Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-25
WARD
HILL
LAMON,
His Friend,
Partner
and
Bodysuard
s Birthplace

ABOUT nTJy miles, to Propnetstown, ana
there encamp to feed and rest their
horses and await the arrival Of the reg.
ular troops.
Abraham Under Arrest.
But Captain Lincoln's company did
not march on the present occasion with
the alacrity which distinguished their
comrades of other corps. The orderly
sergeant attempted to form compa-
n.y." but the company declined to be
formed. The men, oblivious Of wars
and rumors Of wars, Knocked at the
word of command and remained be-
tween their blankets in state of Sc
rene repose. For an explanation OF
these signs of passive mutiny we must
resort again to the manuscript of the
private who gave the story Of Captain
Lincoln'S first arrest: About the - OF
April we reached the mouth Of Rock
river About three or four nights after
ward a man named Rial p. Green,
commonly called Pot Green, belong.
ing to Green county company, came
to our company and walked up the men
, and proposed to them that If they
would furnish him with a tomahawk
and four buckets he would get into the
officers liquors and supply the men
with wines and brandies. The desired
articles were furnished him. and, with
the assistance Of one Of our company,
he procured the liquors. All this was
entirely unknown to Captain Lincoln.
'In the morning Captain Lincoln or
dered his orderly to form company for
parade, but when the orderly called the
racn to parade they called parade,
500, but couldn't fall into line. The
most of the men were unmistakably
drunk. The rest of the forces marched
OF and left Captain Lincoln's company
behind. The company didn't make q
start until about 10 O'clock, and then
| after marching about two miles, the
| drunken ones lay down and slept their
| drunk off. They overlook the forces
that night. Captain Lincoln was again
put under arrest and was obliged te
carry wooden sword for two days
! cad this although Captain Lincoln was
entirely blameless in the matter"
| When General Whiteside reached
Prophetstown he disregarded the Plar
Of operations concerted between hin
and Atkinson and, burning the village
to the ground. pushed on toward Dix
on's Ferry, forty miles farther up the
river. Reaching that place, a forced
| march was made to Dixon. There
Whiteside found two battalions Of
mounted men, who clamored to bt
thrown forward, where they might ge
! up an Independent but glorious "brush'
with the enemy. The general had it no
in his heart to deny these adventurou.
spirits, and they accordingly moved
! up to a point about twenty miles from
Dixon, where several Indians wer,
seen lowering along some raised groun.
nearly a mile distant. The Indians frs
shook red flag and then dashed of
i, at the top of their speed. Three o
/, them were overtaken and killed, bu
the rest led Stillman's command int,
an ambuscade, where lay Black Hawl
himself with 700 of his warriors. Th
pursuers recoiled and rode for thei
lives.
Black Hawk bore down upon Still
! mans camp. The fugitives, streaming
back, with fearful cries respecting th
numbers and ferocity of the enemy
spread CONSERVATION through the entir
force Stillman gave a hasty order t
fall back, and the men fell back muc
faster and farther than he intended
for they never faced about or so muc
as stopped until they reached White
sides camp at Dixon.
The first Of them reached Dixo
about II o'clock, and others cam
straggiing in all night long and part Q
the NEXT day, each party announein
thsmseivea ~ the sole survives Of tina
stricken As3d escaped so3sly By the q
aciee q nineuions valng. The s0ai