Monday, May 21, 1832.En route up Rock River. | Army meets William S. Hamilton at noon about six miles below Kishwaukee
River. He reports that Indians had passed up that river. Regulars encamp above mouth of
Old Man's Creek, and volunteers below. This is third camp above Dixon. Day's march is 16
miles. On march up Rock, volunteers apparently follow trail which is sometimes distant
from river, but they encamp on river each night with regulars, who are in charge of
keelboats.Johnston Journal, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL; Elliott, Services of Illinois Soldiers,
xvii. |