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The
Aurora
has
just
lighted
up
the
flag
,
that
at
the
same
time
flouting
out
from
its
staff
spreads
its
broad
field
of
red
,
white
,
and
blue
to
the
gentle
zephyrs
of
the
morning
.
Perhaps
never
since
that
staff
went
up
,
has
the
star-spangled
banner
waved
over
a
scene
of
more
intense
interest
than
is
expected
to
occur
on
this
very
day
.
Even
at
the
early
hour
of
dawn
,
the
spectacle
may
be
said
to
have
commenced
.
Along
with
the
first
rays
of
the
Aurora
,
horsemen
may
be
seen
approaching
the
military
post
from
all
quarters
of
the
compass
.
They
ride
up
in
squads
of
two
,
three
,
or
half
a
dozen
;
dismount
as
they
arrive
;
fasten
their
horses
to
the
stockade
fences
,
or
picket
them
upon
the
open
prairie
.
This
done
,
they
gather
into
groups
on
the
parade-ground
;
stand
conversing
or
stray
down
to
the
village
;
all
,
at
one
time
or
another
,
taking
a
turn
into
the
tavern
,
and
paying
their
respects
to
Boniface
behind
the
bar
.
The
men
thus
assembling
are
of
many
distinct
types
and
nationalities
.
Almost
every
country
in
Europe
has
furnished
its
quota
;
though
the
majority
are
of
that
stalwart
race
whose
ancestors
expelled
the
Indians
from
the
"
Bloody
Ground
;
"
built
log
cabins
on
the
sites
of
their
wigwams
;
and
spent
the
remainder
of
their
lives
in
felling
the
forests
of
the
Mississippi
.
Some
of
them
have
been
brought
up
to
the
cultivation
of
corn
;
others
understand
better
the
culture
of
cotton
;
while
a
large
number
,
from
homes
further
south
,
have
migrated
into
Texas
to
speculate
in
the
growth
and
manufacture
of
sugar
and
tobacco
.
Most
are
planters
by
calling
and
inclination
;
though
there
are
graziers
and
cattle-dealers
,
hunters
and
horse-dealers
,
storekeepers
,
and
traders
of
other
kinds
--
not
a
few
of
them
traffickers
in
human
flesh
!
There
are
lawyers
,
land-surveyors
,
and
land-speculators
,
and
other
speculators
of
no
proclaimed
calling
--
adventurers
ready
to
take
a
hand
in
whatever
may
turn
up
--
whether
it
be
the
branding
of
cattle
,
a
scout
against
Comanches
,
or
a
spell
of
filibustering
across
the
Rio
Grande
.
Their
costumes
are
as
varied
as
their
callings
.
They
have
been
already
described
:
for
the
men
now
gathering
around
Fort
Inge
are
the
same
we
have
seen
before
assembled
in
the
courtyard
of
Casa
del
Corvo
--
the
same
with
an
augmentation
of
numbers
.
The
present
assemblage
differs
in
another
respect
from
that
composing
the
expedition
of
searchers
.
It
is
graced
by
the
presence
of
women
--
the
wives
,
sisters
,
and
daughters
of
the
men
.
