. Highways and byways of the South. m were a fewsquirrel guns and fowling-pieces. Such, too, was thescarcity of ammunition that they were soon meltinghousehold pewter and moulding it into bullets for theoccasion. Brown had ordered that no life should be takenwhen it could be avoided, and during the fighting heoften restrained his men from firing on unarmed citi-zens. Monday morning he tried to effect an armisticeto save bloodshed, but this was refused, and fromthat moment his situation was hopeless. He was ina trap. His men were scattered in four or five parties,without means of mutual support
. Highways and byways of the South. m were a fewsquirrel guns and fowling-pieces. Such, too, was thescarcity of ammunition that they were soon meltinghousehold pewter and moulding it into bullets for theoccasion. Brown had ordered that no life should be takenwhen it could be avoided, and during the fighting heoften restrained his men from firing on unarmed citi-zens. Monday morning he tried to effect an armisticeto save bloodshed, but this was refused, and fromthat moment his situation was hopeless. He was ina trap. His men were scattered in four or five parties,without means of mutual support or communication,and they had no supplies of either provisions or am-munition. By Monday noon all those in the detach-ment at the rifle works, a mile from the armory up theShenandoah, had been driven out, killed, or other squads joined their leader in the armory,and as the prospect grew more desperate they tookrefuge in the little fire-engine house near the railway,carrying with them ten selected prisoners. Shots were. Beside the Potomac tHF K^VV YORK PU, ... 3RARY ASTOR. LENOX ANDTILDLN FOUNDATIONS. I John Browns Town 263 constantly being exchanged with their assailants, whowere all the time becoming more numerous. Thewhole country was aroused, military companies werearriving, and at length Brown parleyed for leave toretire across the river on condition that he gave up hisprisoners. Again he was refused. Night came. Ithad rained a little all day, and the atmosphere was rawand cold. Now a clouded, moonless sky overhungthe scene of conflict. The firing had ceased and theengine house was shrouded in total darkness. Thatevening eighty marines from the Washington NavyYard reached Harpers Ferry. They were under thecommand of Colonel Robert E. Lee, who later wasthe chief leader of the Confederate armies. Early thenext morning he summoned Brown to surrender, andnot getting a satisfactory response, ordered his men tocharge. The engine-house doors were soon battereddown, t
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