[247]. Fulton’s “Red Men of Iowa,” p. 210.
[248]. The Captain, prior to leaving, had pledged his passengers not to stop at Ft. Armstrong, Mo. Rep., Sept. 11, 1832.
[249]. Autobiography 2d Ed., p. 111.
[250]. Mo. Republican of Sept. 11, 1832, contains statement that steamboat Winnebago arrived in St. Louis en route for Jefferson Barracks “ten miles below,” on Sept. 10. That the “boat left Galena with Black Hawk, The Prophet, two sons of Black Hawk and nine braves, together with about 50 warriors.” The latter were landed south of the lower rapids on their pledge of neutrality. Black Hawk, The Prophet, two sons and nine braves were taken to Jefferson Barracks to remain as hostages. On the preceding Thursday Ne-a-pope and six or seven warriors were taken there by Lt. Cross and five men under his command.
[251]. Davidson & Stuve, Ills., p. 406. Brown Hist. Ills., p. 373.
[252]. Wentworth’s, Ft. Dearborn, p. 31.
[253]. Lt. Humphrey Marshall, later General and a Member of Congress from Kentucky, came to Chicago with Scott.–Early Chicago, Ft. Dearborn, p. 31.
[254]. An entry in the records of the War Dept. reads: “Fort Dearborn having become a general hospital on July 11th, no returns were received until its reoccupation: Companies G and I, 2d Infantry, returned to the fort on October 1st from the campaign.” Wentworth’s address on Ft. Dearborn.
[255]. Ft. Dearborn by Wentworth, p. 12.
[256]. Ft. Dearborn by Wentworth, p. 34.