. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. near to gaze, towonder, and to speculate. Fortunately for Baptiste, forChicago and for history, the consensus of opinion calledit bad meat, and so the creatures life was spared. Shaubena, a chief of the Pottowatomies, was in andabout Chicago long after their war dance of 1836. Hehad seen Pointe de Saible, but unfortunately hisknowledge concerning him is not on record. Mr. Masonsays regretfully: In 1855, at the old Wells Street station, I saw old Shaubenawearing moccasins, leggins, coat and plug hat with colored strin
. The Chicago massacre of 1812 : with illustrations and historical documents. near to gaze, towonder, and to speculate. Fortunately for Baptiste, forChicago and for history, the consensus of opinion calledit bad meat, and so the creatures life was spared. Shaubena, a chief of the Pottowatomies, was in andabout Chicago long after their war dance of 1836. Hehad seen Pointe de Saible, but unfortunately hisknowledge concerning him is not on record. Mr. Masonsays regretfully: In 1855, at the old Wells Street station, I saw old Shaubenawearing moccasins, leggins, coat and plug hat with colored stringstied around it. He was gazing with great delight at the GalenaRailway engine, named for him, and calling the attention of thepeople on the platform to it. He doubtless thought that a muchmore wonderful sight than old Jean Baptiste. APii-NDix a: ui: 13*J One other iiKiiiioii of roiiilc d. S:iil)lc is thrown upfrom the almost barren shore of Western history. Thethird vohime of the Wisconsin Historical Societys col-lection contains certain Recollections of Au^ustin. i? ? fe^-^-y SHArBEXA IN OLO AGE. (ABOUT 1S56.) Grig-non (a grand-son of Sienr Charles de Lani^lade. whobecame the first permanent wliite settler of Wisconsinabont 1735. and. as we have seen, is named by de Pey-ster in his verses, among which Recollections occnrsthe following precions bit: At a very early period there was a nei;ro who livedhere (Chicago) named Baptiste Pointe de vSaible. Mybrother, Perisli Grignon, visited Chicago abont 1704 amitold me that Pointe de Saible was a large man, that hehad a commission for some office, bnt for what particnlaroffice or for what government I cannot now was a trader, pretty wealthy, and drank freely. I donot know what became of him. With these bits of chance allnsion—tonches here andtliej-e—we get a qnite distinct impression of the lonelyBaptiste. His origin shows possibility of greatness, forit was the same with that of Fran(,>ois Domini(iue Ton
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