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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 5. (search)
Chapter 5. The Black Hawk war. Lincoln elected captain. under arrest. Protecting the Indian. recollections of a comrade. Lincoln re-enlists as a private. return to New Salem. candidate for the Legislature. the handbill. first political speech. the canvass. defeat. partnership in the store with Berry. the trade with William Greene. failure of the business. law studies. Pettifogging. stories and poetry. Referee in rural sports. deputy surveyor under John Calhoun. studying with Mentor Graham. postmaster at New Salem. the incident with Chandler. feats of strength. second race for the Legislature. election. The departure of the Talisman for deeper waters, the downfall of Denton Offut's varied enterprises and his disappearance from New Salem, followed in rapid succession, and before the spring of 1832 had merged into summer Lincoln found himself a piece of floating driftwood again. Where he might have lodged had not the Black Hawk war intervened can o
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 19. (search)
ds in Illinois urging him to come out and help set things right in Egypt, and that he would go, or stay in Washington, Just where I thought he could do the most good. I told him to do as he chose, but that he could probably do best in Illinois. Upon that he shook hands with me and hurried away to catch the next train. I never saw him again. --Henry C. Whitney, Ms. letter, November 13, 1866. Mr. Lincoln's military knowledge had been acquired in the famous campaign against the Indian Chief Black Hawk on the frontier in 1832, the thrilling details of which he had already given the country in a Congressional stump-speech; and to this store of experience he had made little if any addition. It was therefore generally conceded that in grappling with the realities of the problem which now confronted both himself and the country he would be wholly dependent on those who had made the profession of arms a life-work. Those who held such hastily conceived notions of Mr. Lincoln were evident
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cayuga Indians, (search)
the Cayugas: You, Cayugas, a people whose habitation is the Dark Forest, and whose home is everywhere, shall be the fourth nation, because of your superior cunning in hunting. They inhabited the country about Cayuga Lake in central New York, and numbered about 300 warriors when first discovered by the French at the middle of the seventeenth century. The nation was composed of the families of the Turtle, Bear, and Wolf, like the other cantons, and also those of the Beaver, Snipe, Heron, and Hawk. They were represented in the congress of the league by ten sachems. Through Jesuit missionaries the French made fruitless attempts to Christianize the Cayugas and win them over to the French interest, but found them uniformly enemies. During the Revolutionary War the Cayugas were against the colonists. They fought the Virginians at Point Pleasant in 1774. They hung upon the flank and rear of the army under Sullivan that invaded the territory of the Senecas in 1779; but they soon had the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Gunboat (converted)S.1,558S.b10 El Cano560GunboatS.660T. S... Pinta550GunboatI.310S.b2 Strangera546Gunboat (converted)I......S.b5 Peoria488Gunboat (converted)S......S.b7 Hist472Gunboat (converted)S.500S.b6 Eagle434Gunboat (converted)S.850S.b6 Hornet425Gunboat (converted)S.800S.b9 Quiros400GunboatComp.208S.b2 Villaobos400GunboatComp.208S.b2 Ships of the Navy in 1901.—Continued. Fourth rate Name.Displacement (Tons).Type.Hull.Indicated Horse-Power.Propulsion.Guns (Main Battery） Hawk375Gunboat (converted)S.1,000S.b4 Sirena315Gunboat (converted)S......S.b4 Sylviaa302Gunboat (converted)I......S.b6 Callao200GunboatS.250T. S.b6 Pampanga200GunboatI.250T. S.b4 Paragua200GunboatI.250T. S.b4 Samar200GunboatI.250T. S.b4 Arayat200GunboatI.260S.b4 Belusan200GunboatI.220S... Aileen192Gunboat (converted)S.500S.b5 Elfridaa173Gunboat (converted)S.200S.b2 Sylph152Gunboat (converted)S.550S.b8 Calamianes150GunboatI.125T. S.b3 Albay150GunboatI.125T. S.b3 Leyte150GunboatI.125T.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Seneca Indians, (search)
he open country. Tradition says that at the formation of the great confederacy Hiawatha said to them, You, Senecas, a people who live in the open country, and possess much wisdom, shall be the fifth nation, because you understand better the art of raising corn and beans and making cabins. The Dutch called them Sinnekaas, which the English spelled Senecas, and they were denominated the Western Door of the Long House—the confederacy. They were divided into five clans—viz., the Turtle, Snipe, Hawk, Bear, and Wolf, and were represented in the great council or congress by seven sachems. There was a small family on the borders of the Niagara River, called Neuters, whose domain formed the western boundary of the Seneca territory; also the Erikes, or Eries, south of Lake Erie. On the east they joined the Senecas. By the conquest of the Hurons, most of the Neuters, the Series, and Andastes (or Susquehannas) were incorporated with the Senecas. The French Jesuits began a mission among t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
n......May, 1833 President Jackson makes a tour of the Eastern States as far as Concord, N. H., returning to Washington......July 3, 1833 President removes W. J. Duane, Secretary of Treasury, for refusing to withdraw the deposits from the National Bank, and appoints Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, in his place......Sept. 23, 1833 President Jackson directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw the deposits, about $10,000,000, from the National Bank......Sept. 26, 1833 Indian chief Black Hawk is taken through the principal Eastern cities......autumn of 1833 Bank deposits removed from the National Bank......Oct. 1, 1833 Anti-slavery Society organized in New York City......Oct. 2, 1833 First severe railway accident in the United States on the Amboy and Bordentown Railroad; several killed......Oct. 8, 1833 Great display of shooting-stars......morning of Nov. 13, 1833 Twenty-third Congress, first session, convenes......Dec. 2, 1833 American Anti-slavery Society
The Daily Dispatch: February 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
h the first honors in 1828 as Brevet Second Lieut., and at his own request was placed in active service, being assigned to the command of General (then Colonel,) Zachary Taylor, who was stationed in the West. In the frontier wars of the time young Davis distinguished himself in so marked a manner that when a new regiment of dragoons was formed he at once obtained a commission as first Lieutenant. During this time a romantic attachment sprang up between him and his prisoner, the famous chief Black Hawk, in which the latter forgot his animosity to the people of the United States in his admiration for Lieut. Davis, and not until his death was the bond of amity severed between the two brave men. In 1835 he settled quietly down upon a cotton plantation, devoting himself to a thorough and systematic course of political and scientific education. He was married to a daughter of Gen. Taylor. In 1843 he took the stump for Polk, and in 1845, having attracted no little attention in hi