Early Days Of Peoria And Chicago PDF Download

Excerpt from Early Days of Peoria and Chicago: An Address Read Before the Chicago Historical Society at a Quarterly Meeting Held January 19, 1904 The name approaches so near that of Le Mai, who succeeded Point de Saible at Chicago, as to raise the probability of some relationship existing between them. As there appear to have 'been more than one of the Maillet family, it is not beyond the reach of probability that the Le Mai of Chicago may also have sprung from a family living at old Peoria, where the name appears as early as 1761. Another prominent citizen of La Ville de Maillet was Thomas Forsyth, a half brother, and at one time, partnerin business with John Kinzie, who is looked upon as the real founder of Chicago. In the Indian troubles preceding and during the early stages of the war of 1812 'he was the Government Agent at Peoria, and was the secret and con fidential adviser of Governor Edwards in his dealings with the Indians at and about Pe'ori'a Lake. After the massacre of the garrison of Fort Dearborn, Thomas Forsyth, as sisted by Black Partridge and other friendly Indians, ren dered valuable services in rescuing Lieutenant Helm from his captivity. In the month of October, following, and probably at the very time he was rendering this assistance, Governor Edwards led an expedition across the prairies from Camp Russell, near Edwardsville, to the head of Lake Peoria, and there destroyed Black Partridge's village. As part of the same expedition, one Captain Thomas E. Craig, with a force of men, ascended the Illinois River by boats to Peoria, and there, mistaking the reserved attitude of Forsyth and the Frenchmen for one of hostility to the Government, in a very brutal and wanton manner, de stroyed about one-half of the village and carried away captive Forsyth and all the inhabitants that were found. Forsytih afterwards rendered valuable service as Agent of the' Government among the Indians on the upper Miss issippi, and still later took up his residence in St. Louis, where he continued to reside during the remainder of his life, and where his descendants may yet be found among the most respected citizens of that city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.