. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. the innocent, luckless Hay-tians learned of the existence of the unspeakable Span-iards, in cruelty the only rivals of the North Americanaborigines. What is the reason for the intense interest and curiositywhich clusters about this story of violence and rapine, ofheroism, anguish and death ? Other massacres haveblotted with blood the pages of American history. FromDeerfield and Schenectady to the Little Bighorn, our de-voted bands have perished at the hands of the AmericanIndian; and each dark day is suffered to rest
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. the innocent, luckless Hay-tians learned of the existence of the unspeakable Span-iards, in cruelty the only rivals of the North Americanaborigines. What is the reason for the intense interest and curiositywhich clusters about this story of violence and rapine, ofheroism, anguish and death ? Other massacres haveblotted with blood the pages of American history. FromDeerfield and Schenectady to the Little Bighorn, our de-voted bands have perished at the hands of the AmericanIndian; and each dark day is suffered to rest as a mere tra-dition, buried in the half-forgotten folk-lore of its time andplace. Why does the Fort Dearborn massacre, involvingonly a few score souls, hold a different rank in our hearts ? It is because the footsteps of millions are passing overthe spot where it all happened ; steamers are churningits peaceful waters ; bells and steam-whistles are rendingthe air that bore away the sound of gun-shots, war- C( )\l!•;M 1 < )K A N !-:( )ITS k 1. !?< »KI*;. i*^:i. I Jl ^ ^ CRT WHICH EXTENDED ALTTl^V ? ? • ASHDSOMEWhA^ WTO TH£ Br ORDER OP GEH nl . IT V«ftS tV/LUHED AUG ArreRiTi -tpres ixo provijions HA) ^.VA CfSTRtfiUTvr AWO^C TriE INOiAHSVEHV SOOK AFTER THE ;?^,AfJ£ AT7ACKE0 AND•? ^UT AFTER THf BUCK-hWi;^ wAR »T WHT INTO (GRADUAL nSoSt hHD >«*>0;:uPiEC Bl u;\!OUi OFMCERSTIL. I«67 *!-•:, !T Yt^3 TCRN FVCEPTIKC .SINCU |Cn iT^UO LFCN TnlS SJTfc ^.Li THf civfAT rmr of o^^t. j,t67r . kT TKE SlCGESTlON CF THE : HilTCRlC* OF. iY This TABU- VkS ERECTED By ^iV leeo
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