We started back to pocahontas rather late in the afternoon, and the sun went down as we climbed the last hill from Fiddle Creek.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
He had been appointed to the command of North Arkansas, and had collected considerable force at pocahontas, at the head of navigation on the White River, where he was within easy striking distance of the State and Lyon's line of retreat, and was threatening numberless direful things.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
Though Pillow was reputed to have about 20,000 troops at his disposal, he was seized with a great fear, wrote to Hardee at pocahontas urging him to come to his help, and limited the sphere of the operations of his dashing lieutenant, M. Jeff Thompson.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy