Part 14 (2/2)

When his superabundant spirits had found vent, I had him led away and myself attended to his wants Beyond this animated exhibition of ht I enjoyed to its fullest extent the quietude of a country inn

Seventy-third Day

_Erie Hotel_, ERIE, MICHIGAN, _July Twenty-third_

Weather cool and pleasant; went to church in theand listened to a sermon by Rev E P Willard, on the text, ”Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy” Doubtless the preacher had his reasons for bringing to thefrom appearances they needed a very h every day were Sunday here

A letter reached me at this point from my wife, full of concern as to my welfare if the journey were to be continued across the Plains; and as she was in very indifferent health at the time, I was about to abandon ic death had reached the East, andas it did across the Indian country, filledthis letter, however, ca, and, with this assurance, I decided not to turn back By this time, the freedom and charinary line, losing itself in the Pacific, proood news from home was therefore joyfully received

Seventy-fourth Day

_Strong's Hotel_, MONROE, MICHIGAN, _July Twenty-fourth_

I was detained at Erie until after dinner, spending part of the forenoon in a blacks shod By two o'clock I was on the road again, riding briskly toward Monroe, for the weather was sothe previous week, that I could ood pace _Paul_ seeh I halted two or three ti over ten miles by five o'clock

As I reached the outskirts of Monroe, I was considerably surprised to find a large nurounds They were accoreeted”Hail Coluled Banner” The Custer Monument association received me at the City Hall, where I had been announced to lecture in the evening, as it was my intention to speak in the interest of the Fund; but the date was changed to the Thursday followingits ents

Great enthusiasm was everywhere apparent, and the people of Monroe needed no urging to lend their patronage, when the movement was likely to reflect honor upon their illustrious dead

My e the dearest place in all the world to Custer, can better be iined than described That it was a favorite with hie, for aside from the tender associations which it held for him, its pretty homes and broad streets, deeply shaded by maples, make it a most lovely spot and the very type of peace

Seventy-fifth Day

_Strong's Hotel_, MONROE, MICHIGAN, _July Twenty-fifth_

Wrote to , and after dinner took a stroll about town Beyond its associations with Custer, Monroe is interesting through its connection with one of the uinary scenes connected with the war between Great Britain and the United States; for on the banks of the River Raisin, which runs through it to the lake, occurred the famous Indian massacre of 1812 Relics of the bloody encounter are still found on the field

It was at a tian, and General Winchester, at the head of eight hundred Kentuckians, had been ordered to Frenchtown, the old name for Monroe, the same point tohich General Miller had previously moved on a mission equally fatal

Winchester arned of the advance of the eneht there was no cause for iement, he crossed to the side of the river opposite histhe camp open to attack The result was, that he awoke the nexthis men to rout, at the point of the bayonet, while their Indian allies were adding to the confusion by their deadly assault

Although a part of the Americans escaped on the ice of the river, the field was covered with their dead and wounded, General Winchester being aeuard the prisoners and wounded, with instructions that no violence was to be co become intoxicated, returned and fell upon the prisoners with unrestrained frenzy Most of the latter had been placed in two small cabins These were fired, and the victi theh the small s The remainder were massacred and their bodies left a prey to the wolves It was this horrible affair that aroused the Ae; and when Tecuator of these atrocities, urged the British to hazard an engagement at the Thames, after their defeat by Perry, they prepared to return with full interest the blow given their comrades on the Raisin The battle of the Thames is well known Tecuh a Kentucky bullet early enough in the fight to be spared the shame of defeat With him fell a powerful foe, but one e must aded his look, As one whom pity touched, but never shook; Train'd froood and ill to brook

Unchanging, fearing but the shame of fear, A stoic of the woods, a 's Hotel_, MONROE, MICHIGAN, _July Twenty-sixth_

Received a large forwarded ents and others, which I attended to in the afternoon I was also favored with Detroit papers referring tonotice froether with letters from the Fund association, I kept as souvenirs of iven for the benefit of the Custer Monu, at the City Hall, was postponed for various reasons until Thursday evening, at the sa several members of the association met Captain Willard Glazier, and were most favorably ihly in earnest, and that his proposition is a ive the entire proceeds of his lecture to the association; and not only in this city, but throughout the State, he generously offers to do the sanition of our own people, at least, and we hope on Thursday evening to see the City Hall filled Captain Glazier coentleentleman and a soldier, and his ability as a speaker and writer The Captain served under the late General Custer in the cavalry, and has soe of the dead hero”

When I started from Boston in May, I little dreamed that before my journey was finished the troubles in the West with the Sioux would bring such a result as _this!_ It is true, affairs in Montana and Wyo aspect, but no one doubted the efficacy of ”Custer's luck,” and those who followed the ca incident, rather than a tragic one

Neas slow in reaching points east of the Mississippi and was then often unreliable, so that if I e from personal observation, the people holly unprepared for the final result which was flashed across the country on the fifth of July