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On Mar 3, 1812, Governor Edwards of the Illinois Territory wrote a letter from Elvirade in Randolph County, IL to the Secretary of War:
. . . We have been positively assured that the murder of Oniels [O'Neals] family (ten in number) which I lately communicated was perpetrated by those Indians - In addition to this positive informationo the spied who were sent out immediately report that they persued a trail of about twenty Indians from Oneils house - and that it crossed the Illinois River.
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Notes: This massacre occured Feb 10, 1812 on the Louisiana Territory side of the Mississippi River. Gov. Edwards also reported that he had discovered that this murder of this entire family had been committed by a band of Kickapoo Indians. He informed the Secretary of War that there was no use in demanding that the tribal chief surrender the braves of his tribe who committed this crime unless the Federal Government was willing to provide a sufficient force to back this demand.
Edwards belived that a Chief White Pidgeon had visited the local Indians of the Illinois and Mississippi River, and tried to engage them to attack the frontier, promising them protection and inviting them to Fort Maulden to receive arms and ammunition from the British.
source: Territorial Papers of the United States. Volume XVI. The Territory of Illinois 1809-1814
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