In Winter Quarters 



the state he had already served so 

 well to the United States Senate. The 

 occasion of his presenting this boy with 

 the little hoe, and the situation that 

 drew forth the injunction that was 

 passed with it, arose from the fact that 

 the boy had been named for the 

 Governor, and he took that method of 

 acknowledging this action on the part 

 of the boy's father, who was a distant 

 relative. One branch of the family had 

 injected an extra vowel into the spell- 

 ing of the tribal designation, which I 

 should say was corrupting a really 

 sound old Anglo-Saxon name. 



The prospective visit of the Gover- 

 nor to this boy's father's modest home 

 had been a topic of conversation around 

 the family fireside for some time. It 

 was no ordinary honor that was to be 

 bestowed. The great man had never 

 seen his little namesake, and had, it 

 seems, signified his intention of coming 

 for that purpose, and incidentally of 

 course to renew a personal acquaint- 



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