Title: Rising up from Indian country
Subtitle: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
Description: A history of Chicago from 1754 to 1833 with respect to the indigenous population (Potawatomi, Miami and others) the United States (the Army, militias and settlers) and third parties (traders, trappers, and the British).
Subjects: Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812, War of 1812, History, Massacres, Chicago (ill.), history
Places: Chicago (Ill.), Fort Dearborn, Peoria, St. Louis, Detroit, Fox River, Fort Wayne
People: John Kinzie (1763-1828), Topinbee, Jean Baptiste Point de Sable, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, Black Partridge
Time periods: 19th century