. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d to accept or confute. Be-sides this, the tenderest feelings of his heartwere outraged by this exclusion from hisformer domain. He had never passed a yearsince the death of his daughter without mak- * Governor Reynoldss Life and Times, p. ^25. ing a pilgrimage to her grave at Oquawkaand spending hours in mystic ceremonies He was himself prophet aswell as king, and had doubtless his share ofmania, which is the strength of prophets. Thepromptings of his own broken heart readilyseemed to him the whisperings of attendantspiri
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . d to accept or confute. Be-sides this, the tenderest feelings of his heartwere outraged by this exclusion from hisformer domain. He had never passed a yearsince the death of his daughter without mak- * Governor Reynoldss Life and Times, p. ^25. ing a pilgrimage to her grave at Oquawkaand spending hours in mystic ceremonies He was himself prophet aswell as king, and had doubtless his share ofmania, which is the strength of prophets. Thepromptings of his own broken heart readilyseemed to him the whisperings of attendantspirits ; and day by day these unseen incite-ments increased around him, until they couldnot be resisted even if death stood in the made his combinations during the win-ter, and had it not been for the loyal attitudeof Keokuk, he could have brought the entirenation of the Sacs and Foxes to the it was, the flower of the young men camewith him when, with the opening spring, he t Fords History of Illinois, ]>. no. 256 ABRAHAM LINCOLN,. Engrave i by T. Johnson, after a fiortrait by Charles B. King. From McKenney and Halls Indian Tribes of North America. BLACK HAWK. crossed the river once more. He came thistime, he said, to plant corn, but as a pre-liminary to this peaceful occupation of theland he marched up the Rock River, expect-ing to be joined by the Winnebagoes andPottawatomies. But the time was past forhonorable alliances among the Indians. Hisoath-bound confederates gave him little as- sistance, and soon cast in their lot with thestronger party. This movement excited general alarm inthe State. General Atkinson, commandingtheUnited States troops, sent a formal summonsto Black Hawk to return; but the old chiefwas already well on his way to the lodge ofhis friend, the prophet Wabokishick, at Proph- ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 257 etstown, and treated the summons withcontemptuous defiance. The Governor im-mediately called for volunteers, and was him-self astonished at the
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