. From pioneer home to the White House : life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death . ird term of his enlistmenthad expired, the battle of Bad Axe was fought, whichput an end to the war. He returned home. Having lost his horse, nearwhere the town of Janesville, Wisconsin, now stands,he went down Rock River to Dixon in a he crossed the country on foot to Peoria,where he again took a canoe to a point on the IllinoisRiver, within forty miles of home. The latter dis-tance he accomplished on foot. Several incidents transpired during his connectionwith the ar
. From pioneer home to the White House : life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death . ird term of his enlistmenthad expired, the battle of Bad Axe was fought, whichput an end to the war. He returned home. Having lost his horse, nearwhere the town of Janesville, Wisconsin, now stands,he went down Rock River to Dixon in a he crossed the country on foot to Peoria,where he again took a canoe to a point on the IllinoisRiver, within forty miles of home. The latter dis-tance he accomplished on foot. Several incidents transpired during his connectionwith the army, which are so expressive of certainelements of his character, that we record them day an old Indian found his way into camp, pro-fessing to be friendly to the whites, and casting him-self upon the mercy of Lincolns soldiers. We came to fight Indians, shouted one of theboys, and well give you cold lead instead ofmercy. Shoot him ! shoot him ! cried several voices, A spy ! a spy ! shouted others. The demonstration terrified the Indian, and, in hisdistress, he flung down a crumpled paper that he had. Interceding for an Indian in the Black-Hawk War. ON THE WAR-PATH. been holding in his hand, and begged them to read Lincoln took it up, and found that it was acertificate of character and safe-conduct from GeneralCass, endorsing the Indian as a faithful man who haddone good for him. A forged document ! was the cry raised at once. The old savage cant run it on us like that,cried Bill Clary, raising his gun in a threateningmanner. Kill him ! show him no quarter ! cried another ofthe Clary Grove Boys, several of whom had madeconsiderable trouble for their captain by their unrulyconduct. The boys were bound to kill the red-skin, andwere actually rushing upon him when Captain Lincolnsprang before him, confronting the assailants, andcommanding them to desist. You shall not shoot the Indian, he cried. Gen-eral Casss order must be respected. We WILL shoot him, yelled a
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