. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. ts and customs were were more barbarous, others less; but there was onetrophy, one weapon, one trait, invariable and universal—the bleeding scalp, the sharp scalping-knife. the rage This proves nutch. It shows that killing wasnot a mere means to an end, but the end aimed at. Itshows that sheer, unadulterated, unmitigated murderwas the ideal grace of manhood. The brain-pan of or child yielded its covering, torn away warmand quivering, and the was sure of the honorand fa
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. ts and customs were were more barbarous, others less; but there was onetrophy, one weapon, one trait, invariable and universal—the bleeding scalp, the sharp scalping-knife. the rage This proves nutch. It shows that killing wasnot a mere means to an end, but the end aimed at. Itshows that sheer, unadulterated, unmitigated murderwas the ideal grace of manhood. The brain-pan of or child yielded its covering, torn away warmand quivering, and the was sure of the honorand favor of his fellows, men, women and children. Nowoman shed a tear over the locks of a sister woman ; nochild over the curls of a babv. 7(> THE CHICAGO MASSACRK OF l8l2. Savagery the world has ever known, and isolated in-stances of wholesale destruction of non-combatants in thedrunkenness of victory : but there is no record of a wholerace, consisting of many tribes, spread over many lands,endurin!^ for manv irenerations. where such diabolism wasthe general ethnic III AND INDIAN SAVA(;HS.
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