The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . BATTLE OF CHICAGO. be all killed, the for-lorn little band re-solved to sell theirlives as dearly as pos-sible. The wives of the soldiers heroically fought attheir side, and shared their wounds. By desperate fight-ing a third part succeeded in cutting their way throughthe swarm of foes, but having lost all their horses, bag-gage, and provisions, they, too, were forced to surrende^^upon promise of their lives being spared. This horrid MICHIGAN AND THE WAR OF 1813 221 affair^ took place on August 15tli. One monster wasseen to climb up into a wago
The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . BATTLE OF CHICAGO. be all killed, the for-lorn little band re-solved to sell theirlives as dearly as pos-sible. The wives of the soldiers heroically fought attheir side, and shared their wounds. By desperate fight-ing a third part succeeded in cutting their way throughthe swarm of foes, but having lost all their horses, bag-gage, and provisions, they, too, were forced to surrende^^upon promise of their lives being spared. This horrid MICHIGAN AND THE WAR OF 1813 221 affair^ took place on August 15tli. One monster wasseen to climb up into a wagon, in which twelve littlechildren had been put, and tomahawk them all, one afteranother. These reverses turned every Indian tomahawk in theNorthwest against the Americans. Tecumseh was tire-less in bringing this about. Having swept away the outposts, the British and Ind-ians now swarmed down upon the interior forts. FirstFort Wayne was assaulted; then Fort Harrison. At both,however, the assailants were beaten off until relief Harrison
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