. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ('(— KvLSrs OF 1S.')(). 20* I which life II of Tlicy could tion of tho y reach tlie fiL'ht'.iii' at warn their the Ciod of ila brought g ready to the assault ere was no ordn whicli rue of law. f called for rces were so anks of the [ess the free a sulUeient lant defend- rrive before ling; as the ays had yet that avenue ! free states. [ letter
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ('(— KvLSrs OF 1S.')(). 20* I which life II of Tlicy could tion of tho y reach tlie fiL'ht'.iii' at warn their the Ciod of ila brought g ready to the assault ere was no ordn whicli rue of law. f called for rces were so anks of the [ess the free a sulUeient lant defend- rrive before ling; as the ays had yet that avenue ! free states. [ letters had -offices were uch men as rould enable ould be one line of duty, erifice, ready to dishonor- and guarded [assachusetts paced night ,he inclosure ense with ali the weapons and ammunition re(piisitc to repel a sudden and brief onset. The work itself was one hundred feet in diameter, four feet wide on the top of the ram[)art, and live feet high on the risiiiL' ground ascending from the Missouri, so that unless the citizens allowed themselves to be lulled into a false security, there was no danger of a fatal surprise. Company A was but one of many excellent bodies of men, equipped and mustered for pur- poses of defense, and carriers were ready at a moment's notice to scour through the territory, to warn outlying settlers to concen- trate at the point of danger for mutual safety and 2)rotection. There were few noncombatants among the settlers; even the women were prepared by careful practice with firearms to act with precision, if street fighting should become inevitable; and there was a common understanding that the whole body would die in the last ditch rather than submit to insolent dictation. The Free State hotel, in which the pacification feast had been held less than two months ago, was once more a barrack, an arsenal and a magazine, in which the ofTieers slept, with their arms within reach, when there was reason to anticipate an alarm. The troops distributed in their h
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