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/ fa5, I: Did y,u ever mteS abraham
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~ly-. j inst T'c. Air. Lincoln at Council
/ !..s..-s So. sIal years i,yt"re the var Eo al
/ .yl employed Ia some raiIoil matter, and
came out th"Ie 20 inform himself He
! ! Z" t. Zee a. The hotel, ard |
! sspi 0se II tho course oc am hour, with
ID lawyers capacity To absorb anoi!Ier mans
know. de IL gv- I.Un ne al he wanted.
/ cars Iaasaa ca. and GU-.u- the war
/ / received . Telegraph Gisf atcl. from Gen
| Grant telling IIe TO 20 at once 10 Washing
| tn City and report to tie PRESIDENT oG tins
! United States. 1t frightened me l lad
raised negro REiueut, enc OF the first
raised ii the war, tor tn purpose of guard
| inr Iay trains. thought Lincoln might
have disapTroved Of that work, and 1 sup
| posed l was going 10 Wa. hngt2a to be
| TCErEiauGca or perhaps removed. When
/ Eot 10 the White House Mr.. Lincoln turned
20 me and raid: l met you six years ago
| ii Iowa, when you were surveying for the
| Pacific Railroad
Yes, Air. President said I; 4 remember
it, but ! supposed You had forgotten it
| No said Lincoln, i have sent for ycu, Le-
| Having that You could give me some advice
| on an important matter from YOUR conHec-
| ton wit. surveys The bill has PASSED for
the Pacific railroad; AMI The towns along the
| Missouri Tiy r, Kansas CITY and others, are
| all -arEiue hard here to be made the initial
poins Of that railroad. | want Won tC tell mo
which is the true initial point to b. in the
road from
i tool. a map and showed the presidant
the proper line Of the road, and said: I have
but little GouIt that Council Bluffs is the
true point TO begin. Toward that place the
railroads are coming from the east, Mr.
Lincoln heard me thTUugh-heard NV rea-
Sons-and said: Now am satisfied That
| is all ! wanted to sec You for, He then had
the railroad to commence at Council BIuffs y
Slid 7: Did Won soc any difTerepc, ba-
tween the western ana The eastern troop;y,
ooh, yes. When wa at Pe+ersI,ur,+ thc,,,
was big fcht. and l was strucl, with the
great number of strarrlers, We had Moth
irg of that sort in the west Oar western
troors went to tI,e y-o7. fo ii,rbt ,,d ,,t r.,