. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. ROBERT Kl-NZIK 168 THB CHICAGO MASSACRE OF l8l2. others objected for fear they might be attacked before hisreturn ; but it was finally decided that he should go, andgo he did. At Danville he raised, within about a day,fifty volunteers, armed and mounted, and started for FortDearborn. They reached the Vermilion, then at floodand running bank-full and very rapidly. The horseson being driven in would turn and come back to , provoked at the delay, threw off his coat, cry-ing : Give me old Charley ! M
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. ROBERT Kl-NZIK 168 THB CHICAGO MASSACRE OF l8l2. others objected for fear they might be attacked before hisreturn ; but it was finally decided that he should go, andgo he did. At Danville he raised, within about a day,fifty volunteers, armed and mounted, and started for FortDearborn. They reached the Vermilion, then at floodand running bank-full and very rapidly. The horseson being driven in would turn and come back to , provoked at the delay, threw off his coat, cry-ing : Give me old Charley ! Mounting the horse heboldly dashed into the stream, and the other horses. KINZIE MANSION AS GIVEN IN WAU-BUN. crowded after him. The water was so swift that OldCharley became unmanageable; but Hubbard dismountedon the upper 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 sta
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