Indiana, Past and Present, Vol. 1: April-September, 1914 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Indiana, Past and Present, Vol. 1: April-September, 1914

This advice was acted upon by Governor Henry and Clark was authorized to raise a force of three hundred and fifty men for the campaign.

At this point the adventure takes on a truly dramatic character. With a view to the secrecy necessary to the hopefulness of the enterprise, a set of instructions which was made public, and the aim of which was to divert attention from the real object, commanded Colonel Clark to enlist seven companies of men to act as militia, the further language of the instructions conveying the idea that the purpose was for the protection of Kentucky. Under cover of this Clark received from Governor Henry a private letter of instructions which read as follows.

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