. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . ies that in-creased their respect and admiration. One day a poor old Indian cameinto the camp with a paper of safeconduct from General Lewis Cass in liovEHXdu .luiis ukwulus his possession. The members of the company were greatly exasperated by late Indian barbarities, among them thehorrible murder of a number of women and children, and were about to kill him ;they affected to believe that the safe-conduct paper wa
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . ies that in-creased their respect and admiration. One day a poor old Indian cameinto the camp with a paper of safeconduct from General Lewis Cass in liovEHXdu .luiis ukwulus his possession. The members of the company were greatly exasperated by late Indian barbarities, among them thehorrible murder of a number of women and children, and were about to kill him ;they affected to believe that the safe-conduct paper was a forgery, and approachedthe old savage with muskets cocked to shoot him, when Lincoln rushed forward,struck up the weapons with his hands, and standing in front of the victim,declared to the Indian that he should not be killed. It was with great difficultythat the men could be kept from their purpose, but the courage and firmnessof Lincoln thwarted them. Lincolns fame as a wrestler was somewhat diminished in this campaign. Aman named Thompson (as Judge Herndon relates), a soldier from Union county,managed to throw him twice in succession. Lincolns men declared that Thomp-. 62 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. son had been unfair, that he had been guilty of foul tactics, and that Lincolnsdefeat was due to a dog fall. Lincoln, however, showed his true character bydeclaring that Thompson had acted fairly. William L. Wilson stated to JudgeHerndon that in this campaign he wrestled with Lincoln, two best in three,and ditched him. Lincoln was not satisfied, and the two tried a foot-race for afive-dollar bill, Wilson coming out ahead. Naturally, under the circumstances, food was scarce, and the men learned themilitary art of subsisting on the country, in which there was very little tosubsist. One day a dove was caught and an unlimited amount of very weaksoup was made. Chickens as tough as the hardy pioneers were found about the deserted cabins of the squatters, androasted and devoured. They supple-m
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