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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: Fleshing the sword. (search)
30th. On the same day one of Montgomery's men was arrested, in violation of the treaty, taken to Fort Scott in chains, and imprisoned in a filthy cell. Attack on John Brown's house. On the 29th, Captain Brown left his house for Ossawatomie, and Captain Montgomery for Osage City; and, at the same time, the Sheriff called out a posse of pro-slavery settlers, Missourians and Free State Democrats, for the purpose of arresting the old mall and his boys. On the 30th, the posse assembled at Paris, one hundred strong, and marched to the cabin of John Brown, on the Little Sugar Creek. Stevens and Kagi were its only occupants. As soon as it was known that this posse was approaching, a messenger was sent for Montgomery, who arrived at midnight with thirteen men. They had previously been reinforced by thirteen neighbors. In the morning their number was still further increased, although they still numbered only thirty-four men. The Sheriff's posse approached within a quarter of a mile,