. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. nel Taylor (he looked like a man born to command) heseemed a little piqued that I did not come over and camp withhim. I told him we felt just as safe as if quartered in his one-horse fort; besides, I knew what his orders would be, andwanted to try the mettle of my men before starting on theperilous trip I knew he would order. He said the trip wasperilous, and that since the murder of the six men all com-munications with Galena had been cut off, and it might beb
. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. nel Taylor (he looked like a man born to command) heseemed a little piqued that I did not come over and camp withhim. I told him we felt just as safe as if quartered in his one-horse fort; besides, I knew what his orders would be, andwanted to try the mettle of my men before starting on theperilous trip I knew he would order. He said the trip wasperilous, and that since the murder of the six men all com-munications with Galena had been cut off, and it might bebesieged; that he wanted me to proceed to Galena, and thathe would have my orders for me in the morning, and askedwhat outfit I wanted. I answered Nothing but coffee, sidemeat and bread. In the morning my orders were to collect and bury the re-mains of the six men murdered, proceed to Galena, make acareful search for the signs of Indians, and find out whetherthey were aiming to escape by crossing the river below Gal-ena, and get all information at Galena of their possiblewhereabouts before the new troops were ready to ROCK SPRING ON THE r \RM WHERE LINCOLN \V \S PORNFrom a taken m beiitembei, 189o, for this biograph;. Sec pa(je U. THE BLACK HAWK WAR 83 John Dixon, who kept a house of entertainment here,and had sent his family to Galena for safety, joined us, andhauled our wallets of corn and grub in his wagon, which wasa great help. Lieutenant Harris, U. S. A., also joined now had fifty men to go with me on the march. I detailedtwo to march on the right, two on the left, and two in ad-vance, to act as look-outs to prevent a surprise. They wereto keep in full view of us, and to remain out until we campedfor the night. Just at sundown of the first day, while wewere at lunch, our advance scouts came in under whip andreported Indians. We bounced to our feet, and, having afull view of the road for a long distance, could see a largebody coming toward us.
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