History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . sion boats, wasnot idle during this time. They proceeded to Peoria, where theywere fired on by ten Indians during the night, who immediatelyfled. Capt. Craig discovered, at daylight, their tracks leading upinto the French town. He inquired of the French their where-abouts, who denied all knowledge of them, and said they hadheard or seen nothing; but he took the entire number prisoners,burned and destroyed Peoria, and bore the captured inhabitantsaway on his boats to a point below th
History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . sion boats, wasnot idle during this time. They proceeded to Peoria, where theywere fired on by ten Indians during the night, who immediatelyfled. Capt. Craig discovered, at daylight, their tracks leading upinto the French town. He inquired of the French their where-abouts, who denied all knowledge of them, and said they hadheard or seen nothing; but he took the entire number prisoners,burned and destroyed Peoria, and bore the captured inhabitantsaway on his boats to a point below the present city of Alton, wherehe landed and left them in the woods,—men, women, and children,—in the inclement month of November, without shelter, and withoutfood other than the slender stores they had themselves gathered upbefore their departure. They found their way to St. Louis in analmost starving condition. The burning of Peoria and taking itsinhabitants prisoners, on the mere suspicion that they sympathizedwith the Indians, was generally regarded as a needless, if notwanton, act of military PONTIAC. THE OTTAWA CHIEF. HISTOET OF ILLINOIS. Tl SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST THE INDIANS. In the early part of 1813, the country was put in as good defenseas the sparse popuhition admitted. In spite of the precaution taken,numerous depredations and murders were committed by the In-dians, which again aroused the whites, and another expedition wassent against the foe, who had collected in large numbers in andaround Peoria. This army was composed of about 900 men, collect-ed from both Illinois and Missouri, and under command of They marched across the broad prairies of Illinois toPeoria, where there was a small stockade in charge of United Statestroops. Two days previously the Indians made an attack on thefort, but were repulsed. Being in the enemys country, knowingtheir stealthy habits, and the troops at no time observing a high de-gree of discipline, many unneces
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