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Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
Rising Up from Indian Country The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
Author: Ann Durkin Keating
In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne, hundreds of miles away. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226428963
ISBN-10: 0226428966
Publication Date: 8/15/2012
Pages: 328
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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