Lincoln's life, stories, and speeches . LINCOLNS FIRST HOME IN LINCOLN S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, ILU STORIES OF LINCOLNS EARLY LIFE. 79 indispensable to him in the only pursuit by which hecould make his living. When the time for the assembly of the Legislaturehad arrived Lincoln dropped his law books, shoulderedhis pack, and, on foot, trudged to Vandalia, then theCapital of the State, about a hundred miles, to makehis entrance into public life. INCIDENT IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR. An old Indian strayed, hungry and helpless, into thecamp one day. The soldiers were conspiring to killhim as a


Lincoln's life, stories, and speeches . LINCOLNS FIRST HOME IN LINCOLN S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD, ILU STORIES OF LINCOLNS EARLY LIFE. 79 indispensable to him in the only pursuit by which hecould make his living. When the time for the assembly of the Legislaturehad arrived Lincoln dropped his law books, shoulderedhis pack, and, on foot, trudged to Vandalia, then theCapital of the State, about a hundred miles, to makehis entrance into public life. INCIDENT IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR. An old Indian strayed, hungry and helpless, into thecamp one day. The soldiers were conspiring to killhim as a spy. A letter from General Cass, recommending him, forhis past kind and faithful service to the whites, thetrembling old savage drew from beneath the folds ofhis blankets; but failed in any degree to appease thewrath of the men who confronted him. Make anexample of him, they exclaimed; the letter is aforgery, and he is a spy. They might have put their threats into execution hadnot the tall form of their captain, his face swarthy withresolution and rage, interposed it


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