Fort Dearborn

Its herd of cattle even surpassed that at Fort Dearborn itself, and was a matter of no small pride to the Pottawatomie villagers.

“It is a good omen,” said one of the women at Fort Dearborn, as she looked out over the shining water.

But we return from our short digression to the little party in Fort Dearborn.

Fort Dearborn—or Chicago—at that date had but one house, a fur-trading post.

And then she remembered too, what had happened to Helene twenty years ago at Fort Dearborn.