. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. s in Kan-sas for a short time and there be-came possessed of the spirit of thefree-state movement. He was alittle taller and more slender thanhis brother Edwin, with the rest-lessness of one touched with con-sumption, full of an adventurousspirit, and more inclined to audac-ity. He had scant brown hair, boldlarge eyes, irregular features, a de-termined expression. During theperilous period of escaping, thoughfrail in strength, Owens narrativeshows that the brave youth bore hisshare without complaint
. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. s in Kan-sas for a short time and there be-came possessed of the spirit of thefree-state movement. He was alittle taller and more slender thanhis brother Edwin, with the rest-lessness of one touched with con-sumption, full of an adventurousspirit, and more inclined to audac-ity. He had scant brown hair, boldlarge eyes, irregular features, a de-termined expression. During theperilous period of escaping, thoughfrail in strength, Owens narrativeshows that the brave youth bore hisshare without complaint, of thethirty-six days of hunger, cold, fatigue, and dangerthey passed in the rough laurel hills and semi-mountainareas from the neighborhood of Harpers Ferry toCenter County, western Pennsylvania, where the threecomrades—Owen Brown, Tidd, and the young Coppocparted, November 24, 1859. Barclay made hasteto reach Iowa. His presence there was concealedslightly, and the young men of Springdale, andLiberty township, in Cedar County, organized forhis protection, George B» Gill and Charles BARCLAY COPPOC. 540 JOHN BROWN. Moffett, two of the Chatham Convention delegates,were resident there also. Both were in some dan-ger. Virginia sent agents to secure Barclay Cop-pocs arrest,1 but Governor Kirkwood (afterwardsUnited States Senator and Secretary of the In-terior) had no desire to extradite the youngadventurer. Arrangements were made, if not with 1 The following letter illustrates the feelings and actions of theperiod: Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa, Feb. 12, ;£ The object of thy anxious inquiry (Barclay Coppoc) has notbeen taken from Springdale, nor is it intended that he shall betaken. Springdale is in arms and is prepared at a half-hoursnotice to give them a reception of 200 shots; and it will be neces-sary for the marshal to find him before he can be taken. There isa well-organized body here. They meet two or three evenings ineach week to lay their plans and take t
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