, 1875-04-12

tiloso Of our Reboitto, 10 moct With sad ro-
voracs 1t asst. hut thoy have esay grown strong
nndcr such rogotscs, and thov ]ust begin to
soio Chicago cltison rolnatnod a piiaonot until
tho over- memorable words OF Commodore Porry,
uttered On tho 2ast, al September, 1919, roaohed
tho lort., 1--WE havo mot the enemy, and they
Fort alaldon al to l,orBof. Bho liotl tho kcy to
tho po.itiou. No vossel could pasa Up the De-
trolt lslvor except tldor lor Gins. The DtltBl,
had ilcd. from tho fort whero Mt. Kinzio nas.
leaving him the sole occupant Con iiafr'aon
retook Detroit, as 1t had boon SURRENDERED, with,
an s 1sasF 1iasF sud F'c cile.qos sos asa oiss ikes
running .up tho stars And stripes, held
Wien tic n9itlal, rotroatod Up Tho Thames, our
Indians wont with thotn undor Tecumsoh, who
had commission aa DriHadIof-0encra1; aud our
Army had no Idea Of letting them object n union
with tho troop, TINT wcrc lighting uou. Drown's
l0wel,
and our Indians uoyor rcoovorod from its ef-
fects. III vain did black la yk. In 1872. try to
cauao asainat tho unttod States. They know
they had no To,nmseh. aud left DIAck Hawk to
tight alone. After tho death OF Tctnm.sh, IL
cann to light thai IN 1903, he had planned tho
ensro Destruction , 10, Of tho people Of Chicago In.
clrcumsnnco prevented 1t Just ~ It was upon
tho point nf execution.
Whom Col. 1.iobard II. Jollnson WAS a canll-
daso for Yice-Prrsilent upou the AaHo ticket with
Mr.. Van Dnrsu for Prosadsot he opponents di4-
putsl that le was tho man who killed TocumHrh.
kuowiuR that a!labbonco, QUO Of tho Cl,ofs OF
tho pottawhtomles, mud vino was with Tecumssh
whom ho fell. resided In thus ylsintty. sought
an intosvioH: but waa told In advance TINT tbs
only way. could interest him was to make in
1urios about rocumseh. for whom hc, IN com.
mon with all otllera Of our, Woatera Iodians,
had tho utmost alteration 10 tho sud Of Ills llc.
Shahooneo n,arkod upon tue ground tho position
pursuns Americans, Gen. prootor in tho com
nanj Of tho ono aud 1'ccumseh Of tho other.
Then l.c described Tho Drtish as 1gnoTluiously
nolng and having tho Indians to tako cara Of
themselves. llo said tie Indians had beon be-
trarcd BY ovory party tlcy Ind asBstoa. The
Frnuch frat agrood to protect thclr hunting
grounds for them, but had nado them over to
tho Eugltsh. who In turn, had promised to pr,-
tocs taoir huntiug-gronnds, and ti,on wero keep
Ing tho n1ost Of ti,o!r troops to fight Nap,1eon.
Tho ba!tlo Of tho Thames was on tho 9th OF
October, 1919, and tho allied armies entered
Franco In December following, and aant Napo-
hsd becomo disaus.od; and, II ho could have
gotten ont OF tho war, ho mover would aayo
allowed bis trloes to fight tho Americans again.
Shabboneo eaid tue British wcro lying aud tho
rouniod. fetl from hts hor.o. You eight 10
havc aocn old Shabbonce At this polut Of his t,ar-
ration. No prolcssel tragod,au can do him jua-
ttco. An 1udlan talks much moro With hts c1un.
tenanco than ths white man. up to this timo
Ills countenancs boro naras Of gloom, doubt
despair. lIo knoll dawn and doano1 Col. John-
: Hon's position. Then no rau back some DIS
lance, turned. scized club, and. with tho coun-
tonanao Of fond incarnato, he gave Tacum.
eeu'a last rallying yell, aud. Eand!shing bis club
llka an Indian tomahRTx In oue hanl Rnt his
ni.s ii, tho other MS IL to take son1p lio rushej
towards tho spot whore Col. Jo!lusoa was sup
posot 10 30 suffering from hts .woun1s but.
suddenly placing h,a hana npon his si3c ~ II
shot, la foil. and Initiated tho dying Tocunsoh.
