Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls - Complete History of the Massacre of Sixteen Whites on Indian Creek, Near Ottawa, 1832.
by Charles Martin Scanlan (9781408623169)

INDIAN CREEK MASSACRE and COMPLETE HISTORY of the MASSACRE OF SIXTEEN WHITES on INDIAN CREEK, NEAR OTTAWA - 1913 - PREFACE - No one is satisfied with an incomplete story. he very meagre and inconsistent accounts of the adventures of Sylvia and Rachel Hall familiarly known as the Hall girls heretofore published, merely excited ones curiosity to know the whole story. The ladies statements that have been published, gave only an outline of the facts as far as they knew them personally. To obtain all the facts, required much in- estigation of books and a great deal of correspondence with historical societies, editors of rlewspapers and the War and the Interior De partment of the United States. Also, the writer has had personal hterviews with relatives of the Alisses Hall, and has traveled over the ground and examined all the evidence that now appears from the location of the little cottage on Indian Creek to Galena where the girls took a boat for St. Louis. Mrs. A. JIiranda Dnnavan, a daughter of Mrs. Rachel Hall RIunson the younger captive, gave me the family history of her mother n. nd RIiss Sylvia E. IIorn of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Mr. C. L. Horn of llackinaw, Illinois, grand-children of Mrs. Sylvia Hall Horn the elder captive, contrjbuted the history of the Horn family. Thus every fact in the following pages is stated upon the best evidence. To gather all the traditions that still linger along the course over vhich the Indians traveled with their captives, the writer enlisted the services of his nieces, PIliss Gertrude Scanlan of Fennimore, JVisconsin, and Miss Marian Scanlan of Prairie dn Chien, whose grandfathers fathers were pio eeirns the lead regions. However, no fact has beenstated on tradition without the clues being verified by land records or government documents. Of course every lady wants to know how the girls looked. Unfortunately, there is no picture of either of them prior to middle life. Mrs. Dui avan lent t o me a very rare daguerreotype picture of her mother, 1Irs. BIunson, taken at the age of about forty-two years, and a photograph of her aunt, JIrs. Sylvia Hall Horn, taken when she was over sixty years of age. Also, I borrowed from Mrs. Dunavan a tintype picture of herself when she was sixteen, which is said to be a very good likeness of her aunt Sylvia at the time that she was taken captive. These pictures are reproduced herein. The tradit, jon of the ileighborhood is that the girls were unusually handsome in both figure and face and of captivating kind dispositions. They were born in Kentuclry ancl carried with them to Illinois the southern culture which has won for the ladies of the South c nsiclerablef ame in story and song. She was bred in old Kentucky, Where the meadow grass grows blue, Theres the sunshine of the c. ountry, In her face and manner too.-Braisted. Rlilwaukee. lTis. July 15, 1915. CIIAKLES 11. SCANLAN. CONTENTS IJ. 4GE Preface, 0 5 I. Description of the Country, - 9 11. Indian Davis Troubles, - - 12 111. The Davis Settlement, - 22 IV. The Massacre, - - 31 V. The Captivisty, - - 3s VI. To the Rescue, - - 45 VII. Military movement., - - 51 VIII. Reward Offered, - 54 IX. The Captive Girls, - 59 X. Ransomed, - - GG XI. Royally Welcomed, - - 81 XII. Homeward Bound, - - 10 XIsII. Romance and History, - 95 XIV. Shabona, - - 106 XV. Comee and Toquamee, - 111 DESCRIIJTION OF TJIE COUNTRY...

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