Note 14 — Chapter III
Reading edition
The story of Johnny Kongapod was one which Lincoln often related in after life. It is found in several collections of his stories, and with some variation. The Indian himself has found a place in literature in "In the Boyhood of Lincoln" by my friend, now deceased, Hezekiah Butterworth. The epitaph more nearly in its ancient English form is found in "David Elginbrod," by George Macdonald:
"Here lie I, Martin Elginbrod; Hae mercy o' my soul, Lord God, As I would hae if I were God, And Thou wert Martin Elginbrod."