Edited by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

Copyright, 1912, by
Nelly Kinzie Gordon


To my Native City
Chicago

WHOSE MARVELOUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
I HAVE WATCHED WITH PRIDE AND UNFAILING
INTEREST SINCE THE YEAR 1835

I dedicate this book


THE CONTENTS

page
Introduction[5]
Judge Woodward's Letter to Colonel Proctor[9]
Lieutenant Helm's Letter to Judge Woodward[13]
Lieutenant Helm's Narrative[15]
The Massacre at Chicago[27]
John Kinzie[85]
The Capture by the Indians of Little Eleanor Lytle[109]