. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. o wakeup Americans to the claims of theland they love and the governmentthey themselves have made. lUmkerHill was a defeat, in form, but thepatriots only fell back a little way ;^^tlien halted and quietly remarked :We have several more hills to sell^at the same price, the price beingsuch a loss as the British army had rarely met. Thewar of 1812 besran with the loss of Mackinaw and Detroiton land and the friL;;ate Chesapeake at sea ; but Scott atChippewa and LundysLane, Harrison at the Thames andJackson at New Orleans
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. o wakeup Americans to the claims of theland they love and the governmentthey themselves have made. lUmkerHill was a defeat, in form, but thepatriots only fell back a little way ;^^tlien halted and quietly remarked :We have several more hills to sell^at the same price, the price beingsuch a loss as the British army had rarely met. Thewar of 1812 besran with the loss of Mackinaw and Detroiton land and the friL;;ate Chesapeake at sea ; but Scott atChippewa and LundysLane, Harrison at the Thames andJackson at New Orleans caused all land reverses to beforgotten ; while Perrys victory (»n Lake Mrie, togetherwith a splendid cluster of triumphs on the <xx\an. gaveour navy a lustre which it has never lost or suffered tobecome tarnished. Curiously enough, Mr. Kin/.ie. our own Chicago pio-neer, was a witness to the finish of the i;lorious day atPut-in-bay, in announcing which Commodore OliverHazard Perry added to our war-cries the imnKjrtal words, We have met the enemy and they are ours. 107. *^*-- 108 THE CHICAGO MASSACRE OF l8l2. Here is Mrs. Kinzies narrative of the captivity of herfather-in-law, embodying his experiences at that time: CAPTIVITY OF JOHN KINZIE. It had been a stipulation of General Hull at the surrender ofDetroit that the inhabitants of that place should remain undis-turbed in their homes. Accordingly the family of Mr. Kinzie tookup their quarters with their friends in the old mansion which manywill still recall as standing on the north-east corner of JeffersonAvenue and Wayne Street. The feelings of indignation and sympathy were constantlyaroused in the hearts of the citizens during the winter that were almost daily called upon to witness the cruelties prac-ticed upon American prisoners brought in by their Indian who could scarcely drag their wounded, bleeding feet overthe frozen ground, were compelle 1 to dance for the amusement ofthe savages, and th
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