Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-28
In the massacre. That on the front Of the
monument IL inscribed:

In the massacre. That on the front Of the
monument 10 inscribed:
THE Fort Dearborn, Massacre.
August Is, 1872.
Black Partridge Saving Mrs. Helm"
The bas relief represents the march
from the fort. On the reverse SIDE Is the
ITO the Chicago Historical Society.
May, 1893.
In trust for the City Of Chicago.
and for Posterity." 3.
The. other tablets represent "Black
Partridge Returning his Medal Given
him by the Government, to Capt. Head
on the Day Before the Evacuation of the
Fort" the Indians First Attack upon
the Fort" and the Death OF Capt.
Wells" Mrs. Head is figure in the last
tablet, Capt. Wells being represented as
giving her q last message to his wife as
he turns to the Indians and tells them to
shoot.
The central group represents warrior
with uplifted tomahawk about to strike
Mrs Helm when arrested by the uplift-
ed arm Of Black Partridge. His left
hand is resting upon her shoulder and
she IS in the act of drawing the warrior
scalping knife from Its sheath at his
side Behind these three are the figures
Of Dr. Van Hoorin. the SURGEON of the
fort, PROSTATE ON the ground, under the
feet Of another. warrior. who has just
thrust his spear through the surgeons
body. At Mrs Helms feet is a child
one Of the twelve that were scalped dur
ing the massacre. with arms outstretched:
as If appealing 70: mercy and a look OF
terror frozen upon It's face.
In Lincoln Park. Chicago. In 1884 was
erected a monument bearing the inScrip-
ton:
ITO the Ottawa Nation Of Indians
My Early Friends.
Martin Ryer SON.
Upon the pedestal is a CUP Of figures
called THE Alarm" It includes war
glimpse of ain approaching white man.
The warrior stands erect. shading his
eyes with mis- hand. his rite hanging at
his side His squaw croucnes behind
side. The Alarm is expressed in the
intense anxiety pictured upon the faces
Of the figures.
The pedestal Is emhellshed with four
reliefs IN bronze; repfe as An tn In
cauncir.' and THE Arrival Of the Set
tiers" The sculptor was John ]. Boyle
Of Chicago.
In Memory of Red Jacket.
In Forest Lawn cemetery. Buffalo.
n. y, an imposing memorial to Red
Jacket. the great Seneca chieftain. was
unveiled June %. 1891. Under it lies the
dust Of several other Seneca warriors
who were his contemporaries. Their
bodies, which had been lying in neglect
ed graves in different parts Of western
New York, were gathered together by
the Buffalo Historical Society. and. Oc-
tober 8. 1884, were reinterred In Forest
Lawn cemetery with appropriate cere-
There are several portraits of Red
jacket in existence. One of them was
painted in" 1923 by r. w. Weir. AID in
1890 Catlin painted life-size picture. rep
resenting him standing on Table. ROCK,
Niagara Falls. which was in accordance
with He'd Jackets request. There Is also
a monument marking the place OF his
birth at Canoga. Seneca county. n. Y.
He was chief of the Seneca tribe. OF In
dams, born about 1856 and died at Buffa-
10, January % $780, In the American
revolution. his tribe having reluctantly
espoused the cause of Great Britain. Red
Jacket. although. opposed to this course.
took the field with his felow-warriors.
At once his ability and intelligence at
tracted the attention Of British officers.
one of whom gave him a brilliant scar
let jacket, which. when worn out was re:
placed by a second. and SO on until this
distinctive dress became a characteristic
feature Of its wearer, whence his popular
name, Red Jacket was frequently en-
ployed In carrying dispatches. but took
no active part in the actual fighting:
indeed, he. was often approached by the
great fighting chief, Corn Planter. with