Freeman's champion., 1857-07-02
From the HFgaIdfof Freedom
Funeral u Major HOyt.

Major IloyT, who.was asSassinated
last Summer, SHeaf Fort Saunders,
4 land hastily buried by his friends on
\ Rock Creek, eight miles ironi Law
renee, was diantefrea on Tuesday
Ilast, the '24l1 ihst, and brought 70
| this place and Buried With military
honors. 3N N
THE services We're conducted in The
| Unitarian Church, The choir iur.
hish9a some beautiful. music. The
Rev. MI Lovejjy 1deIlverd an oration,
and the Lawience Brass Band Go ed
| With Bhe oFtAeil molunlul aud SOL
emnl airs. Il"'MV' p'" ',''f ~ .sA
He'lies buried b,twden tie lament.
Iel BARDEn ahl the brave 'SHoMBaE
lin the Lawrence bury ground, 80
| IIoAgaS men love iber y and hate
slavery 50 long a. they venerate the
b1,ye AMI true, so'loag as they love
| principle more that lie, 50 long will
they visit, the graves of these martyrs
to liberty, to strengthen their man
hood, increase Their courage, and kin
IDLE the fame Of patriotism by the
memories Of the glorious dead. ="
DAVID STARR HoYT was born in
| Deelticld, Mass, in lie year 1921. -
He was therefore 35 years old, at the
time Of his death. lie leaves behind
an orphan child, a daughter, aged six
years. He served in SCOTS army in
Mexico, and was in every battle from
Vera Cruz to the City Of Mexico.--
He. was considered u brave and valu-
able soldier, lie was a good scholar
and man Of varied attupments,--
In 1902, he was with Stephens par.
| ty, in running out the Northern Pa
4 elhe Railroad route, rom Oregon to-
Missouri. His services were highly
,Iappreriptqd, ap4 well llre@pdqd by tAe
GQyclNmQ4t, e..Ir..E ..fi
Ir IN Mach, 1856 ho same TO Kan
zaa with q qlantyQl Sharp rules,
which weie taken IIom hiln at Lex.
ipgton, on Ihe Missouri, From tIal
Ilme ,orward h. served the cause oI
lreelom aithiully and without intei
ruptlon, Til the time ol his Geall.
In the summer Of 1896, the Geor-
Ig1a guerrilla companies eoncentra ed
under Col. 'Freadweil, and commenc-
ed Building tortiications and furnish
ing themselves with military stores,
on Washington Creek, len iniles
southwest Of Lawrence, on the claim
OF AMIR. Saunders. Fglta4 sa|
Word went out from this post, and
Others of a similar character, thai all
the Elee Staie menimust leave the
Territory or be killed but that any
bree Mason might come in, and he
should be safe. Tho settlers became
alarmed at these frequent threats,
md applied to Major Sedgwick,
eonmNhder Of the U. S. dragoons at
4 L'c0mpton, to drive them away, OF
aAO@thent to do it.'a M&ior $. sent
over TN officer with u company OF
soldierS, t0eXaniwe into it, and gath
erintormation The officer reported
that they were company Of Southern
men building a town, and the logs
they were hauling were for cabins.
New developments continued to
alarm the inhaJimnts, and they ap.
4 Ipied TO the people Of Lawrenre for
assistance. In order to delerminr
what course should be pursued, ID be-
came necessary to send u meSsenge,
to Col. lreadweII, to ascertain what
1 his object and Intentions were.
1 Maot lfoyt volunteered 10 co.,
| Trusting to The honor of Col, Tread
we'll as u Groher Mason, he express
ed perfect confidence il The safety OF
the enterp ire, He left Lawrence in
the aItegnoon of August IL, 1856,
entlrelyunlrmed, and Staid all night
with friend near Bloomington, and
In the morning went over to Wash
ingion Creek, 10 SAUNDERS Foit.--
! lle staiu there lill after dinner, and
lett. Henwas followed ont on the
prairie by three men, and shot, Ear
| Iy next morning, word came in that
man was shot near Fort Saunders,
by theG GeotgianS who were under Col.
| 'Treadwell. Two boys who were near
| theiscene Of action, Witnessed The
deed. AS Major Hoyt did not ietIrn
as was expected, hisl friends became
painfully anxious for his fate. A
large company of Free State men
1 gathered, and established camp at
DR.. e. &, Mays, on Rock Creek. I'D
\ They sent over o company OF thirty
men,, under the command Of Capt.
\, Shombrc, to search lor the body
II They called upon Col. rreadwoll for
information as TO whore it was buried,
\ 6dtiSould SET none, After searching
|hearly al day without success, they
4 foftonateIy meta com PanY Of survey
II nra Svhn h,l oaan llaS,rrnua "A 4 t;