If it could be fixed beyond doubt the spot should have an imperishable monument of Indiana stone.
When M, Roussillon ceased speaking the audience again exhausted its vocal resources; and then Father Gibault called upon each man to come forward and solemnly pledge his loyalty to the American cause.

Not one of them hesitated.
Meantime a woman was doing her part in the transformation of Post Vincennes from a French-English picket to a full-fledged American fort and town.

Madame Godere, finding out what was about to happen, fell to work making a flag in imitation of that under which George Washington was fighting.

Alice chanced to be in the Godere home at the time and joined enthusiastically in the sewing.

It was an exciting task.