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Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago by : L Helm
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago written by L Helm and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present-day Midwest American city of Chicago was, at the time of its founding in the early 1800s, on the extreme western frontier of the then expanding United States of America. As such, it was on the frontline of the great race war between Europeans and American Indians-and as this book powerfully demonstrates, became symbolic of that bloody and brutal conflict. The first major construction in the city was the large timber-framed Fort Dearborn-and it was just outside this fort in 1812 that dozens of men, women, and children were massacred by Indian attackers. The original fort was razed, and all the whites driven out, only to return later in even larger numbers and re-establish the settlement which became America's second largest city. This work contains three parts: an overview of the development of Chicago from its earliest times, written for the 1933 World Fair where the original fort was reconstructed; a compilation of documents which include an eyewitness account from a soldier survivor, Linai T. Helm; and a number of other important papers which give insight into Indian atrocities, kidnapping, and torture-just some of the many tribulations which the European pioneers endured. This is a riveting account of heroism and bravery of the men and women who took part in the winning of the west. Cover image: Defense by Henry Hering. Part of the monument erected on the spot of the old Fort Dearborn, today at the site of the Michigan Avenue Bridge in downtown Chicago.
Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago by : James Alton James
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago written by James Alton James and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present-day Midwest American city of Chicago was, at the time of its founding in the early 1800s, on the extreme western frontier of the then expanding United States of America. As such, it was on the frontline of the great race war between Europeans and American Indians-and as this book powerfully demonstrates, became symbolic of that bloody and brutal conflict. The first major construction in the city was the large timber-framed Fort Dearborn-and it was just outside this fort in 1812 that dozens of men, women, and children were massacred by Indian attackers. The original fort was razed, and all the whites driven out, only to return later in even larger numbers and re-establish the settlement which became America's second largest city. This work contains three parts: an overview of the development of Chicago from its earliest times, written for the 1933 World Fair where the original fort was reconstructed; a compilation of documents which include an eyewitness account from a soldier survivor, Linai T. Helm; and a number of other important papers which give insight into Indian atrocities, kidnapping, and torture-just some of the many tribulations which the European pioneers endured. This is a riveting account of heroism and bravery of the men and women who took part in the winning of the west. Cover image: Defense by Henry Hering. Part of the monument erected on the spot of the old Fort Dearborn, today at the site of the Michigan Avenue Bridge in downtown Chicago.
Book Synopsis Rising Up from Indian Country by : Ann Durkin Keating
Download or read book Rising Up from Indian Country written by Ann Durkin Keating and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sets the record straight about the War of 1812’s Battle of Fort Dearborn and its significance to early Chicago’s evolution . . . informative, ambitious” (Publishers Weekly). In August 1812, Capt. Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors, who killed fifty-two members of Heald’s party and burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. In the first book devoted entirely to this crucial period, noted historian Ann Durkin Keating richly recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville and the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. She tells a story not only of military conquest but of the lives of people on all sides of the conflict, highlighting such figures as Jean Baptiste Point de Sable and John Kinzie and demonstrating that early Chicago was a place of cross-cultural reliance among the French, the Americans, and the Native Americans. This gripping account of the birth of Chicago “opens up a fascinating vista of lost American history” and will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand the city and its complex origins (The Wall Street Journal). “Laid out with great insight and detail . . . Keating . . . doesn’t see the attack 200 years ago as a massacre. And neither do many historians and Native American leaders.” —Chicago Tribune “Adds depth and breadth to an understanding of the geographic, social, and political transitions that occurred on the shores of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s.” —Journal of American History
Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago by : James James
