------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: JOHN A. WAKEFIELD.] [Illustration: COL. JAMES M. STRODE.] [Illustration: SERGT. FRED STAHL.] [Illustration: CAPT. MILTON M. MAUGHS.] ----- Footnote 115: Pronounced Ozha. Footnote 116: James Haines, still living at Pekin, remembers the circumstances well. His two older brothers, Alfred and Jonathan, were members of Capt. Adams’ company. Footnote 117: Shabbona’s village. Footnote 118: Note:–Dodge’s command (May 8) proceeded by way of Apple River to Buffalo Grove, at which an Indian trail led to Rock River, at a point nearly opposite the mouth of the Kish-wau-kee and only a few miles from Stillman’s battle, and where the troops were encamped at that time. Smith’s Hist. Wis., Vol. 1, p. 266. Footnote 119: Wakefield. Footnote 120: Col. Wm. S. Hamilton and many other usually reliable authorities claimed the flag was red, indicative of war; but that contention cannot be credited. Footnote 121: All survivors interviewed by the author stoutly maintained that Black Hawk so disposed his troops as to make it appear that the whites were surrounded. Footnote 122: The father and mother of Capt. Adams were killed by Indians. Footnote 123: Wakefield, p. 21, is authority for the statement that Dr. Donaldson was surgeon of Stillman’s Battalion. Footnote 124: The shock to Mrs. Adams on learning of her husband’s horrible fate deprived her of reason, which was never recovered. Footnote 125: On June 14, 1902, the State of Illinois dedicated a monument costing $5,000 on the hill where Capt. Adams made his stand. The officers of the association to whom the credit of securing that monument is due are Lovejoy Johnson, Pt.; L. Dickerman, V. Pt.; John A. Atwood, Secy.; John A. White, Treas.; Wallace Revell, Trustee. ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER XX. CALL FOR ADDITIONAL TROOPS–BURIAL OF THE DEAD–ARRIVAL OF ATKINSON–LEAD MINES MILITIA–ERECTION OF FORTS–DODGE’S MARCH TO THE FOUR LAKES COUNTRY. The straggling arrival of the panic-stricken troops into camp at Dixon’s Ferry, from three o’clock to daylight of the morning of May 15th, threw Whiteside’s camp into confusion. The force of Dodge’s warning had now a depressing, yea, disastrous effect on the army, and the conduct of the men was most humiliating to Governor Reynolds. With one accord the officers flocked to his tent to hear the exaggerations of the runaways and plan a possible maneuver to counteract the fleeting fortune of their volunteer arms.