoe and the boy into the other.When thej^ gained the opposite side they pulled some hayfor the cattle, and when they had gradualh^ made a cir-cuit so that their movements were concealed by the hay-stacks, they took to the woods and made for the fort.They had run a quarter of a mile when they heard thedischarge of two guns successivel3\ They stopped notnor stayed until they arrived opposite Burnss place(North State and Kinzie streets), where they called acrossto warn the Burns family of their danger, and then has-tened to the fort. A party of soldiers had that afternoon obtained leave togo up the river to fish. The commanding officer ordereda cannon to be fired to warn them of their danger. Hear-ing the signal they took the hint, put out their tor