in about seven days from the present time. * * * With great respect, etc., “G. BOYD, U.S. Ind. Agent. BRIG.-GEN. H. ATKINSON, U.S. Army, Commanding Camp Whitewater, Rock River.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: LIEUT. JAMES M. BOYD.] [Illustration: LIEUT. ALEXANDER J. IRWIN.] [Illustration: CAPT. AUGUSTIN GRIGNON.] [Illustration: COL. HART. L. STEWART.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There were no arms for them when the communication arrived. They were scattered about in a manner to require unusual trouble in collecting them and upon putting the plan into practical operation Colonel Boyd almost despaired enlisting the desired 200. He attempted to engage recruits from the ranks of the New York Indians, the Oneidas and Stockbridges under Alexander J. Irwin of Green Bay, but they to a man refused and Irwin enlisted under Stambaugh. There was no overt hostility to the command of Hamilton, but the Menominees held Colonel Stambaugh in such veneration that they were unwilling to trust another to command them. After much discouraging work, the quota was finally secured and, divided into two commands or companies, the battalion was ready to march. [240]S.C. Stambaugh, Commander; Augustin Grignon, Sr., Captain; Chas. Grignon, Jr., First Lieutenant and Interpreter; Robert Grignon, Second Lieutenant; George Johnston, Captain; James M. Boyd, First Lieutenant; William Powell, Second Lieutenant and Interpreter, and Alex J. Irwin, charged with the commissariat, with the rank of First Lieutenant Infantry. After which Colonel Stambaugh received the following instructions: “Indian Agency, July 25, 1832. [241]“Sir:–As you have been selected by the Menominees to lead them in the coming conflict, and having yielded to their choice, I consider it my duty to enclose to you a copy of the Commanding General’s instructions to Col. Hamilton, as to their movements in the field, and the position to be occupied by them in regard to the main army, and to request your strict adherence to them, as far as practicable. “As much time, however, has elapsed since the above instructions were given, and the general line of operations of our army perhaps materially changed, it is determined, under all circumstances, to direct you to proceed with all possible expedition to Fort Winnebago, and, immediately on your arrival there, to report yourself forthwith, by express, to the Commanding General in the field, and to await his orders as to your further movements.