Note 5 — Group II. BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA. (continued 2)

Fremont's Battalion. "Fremont rode ahead, a spare, active-looking man.... He was dressed in a blouse and leggings, and wore a felt hat. After him came five Delaware Indians who were his body-guard, and have been with him in all his wanderings. The rest, many of them blacker than the Indians, rode two and two, the rifle being held by one hand across the pommel of the saddle."—Lieutenant Walpole, R.N.