. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. nd on thenorthwest side of the South Branch, within the presentLumber District, about half way between HalstedStreet and Ashland avenue. It was first known as Lees *See Appendix F. tThis name I find sometimes spelled Lee, and sometimes See. OI TmC IIKST lOKT IH! AKIIOK V. Plaoc, afUrwanls as I lanlscrahhlc. Il was occupiedby one TJberty White, witli two oIIkt iikii and a hoy,the vSon of Mr. Lee; This spot was not far from the place where Pere Mar- (pietle j)ass- ?4- ^^^V! >r / ed tlu- winterof 1674-75
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. nd on thenorthwest side of the South Branch, within the presentLumber District, about half way between HalstedStreet and Ashland avenue. It was first known as Lees *See Appendix F. tThis name I find sometimes spelled Lee, and sometimes See. OI TmC IIKST lOKT IH! AKIIOK V. Plaoc, afUrwanls as I lanlscrahhlc. Il was occupiedby one TJberty White, witli two oIIkt iikii and a hoy,the vSon of Mr. Lee; This spot was not far from the place where Pere Mar- (pietle j)ass- ?4- ^^^V! >r / ed tlu- winterof 1674-75 ;perliajjs thevery s a ni eground.(SeeM n n s e 11sHistory ofChicago for acopy of thegood Fath-ers journal,with jxiralleltranslation.) Mrs. JohnKinzie, firstin a pamph-let dated in1836, andpublished inI 844, a n dlater in Wau-Bun, givesan extremelypicturesqu er->>^=*^r ace o u n t of ^.. _,.. the alarm, evidently ta-ken d o w nfrom the lips of those who had been present; namelyher husband (then a boy), his mother, Mrs. John Kinzie,and his half-sister, Mrs. Helm •. CABIN IN THE WOODS. 72 THE CHICAGO MASSACRE OI^ I Si 2. It was the eveuiug of the 7th of April, 1812. The children ofMrs. Kinzie were dancing before the fire to the music or their fath-ers violin. The tea-table was spread, and they were awaiting thereturn of their mother, who was gone to visit a sick neighbo-r.[Mrs. John Burns, living at about where is uow the crossing of Kin-zie and State Streets, had just been delivered of a child.] Suddenlytheir sports were interrupted ; the door was thrown open and rushed in pale with terror, and scarcely able to articulate. The Indians ! The Indians ! The Indians! What? Where? Up at Lees place, killing and scalping! With difiiculty Mrs. Kinzie composed herself sufficiently to givethe information that while she was up at Burnss a man and a boywere seen running down with all speed to the opposite side of theriver ; that they called across to give notice to Burnss
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