. McClure's magazine. was born, and have ever remained,in the most humble walks of have no wealthy or popular rela-tions or friends to recommend case is thrown exclusively uponthe independent voters of thecounty ; and, if elected, they willhave conferred a favor upon me forwhich I shall be unremitting in mylabors to compensate. But, if thegood people in their wisdom shallsee fit to keep me in the background,I have been too familiar with dis-appointments to be very much cha-grined. Very soon after Lincolnhad distributed his handbills,enthusiasm on the subject ofthe opening of the S
. McClure's magazine. was born, and have ever remained,in the most humble walks of have no wealthy or popular rela-tions or friends to recommend case is thrown exclusively uponthe independent voters of thecounty ; and, if elected, they willhave conferred a favor upon me forwhich I shall be unremitting in mylabors to compensate. But, if thegood people in their wisdom shallsee fit to keep me in the background,I have been too familiar with dis-appointments to be very much cha-grined. Very soon after Lincolnhad distributed his handbills,enthusiasm on the subject ofthe opening of the Sangamonrose to a fever. The Talis-man actually came up theriver; scores of men wentto Beardstown to meet her,among them Lincoln, ofcourse; and to him was giventhe honor of piloting her—an honor which made himremembered by many a manwho saw him that day forthe first time. The tripwas made with all the wilddemonstrations which alwaysattended the first either bank a long proces-sion of men and boys on foot. a photograph made for this Magazine, BLACK HAWK WAR RELICS. Indian Pipe. Powder-horn Flintlock Rifle. Indian Flute. Indian Knife. This group of relics of the Black Hawk War was selected for us from thecollection in the museum of the Wisconsin Historical Society by the Secretary,Mr. Reuben G. Thwaites. The coat and chapeau belonged to General Dodge,an important leader in the war. The Indian relics are a tomahawk, a Winne-bago pipe, a Winnebago flute, and a knife. The powder-horn and the flintlockrifle are the only volunteer articles. One of the survivors of the war, Herring of Stockton, Illinois, says of the flintlock rifles used by theIllinois volunteers: They were constructed like the old-fashioned rifle, only inplace of a nipple for a cap they had a pan in which was fixed an oil flintwhich the hammer struck when it came down, instead of the modern cap. Thepan was filled with powder grains, enough to catch the spark and communi-cate it to
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