theysaid\"Ibe\"for\"Iam,\"and\"haag\"for\"hog;\"\"Letmelookatyourknifehalfasecond,\"or\"Givemejustasupofthatwater,\"wherewesaidsimply\"Lendmeyourknife,\"or\"handmeadrink。\"TheywerelessreservedthanthetrueYankees,moredisposedtobesocial,and,withalltheireccentricities,wereasmanly,honorableasetoffellowsasitwasmyfortunetomeetwithinthearmy。IcouldasknobettercomradesthantheboysoftheThirdMichiganInfantry,whobelongedtothesame\"Ninety\"withme。TheboysfromMinnesotaandWisconsinwereverymuchlikethosefromMichigan。ThosefromOhio,Indiana,Illinois,IowaandKansasallseemedcutoffthesamepiece。ToallintentsandpurposestheymighthavecomefromthesameCounty。Theyspokethesamedialect,readthesamenewspapers,hadstudiedMcGuffey\'sReaders,Mitchell\'sGeography,andRay\'sArithmeticsatschool,admiredthesamegreatmen,andheldgenerallythesameopinionsonanygivensubject。Itwasneverdifficulttogetthemtoactinunison——theydiditspontaneously;whileitrequiredanefforttobringaboutharmonyofactionwiththosefromothersections。HadtheWesternboysinprisonbeenthoroughlyadvisedofthenatureofourenterprise,wecould,doubtless,havecommandedtheircordialassistance,buttheywerenot,andtherewasnowayinwhichitcouldbedonereadily,untilafterthedecisiveblowwasstruck。
TheworkofarrestingtheleadingRaiderswentonactivelyalldayontheFourthofJuly。Theymadeoccasionalshowsoffierceresistance,buttheeventsofthedaybeforehaddestroyedtheirprestige,brokentheirconfidence,anddrivenawayfromtheir,supportverymanywhofollowedtheirleadwhentheywereconsideredall—powerful。Theyscatteredfromtheir,formerhaunts,andmingledwiththecrowdsinotherpartsoftheprison,butwererecognized,andreportedtoKey,whosentpartiestoarrestthem。Severaltimestheymanagedtocollectenoughadherentstodriveoffthesquadssentafterthem,butthisonlygavethemashortrespite,forthesquadwouldreturnreinforced,andmakeshortworkofthem。Besides,theprisonersgenerallywerebeginningtounderstandandapproveoftheRegulators\'movement,andweredisposedtogivealltheassistanceneeded。
Myselfand\"Egypt,\"mytaciturnLieutenantofthesinewyleftarm,weresentwithourcompanytoarrestPeteDonnelly,anotoriouscharacter,andleaderof,abadcrowd。Hewasmore\"knocker\"thanRaider,however。
HewasanoldPembertonbuildingacquaintance,andaswemarcheduptowherehewasstandingattheheadofhisgatheringclan,herecognizedmeandsaid:
\"Hello,Illinoy,\"（thenamebywhichIwasgenerallyknowninprison）