Explore the abstract of this artwork, The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument.
The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument, also known as Potawatomi Rescue and Black Partidge Saving Mrs. Helm, is an 1893 bronze sculpture by Carl Rohl-Smith (1848–1900) that was installed in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois.  The statue is about nine feet (three meters) in height.  It depicts Black Partridge, a Potawatomi chief, saving the life of Margaret Helm, the wife of a U.S. army officer,  during the Battle of Fort Dearborn in 1812.
The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument is not to be confused with Defense, a 1928 bas relief sculpture by Henry Hering.  Defense also depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Dearborn, and is located on the side of the southwest bridgehouse of the DuSable Bridge, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, the former location of Fort Dearborn.
Fort Dearborn Henry Hering Illinois bronze sculpture Potawatomi DuSable Bridge Wacker Drive Battle of Fort Dearborn Chicago Michigan Avenue Black Partridge Carl Rohl-Smith