{"product_id":"1857-report-on-outrages-in-kansas-military-response","title":"1857 Report on Outrages in Kansas, Military Response","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierce, Franklin; Greary, John W. \u003cstrong\u003eMessage of the President of the United States, communicating An extract from a letter of the 22d ultimo, from the Governor of Kansas to the Secretary of State, with a copy of the executive minutes, to which it refers.\u003c\/strong\u003e Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857. First Edition. [12538]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, no wrapper, 9 x 5 1\/2 inches, 36 pp. Good. Disbound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe governor of the Kansas Territory, John W. Greary, reports on a roving band of marauders operating in the southern part of the Territory, and on the efforts to end their desolations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing but the most vigorous and decided measures can have the effect of restoring confidence, by expelling the bandit and robber and making the citizens feel secure in their isolated homes.\" - p. 3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The free State men, numbering about thirty, retired to the woods, when the other party discharged their cannon at them three or four times. No person killed by this firing. The free State men were surrounded, and forced to take to the creek, (Marias des Cygnes.) Partridge was the only man killed in the creek; Collins and Updegraff wounded. Powers, having secreted himself on the bank of the creek, was found and shot dead. A portion of the party then returned to Ossawattomie, and burned the town - destroying fourteen dwelling houses, with their contents; one grocery, one store, and four out buildings - spoiled the place of horses, cattle, and wagons. Williams, a pro-slavery man, residing at Ossawattomie, was killed by mistake by the attacking party. Out of twenty-five families at Ossawattomie, but five or six were pro-slavery.\" - p. 7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany such detailed accounts are here, including a daily accounting from October 18, 1856 to November, 1856 of the governor's tour, escorted by a squadron of United States dragoons, through the southern part of the Territory.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589837840450,"sku":"ABE12538","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC09283_4306b325-c3e3-4f68-b2fc-7de124cd3edf.jpg?v=1792078135","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1857-report-on-outrages-in-kansas-military-response","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}