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May 19th 1832
William Durley and a party of four men were on the Galena Road riding to Dixon's Ferry, carrying dispatches to General Atkinson from militia commander James Strode. Durley was killed by a group of warriors, the survivors of the party rode back to Galena where they delivered the bad news. Strode declared martial law and ordered that a fort be built at Galena
ref In Black Hawks Foot Steps McLaughlin
| I thought I'd breathed my last. But Lord Apollo the distant deadly Archer reassured him; COURAGE! The Iliad |
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