The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-10

4 suit Inc OLD cnle1 expected tnat II
the country to which he had retreatet
he should not only receive additona
! forces, brt also provsons abun
dance. He fed before General Dodge
for neraly one hundred niles.
Overtaken BY Dodge.
On July n, General Dodge, with
nine hundred men, overlook Black
Hawk and his Indians about forty
miles from Fort Winnebago The In
dams We're about to cross the river at
| dusk when white men saw them. An
engagement ensued, but the Indians
escaped under the cover of the dark.
| ness!
| The next day the whole army under
command of General Atkinson came
upon the Indians
| The following details OF the bat. e
which ensuel We're published at Gar
ena, four days after II happened, on
August 6:
| "The whole army under General
| Atkinson, embracing the brigades
| commanded by General Henry, Fosey
and Alexander, and the squadron I'M
der command of General Dodge, all
| crossed over to the orth side of the
| Ouiscohsin wisconsin, at Gaiena,
on the 2Sth ad Goth ult They tooh
| up line of march in a northerly di-
rectiOl to intersect the Indian trai..
AT distance Ct about five miles, the
| great trail was discovered, leading in
a direction north Of west towards the
Mississippi, and supposed TO be about
four days old. General Atkinson,
seeing the direction of the enemy,
knew we'll that it would require ali
| diligence and expedition to overtake
them before they would cross the
Mississippi and hence commenced
from that time forced march. leav.
,ng all baggage wagons and every
thing else which was calculated TO
| retard the pursuit.
| con the fourth night OF our march
| from Galena, and at an encampment
| Of the enemy, was discovered an old
Sac Indian, by our spies, VINO inrorn.-
| ed them that the main body Of the
,nemy had, On that day, gone to the
| Mississippi, and intended to cross Oh
the next morning. August 2. the
horses being nearly broken down, and
| he men exhausted from fatigue, Gen.
eral Atkinson ordered halt for ID
Few hours Git being o'clock) with
| 4 determination to start at O'Clock
FOR the Mississippi, about ten miles
distant AT The precise hour the
bugles sounded, and in short time
I'll were ready to march.
General Dodges squadron was hon
ored with being placed in front the
| infantry following next; General
Henry's brigade next; General Alex-
| ander's next; and General Posey's
formed the rear guard. General Dod-
ge called for, and as soon received,
twenty volunteer spies to go ahead
Of the whole army.
"In this order the march commenced
They had not however, gone more
han five miles, bSsMe one Of CU-
spies came back, announcing Their
| having come in sight of the enemy 5
| Dicket-guard. He went back, and The
| Intelligence was quickly conveyed TO
General Atkinson, then to all of the
commanders of the brigades, and The
celebrity of the march was instantly
increased. In few minutes more
| the firing commenced at about 500
Yards ahead of the front of the army
between our spies and The indian
picket guard. The Indians were driv-
en- by our spies from hill to hill, and
kept up tolerable brisk firing from
every situation commanding the
ground over which our spies had to
march; but being charged upon ana
routed from their hiding places, they
sought safety by retreating to the
main body on the bank of the river,
and joining in one general effort to
defend themselves there or die on
the ground.
All Are Surrounded.
Lest some might escape by re-
treating up or down the river, Gen
oral Atkinson very dudiciously dr-
dered General Alexander and General
Posey to form the right wing of the
army, and march down to the river
above the Indian encampment on the
bank, and then move down. General
Henry formed the left wing, and mar
ched in the main trail Of the enemy.
The United States infantry, and Cen
eral Dodge's squadron of the mining
troops, marched in the center. With
this order our whole force descended
the almost perpendicular bluff, and
came into low valley, heavily tim