The Fort Dearborn Massacre / Written in 1814 by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, One of the Survivors, with Letters and Narratives of Contemporary Interest

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THE CONTENTS

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

JUDGE WOODWARD'S LETTER TO COLONEL PROCTOR

LIEUTENANT HELM'S LETTER TO JUDGE WOODWARD

LIEUTENANT HELM'S NARRATIVE

THE MASSACRE AT CHICAGO [1]

JOHN KINZIE A SKETCH

THE CAPTURE BY THE INDIANS OF LITTLE ELEANOR LYTLE [13]

Title: The Fort Dearborn Massacre

Written in 1814 by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, One of the Survivors, with Letters and Narratives of Contemporary Interest

Author: Linai Taliaferro Helm

Editor: Nelly Kinzie Gordon

Language: English

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Monument commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre

Monument commemorating the Fort Dearborn Massacre

THE
FORT DEARBORN
MASSACRE

Written in 1814 by
Lieutenant Linai T. Helm
One of the survivors

WITH LETTERS AND NARRATIVES OF
CONTEMPORARY INTEREST

Edited by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO       NEW YORK

Copyright, 1912, by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon


To my Native City
Chicago

WHOSE MARVELOUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
I HAVE WATCHED WITH PRIDE AND UNFAILING
INTEREST SINCE THE YEAR 1835

I dedicate this book


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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