Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls : Complete History of the Massacre of Sixteen Whites on Indian Creek, Near Ottawa, Ill; And Sylvia Hall and Rachel Hall as Captives in Illinois and Wisconsin During the Black Hawk War, 1832

Excerpt from Indian Creek Massacre and Captivity of Hall Girls: Complete History of the Massacre of Sixteen Whites on Indian Creek, Near Ottawa, Ill; And Sylvia Hall and Rachel Hall as Captives in Illinois and Wisconsin During the Black Hawk War, 1832

To gather all the traditions that still linger along the course over which the Indians trav eled with their captives, the writer enlisted the services of his nieces, Miss Gertrude Scanlan of Fennimore, Wisconsin, and Miss Marian Scanlan of Prairie du Chien, whose grand fathers were pioneers in the lead regions. How ever, no fact has been stated on tradition with out the clues being verified by land records or government documents.

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