 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...days of the Black Hawk war, I fought, bled, and came away. I did not break my sword, for I had not one to break ; but I bent a musket pretty badly on one occasion. If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon... | |
 | Charles Maltby - 1884 - 340 pages
...I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's surrender, and, like him, I saw the place afterwards. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If General Case went in advance of me in picking whortleberries,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 pages
...about as near it as Cass was to Hull's surrender; and, like him. i saw the place very soon afterwards. it is quite certain i did not break my sword, for i had none to break ; but i bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. if Cass broke his sword, the idea is he broke it in desperation.... | |
 | Jerome Paine Bates - 1886 - 882 pages
....v.i1 ii! ...t ;i -i*- ir it as C:iss tu render; and like him I saw the place very soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for...accident. If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charging upon the wild onions. If he saw any live, fighting... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...near it as General Cass was to Hull's surrender; and, like him, I saw the place very soon afterwards. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If General Casswent in advance of me picking whortleberries,... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 280 pages
...soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If Cass broke...by accident. If General Cass went in advance of me picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. If he saw any live... | |
 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1889 - 276 pages
...about as near it as Cass was to Hull's surrender; and, like him, I saw the place very soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If Cass broke his sword, the idea is, he broke it in desperation;... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 544 pages
...near it as General Cass was to Hull's surrender ; and, like him, I saw the place very soon afterwards. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If General Cass went in advance of me picking whortleberries,... | |
 | John Goss - 1891 - 272 pages
...soon after. It is quite certain that I did not break my sword, for I had none to break; but I bent my musket pretty badly on one occasion. If Cass broke...accident. If General Cass went in advance of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. If he saw any live fighting... | |
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Cass went in advance of me in picking whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in charges upon the wild onions. If he saw any live fighting Indians, it was more than I did, but I had a good many bloody struggles with the mosquitoes; and although I never... 
