And while we're on the subject of yesterday's Law Bulltein...

You may have noticed Jerry Crimmins's article about Ald. Edward M. Burke's City Club speech Monday about the forthcoming 200th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Dearborn. With Ald. Burke's sponsorship, the Chicago City Council passed a resolution earlier this month also commemorating the anniversary.

The City Council resolution, Crimmins writes, "says that 'as a result of the battle, 35 soldiers, 12 militiamen, two women and 12 children were killed' on the Fort Dearborn side, and 'as many as 15 Native Americans were slain.'"

Just a hunch here, but I'm pretty sure that Crimmins's assignment on this story was anything but accidental. Crimmins is the author of Fort Dearborn, a carefully researched, entertaining historical novel, published in 2006. The Battle of Fort Dearborn is, unsurprisingly, the climax of the narrative.



(And, yes, the novel is still available on Amazon.)