The Alarm is a Bronze statue, by John J. Boyle

John Boyle (sculptor)

John J. Boyle was an American sculptor.He studied at the Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and École des Beaux-Arts.He married Elizabeth Carroll, in Philadelphia, in 1882....

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It is located in Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is an urban park in Chicago, which gave its name to the Lincoln Park, Chicago community area.Lincoln Park may also refer to:-Urban parks:*Lincoln Park , California*Lincoln Park, San Francisco, California...

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Chicago

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It was commissioned in 1880, and dedicated on May 17, 1884.

On the base are four incised granite tablets with scenes of Ottawa life

Odawa people

The Odawa or Ottawa, said to mean "traders," are a Native American and First Nations people. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. Their original homelands are located on Manitoulin Island, near the northern shores of Lake Huron, on the Bruce Peninsula in...

: "The Peace Pipe," "The Corn Dance," "Forestry," and "The Hunt."

The inscription reads:

(Base front:)

Presented to Lincoln Park by Martin Ryerson.

(Base, on one granite tablet:)

The Peace Pipe

(Base, on another granite tablet:)

The Corn Dance

(Base, on another granite table:)

Forestry

(Base, on another granite table:)

The Hunt signed

External links

• "Lincoln Park: Indian Alarm - by John J. Boyle", Public Art in Chicago, March 12, 2010