Henderson River is reached about noon, according to O. H. Browning.Diary of O. H. Browning, in Stevens, Black Hawk War, 117-18.

Gov. Reynolds and Madison County volunteer say they reached river in evening.John Reynolds, Reynolds' History of Illinois. My Own Times: Embracing also the History of My Life (Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1879), 226; Illinois Advocate, Vandalia, 8 May 1832.

Gov. Reynolds says river is 50 yards wide and running "like a milltail." By felling trees into river, volunteers cross, swimming their horses. March is resumed and camp made at Yellow Banks. Citizens are calm, and this spirit spreads through army. No guard is placed at night.Stevens, Black Hawk War, 117-18; Reynolds to Atkinson, 4 May 1832, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL; John H. Wakefield, Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk War (Chicago: Caxton Club, 1908).

Provisions are scarce and hogs on nearby farms are shot by undisciplined troops. Gov. Reynolds writes Gen. Atkinson that he must "have cartridges for 5 or 600 muskets."Reynolds Order and Letter Book, Black Hawk War Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL; Diary of O. H. Browning in Stevens, Black Hawk War, 117-18.