Ann Durkin Keating: 1 book
Rising Up from Indian Country
The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
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. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and a half,...
