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THE FOREST PRESERVES 



Mrs. Porthier, a half breed living in the Ouilmette house 

 a . stone's throw from the newly erected Fort Dearborn, saw 

 Kinzie and Lalime leaving the Fort. There was a quarrel, a 

 shot, Lalime fell dead and John Kinzie became a fugitive. 



With the aid of Mrs. Porthier's father, Mirandeau, Kinzie 

 got to Milwaukee. Later on news from Chicago that the mili- 

 tary authorities, on the strength of the half breed's story, had 

 completely exonerated him, both Kinzie and Mirandeau returned. 



By this same list of land grants Chicago's two "good In- 

 dians" around whom the earlier history of Cook County was 

 practically written, came into possession of big tracts which 

 passed onto their children and have come into the hands of the 

 Forest Preserve District. We refer to Billy Caldwell and Alex- 

 ander Robinson. 



NORTH BRANCH, CHICAGO RIVER. 



Caldwell Sauganash was his Indian name was the son of 

 Col. Caldwell, a British officer of Irish birth, who had married 

 a Pottowatomie girl. He was educated by the Jesuit Fathers 

 at Detroit and spoke English and French as well as being the 

 master of a dozen different Indian tongues. 



He was a staunch ally of the bloodthirsty Tecumseh's in the 

 British cause during the troubled days leading up to the War 

 of 1812 and the Fort Dearborn massacre but he never forgot 



