Fort Dearborn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...On Aug. 15, 1812, as Capt. Nathan Heald led the small contingent of troops, militia, women, and children from the fort, a large Native American force attacked. More than half of the people were killed and most of those remaining were...