River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-09-07
REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN
An Incident Of Arnold's Disastrous Cam.
paign into Canada.

paign into Canada.
Correspondence u the Boston Advertiser.
The first remarkable campaign Of
the revolution, that against Canada,
whose three hundred imprisoned
victims were released from Dauphin
/ jail one hundred years ago the 7th Of
/ August, was attended by women,
wives of both officers and privates.
I Jemima Warner was the wife of
James Warner, a private in Captain
Smiths company of Daniel Morgan s
rifle corps. She appears to have been
a native of Lancaster, Pa. from which
/ place she followed her husband to the
no tn, and Joined him ut Prospect
/ Hill, Cambridge, in the fall of 70.
Morgau's riilemen, who served in
the expedition to Canada, were mostly
/ iirst-class soldiers, and always hOnOred
themselves in the posts of daring and
danger, where they were sure To be
placed, but Warner, though fine.
I looking, athletic man, and ordinarily
brave enough, possessed none of the
qualities demanded in extraordinary
emergencies. II any man ever need
ell in hardship constant companion
superior to himself. il was Private
James Warner, and such companion
was his wife Jemima. She is describ-
cd rs beautiful and gifted with the
personal characteristics of n true
heroine. That she has a heroic spirit
her demeanOr amply testilies, through
all the romantic and tragic campaign
which she accompanied him as soldiers
wife and viyandiere.
Arnold march through tho woods
of Maine was fearfully difficult, and
attended by misfOrtunes. delays and
losses which would have discouraged
any but the bravest and mostly hardy
and determined. Floods, and winter s
cold and famine, reduced the strength
of the men and tried their fortitude to
the utmost, and in the seyerest suffer-
ing one Of the few whose soldiership
failed to stand the test was Private
Warner
Morgans troops, who formed the
advance of the Army Of the Wilder.
ness, had assembled the Dead river
with incredible labor and hardship,
and crossed the highlands into the
Canadian frontier, 100 miles from
Quebec. with their last rations in their
. knapsacks, when their passage was
obstructed by vast swamp or bog.
overfl0wCd with water from two To
three feet deep. smiths and Hen.
/ drIck's companies reached il first, and
halted to wait for stragglers. Mrs.
/ Warner came up with another woman,
/ the wife Sergt. Grier of Hendricks,
/ as much heroine as herself. though
I less unfortunate in her experience.
4 The soldiers were about entering the
pond (Which was partly frozen, break
ing the lee with their gun.stocks, the
women wading in courageously with
the rest, when some one shouted.
Where's Warner 2" Jemima had not
noticed her husbands disappearance
from the file, and now. when his name
was called, she started hack
Our voices answered "lIe's laid
down under "a tree and won't come
along. Poor Jemima already knew
well enough, and 10 her sorrow, what
was meant. Her James was no more
cnfeehled In body than many of the
'othT men, hut his fortitnle had given
out. Begging his comrades to wait
awhile, she hurried back from the
marsh 10 find him and urge him on
But an hour passed, ANA his company
marched without him. Unhappy War
'nCr Utterly wanting in the thrifty
forc'hought which is 50 necessary m
element olgndurance and resolution in
'oXIromityshc had eaten an his food.
. that should have lasted him two DAYS
Knowing that the supplies Of thearm,
were exhausted, his faint heart sawno
hope ahead. he sat down Ia die. This
was not the irst time he had done the
same-Or threatened to. All the way
. up the Dead river on, at least, from
/ the day provisions began 10 Ice scarce.
he Was the same iuprovidrpt laggard.
lie must cithcrgormaudileo or S'arye,
and at every dOllug out OF ntions, As
the supplies grew scantier, heWuuld eat
all his portion at one meal, and as soon
az he felt hungry again, sit down Ia
die. Ills brave wife had sad trial
with him, Familiar with his failing
She WIS IN the habit Of boarding food.
the price of her own secret HASTINGS.
against such needs rs this. ana Tor
several days her prudence ANA her *.
ample and her encouragement had
alone kept the man ON his feet. She
now cXerted herself 10 the utmost IL
rouse him and induce him to press ON
and join his comrades.
Ht ID WAS long before She prevailed,
ana whcnat last they started again. the
whole nrnV had vnnp an pnJ tt.tt