Part 16 (1/2)

I., 103-16 (1857), gives an account of the ma.s.sacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812, largely taken from the Kinzie narrative.

_Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov._ 28, 1897.

New light thrown on Old Fort Dearborn. An account of the finding of important records in the archives of the U. S. government. The archives contained the original order for building a fort where Fort Dearborn later stood (order of 1803), and sketches of Fort Dearborn as early as January, 1808. The sketches are reproduced.

CLARKE, S. C. _Prairie State, The._ (_Atlantic Monthly_, VII., 579-595, _May_, 1861.)

Well written and treats a large number of subjects.

COPELAND, LOUIS ALBERT, B. L. _The Cornish in southwest Wisconsin._ Pages 301-334 of _Wis. Hist. Coll._, XIV. _Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer_, 1898.

Gives several facts concerning the early history of the Galena region.

Most of the Cornish, however, came after 1830.

DANA, E. _Geographical Sketches on the Western Country: designed for Emigrants and Settlers: being the Result of extensive Researches and Remarks. To which is added a Summary of all the most interesting Matters on the Subject, including a particular Description of the unsold public Lands, ... also, a List of the princ.i.p.al Roads. Cincinnati: Looker, Reynolds & Co._, 1819. 312 pp.

Pages 133-156 are devoted to Illinois. A suggestion of the fraudulent count in the census of 1818 is given.

--_A Description of the bounty Lands in the State of Illinois: also, the princ.i.p.al Roads and Routes, by Land and Water, through the Territory of the United States. Cincinnati: Looker, Reynolds & Co._, 1819. 12mo. 108 pp.

Gives very few references to settlement and few descriptions of historic sites.

DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER, _and_ STUVe, BERNARD. _A complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1873; embracing the physical Features of the Country; its early Explorations, aboriginal Inhabitants; French and British Occupation; Conquest by Virginia; territorial Condition and the subsequent civil, military and political Events of the State. Springfield, Ill.: Ill.

Journal Co._, 1874. 944 pp.

Crude, but no specialist in Illinois history should be without it. Not minute in treatment of immigration.

_Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, History of. Decatur, Ill.: Compiled and published by Wiggins & Co., Cleveland, O._, 1871. 51 pp.

A symposium without historical merit. Almost exclusively of a later period than 1830, but tells of the first settlement of the county in 1820.

DRAKE, SAMUEL ADAMS. _The Making of the Ohio Valley States, 1660-1837. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons_, 1894. 16mo. 269 pp.

A very few pages are devoted to Illinois, and naturally the larger events alone are noted.

DREW, BENJAMIN. _The Refugee; or, The Narratives of fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the colored Population of Upper Canada. Boston: John P.

Jewett & Co._, 1856. 12mo. 387 pp.

A few of the refugees whose escapes are narrated pa.s.sed through Illinois on the Underground Railroad.

EAMES, CHARLES M. _Historic Morgan and Cla.s.sic Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Ill.: Daily Journal Steam Job Printing Office_, 1885. 336 pp. In Library of Chicago Historical Society.

Of great interest because of its details concerning early methods of travel and concerning the beginnings in Morgan county. Deals with pioneer and slavery history.

EDWARDS, NINIAN WIRT. _History of Illinois, from 1778 to 1833; and Life and Times of Ninian Edwards. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. State Journal Co._, 1870. 549 + iii. pp.

Written by the son of Gov. Ninian Edwards. Not in good form, but has much authentic material.

_Family Magazine: or, Monthly Abstract of general Knowledge. New York, Boston, Cincinnati._