. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. anting them upon thetombs of their soldier dead—in memory of the lovedones who slept beneath. Thoughtless young girlsand boys, dressed in their holiday attire, were mak-ing love to each other, and we, as strangers, weretaking another lesson from life among the living andthe dead. We wandered on until we came to a monumenterected by the United States to the memory of thegreat Sac Indian Chief. It stands on a high bluffcommanding a fine view of the Mississippi River forsome miles up and down, while beyond lie the woodedhills and fertile fie
. Reminiscences of Nathan T. Frame and Esther G. Frame. anting them upon thetombs of their soldier dead—in memory of the lovedones who slept beneath. Thoughtless young girlsand boys, dressed in their holiday attire, were mak-ing love to each other, and we, as strangers, weretaking another lesson from life among the living andthe dead. We wandered on until we came to a monumenterected by the United States to the memory of thegreat Sac Indian Chief. It stands on a high bluffcommanding a fine view of the Mississippi River forsome miles up and down, while beyond lie the woodedhills and fertile fields of Illinois. A part of Keokuks oration to Black Hawk iscarved on the monument. The inscription is as fol-lows: ^^I have heard with sorrow that many have de-termined to leave our villages and cross the Mis-sissippi merely because you have been told that theAmericans are coming in this direction. Would youleave our villages and desert our home before anenemy appears? Would you leave all, even thegraves of our fathers to the mercy of an enemy with-. CORRINNE F. McCaETHY.
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