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DEARBORN MASSACREThe Pcttawatomies pretended to he very sorry to hear of Capt, Heald's departure and insisted upon furnishing1 an escort to the troops, Thej' kept abreast of the' -soldiers until they reached a chain of sand hills between the prairie and _the lake and then disappeared behind the ridge. When Capt. Wells, who. with his Mi amis, was in the van, reached what is now the foot of Fourteenth street, he realized that the party was at the mercy of the enemy. The white soldiers and their Indian, allies made an attack on the Pottawatomie® and .repulsed them, butat the most critical moment. Capt. Wells' refused to render assistance- A aiiarter of an hour later the Indians had possession of the baggage train and slaughtered’ the women and the children without mercy,. Capt. Wells fought like a tiger and succumbed only after having killed seven Indians* As he rode back from theA Rare Monument Commoraorat mg tho Tragody. ..I'rescnted to tho Chicago Historical So cloty by George TO. Puli man—'IncldenCm Illustrated by tho Sealptor*Carl Roll 1-Smith,[Special Chicago Letter. 1 Chicago's rich men, as a class, contribute liberally to charitable and public enterprises. All the world knows what Phil Armour, the “butcher king, has done to promote the interests of poor children in -search of an education; }Tarshall Field's liobby is temperance societies and universities. Thu dewberry and Crerar libraries are enduring monuments to the ‘generosity of their founders, George M. Pullman, one of the most * wide-
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 18, 1893
Page 7
Full Page
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Justin W.
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