Wau-bun, The Early Day in the Northwest

Originally published in 1856, and then edited (with notes and introduction) by Louise Phelps Kellogg and republished in 1930, there is no better description of early Chicago and the famous Fort Dearborn Massacre to be found anywhere than that contained in Wau-bun, The Early Day in the Northwest.

Among the familiar characters who come into the story are Governor James D. Doty, Jefferson Davis, John ...