[6]T. B. Helm, _History of Allen County, Indiana_, p. 39. [7]_IHC_, IX, _Harrison’s Messages and Letters_, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 99. [8]_Ibid._, p. 99. [9]_Fort Wayne Times_, May 27, 1856. [10]Curtis to Kingsbury, Sept. 21, 1812, Chicago Historical Society Library. [11]_IHC_, XV, _Fort Wayne Garrison Orderly Books_, ed. Bert J. Griswold, p. 371. [12]_Fort Wayne Times_, May 27, 1856. [13]_Ibid._ [14]Benjamin Drake, _Life of Tecumseh and of his Brother and Prophet_, p. 50. [15]_IHC_, IX, _Harrison’s Messages and Letters_, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 108. [16]_IHC_, XV, _Fort Wayne Garrison Orderly Books_, ed. Bert J. Griswold, pp. 371-2. [17]Curtis to Kingsbury, Sept. 21, 1812, Kingsbury Papers, Chicago Historical Society Library. [18]_Ibid._ [19]_IHC_, IX, _Harrison’s Messages and Letters_, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 131. [20]Robert McAfee, _History of the Late War_, p. 123. [21]Lt. Curtis to Col. Kingsbury, Sept. 21, 1812, Kingsbury Papers, Chicago Historical Society Library. [22]Robert McAfee, _op. cit._, p. 126. [23]_Ibid._, p. 127. [24]_Ibid._, p. 127. [25]_Indiana as Seen by Early Travelers_, ed. Harlow Lindley, p. 243. [26]Major Brock to Sir George Prevost, Sept. 18, 1812, _Michigan Historical Collections_, XV, 88. [27]Major Muir to Colonel Procter, Sept. 29, 1812, _Michigan Historical Collections_, XV, 93. [28]Colonel Proctor to General Brock, Oct. 5, 1812, _Michigan Historical Collections_, XV, 97. [29]_IHC_, XV, _Fort Wayne Garrison Orderly Books_, ed. Bert J. Griswold, p. 373. [30]_Ibid._, p. 390. [31]Wallace Brice, _History of Fort Wayne_, p. 134. [32]_IHC_, XV, _Fort Wayne Garrison Orderly Books_, ed. Bert J. Griswold, pp. 381 and 389. [33]_IHC_, IX, _Harrison’s Messages and Letters_, ed. Logan Esarey, p. 157. [34]Major Jenkinson to Mrs. Jenkinson, March 14, 1814, Fort Wayne Public Library. [35]George Washington Whistler rose to fame in the topographical service of the government. His death occurred in Russia in 1849, while he was superintending the construction of the St. Petersburg to Moscow railroad. His son, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, became one of the most famous artists. [36]M. M. Quaife, “Detroit Biographies: John Whistler”, _Burton Historical Collection Leaflet_, V (1926), p. 4. [37]_Fort Wayne Times_, Oct. 17, 1869, Fort Wayne Public Library. [38]Major Whistler to General McArthur, July 1, 1814, Burton Historical Collection. [39]_Fort Wayne Times_, April 7 to April 15, 1858, Fort Wayne Public Library. [40]Whistler to McArthur, July 1, 1814, Burton Historical Collection. [41]Whistler to McArthur, October 17, 1815, Burton Historical Collection. [42]Stickney to Secretary of War, April 30, 1815, _Michigan Pioneer Collection_, XVI, p. 87. Chapter V Evacuation of the Fort and the Increased Indian Trade