. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. tions. He was an educatedman and must have enjoyed the friendship of Jefferson,Madison and Monroe, judging by his appointment as Government Agent,first at Detroit, laterat Chicago (1804),which latter post heresigned in 1811, onlyto be reappointed in1817. It is probable thatthe Unite d vStatesagent was at a disad-vantage in dealingwith the Indians, ashe would have to obeythe law forbidding thesupplying them withspirits; which law theother traders Hurlbuts Antiquities a bit of local colorgives with mnch vivi
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. tions. He was an educatedman and must have enjoyed the friendship of Jefferson,Madison and Monroe, judging by his appointment as Government Agent,first at Detroit, laterat Chicago (1804),which latter post heresigned in 1811, onlyto be reappointed in1817. It is probable thatthe Unite d vStatesagent was at a disad-vantage in dealingwith the Indians, ashe would have to obeythe law forbidding thesupplying them withspirits; which law theother traders Hurlbuts Antiquities a bit of local colorgives with mnch vividness the condition of the prairiein those days. In the holidays of 1808-9 ^^r. Jouett (then a wid-ower) married Susan Randolph Allen of Kentucky, andthey made their wedding journey on horseback in Jan-uary, through the jungles, over the snow drifts, on theice and across the prairies, in the face of driving stormsand the frozen breath of the winds of the north. Theyhad, on their journey, a negro servant named Joe Battlesand an Indian guide whose name was Robinson; possibly. CHARLES JOUETT. > Till DARK TUlv DAWN. •> the late chief Alcxaiuk-r Rohinsoii. A tt-am and waj^oiilollowcd, convcyin*; llicir l)aj;.i;a<;c, and thty matkedthiirroulc for tJic beurfit of any fnturr fnirrlfrs. The govcinnicnl liad liicd to hclVicnd the- Indian iuevery way. It did not forl)id private traders fmin deal-ing with him ; but it ajipointed aL;ents whose duty it wasto Sell hiui - of isji. at which hewas present: At the treaty Topenebe, the principa
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