Note 244 — Chapter IV · CHICAGO IN THE REVOLUTION
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Missouri Historical Review, V, 223.
[245] Three detailed studies of this expedition have been made. The conclusions of the first, by Edward G. Mason, were generally accepted by scholars as valid until Professor Clarence W. Alvord's study appeared. His conclusions differ materially from those reached by Mason. More recently Frederick J. Teggart has challenged Alvord's conclusions. For his study, with references to the earlier studies and the sources, see "The Capture of St. Joseph, Michigan, by the Spaniards in 1781," in Missouri Historical Review, V, 214 9.
[246] Teggart, op. cit., 216.
[247] De Peyster's characterization of them as "a horrid set of refractory Indians" has already been mentioned (Wisconsin Historical Collections, XVIII, 384). Probably it was this band which had threatened to destroy the British force at Chicago retreating from St. Louis in the preceding summer. For a sketch of Siggenauk's career see Wisconsin Historical Collections, XVIII, 384.
[248] Wisconsin Historical Collections, XI, 210.
[249] Michigan Pioneer Collections, X, 454-55.