Von der Pionierheimat zum Weißen Haus: Das Leben von Abraham Lincoln: Boyhood, Jugend, Menschenschaft, Ermordung, Tod . fort. Das Reden über die Karriere von General Casss erinnert mich an meine eigenen. Ich war nicht bei Stillmans Niederlage, aber ich war so nah wie Cass, um Sich Zu Rümpfen, und wie er sah ich diesen Ort sehr bald danach. Es ist ganz sicher, dass Idid mein Schwert nicht gebrochen hat, denn ich hatte keine zu brechen; *aber ich habe meine Muskete bei einer Gelegenheit ziemlich schlecht geknickt. . Wenn General Cass vor mir in picking whortleberries ging, dann habe ich ihn wahrscheinlich in Chargeson der wilden Zwiebeln übertroffen. Wenn er leben sah, streiten ihn die Indianer

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From pioneer home to the White House : life of Abraham Lincoln: boyhood, youth, manhood, assassination, death . away. Speak-ing of General Casss career reminds me of my own.I was not at Stillmans defeat, but I was about as nearit as Cass to Hulls surrender ; and like him I saw theplace very soon afterward. It is quite certain that Idid 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 in pick-ing whortleberries, I guess I surpassed him in chargesupon the wild onions. If he saw any live, fightingIndians, it was more than I did, but I had a good many * Lincoln re-enlisted as private, so that he did not carry asword after the term of his companys enlistment expired. 242 PIONEER HOME TO WHITE HOUSE. bloody struggles with the mosquitoes ; and, although Inever fainted from loss of blood, I can truly say I wasoften very hungry. ... If I should ever turnDemocrat, and be taken up as a candidate for thePresidency by the Democratic party, I hope they willnot make fun of me by attempting to make me out amilitary hero.. CHAPTER XIX. UNSOUGHT HONORS. |N his return from the Black Hawk warvLincoln took up his abode in the family ofJ. R. Herndon. The people of New Salemgave him a hearty welcome, and delightedto call him Captain Lincoln. The Herndon familywere soon more strongly attached to him than ever. He had one of Herndons children around with himnearly all the time, says an eye-witness. He wasat home wherever he went, and made himself wonder-fully agreeable to the people he lived with, or hap-pened to be visiting, says Mr. Herndon. That hiskind and benevolent disposition did not suffer by hisservice in the army is quite evident from a remark ofMr. Herndon, He was kind to the widow andorphan, and chopped their wood. He was casting about for some employment, wheie-by to earn a livelihood. For some reason, to usunknown, the blacksmiths trade attracted his atten-tion. What do you think of my lea