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Sumner (search for this): chapter 1.23
or his conduct in language more pointed and succinct than complimentary. He wound up his remarks, however, by allowing Pate to take every thing his company had — even the public arms. Captain Brown and his company were then ordered to disperse. Mr. Phillips, to whom I am indebted for this narrative, received the facts from Captain Brown, Colk, and other witnesses of the scene. This was the first instance in which the Missourians were officially reprimanded; and for this rebuke, Colonel Sumner, a relative of the distinguished Massachusetts Senator, was immediately superseded in command! Sacking of Ossawatomie. The force under Whitfield, although they had given their word of honor to disperse, committed numerous and brutal depredations and outrages; and on the 7th of June, one division of it entered the town of Ossawatomie without resistance. Lest I should be supposed to be a partisan historian, I will transcribe an account of their proceedings there, as written by a Nat
James Forman (search for this): chapter 1.23
battle array on the prairies near Palmyra. Every one in our camp was exultant at the prospect of obliterating and avenging the disgrace of Lawrence. But the Federal troops hastened down, and induced the Missourians to retire; which, knowing our readiness to fight, they willingly consented to do; but not until, in cold blood, they had murdered seven Free State men, not one of whom was armed, when they were taken prisoners by the invading forces. Mr. Cantroll was murdered by a ruffian named Forman, one of Captain Pate's men, who was wounded at Black Jack, carefully nursed at Prairie City, and dismissed by his captors uninjured. Of such were the Southern companies. The Captain of the dragoons, when near Prairie City, heard that Old John Brown was in the neighborhood, and sent a messenger to him, requesting to have an interview. The old man came in response to the call, and voluntarily offered to give up his prisoners, in order that they might be tried for their highway robberies.
Reid (search for this): chapter 1.23
s immediately superseded in command! Sacking of Ossawatomie. The force under Whitfield, although they had given their word of honor to disperse, committed numerous and brutal depredations and outrages; and on the 7th of June, one division of it entered the town of Ossawatomie without resistance. Lest I should be supposed to be a partisan historian, I will transcribe an account of their proceedings there, as written by a National Democrat, then a Federal officeholder: On the 7th, Reid, with one hundred and seventy men, marched into Ossawatomie, and, without resistance, entered each house, robbing it of every thing of value. There were but few men in the town, and the women and children were treated with the utmost brutality. Stores and dwellings were alike entered and pillaged. Trunks, boxes, and desks were broken open, and their contents appropriated or destroyed. Even rings were rudely pulled from the ears and fingers of the women, and some of the apparel from their
Wendell Phillips (search for this): chapter 1.23
annon about your particular case, and he declared that you had no authority for going about the country with an armed force. There was no replying to this; and the enraged and silenced Pate bit his lip. Colonel S-went on and denounced him for his conduct in language more pointed and succinct than complimentary. He wound up his remarks, however, by allowing Pate to take every thing his company had — even the public arms. Captain Brown and his company were then ordered to disperse. Mr. Phillips, to whom I am indebted for this narrative, received the facts from Captain Brown, Colk, and other witnesses of the scene. This was the first instance in which the Missourians were officially reprimanded; and for this rebuke, Colonel Sumner, a relative of the distinguished Massachusetts Senator, was immediately superseded in command! Sacking of Ossawatomie. The force under Whitfield, although they had given their word of honor to disperse, committed numerous and brutal depredatio
Cantroll (search for this): chapter 1.23
ith great delight, on the 5th of June, in battle array on the prairies near Palmyra. Every one in our camp was exultant at the prospect of obliterating and avenging the disgrace of Lawrence. But the Federal troops hastened down, and induced the Missourians to retire; which, knowing our readiness to fight, they willingly consented to do; but not until, in cold blood, they had murdered seven Free State men, not one of whom was armed, when they were taken prisoners by the invading forces. Mr. Cantroll was murdered by a ruffian named Forman, one of Captain Pate's men, who was wounded at Black Jack, carefully nursed at Prairie City, and dismissed by his captors uninjured. Of such were the Southern companies. The Captain of the dragoons, when near Prairie City, heard that Old John Brown was in the neighborhood, and sent a messenger to him, requesting to have an interview. The old man came in response to the call, and voluntarily offered to give up his prisoners, in order that they mi
