. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. f whiskey each: Deni-son,-^ Dyer,* Andrews,- Keanible (?), Burman, J. Corbin,* Burnett,Smith,* McPherson, Hamilton, Fury*, Grumond* (?), Morfitt,Lynch,* Locker*, Peterson,* P. Corbin,* Van Horn,* Mills. (Signed), *Appear on the muster-roll given on page 150. Several of the names recurin the Plattsburg story of the nine survivors (21 May 1814). November 12th, 1811. AIII-NDIX h: lOKT DMAKHOKN KlCokDS. 1 17 On Decemher 2(). iS;/,. the garrison u:is finally with-drawn hoiM l(.il iKarlxirn. an<l after its thirty thiccy
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. f whiskey each: Deni-son,-^ Dyer,* Andrews,- Keanible (?), Burman, J. Corbin,* Burnett,Smith,* McPherson, Hamilton, Fury*, Grumond* (?), Morfitt,Lynch,* Locker*, Peterson,* P. Corbin,* Van Horn,* Mills. (Signed), *Appear on the muster-roll given on page 150. Several of the names recurin the Plattsburg story of the nine survivors (21 May 1814). November 12th, 1811. AIII-NDIX h: lOKT DMAKHOKN KlCokDS. 1 17 On Decemher 2(). iS;/,. the garrison u:is finally with-drawn hoiM l(.il iKarlxirn. an<l after its thirty thiccyearsof slirrinj; vicissitndcs il ims-t-d int., a nsclcss oldage, which lasted a score of years Infore its ahandonnuntas a j^overnnRnl possession. In fact, one of its huihlinj^s—a i;reat, barn like, wooden hospital—was standing, inuse as a hos])ital storehonse, np lo when the ;;reatfire ohlileraled it, with nearly all else that was ancient inChicai^o. An exce])tion to this deslrnction and the fast j^atherinj^cloud of oblivion, is to be found in an old red granite. WAUBANSA STONE WITH GREAT FIRE RELICS. boulder, with a rude human face carved on it. whichstood in the center of the fort esplanade, and which isnow () one of our few anti<piarian treasures. It isnearly eio^ht feet hi.^h by three feet in <;reatest diameter,and wei<^hs perhaps 4,000 pounds. In jMehistoric timesthe Indians used the concave top for a cornmill. and formany, many weary hours must the patient and long-suf- 148 THK CHICAGO MASSACRE OE l8l2. fering squaws have leaned over it, crushing the scanty,flinty corn of those days into material for the food ofbraves and pappooses. Many persons have looked on it as a relic of prehis-toric art—the sacrificial stone of an Aztec teocalli per-haps—but Mr. Hurlbut gives the cold truth; more mod-ern, though scarcely less romantic. He says it was set upin the fort, and soldiers, sick and well, used it as alounging-place. Sometimes it served as a pil
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