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by the 30 Indians; his limbs cut off, and his heart eaten by the Indians to endue them with the virtues of “one of the bravest Americans.” X See Prof. Fulwidcr’s History at the Freeport Public Library, as well an fur Jthe account of the defenso of the For. some times called St. Train s Fort, or Apple River Fort and later Lewiston and now Elizabeth.WOMEN MAKE BULLETS TO HELP DEFEND APPLE RIVER FORT ' At the end of Terrapin Ridge, in near by Elizabeth Town stood a rBlockade where, just after the settlers, their wives and children, of all this .'.countryside, had interned themselves, 300 Indiana of Blackhawk's band ■•’ attacked them June 24. 3832, and were driven off. All got In but one man. ?,Frederick Dickson, who come too late. Finding the great gate barred he JtoM-ln the woods around here and narrowly escaped deuth.‘•X• ^ •What haPPane'* In the Fort at thla time, you’ could have seen through :*it£d.eyes of a flurvlvor, Mrs. William Lawhorn, had you attended the Re-AiniOn of the Blackhawk War people at the Lena Comp Grounds Aug. 2S.' During the attack: iv * In8ldo the *’ort' a *rave pioneer woman kept up the fighting spirit occupants by cheering on the men. She proved a woman’s useful-}£$*** by having one squad of women mold bullets, while another was load-3|p|-;the rifles.”TH® ‘TAUL REVK«E RIDE OF A BRAVE YOUNG BOYihat nJsht- a b°y- young Kirkpatrick, determined to run the tlft end ride to Galena for aid. ■••• The heavy gates swung out. and ell i young-Kirkpatrick plunged his horse into the darknosB, dashed past ^Utposta of the blood thirty Indians, and pushed his way through .12. “i c. dark wilderness to Galena—a more daring affair than that of PaulM»*-v •.• '.« • ’■ , * iA# he awlved at Galena he met Colonels Strode and Dixon on the to afford relief.1; • ./^dlons thin xatreated, probehly along this same Terrapin Ridge Grove and Fort to flgfct Colonel -Dement’* detachment.KdLl: v * ‘
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Freeport Journal Standard
Freeport, Illinois, US
Sat, Aug 22, 1925
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