In descending the Mississippi River with products of his farm and mills, he was captured by pirates, who subsequently released him, with his crew and cargo, for a small ransom paid in pork and flour. New Orleans then belonged to Spain, and pirates and robbers infested the land, but they did not prevent Israel Dodge from his extended journeys.
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| DAR Marker - El Camino Real New Madrid, Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis Missouri |
It was on one of those saddle-rides, from Bairdstown to Ste. Genevieve, by land that his oldest son Henry was born at the French Post Vincennes on the Wabash;
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| Historic Vincennes (Indiana) |
his parents being detained at that post, in consequence of high waters on the river. Henry was so named for a gunsmith (Moses Henry), who saved the life of the infant boy when but a few weeks old... .[Source]
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