Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-10-17
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gle, merrlly singing,
49," ~" a. Rally round the nag, boys,
j. 4r Wen rally pAas agsiA"- 5cas adi !
=. On turning the. corner Of q. road, he
discovered q woman weeping, with Child
in her arms. Near BY was boy, who was
loading on wagon, that mad . pair Of
cows h:tched to it, the last remnants Of
furniture that had been snatched from the
flames Of handsome dwelling honse the
night before. The boy kept singing,
~We're marching to the field, boys,
4, We're marching to The field, AZ ~.
Shouting the bat,le-cry of freedom
On arriving At the place, the gentleman
inquired, "How did this accident hap
pen?' The boy replied, "Aocidens9
HI Some men come from Kansas last
night and burned dads house They said
he was rebel, and it is d--d lie. He
has been for the Union all the time -
And again the boy sang, o., :s.. -
"The Union forever row boys, row..
The gentleman, still more interested,
said:
"Don't you really know what they burnt
the house for7'
Burnt to restore the Union reckon,
or because our folks owned q negro once.
Dad is in the militia aud this is what he
gets for It."
Have you no oxen to hitch to your
wagon?"
Stole 'em last night"
"What has become Of your horses"
ASK Jim Lane; reckon him or some
Of his strikers have got em posted before
this iu Kansas
" But said the stranger, "lhey have to
get passes to take stock over the river
Mr., you are not up to the way they
do things in these parts. All these Kan.
cas- !elIers want is skif and rope. But,
perhaps you may be Que Of them chaps,
looking around for chance
To hear how this little fellow would an.
swer. our friend said
"Yes, my son, I am really from Kan.
sas, but am not lookIns'for plunder. If
you have lost your stock why don't you 60
over the river and hunt it up?'
mo USE said the boy 4; cold Jake,
down there. lost his horses and went over
there after EN-, and they put him in Jail,
cause they said he was hunting niggers.
They tell me you fellers have stole Two
regiments Of niggers, and the way the
horses have left these parts expect you
have taken dozen Of them. But don,
care id, our folks are going to Illinois,
and am going with the soldiers
Our friend passed on, aud the boy com.
menced again, singing,
"Down with the traitors
And mp ~ the stats
For We will rally round the flag, boys,
Well rail-! once again!
st. Joseph Herald.
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