John Lawrence (search for this): chapter 1.23
2d of June,--only a few days after the fight at Black Jack,--and, after two or three hours of firing, chiefly in the dark, drove the ruffians out and captured their provisions. We then retired to Hickory Point, and there concentrated to oppose the invading force; which, although doubling us in numbers, we saw with great delight, on the 5th of June, in battle array on the prairies near Palmyra. Every one in our camp was exultant at the prospect of obliterating and avenging the disgrace of Lawrence. But the Federal troops hastened down, and induced the Missourians to retire; which, knowing our readiness to fight, they willingly consented to do; but not until, in cold blood, they had murdered seven Free State men, not one of whom was armed, when they were taken prisoners by the invading forces. Mr. Cantroll was murdered by a ruffian named Forman, one of Captain Pate's men, who was wounded at Black Jack, carefully nursed at Prairie City, and dismissed by his captors uninjured. Of suc
Shannon (search for this): chapter 1.23
g exactly a fit story to tell, Pate entered into a disquisition on the general subject of his imprisonment, and told S- that he he was acting under orders of Governor Shannon; and that his being taken prisoner was an outrage. That is false, sir! said Colonel S-, sternly; I had a conversation with Governor Shannon about your pGovernor Shannon about your particular case, and he declared that you had no authority for going about the country with an armed force. There was no replying to this; and the enraged and silenced Pate bit his lip. Colonel S-went on and denounced him for his conduct in language more pointed and succinct than complimentary. He wound up his remarks, however,ion of Freedom in Kansas. The Missouri River was closed against Northern emigration; the roads were literally strewed with dead bodies; Declaration of Governor Shannon. the entire Free State population of Leavenworth had been driven from their homes; almost every part of Kansas was in the power of the invaders; the army, an
John H. Gihon (search for this): chapter 1.23
o shocking and disgusting to relate, or to be accredited if told. The tears and shrieks of terrified women, folded in their foul embrace, failed to touch a chord of mercy in their brutal hearts; and the mutilated bodies of murdered men, hanging upon the trees, or left to rot upon the prairies, or in the deep ravines, or furnish food for vultures and wild beasts, told frightful stories of brutal ferocity, from which the wildest savages might have shrunk with horror. Geary in Kansas. By John H. Gihon, p. 91. And why? Because the North had consented to league and compromise with the hideous crime of Southern slavery. The South triumphant. Every movement made by the Free State men to defeat and punish the crimes of these organized marauders, was thwarted by the Federal troops, who, in an official proclamation, were ordered to disperse all persons belonging to military companies, unauthorized by law; in which were not included the banded Southern invaders, for they, as soon a
Charley Lenhart (search for this): chapter 1.23
would not save him from the fate the old man threatened. Pate liberated. Colonel S- ordered him to stand by his stirrup and lead him into camp. Under these circumstances, the dragoons went into the camp of Old Brown. So rapidly and unexpectedly did the thing occur, that there was no opportunity to secure the arms and horses taken at Black Jack. Only fifteen of Brown's men were in the camp at the moment they entered it; Among them was John E. Cook, who, a few days before, after Lenhart's camp was broken up by the Dragoons, went and joined Old Brown for a time. but that camp, Colonel S--, who was astonished at it, afterwards said, a small garrison could have held against a thousand men, as, from the peculiar nature of the ground, artillery could not be brought to bear on it. It is not wonderful that both Colonel S- and the Deputy Sheriff should come to the conclusion that the handful of Free State men they saw, with nearly twice their own number of prisoners, were only a p
John E. Cook (search for this): chapter 1.23
hat the presence of a company of soldiers would not save him from the fate the old man threatened. Pate liberated. Colonel S- ordered him to stand by his stirrup and lead him into camp. Under these circumstances, the dragoons went into the camp of Old Brown. So rapidly and unexpectedly did the thing occur, that there was no opportunity to secure the arms and horses taken at Black Jack. Only fifteen of Brown's men were in the camp at the moment they entered it; Among them was John E. Cook, who, a few days before, after Lenhart's camp was broken up by the Dragoons, went and joined Old Brown for a time. but that camp, Colonel S--, who was astonished at it, afterwards said, a small garrison could have held against a thousand men, as, from the peculiar nature of the ground, artillery could not be brought to bear on it. It is not wonderful that both Colonel S- and the Deputy Sheriff should come to the conclusion that the handful of Free State men they saw, with nearly twice the
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