C. The Whistler Family.—Gardner's Military Dictionary gives items of old John Whistler, the Burgoyne soldier; suggestion that in Heald's place he might have avoided the disaster; his descendants; Mrs. William Whistler and her daughter, Gwenthlean Whistler Kinzie; Mrs. General Sheridan; [153]:—Mrs. Whistler's visit to Chicago in 1875, [154]:—Her reminiscences; [155]:—Whistler descendants in the army; [156].
D. The Kinzie Family.—John Kinzie's origin and youth; [157]: —The Forsyths, Blanchard's story of the McKenzie girls; [158]: —Margaret, mother of some Kinzies and some Halls; Elizabeth, mother of some Clarks and some Clybourns; [160]:—The bend sinister; John marries Eleanor (Lytle) McKillip and comes to Chicago; [161]:—Extent of his trade; his continued relations with Detroit; 162;—His daughter-in-law, Juliette (Magill) Kinzie, writer of Wau-Bun, return after the massacre; [163]:—His losses; pathetic letter to his son, John Harris Kinzie; [164]:—His papers burned in 1871; [165]:—Inestimable services as treaty-maker; their partial recognition in treaty of 1838; [165]:—His hospitality; [166]:—Visit of Gov. Cass; [167]:—Winnebago scare; [168]:—End of the old pioneer; Hubbard's narrative of his closing moments; [169]:—Disappearance of the ancient mansion; [170]:—Mrs. Nellie Kinzie Gordon; [171]: —Heroic death in battle of John Harris Kinzie, Jr.; [172].
E. The Wells and the Heald Families.—William Wells's captivity among the Indians; Wa-nan-ga-peth, daughter of Me-che-kan-nah-quah, and her Wells descendants; [173]:—William fighting on the Indians' side; Rebekah (Wells) Heald's story of her reclamation of her "Indian uncle;" [174]:—His parting with his red father-in-law; later history of Me-che-kan-nah-quah, or Little Turtle; his presentation to Washington; [175]:—Rebekah meets Nathan Heald at Fort Wayne; [176]:—A. H. Edwards's anecdotes about Captain Wells; [177]:—Family feeling of Wells's descendants; the Heald massacre relics shown; [179]:—Masonic record of Nathan Heald; his letter of Oct. 13, 1813, reporting the massacre; [180]: —Letter on official business, May 18, 1812; [181]:—Remarks thereon; [182]:—Death of his niece, Mrs. Edwards, while this book is printing; [183].
F. John Lalime.—Portents of the massacre; rivalry between government and civilian traders; [185]:—Factions in the garrison; traits of John Lalime; [186]:—His letters; retort of Main Poc; Miss Noke-no-qua; [187]:—Lalime's attack on John Kinzie; Gurdon Hubbard's letter about it; Victoire (Mirandeau) Porthier's story; [189]: —Garrison acquits Kinzie but buries Lalime in sight of the old house; [190]:—Discovery of a skeleton in 1891; [191]:—Reasons for thinking it that of Lalime; [193]:—Facts learned from Fernando Jones, Judge Blodgett, Hon. John C. Haines and others; St. James' church-yard; [193]:—Letters from Fernando Jones, Hon. John C. Haines and Doctors Hosmer and Freer; [194-195].
G. Reminiscences of A. H. Edwards.—Letter to John Wentworth; story of a girl who was one of the scalped children; bare spot on her head; [197]:—She the daughter of John Cooper who is named in the muster-roll; [198]:—Married a Detroiter named Farnum; [199].
H. Billy Caldwell, the Sauganash.—His traits, good and bad; [201]:—He and Shabonee write a letter about General Harrison; [202].
I. Farewell War-Dance of the Indians.—Treaty of 1833; Latrobe's impressions of Chicago; [203]:—Ex-Chief-Justice Caton describes the war dance; [205]:—"Farewell Indians!" [206].
K. The Bronze Memorial Group.—Where the massacre occurred; cumulative testimony identifying the spot; letters from Mrs. Henry W. King, Isaac N. Arnold, A. J. Galloway, Mrs. Mary Clark Williams, and Robert G. Clarke; [207-210]:—The design of the group, and the designer, Carl Rohl-Smith: lucky chance gives two savages, "Kicking Bear" and "Short Bull," to serve as models for the figures; characteristic bearing of the savage models; bas-reliefs for pedestal, the fort interior, the evacuation, the fight, death of Captain Wells; dedicatory inscription; [211]:—Memorial fit to stand for centuries; [212].
List of Illustrations; [15].