. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. s and muiiths,for the Indians were slow to put an end to their jollifica-tion, an occasion when they were the gtiests of theGovernment, and fared sumptuously with nothing topay. The treaty had still to be ratified by the senatebefore its provisions could be carried out and the settle-ment made. This took about two years. The money paid and the goods delivered, the Indiansshook the dust off their feet and departed ; the dust shak-ing being literal, for once, as they joined, just beforestarting, in a final war-dance. F
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. s and muiiths,for the Indians were slow to put an end to their jollifica-tion, an occasion when they were the gtiests of theGovernment, and fared sumptuously with nothing topay. The treaty had still to be ratified by the senatebefore its provisions could be carried out and the settle-ment made. This took about two years. The money paid and the goods delivered, the Indiansshook the dust off their feet and departed ; the dust shak-ing being literal, for once, as they joined, just beforestarting, in a final war-dance. For this strange scene,we fortunately have as witness Ex-Chief Justice qtioted herein. He estimates the dancers ateight hundred, that being all the braves that could bemustered, out of the five thousand members then presentof the departing tribes. The date was August i8th. says : They appreciated that it was their last on their native soil—thatit was a sort of funeral ceremony of old associations and memories, 203 204 THK CHICAGO MASSACRE OF oo H?J) O?p< < QZ M a 35H oZ Q JJ a a< APPKXPTx t: i-AkE\ w ak-danck. 20n and nothing was (.iniUi«l lo lend il all llu- Kaiuliiir and solcinnitypossibk-. They assciiihlcd at the Council Honsc (Northeast cornerofRnsh and Kinzic Streets). All were naked except a strip ofcloth aronnd their loins. Their bodies were covered with a ^reatvariety of hiilliant jiaints. On their faces ])articnlarly they seemedto have exhausted their art of hideous decoration. Foreheads,cheeks and noses were covered with curved strips of red or Ver-million, which were edged with Mack points, and K^ve the appear-ance of a horrid <.,nin. The lonj<, coarse l)lack hair was gatheredinto scalp locks t)n the tops of their heads and decorated with aprofusion of hawks and eagles feathers ; some strung together soas to reach nearlv to the ground. They were ])rinci]ially armedwith tomahawks and war clubs. They were le
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