Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase - from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846 (1905) (14766201592)

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Title: Iowa, the first free state in the Louisiana purchase : from its discovery to the admission of the state into the Union, 1673-1846
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Salter, William, 1821-1910
Subjects: Iowa -- History Mississippi River Valley -- History
Publisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ture outside the fort. There weremany soldiers on the sick-list. As the sup-plies were about exhausted, and promised rein-forcements failed to arrive, some feared thefate of their butchered companions, and it wasconcluded to abandon the fort. A trench wasdug to the river. In the night of September 3the men moved down the trench on their handsand knees to boats on the shore; the orderwas given to set fire to the block-houses andbarracks; and the garrison were on their way-down the Mississippi, and the fort was inflames, before the savages, lying within gunshot,were aware of the movement. The stone chim-ney of the fort remained standing for severalyears. The site was known as Lone Chimney.The Indians called it Po-to-wo-nock, the placeof fire. Prominent in Missouri Territory for hismilitary services was Henry Dodge. Fromcaptain of a mounted rifle company at thebeginning of the war he rose to the rank ofbrigadier-general by appointment of PresidentMadison. By his courage and skill, having
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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Astor, Lenox and TildenFojrrjaHcns.^ 1905 in the Louisiana Purchase 93 great knowledge of Indian character, himselfperfectly fearless, he overawed and composedhostile and wavering bands, and protected thefrontier settlements. Notable among his ac-tions was saving the lives of a band of Miamisthat General Harrison had sent west of theMississippi in order to put them out ofthe way of British influence. These Indiansproved perfidious, and became a terror to thesettlements on the Missouri River. GeneralDodge was sent to chastise and correct them.On reaching their village it was found deserted.They had taken to the woods. On being col-lected together, they gave up their arms andthe booty taken from the settlers whom theyhad robbed and murdered; they only beggedthat their lives be spared. The Generalaccepted their surrender, and was makingpreparations to send them back to theirformer country, when a troop of BoonesLickers, whose kindred and neighbors hadbeen plun