Note 364 — Chapter VI · THE FOUNDING OF FORT DEARBORN
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Head Papers. Head was acquainted with various pioneer Chicagoans, and his statements purport to be drawn from such sources. His methods of work were such, however, that but little confidence can be had in his statements.
[365] The details of the affair vary, naturally, in the different accounts. For the Kinzie family tradition see Eleanor Kinzie Gordon, John Kinzie, the "Father of Chicago," 8-9; letter of Gurdon S. Hubbard, in Wentworth, Early Chicago, Fergus Historical Series, No. 16, 83; Mrs. Porthier's narrative in Andreas, History of Chicago, I, 105. Hubbard procured his information from the members of Kinzie's family. Mrs. Porthier, who in old age claimed to have been an eye-witness of the killing of La Lime, was an inmate of the Kinzie household for several years following 1816.
[366] See for example Wentworth, Early Chicago; Kirkland, The Chicago Massacre; Andreas, History of Chicago.
[367] I have not been able to determine the exact date of the death of La Lime. It could not have been earlier than April 13, however, since on this date he wrote to Captain Wells of Fort Wayne an account of the murders at the Lee farm on April 6 (Louisiana Gazette, May 30, 1812, copied by Lyman C. Draper, Draper Collection, S, Vol. XXVI).