What to see in America . 244 What to See in America. TuWEH, Lx Capt. Wells with a party of thirty Miami warriors reen-forced the garrison. The Indians promised, protection ifthe inmates of the fort woulddesert it and give them thestores and ammunition. Onthe following morning, there-fore, the people all left thefort to go to Detroit, and be-gan traveling along the sandybeach with their wagons; butwhen they got to what is nowthe foot of 18th Street theywere attacked by half a thou-sand Indians who had beenescorting them. The friendly Miamis soon fled, and thewhites were overwhelmed. Forty were
What to see in America . 244 What to See in America. TuWEH, Lx Capt. Wells with a party of thirty Miami warriors reen-forced the garrison. The Indians promised, protection ifthe inmates of the fort woulddesert it and give them thestores and ammunition. Onthe following morning, there-fore, the people all left thefort to go to Detroit, and be-gan traveling along the sandybeach with their wagons; butwhen they got to what is nowthe foot of 18th Street theywere attacked by half a thou-sand Indians who had beenescorting them. The friendly Miamis soon fled, and thewhites were overwhelmed. Forty were taken prisoners andthe rest, including two women and twelve children, weremassacred. The fort was rebuilt two years later, and soonbecame the center of the fur trade in that part of the 1830 a merchant who arrived on a schooner with a smallstock of goods built near the fort a log store, which madean important addition to the trade of Chicago. Thenext year the place had one hundred inhabitants, but afterthat its growth was rapid, and with
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