P;BLACK OR. THE FALL OF . FORTDEARBO By^ R.GORDONH.COLONEL Frontispiece The Pursuit Page 293 BLACK PARTRIDGE OR THE FALL OF FORT DEARBORN By COLONEL H. R. GORDON " " " "Author of Red Jacket," Logan, Pontiac," etc. NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 31 West Twenty-third Street Copyright by E. P. DUTTON & Co. 1906 Published September 1906 The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S A CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. On the Trail to Fort Deaborn ... i II. Pushing to the Northwest 13 III. Woodcraft 25 the Shorerv. On 37 V. Comrades 49 VI. An Exchange of Shots 60 VII. The War Party 72 VIII. An Error of Judgment 84 IX. At Court 98 X. Black Partridge . . . 109 XL The Crisis 120 XII. Companions in Peril 134 XIII. CallA Warning 144 XIV. Stream 156Up XV. The Burns Cabin 168 XVI. OuTM^TTED 180 XVII. Among the Shadows 190 XVIII. Old Friends 200Two XIX. The Fateful Morning 210 XX. Lively Work 220 XXI. The Attack 230 XXII. A Border Heroine 241 XXIII. Through the Fire 249 260XXIV. Behind the Ridge XXV. Private Dugron 270 XXVL 286The Warning Voice XXVIL Conclusion 298 Black Partridge2 The distance between the two posts namedin 1804. nearly two hundred miles, the trail connectingwas marked, and leading around thethem being well southern end of Lake Michigan. It was sometimes the custom for persons making the journey to use a between Fort Dearborn and the southern endcanoe This saved about a fifth of the distanceof the lake. method of travel.
P;BLACK OR. THE FALL OF . FORTDEARBO By^ R.GORDONH.COLONELFrontispiece The Pursuit Page 293BLACK PARTRIDGE OR THE FALL OF FORT DEARBORN By COLONEL H. R. GORDON " " " "Author of Red Jacket," Logan, Pontiac," etc. NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 31 West Twenty-third StreetCopyright by E. P. DUTTON & Co. 1906 Published September 1906 The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S ACONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. On the Trail to Fort Deaborn ... i II. Pushing to the Northwest 13 III. Woodcraft 25 the Shorerv. On 37 V. Comrades 49 VI. An Exchange of Shots 60 VII. The War Party 72 VIII. An Error of Judgment 84 IX. At Court 98 X. Black Partridge . . . 109 XL The Crisis 120 XII. Companions in Peril 134 XIII. CallA Warning 144 XIV. Stream 156Up XV. The Burns Cabin 168 XVI. OuTM^TTED 180 XVII. Among the Shadows 190 XVIII. Old Friends 200Two XIX. The Fateful Morning 210 XX. Lively Work 220 XXI. The Attack 230 XXII. A Border Heroine 241 XXIII. Through the Fire 249 260XXIV. Behind the Ridge XXV. Private Dugron 270 XXVL 286The Warning Voice XXVIL Conclusion 298Black Partridge2 The distance between the two posts namedin 1804. nearly two hundred miles, the trail connectingwas marked, and leading around thethem being well southern end of Lake Michigan. It was sometimes the custom for persons making the journey to use a between Fort Dearborn and the southern endcanoe This saved about a fifth of the distanceof the lake. method of travel.and gave a pleasant change in the The Indian chief who appeared at Fort Wayne belonged to the Pottawatomie tribe and was one of their most famous sachems. He has been called Black Bird some writers, but is more generallyby remembered Black Partridge. He had greatas personally brave andnative force of character, was along the frontier,was held in high regard, not only but by our government because of his friendship for American settlers. His shrewd counsel, his tact, and his intrepidity saved disaster to the settlements more once.than gratitude of our government to thisAs proof of the brief description ofremarkable Indian, I may give a which he alwaysthe silver medal presented to him and wore where it could be plainly seen, pendent from a cord around his neck. It was once my good fortune to hold this interesting token in my hands, and I re- member it clearly. The face contained a bust of these words:our President, encircled by "James States, 1809." OnMadison, President of the United
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