I NDIA N MA SSA CRE and ' CA PTIVITY OF HA L L GIRL S COM PL ETE H ISTORY o f th e MA SSA CRE OF SIXTEEN WHI TES I ND N C REE! NEA R OTT WA I I A . A , L L . a nd SYLVI A HALL A ND RAC HEL H ALL A s C ap t iv es i n Illino i s a nd Wisco nsin HE B AC! AW! WA R 32 T L H , 1 8 BY CA N CHA RLES M . § L A N A uth o r 0 ' " s R s f O rd r Th e L aw o f Church a d G r Scanlan ule o e , n av e , " " s L a w o f H o tel Etc . REI G PUBLI SH I NG COMPANY 4 2 I M a t t h e w s B u i l d i n g e W s Milwauke , i . C OP Y R I G H T , 1 91 5 . B Y H A M A NL A N C RL ES . SC AUG28 l9| 5 © CLA 4 1 02 5 6 fL o A F PRE ACE . r No one i s satisfied with an incomplete sto y . The ver y me agr e and incon sistent accounts of the adventur e s of Sylvi a and Rachel Hall “ ” (famili ar ly known as the H all gir ls ) her eto ’ fo r e published mer ely excited one s cur io sity to ’ k r a s s a m s now the whole sto y . The l die t te ent a a u s a an t th t h ve been p bli hed , g ve only ou line a s as f ar as w r s of the . f ct they kne them pe on a ta all a s i r in lly . To ob in the f ct , requ ed much vestigation of books and a gr e at de al of co r r e s o nd nc e s i a s r p e with hi tor c l societie , edito s of newsp apers and the W ar and th e Inter io r De artm nt h e a s s r e t . p of United St te Al o , the write h as h ad p erson al interviews with r el ative s of th e ss a and h as a Mi e s H ll , tr veled over the ground and examined all the evid ence th at now appe ars from the l o c ation of the little cott age on I ndian Creek to Galen a where the girls took a a bo t for St . Louis. M r s . a D av . A a un an a a r Mir nd , d ughte of M r a s s. Rachel H ll Mun on (the younger cap a a s h er tive ) , g ve me the f mily hi tory of mother ; and s s a . c as a Mi Sylvi E Horn of Lin oln , Nebr k , and , . C . a a s Mr L Horn of M ckin w , Illinoi , [3] 4 F PRE ACE. r a - r M r s a a g nd child en of . Sylvi H ll Horn (the r a c n r s elde c ptive ) , o t ibuted the hi tory of the r a s r a Ho n f mily . Thu eve y f ct in the following a s i s s a p ge t ted upon the best evidence . To gather all the tr adition s tha t still linger along the cour se over which the Indi an s tr av el ed r a s wr r n s with thei c ptive , the ite e li ted the s r s h is c s ss r r a a e vice of nie e , Mi Ge t ude Sc nl n e i r s s and ss ar a of F nn mo e , Wi con in , Mi M i n a a o f ra r du s a Sc nl n P i ie Chien , who e gr nd r r r h r fathe s we e pionee s in t e le ad egions . How r a h as b s a r a eve , no f ct een t ted on t dition with out th e clues being ver ified by l and r ecor ds o r r o gove nment d cuments . Of course ever y l ady w ants to know how the r a i r s e . s girl look d Unfo tun tely , there no pictu e m r r m r t r . M s of ei he of the p io to iddle life . Dun av an lent to m e a ver y r ar e dag uer r eotyp e r h r m r M r s s a a e . t pictu e of othe , Mun on , t ken a e a r - two ar s and a the g of b out fo ty ye , photo r a o f h er a M r s a a r t a g ph unt , . Sylvi H ll Ho n , ken sh was r s ar e. s when e ove ixty ye s of ag Al o , I f m M r s Dunav an a borrowed ro . tintype pic r s sh e was s x i s tu e of her elf when i teen , which said to be a ver y good likeness of her aunt Sylvia at the time th at sh e was t aken c aptive . r r r r The se picture s a e ep oduced he ein . The PREFACE . 5 tr adition o f the nei gh bo rhood i s th at the gir ls were unusually h andsome in both figure and n a a s face a d of c ptiv ting kind di po sitions. They wer e born in Kentucky and c ar r ied with them to Illinois the southern cultur e which h as won f or the l adie s of the South con sider able fame r an sto y d song . h e was r e i n l ! n S b d o d e t ucky , h er e th e mea o w ras s r o ws b ue W d g g l , “ ’ Th er e s th e sunsh ine o f th e c o untry — , ! I n h er ace and m ann r t o . B f e o r ai sted . W is Milwaukee . 1 5 1 91 5 July , . H L NL N C A S . CA A R E M S . C O N T E N T S Pre ace f , s r t n f h ntr . e c o o e o u I D ip i t C y , n an D ro ub es . v II I di a i s T l , Th e av s S ett em ent III . D i l , Th re . M assac IV e , T t . h e a t v V C p i i y , I T h e V . o t e R escu , r m en . M ta M o v e t s VII ili y , ew r er e . a VIII R d Off d , T I . h e a t v e rl s X C p i Gi , . ans o m e X R d , o a lco m e R y lly We d , XI e r I . o m wa B o un H d d , XI e m n n i I I . o a c e a d sto r R H y, XI S h a o n V . b a, C o m ee n uam a d To q ee, H PT I C A ER . D ES C RI P TI N O TH OUN Y O F E C TR . its a r a a s m r at In n t u l condition , perh p no o e tr active co untr y ever laid befo r e the eye s of m an than th at in which occur red the incidents a a s u I S of the following n rr tive . On the o th it r r s r r its s a bo de ed by the Illinoi ive , with hi toric l events begi nn i ng with the old Kaskaski a M i s “ sion e st ablished by Father M ar quette I I I 1 673 amidst the mo st be autiful scenery In th e wh ol e s a o f l s i s t te I linoi , which now included in a a a St rved Ro ck St te P rk . Wh at m emo r ie s cluster around old Kaskas ki a ! A s fir s a a o f s was vis the t c pit l Illinoi , it it d n L a a an r s d ack e by Ge . F yette d P e i ents J son L c Ta r and a r s f , in oln , ylo H r i on ; by Jef erson a s l s and D vi , Gen .