Identifier: discoveryconques01blan (find matches)
Title: The discovery and conquests of the Northwest : including the early history of Chicago, Detroit, Vincennes, St. Louis, Ft. Wayne, Prairie du Chien, Marietta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc., etc., and incidents of pioneer life in the region of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Blanchard, Rufus, 1821-1904. (from old catalog) Haines, Elijah Middlebrook, 1822-1889. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Indians of North America Names, Indian
Publisher: Chicago : Cushing, Thomas & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rited animal, and,being desirous of possessing themselves of it uninjured, the In-dians had aimed their shots so as to disable the rider, withoutinjuring her steed. She had not lain long in the boat, when a young Indian ofsavage aspect was seen approaching. A buffalo robe was hastilydrawn over Mrs. Heald, and she was admonished to suppressall sound of complaint, as she valued her life. The heroic woman remained perfectly silent, while the savagedrew near. He had a pistol in his hand, which he rested on theside of the boat, while, with afearful scowl, he looked pryinglyaround. Black Jim, one of the servants who stood in the bow ofthe boat, seized an axe that lay near, and signed to him thatif he shot, he would cleave his skull; telling him that theboat contained only the family oH SJiaio-nee-<iAO-lee.-\ Upon thisthe Indian retired. It afterward a))peared that the object of his *Mrs. Holt is believed to be still living in the State of Ohio,t The Indian name ior Mr. Kinzie —(AuxaOR.
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JS^eio Dangers Aoerted. 231 >carcli was Mr. Burnett, a trader from St. Josephs, with whomhe had some account to settle. When the boat was at leno-th permitted to return to themansion of Mr. Kinzie, and Mrs. Heakl was removed to theJiouse, it became necessary to dress her wounds. ^(r. K. applied to an old chief who stood bj, and who, likemost of his tribe, possessed some skill in surgery, to extract aball from the arm ofthe sufferer. No, father, replied he. I cannot do it—it makes me sickhere—(placing his liand on his heart). Mr. Kinzie then performed the operation himself with hispenknife. At tlieir own mansion the family of Mr. Kinzie were closely^ffuarded bv their Indian friends, wliose intention it was, to carrythem to Detroit for security. The rest of the prisoners remainedat the wigwams of their captors. The following morning the work of plunder being coinpleted,the Indians set iire to the fort. A very equitable distribution oftlie finery ap)>eared to have been made, an

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