But they performed no pioneer feat of any note as such, and they were not called upon to display a tithe of the reckless daring and iron endurance of hardship which characterized the conquerors of the Illinois and the founders of Kentucky and Tennessee.

This is in no sense a reflection upon them.

They did not need to give proof of a courage they had shown time and again in bloody battles against the best troops of Europe.

In this particular enterprise, in which they showed so many admirable qualities, they had little chance to show the quality of adventurous bravery.

They drifted comfortably down stream, from the log fort whence they started, past many settlers' houses, until they came to the post of a small Federal garrison, where they built their town.