. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. side, seized the horse by the mane, and,swimming with his left hand, guided the horse in thedirection of the opposite shore. We were afraid he wouldbe washed under, or struck by his feet and drowned, buthe got ^ The brave rescuers arrived and stayed, petted andfeasted by the Chicagoans of that day, until a runnercame in from Green Bay, bringing word that GovernorCass had made peace with the Indians. *See the Winnebago Scare by Hiram W. Beckwith, of Danville. FergusHistorical Series No. lo. AiiHNiHX d: Tin KiNv.
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. side, seized the horse by the mane, and,swimming with his left hand, guided the horse in thedirection of the opposite shore. We were afraid he wouldbe washed under, or struck by his feet and drowned, buthe got ^ The brave rescuers arrived and stayed, petted andfeasted by the Chicagoans of that day, until a runnercame in from Green Bay, bringing word that GovernorCass had made peace with the Indians. *See the Winnebago Scare by Hiram W. Beckwith, of Danville. FergusHistorical Series No. lo. AiiHNiHX d: Tin I wtrr V According i,, m,. n,nll,ui. ;,^ [U^ „i,i ,„astcT ncarcdhis end the old lioincsU-ad also went to decay. Tlu- verylogs niiist have been in a perishing condition alter fiftyyears of service, and the lake sand, driven by the lakebreezes, piled i I sellu]) against the n.»rth and east , loo, the standard ..t coint .rt liad changed. Son-in-law Wolcoit had rooms in tlu Ijriik bnilding of theunoccupied fori. Colonel lieaui)ien liad a Iranie ?^\^. GCRDON SALTONSTALL HIBBARD. IN MIDDLE MFE. close to the forts south wall (now Michigan Avenue andRiver Streets), and thither the Kinzies moved. Whatmore natural than that the ancient tree, as it tottered to itsfdl. should lean over toward the young saplings that hadsprung up at its foot ? It is the way of the world. It was in 1S27 that Mr. Kinzie. and whatever thenformed his household, (luitted the historical log housefor the time. In 1829, it was (says Andreas; 170 THK CHICAGO MASSACRE OF 1812. for a while by Anson N. Taylor as a store. In March,1831, Mr. Bailey lived in it and probably made it thepost office, its first location in Chicago, as he was thefirst postmaster. The mail was then brought from Detroiton horseback, about twice a Andreas says : After 1S31 and 1832, when Mark Noble occupied it with hisfamily, there is no record of its being inhabited. lis decaying logswer
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