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Monument commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre

Monument commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre

THE
FORT DEARBORN
MASSACRE

Written in 1814 by
Lieutenant Linai T. Helm
One of the survivors

WITH LETTERS AND NARRATIVES OF
CONTEMPORARY INTEREST

Edited by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon

 

 

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO       NEW YORK

Copyright, 1912, by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon


To my Native City
Chicago

WHOSE MARVELOUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
I HAVE WATCHED WITH PRIDE AND UNFAILING
INTEREST SINCE THE YEAR 1835

I dedicate this book


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THE CONTENTS

 page
Introduction5
Judge Woodward's Letter to Colonel Proctor9
Lieutenant Helm's Letter to Judge Woodward13
Lieutenant Helm's Narrative15
The Massacre at Chicago27
John Kinzie85
The Capture by the Indians of Little Eleanor Lytle109

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THE ILLUSTRATIONS

Monument commemorating the Fort Dearborn
Massacre
Frontispiece
...

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