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago written by James James and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present-day Midwest American city of Chicago was, at the time of its founding in the early 1800s, on the extreme western frontier of the then expanding United States of America. As such, it was on the frontline of the great race war between Europeans and American Indians-and as this book powerfully demonstrates, became symbolic of that bloody and brutal conflict. The first major construction in the city was the large timber-framed Fort Dearborn-and it was just outside this fort in 1812 that dozens of men, women, and children were massacred by Indian attackers. The original fort was razed, and all the whites driven out, only to return later in even larger numbers and re-establish the settlement which became America's second largest city. This work contains three parts: an overview of the development of Chicago from its earliest times, written for the 1933 World Fair where the original fort was reconstructed; a compilation of documents which include an eyewitness account from a soldier survivor, Linai T. Helm; and a number of other important papers which give insight into Indian atrocities, kidnapping, and torture-just some of the many tribulations which the European pioneers endured. This is a riveting account of heroism and bravery of the men and women who took part in the winning of the west. Cover image: Defense by Henry Hering. Part of the monument erected on the spot of the old Fort Dearborn, today at the site of the Michigan Avenue Bridge in downtown Chicago. Contents: Part I: The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Birth of Chicago: Acknowledgements; War Clouds Gather; An Advantageous Location; Tribes Disregard Treaties; "Mad Anthony's" Tactics; Fort Dearborn Established; Privations and Pleasures; Captain Whistler's Regime; Enter Captain Heald; New War Clouds; The Last Warning; Ambush and Massacre; Second Fort Rises; Final Salute Fired. Part II: The Fort Dearborn Massacre: Introduction; Judge Woodward's Letter to Colonel Proctor; Lieutenant Helm's Letter to Judge Woodward; Lieutenant Helm's Narrative; The Massacre at Chicago; John Kinzie: A Sketch; The Capture by the Indians of Little Eleanor Lytle. Part II: Selected Documents Published by the Mississippi Valley Historical Review.
Book Synopsis The Story of Old Fort Dearborn by : Josiah Seymour Currey
Download or read book The Story of Old Fort Dearborn written by Josiah Seymour Currey and published by Chicago : McClurg 1912.. This book was released on 1912 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Chicago Massacre of 1812, a Historical and Biographical Narrative of Fort Dearborn (now Chicago) by : Joseph Kirkland
Download or read book The Chicago Massacre of 1812, a Historical and Biographical Narrative of Fort Dearborn (now Chicago) written by Joseph Kirkland and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre by : Linai Taliaferro Helm
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre written by Linai Taliaferro Helm and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of Some Preceding Events by : John H Kinzie
Download or read book Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of Some Preceding Events written by John H Kinzie and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a first-hand account of the 1812 Fort Dearborn massacre in Chicago and the events that led up to it. The author, who was a survivor of the attack, describes the tensions between Native American tribes and settlers that ultimately erupted in violence. It offers a unique perspective on the early history of Chicago and the conflicts that shaped the region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Heroes and Heroines of the Fort Dearborn Massacre by : Noah Simmons
Download or read book Heroes and Heroines of the Fort Dearborn Massacre written by Noah Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Fort Dearborn by : Charles River Charles River Editors
Download or read book Fort Dearborn written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes an account of the Dearborn Massacre by an American soldier *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "We had marched half a mile, when we were attacked by 600 Kickapoo and Wynbago Indians. In the moment of trial our Confute savages joined the savage enemy, Our contest lasted ten minutes, when every man, woman and child was killed except 15. Thanks be to God I was one of those who escaped." - Walter K. Jordan, one of the men present at the Battle of Dearborn Tucked safely away in storage is an unnamed sculpture commissioned by George Pullman and sculpted by Carl Rohl-Smith depicting the "Fort Dearborn Massacre." It was originally installed near the mansion of the creator of the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured railroad sleeping cars in the mid-19th century. Although placing such a sculpture at that location may initially sound weird, the Pullman mansion had been built on the site of a controversial battle that took place at an old, historic European fort along the Chicago River in Illinois in 1812. The ongoing fighting between white settlers, militias, Army units, and Native Americans not only bled into the War of 1812 but was one of the main causes of it. Many Americans chaffed at the fact that along the Northwestern frontier, the British in Canada were supporting Indian resistance to American settlement. So-called "War Hawks" from that region in Congress pushed for a declaration of war, and many hoped that a war would not only stop Indian depredations but evict the British from Canada and lead to completion of some unfinished business from the American Revolution, namely Canada joining the U.S. Although there had been treaties and seemingly cordial trading between the Native Americans and the new settlers in that area, recent fighting in nearby areas like the Battle of Tippecanoe less than a year earlier kept all sides on edge, and the British aim to maintain a barrier between America and Canada by propping up Native American tribes led to a controversial battle in the Illinois Territory