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1832 parkinson's narrative 341 made no mention of this circumstance he may however have concluded that he was mistaken as i believe he was immediately upon capt estes announcing this intelligence c'apit hoard who commanded at fort defiance ordered me with three others lieut m g fitch john ray and reasin hall to make a reconnoissance and ascertain the facts we did so but could find no indians or signs of any the fort was not attacked and the inhabitants of mineral point learning this fact resumed their usual quiet and confidence these false alarms were not uncommon in these critical times many men seemed to possess eyes of a powerfully magnifying character torturing everything seen into an indian and thus many a well run race has been made when there were no indians probably within many miles and nothing to justify the flight more than a tree stump or clump of weeds but notwithstanding there were a few of these flighty 1 gentlemen the most of the men then in the country were of that bold and resolute character who could readily distinguish between trees or bushes and indians as their conduct upon all occasions so well testified after col dodge left gratiot's grove as my son who was of the party informs me he proceeded with his command to kirker's farm and there halted for noon and while there the colonel addressed his men in a very spirited manner saying that they were then fully in the enemy's country ; that everything depend ed upon their success that the public eye was upon them and that every thing that could be expected of valiant and daring soldiers would be expected of them that their families as well as the country looked to them for protection ; and closed by re minding them of the importance of vigilance and determination and of perfect subordination to their officers while in the field in the afternoon they marched to the scene of the murder of st vrain hale and fowler whose bodies they found and buried hawley who was supposed to have been killed near the same this address may be seen in full in smith's history of wisconsin vol 1 p 420 .
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | vi, 520 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0000 |
| Description | This 1903 reprint of the Second annual report and collections of the State Historical Society, of Wisconsin, for the year 1855, volume 2, includes the following articles: Eulogies of Hiram A. Wright, George R. McLane, and Robert M. Sully; Early history and condition of Wisconsin, by Henry S. Baird; Early times and events, in Wisconsin, by James H. Lockwood; Shaw's narrative, by John Shaw; Memoir of Thomas Pendleton Burnett, by Alfred Brunson; Pioneer life in Wisconsin, by Daniel M. Parkinson; Pekatonica battle controversy, by Charles Bracken and Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Strictures upon Ford's Black Hawk War, by Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Further strictures on Ford's Black Hawk War, by Charles Bracken; Advent of the New York Indians into Wisconsin, by Albert G. Ellis; Historical sketch of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, by Jason Lothrop; Wisconsin, its rise and progress, by Stephen Taylor; Legend of the Red Bank, by Charles D. Robinson; and Progress, conditions and prospects of Wisconsin, by Tom O. Edwards. The original 1856 edition was edited by Lyman Copeland Draper. The 1903 reprint was issued under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 341 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0353 |
| Author | Parkinson, Daniel M., 1790-1868 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | 1832 parkinson's narrative 341 made no mention of this circumstance he may however have concluded that he was mistaken as i believe he was immediately upon capt estes announcing this intelligence c'apit hoard who commanded at fort defiance ordered me with three others lieut m g fitch john ray and reasin hall to make a reconnoissance and ascertain the facts we did so but could find no indians or signs of any the fort was not attacked and the inhabitants of mineral point learning this fact resumed their usual quiet and confidence these false alarms were not uncommon in these critical times many men seemed to possess eyes of a powerfully magnifying character torturing everything seen into an indian and thus many a well run race has been made when there were no indians probably within many miles and nothing to justify the flight more than a tree stump or clump of weeds but notwithstanding there were a few of these flighty 1 gentlemen the most of the men then in the country were of that bold and resolute character who could readily distinguish between trees or bushes and indians as their conduct upon all occasions so well testified after col dodge left gratiot's grove as my son who was of the party informs me he proceeded with his command to kirker's farm and there halted for noon and while there the colonel addressed his men in a very spirited manner saying that they were then fully in the enemy's country ; that everything depend ed upon their success that the public eye was upon them and that every thing that could be expected of valiant and daring soldiers would be expected of them that their families as well as the country looked to them for protection ; and closed by re minding them of the importance of vigilance and determination and of perfect subordination to their officers while in the field in the afternoon they marched to the scene of the murder of st vrain hale and fowler whose bodies they found and buried hawley who was supposed to have been killed near the same this address may be seen in full in smith's history of wisconsin vol 1 p 420 . |