“My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.”
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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.
My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.