GDG- bodies scalped and mangle

[Dennis Lawrence]

Tuesday, May 15, 1832.
En route to Stillman's Battlefield.
	

Survivors of Stillman's brush with Indians arrive at Dixon's Ferry in early 
morning with news of "terrible slaughter." Mad scramble of returning 
soldiers disheartens those encamped at Dixon's Ferry. Before daybreak, 
governor issues call for 2,000 volunteers to rendezvous at Hennepin

At 7 A.M. Whiteside's army, including Capt. Lincoln's company, starts for 
site of Stillman's engagement. They arrive before sunset and find bodies 
scalped and mangle

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1963 : The flight of Faith 7

On May 15, 1963, Gordon Cooper is launched into space aboard Faith 7 on the 
longest American space mission to that date. Faith 7 was the capstone of 
Project Mercury, the NASA program that put the first American into space in 
1961 and the first astronaut into orbit in 1962. Cooper completed 22 orbits 
of the earth and spent 34 hours in space. He was the first American 
astronaut to spend more than a day in space. On the afternoon of May 16, 
Faith 7 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean, four miles from the recovery 
ship Kearsarge.

Cooper was honored by parades in Hawaii and Washington, D.C., where he 
addressed a joint session of Congress, and in New York City, where he was 
greeted by a massive ticker-tape crowd. Later Shawnee, Oklahoma--Cooper's 
hometown--celebrated the return of the sixth Mercury astronaut from space.

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004