The Chicago Massacre of 1812: With Illustrations and Historical DocumentsDibble publishing Company, 1893 - 224 Seiten |
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The Chicago Massacre of 1812: With Illustrations and Historical Documents Joseph Kirkland Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterward Appendix army arrived August bank battle Black Partridge brave British Calumet canoe Captain Heald Chandonnais Chicago River chief Colonel command Corbin Darius Heald daughter Dearborn death Detroit early father Fergus fight fire Forsyth Fort Wayne friends garrison grave half-breed hand Harris Kinzie Helm's horse Hubbard Indians Infantry James John H John Harris Kinzie John Kinzie John Lalime John Wentworth John Whistler Joseph JOSEPH KIRKLAND killed Kinzie family Kinzie's Lake Michigan letter Lieutenant Helm Little Turtle living Mackinac married massacre of 1812 Miamis miles mother narrative Nathan Heald officer Peresh Peyster Pointe de Saible Pottowatomies prairie prisoners probably Rebekah relics remained river SAUGANASH savage says scalped side soldiers squaw Story of Chicago tain told tomahawk took treaty treaty of Greenville tree troops wagons Wau-Bun Wayne wife William Whistler women and children wounded young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 28 - Do you think they will take our lives? I am badly wounded, but I think not mortally. Perhaps we might purchase our lives by promising them a large reward. Do you think there is any chance?
Seite 29 - Yes,' replied the unfortunate man, with a convulsive gasp, ' but he has no terrors of the future — he is an unbeliever!
Seite 90 - I come to deliver up to you the medal I wear. It was given me by the Americans, and I have long worn it in token of our mutual friendship. But our young men are resolved to imbrue their hands in the blood of the whites. I cannot restrain them, and I will not wear a token of peace while I am compelled to act as an enemy.
Seite 29 - I was immediately plunged into the water and held there with a forcible hand, notwithstanding my resistance. I soon perceived, however, that the object of my captor was not to drown me, for he held me firmly in such a position as to place my head above water.
Seite 29 - The latter bore me struggling and resisting towards the lake. Notwithstanding the rapidity with which I was hurried along, I recognized as I passed them the lifeless remains of the unfortunate surgeon. Some murderous tomahawk had stretched him upon the very spot where I had last seen him.
Seite 180 - ... distance. We had proceeded about a mile and a half, when it was discovered that the Indians were prepared to attack us from behind the bank. I immediately marched up with the company to the top of the bank, when the action commenced ; after firing one round, we charged, and the Indians gave way in front and joined those on our flanks.
Seite 106 - The wounded chief was carried after the battle to his village on the Calumet, where he survived for several days. Finding his end approaching, he called together his young men, and enjoined them in the 'most solemn manner, to regard the safety of their prisoners after his death, and to take the lives of none of them from respect to his memory, as he deserved his fate from the hands of those whose kindness he had so ill-requited.
Seite 47 - A good day to you! I was told there were enemies here, but I am glad to find only friends. Why have you blackened your faces? Is it that you are mourning for...
Seite 27 - In breathless expectation sat the wife and mother. She was a woman of uncommon energy and strength of character, yet her heart died within her as she folded her arms around her helpless infants, and gazed upon the march of her husband and eldest child to certain destruction.
Seite 39 - I drew off the few men I had left, and took possession of a small elevation in the open prairies, out of shot of the bank or any other cover. The Indians did not follow me, but assembled in a body on the top of the bank, and, after some consultation among themselves, made signs for me to approach them. I advanced towards them alone, and was met by one of the Potawatamie chiefs, called the Black Bird, with an interpreter.