Note 567 — Chapter X · THE BATTLE AND DEFEAT
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American State Papers, Indian Affairs, I, 806.
[568] Short reports of the attack by Matthew Irwin and by Captain Heald are printed in Wentworth, Early Chicago, 49-50. Longer and more valuable accounts are contained in the letters of Heald and John La Lime to Captain William Wells, dated April 15 and 13 respectively, printed in the Louisiana Gazette for May 30, 1812. I have made use of the copies of these letters made by Lyman C. Draper, in the Draper Collection, S, Vol. XXVI. The best known account is Mrs. Kinzie's narrative in Wau Bun, 155-60, but its statements require verification.
[569] Statement of William R. Head in his Annals of Chicago, MS owned by his widow. I have not been able to verify it.
[570] Wau Bun, 157. That his first name was Liberty is stated by Heald. That he had lived at Chicago for some time is evident from the occurrence of his name in Kinzie's account books.
[571] La Lime's letter to Wells, as printed in the Louisiana Gazette, May 30, 1812, gives the name of John Kelson. From the similarity of names I infer that the man was John Kelso, a private in Heald's company.