''The Alarm (Indian Alarm)'' is a Bronze statue by John J. Boyle located in

Lincoln Park Lincoln Park is a park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south ...

, Chicago. It was commissioned in 1880, and dedicated on May 17, 1884. On the base are four incised granite tablets with scenes of Ottawa life: "The Peace Pipe," "The Corn Dance," "Forestry," and "The Hunt."

History

The sculpture was given to Lincoln Park by Martin Ryerson. It was display in the

Lincoln Park Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, making it the fourth oldest zoo in North America. It is also one of a few free admission zoos in the Uni ...

, about one mile south of the current location, until 1974. Ryerson gave the sculpture as a memorial to the Ottawa Nation. It is the oldest sculpture on Chicago Park District property. 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
"The Alarm, (sculpture)"
''SIRIS''

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Lincoln Park: ''Indian Alarm'' - by John J. Boyle
''Public Art in Chicago'', March 12, 2010
''The Alarm'' - Chicago IL
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