Excerpt from Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of Some Preceding Events The former fort at Chicago, stood upon nearly the same site as the present stockade It was differently con structed, however, having two block-houses on the southern side, and on the northern, a sally-port or subterranean pas sage from the parade-ground to the River. This was de signed either to facilitate an escape, in case of emergency, or as a means of supplying the garrison with water, during a Siege. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.