at Fort Dearborn, a fort built along the Chicago River, shortly after the War of 1812 broke out. When the war came, the close proximity of British forces compelled American military officers in the area to attempt to evacuate the garrison at Fort Dearborn, but misunderstandings and a lack of time resulted in Potawatomi warriors ambushing the soldiers and several civilians before they could retreat back to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the wake of cutting down dozens of whites, the Potawatomi laid waste to Fort Dearborn itself, and though the fighting was technically a battle, in America the Battle of Fort Dearborn was known colloquially as the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Thus, even as the conflict was relatively minor in scale, it had far-reaching implications. Although Americans wouldn't be able to rebuild the fort until after the war ended, the memory of what occurred there increased the hostility towards Native Americans and helped ensure policies of removing the area's natives were popular among settlers. The most noteworthy result was the way in which events there culminated in the Treaty of Chicago, which led to the creation of one of America's biggest cities and the westward movement of the region's native inhabitants. Fort Dearborn: The History of the Controversial Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812 and the Settlement that Became Chicago chronicles the history of the fort and examine the notorious fighting in August 1812. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Fort Dearborn like never before, in no time at all.
Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre by : Linai T. Helm
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre written by Linai T. Helm and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Fort Dearborn Massacre," written by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, provides a firsthand account of the harrowing events that took place during the Fort Dearborn Massacre in 1812. Helm, one of the survivors, offers a detailed narrative of the incident and includes letters and narratives of contemporary interest. Edited by Nelly Kinzie Gordon, this historical account sheds light on a significant event in American history and provides valuable insights into the experiences of those involved.
Book Synopsis Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago Saturday August 15, 1812, and of Some Preceding Events by : Mrs. John H. Kinzie
Download or read book Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago Saturday August 15, 1812, and of Some Preceding Events written by Mrs. John H. Kinzie and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defends His Father by : Darius Heald
Download or read book Defends His Father written by Darius Heald and published by . This book was released on 1892* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Heroes and Heroines of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. A Romantic and Tragic History of Corporal John Simmons and His Heroic Wife, Also of the First Child Born in Chicago by : Noah Simmons
Download or read book Heroes and Heroines of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. A Romantic and Tragic History of Corporal John Simmons and His Heroic Wife, Also of the First Child Born in Chicago written by Noah Simmons and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Fort Dearborn Massacre (1912) by : Linai T Helm
Download or read book The Fort Dearborn Massacre (1912) written by Linai T Helm and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.
Download or read book Fort Dearborn written by Jerry Crimmins and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-28 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Before the city of Chicago existed, there was Fort Dearborn and the Potawatomi tribe." "Through the eyes of two young boys and their fathers - one a sergeant with the United States First Infantry, the other a Potawatomi warrior - Jerry Crimmins tells the story of the 1812 struggle of fire and blood known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre." "A suspenseful narrative, Fort Dearborn is also a remarkable historical tale, minutely observed and meticulously documented to preserve and even reconstruct key moments in American history. Using scores of letters, historical documents, maps, and long-forgotten Indian speeches. Jerry Crimmins breathes life into the little-known drama that took place around what is now downtown Chicago."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Chicago History for Kids by : Owen Hurd
Download or read book Chicago History for Kids written by Owen Hurd and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teachers, and kids will love this comprehensive and exciting history of how Chicago became the third largest city in the U.S. Chicago's spectacular and impressive history comes alive through activities such as building a model of the original Ferris Wheel, taking architectural walking tours of the first skyscrapers and Chicago's oldest landmarks, and making a Chicago-style hotdog. Serving as both a guide to kids and their parents and an engaging tool for teachers, this book details the first Chicagoan Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the Fort Dearborn Massacre, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the building of the world's first skyscraper, and the hosting of two World's Fairs. In addition to uncovering Windy City treasures such as the birth of the vibrant jazz era of Louis Armstrong and the work of Chicago poets, novelists, and songwriters, kids will also learn about Chicago's triumphant and tortured sports history.
