Continued from August 4, 2021.
In his book "Illinois in the War of 1812" author Gillum Ferguson said he wanted to be fair to the plight of the Illinois Indians. "I wanted to give the Indians their fair due without romanticizing them," said Ferguson, who recounted a "possible" massacre of Indians in the central Illinois area where U.S. troops reportedly wiped out Indian women and children in an encounter that took place in what is now Logan County.
But accounts on what took place vary.
What is a matter of record is the destruction of the French village in Peoria by Captain Thomas Craig of Shawneetown.
After finding the village deserted when he arrived, Craig allowed his men to ransack the unguarded cottages and storehouses.
--Brock-Perry
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