, 1881-06-04
Tho Rebuilding Of Fort psprno,,

H3 Vl FOfk HbE0fhhFn.
Ib the Editor 0f The fHcnsa Tribune
CntcAuO, JUNO :.-Tho address uf Nj. wso,.
worth in tho ucc,.sion Ut tho unveuv M ~.
tnelnurlul tablct Uf Fort Drnrlu,r,,, printct H.
full recently III THE Tn1nrHr, ,sn valuable r,,'
trIsNttion to tho history Ut Chraru for wbye, /
postcrity will DO greatly i,ltlnbscl ID him. /,
scems from his researches slnlt tho t,ovcrnmcn,
nt Washington have no record Of tho rebuIldIn,
Of tho fort after ts destruction by tho Indian.
In 1871. In my Investigations euucetu,np iho
history Os this tort during II pcrfol Of scycral
ycars past: ~ Of which hive carefully na,,I
subject, think hvo tic rcs. for III ~, mt, 'aa
Hiun III tho U1vGrntnent rcEurus. Tho tnrt w.,
rebuilt H. tho stlnlillur Of lStB by ,lct.rhn"nt
ct OnitGd @ atatcs tr2oIs sent out ior That pit.
lis rebuilding. Thu superintendent Of tbs
work was committed Il, Lieut.: WiIliain \. Ey.
elrth, who IL siM,Sen ot III as Intelligent pstu.
WIS Completed IN Uclot,ur 81 that ytar
completed, Lieut.. Eyclutl left t,hlrtgo Tor bonss
in tho sct,tDner Hercules, which. souu aits,
iuAvtug unuhnr'iHe, cslc.,nntorI.l ns Of the.t
Rales 20 common OIL Lake Michigan at III
seNsuis Ut thy ygAr, ntlt wl.s driven nshor All
mlnAta OF tho Calumet lcoin.nikl River. IIent
Eveluth nnt ntl oil honr,l werc lust. Tl.e lrstir
testsgei1cr Of tho cnlHil!ty WIS the lnd,nE Of il,
1I.furn tim hntiIrs w..rt, ,l,s"nr,.rnui P.bos
hMd bncofno solsit'wlat dccomprsrd, in Ut.
WnIvms. trnn IslS mi fMst, RI ii"!,, rvsIo.s
VIA AZ nitiatctl ihnt il WIS re,,arn," mtr ~
tho military buttoss fonMl on thr retlnauis ii
bis ct,at. Ills ttIy wns buried nrar the sput IN.
st:nn,iInr towards tho lnkr. Inn uj,tt' Is H..
inn tnnrkrl nj Tim limo liz n h1o,a,
tr6e Mr. Erhnn1Hrngt I'm inaI,r H.,
torimu. speaks Of sccit,s, tl,o xrsyr n Ltc,It
EvcI"ih M,, f,o ri,u,nins IT lin sctnoner ill., IT,.
euics. who,, passinr tnis w,,y fruIn lhruru III ia
Detroit in tl,p forc part Of Scp,clnDnr. lS:h ~
II sct.r,s iiut li.:,,t. Eyeltth and othcr m
bm,rsi whnn ti,o srhnonrr etranIsI sH1bt rs
snvn ihnmsn1vns bv IcMvlnv the vtssrt and NJ u
lf.t i, I'm ni,nnt' Whn1nvrr WORE. na h" ontcrs
Mn,i irrnt,nns f.,r rel,,,ilnv thc fnrt. they IRE
e,,nn,,ssti ~ ,1vn l"n,, tntr,,s,ra m }rut
iu.en nrnsnryei i,v the fIuyrrtI,ncnt. These. 10.
ynttirr r. viii iii III nuncrs rrlmijrr 10 lie wrk,
i ssoms. werc lost d this sh!pSn;k g. q s xh'si
Ilnnnrtn.",it ut WnshttwtoI,. md Ills sreIs to
"xnlnin thn o,nlssinns fxmt,j ny Hr. Wentworth
Il, cxist in this rnw,r,j,
LINT ErnIntf, ,.ua nt,nojnt Oh "A catct Mt West
Paint frt,in tin Dtstrtt II itultlbin III 18th wss
i,rf.v,t"j ssnnnti. i,le1Itenunt uf Enu,nprrs ii
iHib. md nt,pofntcI AssIstunl FroEesNs
~ ErwInorri,,ts III thu Military Acs4e.
nv Mt Wsst Faint. rio WIS assigned
duty i. rcht,l,jjt,K Fart DenrNurn IN t!e taro
pftt s" o y1nT iS,h H. aMo s,1nnr wufk tns ~ and II
nntiro ronnintt,,n orfnr,,l,", ii,to tptUl,er,
II seem. fro,M tbo u,i;sruss Of Mr. Wentworth
born wins iss!od q bears date Xos, ~ lst' H.
thIA t,rtio r IN Doo. III. lgp, There IL sumo ms.
tuku ns IL thln hIttDr jlntc. / was present IND
silw tho soiiiera ic,.ve Tho garrison Go!el
Scunc on pnDer. WIZ fhou il ulcrk III tho stote
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