Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ns have leftsuch a memory for high patriotism, self-sacrificeand wonderful achievement. His accomplishmentsare unparalleled in the history of the iMississippivalley, and the youth of the region may well be proudthat to such a man thev are indebted for their rightto live in the United States. Unfortunately, Clarks later years were not inkeeping with his early character. He felt that hiscountry Mas ungrateful to him, the liquor habitmastered him, he was mixed up in unfortunate po
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ns have leftsuch a memory for high patriotism, self-sacrificeand wonderful achievement. His accomplishmentsare unparalleled in the history of the iMississippivalley, and the youth of the region may well be proudthat to such a man thev are indebted for their rightto live in the United States. Unfortunately, Clarks later years were not inkeeping with his early character. He felt that hiscountry Mas ungrateful to him, the liquor habitmastered him, he was mixed up in unfortunate pol-itical deals with France, and at last sank into pov-erty and was almost forgotten. It is said thatonce when in his latter years the State of Virginiasent him a sword in token of their appreciation ofhis services, he angrily thrust the sword into theground and broke the blade with his crutch, whilehe cried out: When Virginia needed a sword I gaveher one. She sends me now a toy. I want bread! He lived until 1818, and then died at his sistershouse near Louisville, and was buried at Cave HillCemetery in that THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES^ By Gkorge Rogers Clark^ =^ EVERYTHING being ready, on the 5thof February, after receiving a lectureand absolution from the priest, wecrossed the Kaskaskia River with onehundred and seventy men, marchedabout three miles and encamped, wherewe lay until the 7th, and set out. Theweather wet (but fortunately not cold for the sea-son) and a great part of the plains under waterseveral inches deep. It was very difficult and fatigu-ing marching. My object was now to keep the menin sjDirits. I suffered them to shoot game on all occa-sions, and feast on it like Indian war-dancers, eachcompany by turns inviting the others to their feasts,which was the case every night, as the company that 1. The first permanent settlement in Indiana was made on theWabash River 117 miles southwest of the present city of what was originally the location of a
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