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You are no longer Virginians, Kentuckians, Kaskaskians, and Cahokians you are Americans." He paused, and we were silent. Though his words moved us strongly, they were beyond us. "I mention no deeds of heroism, of unselfishness, of lives saved at the peril of others.
So Celeste Barbeau was kidnaped the day before my mother met my father. Glad as the Cahokians were to see them, the troops were no longer needed, for the Puants had gone. They were frightened out of the country. Oh, yes, all those Indians wanted was a good whipping, and they got it.
You are no longer Virginians, Kentuckians, Kaskaskians, and Cahokians you are Americans." He paused, and we were silent. Though his words moved us strongly, they were beyond us. "I mention no deeds of heroism, of unselfishness, of lives saved at the peril of others.
The Cahokians were so used to being raided by the Puants that they would readily believe such an attack had been made. One might expect they would hear of such a wedding as Celeste Barbeau's. Indeed, the people were so tired of the Puants that they had sent urgently to St. Ange de Bellerive asking that soldiers be marched from Fort Chartres to give them military protection.
Having sent the messenger in advance, he waited until his men were rested and their rifles and powder dry, and then at sundown marched straight against the town. He divided his force into two divisions, leading in person the first, which consisted of two companies of Americans and of the Kaskaskia creoles; while the second, led by Bowman, contained Bowman's own company and the Cahokians.
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