Print shows the meeting between Captain Nathan Heald and the Potawatomi the day before the massacre at Fort Dearborn; Heald, in uniform, standing beside interpreter (perhaps William Wells) in buckskin, talking with a Potawatomi leader (perhaps Black Partridge), also standing, while others, mostly men, sitting, listen; tipis to the sides of the image; prairie and sky in background
Alternative Title:
Fort Dearborn massacre
Description:
Title from caption below image. Signature of Glass and copyright date within the image. and The original image was a scene from his fifty-foot-long panoramic scene hung at the Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934) in Chicago, Ill.
Publisher:
Black Partridge Pagents, Inc.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Heald, Nathan, 1775-1832, Wells, William, 1770-1812, and Black Partridge, active 1795-1816
Subject (Topic):
Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812, Potawatomi Indians, and History
