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1832 parkinson's narrative 355 incided with this opinion and he and col dodge agreed to return with their commands by way of rock river rapids leaving gen alexander to take the back trail preparations were immediately made for proceeding all the worn down horses that were regarded as unfit for the expedition were sent home to the mining country and maj stephenson's company with himself at their head nearly all leaving thus re ducing col dodge's effective force to about one hundred and fifty ; and gen henry's force was also greatly reduced so that both commands did not at this time exceed six hundred men — • taking mr poquette with us as interpreter and some winneba goes as guides we set out and on the third day arrived at the rapids now heustisford ; but to our great surprise found no indians there except some emaciated winnebagoes who told us that the sauks and foxes had moved farther up the river to the cranberry lakes we thereupon encamped for the night posting both a double guard and a double picket guard dispatching meanwhile an express to gen atkinson borne by adjutant woodbridge of dodge's battalion and dr merriman one of gen henry's adjutants with a winnebago for a guide when they had proceeded about eight or nine miles they came across one of the main trails of the enemy plainly pointing out their route as making towards the west they at once returned and as they approached the camp they were fired upon by one of the picket sen tinels and adjutant woodbridge was barely missed this new information entirely changed our plan of operations for instead of marching up the river as we intended we marched down it early the next morning and at a rapid pace the ex press was continued to gen atkinson by the same men selected the previous day for that service we advanced rapidly upon the trails which consisted of three — one main centre and two flanking trails the first night we camped on the trail we were literally drenched with rain and it was with the greatest diffi culty that we were enabled to make any fire by which to cook our supper the second night we encamped on the east end of
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 | 355 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0367 |
| 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 355 incided with this opinion and he and col dodge agreed to return with their commands by way of rock river rapids leaving gen alexander to take the back trail preparations were immediately made for proceeding all the worn down horses that were regarded as unfit for the expedition were sent home to the mining country and maj stephenson's company with himself at their head nearly all leaving thus re ducing col dodge's effective force to about one hundred and fifty ; and gen henry's force was also greatly reduced so that both commands did not at this time exceed six hundred men — • taking mr poquette with us as interpreter and some winneba goes as guides we set out and on the third day arrived at the rapids now heustisford ; but to our great surprise found no indians there except some emaciated winnebagoes who told us that the sauks and foxes had moved farther up the river to the cranberry lakes we thereupon encamped for the night posting both a double guard and a double picket guard dispatching meanwhile an express to gen atkinson borne by adjutant woodbridge of dodge's battalion and dr merriman one of gen henry's adjutants with a winnebago for a guide when they had proceeded about eight or nine miles they came across one of the main trails of the enemy plainly pointing out their route as making towards the west they at once returned and as they approached the camp they were fired upon by one of the picket sen tinels and adjutant woodbridge was barely missed this new information entirely changed our plan of operations for instead of marching up the river as we intended we marched down it early the next morning and at a rapid pace the ex press was continued to gen atkinson by the same men selected the previous day for that service we advanced rapidly upon the trails which consisted of three — one main centre and two flanking trails the first night we camped on the trail we were literally drenched with rain and it was with the greatest diffi culty that we were enabled to make any fire by which to cook our supper the second night we encamped on the east end of |