Ills description Of Cul. Johnsuu's d:cas and
horao wero very minute, md whsn toll It -
Col. johnson nt Washington he snid he cauid
haYo given no butter description h.msoIf. 6aab-
uonoo proved = good c!ttzan. III did tha uauy
Indian Calefs wno pAs,o ! tao remainder Of thair
days In this vlo.oity, MI savlaY that ~e bad con-
querel ths FrouoA ani English. and nothing
would hinder oIr ultimate po,s'Faon Of Oil
tilor forests; aud all boarlng witnoss that tho
groat Tecumseh would llayo settlod down In
peaos ofnong tho white folks, as they thomsoIvns
were dong, could his life have bocn e2arol,
ourtiag both French anl English for troacnort
our Ohtcago Indian Chofs to do. He oxpised .
tow voars ago uoar S1orr'a, G.undy County, Ia
this State, leaving sou. nos leaving In Kansa.
where also lives grandson, VINO IL ono Of tho
pr.nclpal Chiefs Of what wAs ouco tho powerful
tribo OF rNtawasomica
From tho nass loso Of 1919 to 1916 nothing
has ever been known OF our infant Flo alept
OH. The stArs Of tho Ems: tnav have shown
Guided 10 his maagcr-no Pharaoh's daughter
10 nourish him In his osoluBiot. Whoa tho
troops camo hero In that year, to reconstruct tho
fort. thoy. found eysrythinG oxaofly rs the
massacre Ind iett 1t. Tho bonei OF tho slafn
had neycr becu disturbed. aul slio first work Of
tlo soldiers WAS to col!oot anil bury tlAom. Tint
| anmo ycar troaty waa made u Ut. Louis, sccnr.
ing atrip Of land tuonsy miles wtae from OF
| tawn to Chicago. Thus carly waa tho importnnco
Ssesas inc s" ses.s e si mi Ga1 o Bond ds1hs /" liz
| inaugural Of TINT yoar aud hts yalcdlotory IN
49,: called alto itlcn to tho subiocs; aud his
Hucccesor, Gov. Coies, repeated bis ruconmonda-
tloa. 70 1sls. when rn oas aatoem,i tolloT.O!tl.
thore wero but two families outside Of tho Fort,
those Of John Kinzto and Antoine Wi'nosto, aud
the mkt year, .
| THE r1asr STEAMER
hor first trir to slacsln.w, but thoio WAS no
business to tnke hor to Chicago. Col. Hubbard
clme from Montreat. all tue way BY water, In M
open roH-boat, called by the Froach "bas-
daorsaa D.y. Gen. John MeNoi,, ono of tho
ter.es at tue battle Of Lundy's Lane. Cana1a,
| In 1914, nas stationed hero soon altar tho rocon-
structiou Of tho fovt, md ho claimed tlat QUO
OF his daughto1s wns the first person ever born
IN tho fort. Afow years ago. / mot her upon
Michigan avenue, and sho said slo had bean
trying to, and tho plsco upon which she was
born, claiming tho honor OF being Tho frat poT-
son oyer born iu the fort. As sho was unnas-
rtcd, distilled to ask her nhen it was. There
are several persons now living Ia Chicago who
claim the distinction Of bong the lrst white
porson born here. ~ Alexander Dean6len was
born hers In 1922. Thoro arc LADIES' who claim
a prior birtt. but they decline particular datos,
Tliey hal better nettta tho conseat BY spelling
tho Indian nalnos Of townS At tbs next spelling
| school.
In 1871, 0su. LOWS Cass came hero In a
birch bark canoe. and made a treaty With the
Indians, which aocuroti The right to build road
from Chtcsgo to both Fort Wayne and DotIoi..
Our Indians uere 60 peacosbly disposed afsur the
tall OF Teoumaoh that, from 1928, tho Qogesu-
mont made more matter Of conyonionco Of our
fort otter withdrawing tho troops entirely, until
| ths Ereat Black lIawk scare in 1899.
Iu 1898. the late Archibald Clybourn camo here
from Virginia aud 1t Waa then tuat Prof. Will
ism. H. KoatIas. Of the University Of penn.yl.
wants, yistod hero and thus wrote. "TheIr log
or bark houscs are law, filthy. aud disgusting,
displaying not the least trace Of comfort" up
10 1873, only ona bail weasel mAdo tslps to CHI
cago, md that to bring supplies to the fort. The
American Eur Company had dono all its business
| In hotf In ttaaA n nd