Very astute of you to pick up the Kinzie/MacKenzie connection. Rather a primarily blue and green tartan than a red one...just works better for me.

Like all of those early Chicagoans, Kinzie was reputed to be a pretty rough guy. I just read the Wikipedia entry and it lists him as being a Canadian by birth.

It also has this tidbit:

"In 1785, Kinzie is said to have been involved with the rescue of two sisters who had been kidnapped by the Shawnee from Virginia in 1775. One of the girls, Margaret McKinzie, married Kinzie, the other, Elizabeth McKinzie, married Kinzie's companion, Clark."

...yeah...right...that's what they told the girls' parents, anyway...

Now we need a Jean Baptiste Point du Sable kilt pin to go with it!

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