while he was in jail in fort smith he would watch out for him. matilda was allowed to send one of their slaves to fort smith to tend to jonas' needs, as he was a gentleman. matilda sent some messages through the slave. the slave was also allowed, by his status, to stand around and absorb information he could pass on to jonas. in the meantime general mcculloch was called to the battle, and he was killed by a union sharpshooter. because of this, jonas was exonerated and the charges were a dropped. he was allowed to come back home. he came back to the house. not long after he got back, a neighbor came and told matilda, mrs. tebbetts, there are a group of confederate sympathizers that will finish the job did mcculloch could not finish. matilda left the parlor where she was entertaining the neighbor, talked to jonas. jonas came in, said hello, and walked down the front walk and waved goodbye to matilda, got on his horse, and rode out of town. when he got just past the confederate lines he went up to the union line. when he was there, he shared informa

but what she said was like while jonas was in prison in fort smith, the confederate soldiers came and demanded the drapes and carpets to be used as blankets and saddle blankets and instead of just giving them to them, matilda had the slaves take them down, beat out the dirt and fold them nicely and give them to the army. so matilda hid any hard feelings that she had. she did wear several pieces of gold coins sewed into her under garments just in case the family had to flee in the middle of the night. but she was gracious in all that she did. and then when jonas had left after he was exonerated and he left the state, matilda was here by herself with the children and eventually the union army came back in. the union army kind of watched over matilda and when they'd be pulling out again, they told her, they said we're leaving and you should go with us. and so she packed up what she could thinking, you know, she -- she was leashing the next day but just so happened jonas came in with a message to deliver to the general here, or the officer in charge, and he was able to leave with his amil

he was taken to fort smith where he was to be tried and hung as a traitor for having the union flag. for not accepting confederate money. for allowing eight union general into his house. many people wanted to help jonas tebbetts as much as they could. members of the confederate army, even. they were working with the union army to get him released. there was a union jailer who sent a letter to matilda saying that he would do everything that he could to help jonas and to make his stay comfortable. he was sure everything would turn out all right. while he was in jail in fort forh he would watch out him. matilda was allowed to send one of their slaves to fort smith to tend to jonas' needs, as he was a gentleman. matilda sent some messages through the slave. the slave was also allowed, by his status, to stand around and absorb information he could pass on to jonas. in the meantime general mcculloch was called to the killed by ahe was union sharpshooter. because of this, jonas was exonerated and the charges were dropped. he was allowed to come back home. he came back to the house. not long

matilda was allowed to send one of their slaves to fort smith to .end to jonas's needs he was allowed to have a slave with him. matilda sent some messages through the slave and then the slave was also allowed, by his status, to stand around and absorb information that he could pass on to jonas. in the meantime, the general was caught up to the battle of pea ridge and killed by a union sharpshooter. because of this, jonas was exonerated and the charges were dropped and he was allowed to come back home. he came back to the house and not long after that a neighbor that thereld matilda is a group of men who are confederate sympathizers who are going to finish the job the general could not finish. matilda left the parlor where she was entertaining a neighbor and went and talked to jonas, jonas came in and said hello to ed down ther, walk front walk and waved goodbye to matilda, got on his horse and quietly rode out of town. when he got to the union lines or just past the confederate lines he spurred his horse on and headed to the union lines. there, he shared information about what he knew

it goes down to fort smith, arkansas and eventually onto california. -- over right out here. >> john and his wife lived here at the time of the battle. john completed this house in 1852. this is not your typical farmstead. he had over 400 acres and a couple of orchards. he was the postmaster for this community. were inves yet support of the federal government. he could see the battle about a mile away on what a hell -- bloody hill. be a lot less green. the southerners have camped all around the house and in the morning, the union army comes out from 10 miles away. they see the southerners camped around the house and open up fire. they actually took out the chicken coop. point, firing on the house seized. dying were and brought here almost immediately. they have nine children living here at that time. a lot of people asked why the have children. her parents gave her slaves as a wedding present. sold before the war. battle,ime of the slavery in misery was a bit ssouri was a bit different from how it was in the south. fact, the slaves would stay with the family. when general alliance --

. >> there's not an airplane sitting at fort smith, not greybull. no, she didn't go back to cody. she hasn't arrived back in laurel. >> mckenzie's plane like all such planes was equipped with an emergency beacon, an elt, which should go over in a crash. but there was no signal from any elt. >> what did that make you think? >> that she's safe. if her elt was going off, they'd pick up the signal and we could find her. so, you're thinking, okay, this is a positive. >> unless, unless it hadn't gone off because of something very, very bad. >> not having it meant that the airplane had crashed very severely, or was upside down, or possibly burned. >> shadows lengthen in the deepening afternoon. the forest fire's smokey tail blurred the ground beneath them. mckenzie's family, all they had to hang on to was knowledge that the searcher the wouldn't quit. >> was there sole las in that? no. the it was miserable. i'll not going to lie. >> up in the air, they septemke looking. suddenly larry mayer spotted a crashed plane right beneath him. i guess i was startled. >> brian saw it too. >> if tis