LAST HOUSE ON THE FRONTIER

at section twenty-two, town one hundred and six, range forty-one, at 4:30.

They were tracked here by Avery, Gail and Richardson, of Winona, and a

courier brought the news to the scouts. This news caused Dill to decide

that they were making for the “Lost Timber,” a natural hiding place.

Recruits were called for and couriers dispatched to call in the pickets in

other directions, to concentrate on that point. A squad consisting of

thirty was raised, ten being mounted. No time was lost, and through the

cold, dismal night,