European settlement was thinly strung along Lake Michigan. Kinzie maintained the gravesite. After he died in 1828, his son John H. Kinzie had La Lime's remains exhumed and reinterred in the churchyard of St. James Church. In 1891, a coffin was discovered at Wabash Avenue and Illinois Street near the Rush Street Bridge. Based on the research of Joseph Kirkland, the bones inside were believed to be La Lime's. The remains are held by the Chicago History Museum. References "History of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable," DuSable Heritage Association, on line. 1812 deaths Pre-Confederation Canadian expatriates in the United States People from Chicago People murdered in Illinois Male murder victims American murder victims Deaths by stabbing in Illinois Year of birth unknown