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| Portion Of Map With Mississippi River From Northern Illinois To Missouri |
The aftermath of
"The battle of Campbell's Island" in 1814:
Rector's boat with Campbell's men arrived at St. Louis first and when the news spread that Lieutenant Riggs and his men had been left on the Rock Island rapids, fighting the Indians, it was feared that all were captured by the Indians and when Riggs' boat later arrived at St. Louis on the twenty-sixth, there was great rejoicing and the occasion for a general jubilee. The entire company presented a distressing sight. Those not wounded were worn down to skeletons by labor and fatigue.
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| St. Louis Gardens |
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