GEORGE DAVENPORT, ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER.
LIEUT. N.J. EATON, U.S.A.
LIEUT. M.L. CLARK, U.S.A.
Lieut.-Col. Zachary Taylor, with two companies of the First Infantry, returned with Atkinson to Fort Armstrong, which was reached on the 19th. Immediately after the conclusion of the council on the 13th, General Atkinson dispatched a letter to Governor Reynolds, who had not been idle, asking the latter for the assistance again of his militia, to drive Black Hawk and his band from the State once more. Promptly on the 16th, the Governor responded with a call for an indefinite number of men, accompanied by this appeal:
“To the MILITIA OF THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION OF THE STATE.
“FELLOW CITIZENS:
“Your country requires your services. The Indians have assumed a hostile attitude and have invaded the State in violation of the treaty of last summer.