The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-14
KANSAS CORRESPONDENCE.
DoNIpHAN. K. T.. Feb

DoNIPHAN, N. l., co. -.
DEAR JoURxAL:-I should have written to
you Immediately on my arrival from Missouri,
but was unable to getany authentic news from
the seat Of arar, and did not like to send you
any of the thousand rumors afoat. until l
found out the true state of the case.
Things have about reached climax, and the
prospect of fight or foot race is every day
growing more apparent The seat of war has
changed from Lawrence to Stranger Creek, and
the obnoxious band of AJolitoaistS this time
are composed entirely of Western men, most
of them from Missouri. The origin Of the
trouble was in this wise: A band of ruffians
called the Kickapoo Rangers, from Weston,
Mo-, went out there to take the polls from the
citizens, but in the attack which they made on
the citizens, they lost one man and had seve-
raj wounded, whereupon they beat hasty re-
treat to Missouri The next day they muster
ed crowd to go and avenge the death of Cook,
(the man they had lost in the melee) but when
they got out on Stranger they could find no
one but gentleman by the name of Brown
portion of the party secured the country in
search of the men, while the remainder enjoy
ed themselves in cutting Brown into small
pieces with hatchets. Brown was one of the
best fellows in the world, and was most bru-
tally and inhumanly murdered because he
happened to have different political opinion
from these scoundrels.
I received despatch from Leavenworth
this morning, dated Feb. 17th of which the
following is copy: 81 told you in my last
that the Kickapoo Rangers contemplated max
ing an attack upon the citizens of Stranger
this has proved true. They pretended to have
notified sixty men to leave the Territory by
the 18th inst, who having failed to do so, were
to have justice dealt out to them by Judge
Lynch. Such was the anxiety of the Rangers
to again have their hands imbrued in human
blood, they could not let the time expire, but
assembled near Sparks on Wednesday, but
1 did not find him at home. He, having heard
his friends, who had assembled and were pre-
pared to defend themselves. Eight of the
band went to his house, talked of buying his
claim, &C., then took littleboy out and threat
ened to kill him if he did not tell where his
father was. Not being able to get him they
left written notice for the family to leave by
the 10th of March. They then returned to
Missouri, being too weak to attack the settlers.
j On Friday messengers were sert to Platte
City and throughout Platte County to distrib-
ute an article in the Herald (Gen. Eato1rs or
GAM which stated that the Free State men on
Stranger (thus driven together for selfpro:ec-
ton and defence by the most inhuman mob
ever assembled in these U. S. had built fort
and were there congregated bidding defiance
to all law and order and inviting a collision
with the law and order party. Notwithstand-
ling the exaggerated reports and lying appeals,
Missouri did not respond very literally to the
call. However, they are to make an attack to-
day, and went out for that purpose.
Feb. 18-Despite the untiring efforts Of the
Rangers for the past week, they have failed
to raise men enough to attack the settlers, and
as it seems to be the intention to clear the Ter
ritory of Free State men, the officers are try
ing to get the Governor into it again. Nc
Meekin sent messenger to the Governor re-
questing authority to call on the militia again.
No answer has been received yet, but as Wood
son is the acting Governor you will reasonably
surmise, from his former conduct, that he will
grant their request. Things may now be adj
justed but we must look out for squalls''
: You may place reliance on the above des-
l patch.
A gentleman from Stranger arrived here to-
!, day. He says there are 3O4 Free State set
tiers encamped on Stranger, and they are
G building forts and say they will die before they
5 will be driven from Kansas for their Free
S State opinions Our cause is getting the SYM
pathies of almost the entire people of Kansas.
None but the most worthless and abandoned
of the towns in Missouri will enlist against
us.
The river will break up in a few days. God
grant that the North may pour her thousands
of inhabitants into Kansas. Ne hare got to
fight, but we are almost strong enough now to
, cope with all the marauders that can be col
lected against us. g. A. c..
0S-Isaac G. Burnet, brother of the late
3 Judge Jacob Burnet, OF Cincinnati, died last
q Tuesday in that city, in the I'D year of his
age. He was one Of the oldest and most es-