The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-08
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JOHN Il. COOKIES CONFESSION.


JOHN Il. COOKIES CONFESSION.
l bscams acquainted with Capt. job,
Brown In his camp on Middle Greek
hansas Territory, just after the battle o
Black Jack, aud was with him in sal,
camp until it was broken up and hi
company disbanded, by Col. Sumner, o
the LIST Cavalry, u. s. A. next saw
him ut the Convention at Topeka, which
was ON the 4th Of July 1856. mex
met him some days aftcrward in Law
renee. Did not see him again until tn.
Fall Of 1857, when met him ut thu
house OF Z. b. Whitman, about fou,
miles from Lawrence, X. r., which,
think, was about the lst Of Novembe,
following. l was told that he intended
to orsanize company for the purpose Of
putting stop to the asgressions Of the
Fro, Slavery men. l agreed to join him,
and was asked if l knew of any othe,
young men, who were perfectly rc'iab!e,
whom thought would join also. re
comnlen led Richard Rcalf, l.. f. Par.
sons and r. j. Hinton. l received u
note on the next Sunday morning, Will,
at breakfast in the Whitney House, from
Capt. Brown, requesting me to come up
that day, and to bring Realf, Parsons
and Hinton with me. Realf aud Hinton
were not in town, aud therefore / could
| not extend to them the invitation Par
! sons and myself went aad had Ion: talk
with Capt. Brown.
"A few days alterward l received aa
other note from Brown, which read, US
n.ar as | can rccollcct, US follows:
"DATE --
capt. CosKE--Dcar Sir: You will
please get every thing ready to joia me
at Topeka by Monday night next. Come
to Mrs. Shcridan's, two miles south OF
Topeka, and bring your arms, amuni-
tlon, clothing, aud other articles you may
require. Bring Parsons with you if he
can get ready in time. Plcnsc keep very
quiet about the matter.
"lours, &c, JOHN BRowN"
made all my arrangements for start
ing at the time. appointed. Parsons,
kcalf, aud Hinton could not get ready.
| left them at Lawrenee. and started in
carriage for Topeka Stopped at the ho,
lei over night, aud left early the next
morning for Mrs. Sheridan's, to meet
Capt. Brown. Staid day and u half at
Mrs. s. s-,hen left FOR Topeka, at which
place We were joined by Stephens, Mof-
fct, and kaci Left Topeka for Nebras-
ka City, and camped at night on the
prairie northeast of Topeka. Here, for
the first, | learned that we were to leave
Kansas to attend a military school dur
ing the Winter. 1t was the intention ol
the party to 30 to Ashtabula Co, Ohio.
Next morning | was sent back to Law
renee to get draft Of $50 cashcd, and
to get Parsons, Realf and Hinton to 60
back with M. l got the draft cashed
Capt. Brown had given me orders to take
boat to st. Joseph, Mo aud stage from
there to Tabor, Iowa, whcrc he would ,e.
main for a " days. | had to wait for
Realf for three or four days; Hinton
could not leave at that time. | started
with Realt and Parsons on stage for
Lcavenworth. The boats had stopped
running on account Of the ice. s,ai1
one day in Leavenworth, aud thea let'
for Weston, whore We took stage for st
Joseph, and from thence to Ia DOR |
found g. p Tial aud Leeman at Tabor
Oar party now consisted of Capt jobs
Brown, Owen Brown, A D. Stephens,
Chas. Moffc., G. T. Tidd, Richard 10
bertson, Col Richard Rcalf, L. +. Par
sons, Wm. Lceman and myself We
stopped some days at Tabor, making pre-.
para,ions to start. Here ue fond that
Capt. Bto,sa's alitnsnte destination aeas
the State of Virginia Some warm words
passed between him aud myself in regard
to the plan, which | had supposed was to
be confined entirely to Kansas and Mis-
souri, Rcalf and Parsons were OF the
same opinion with me. After good
deal of 1:rangling, We consented to go
on, az we had not the means to return,
and the res. Of the purity were SO anxious
that we should go with them. At Tabor
we procured teams for the transportation
of about 200 Sharpe's rifles, which had
been taken on as far as Tabor, one year
before, at which place they had been left,
aw l,ing the order of Capt. Brown
There were, also, other stores, consisting
Of blankets, clothing, boots, ammunition,
and about 200 rcyolyers Of the Massa.
chusetts Arms patent, II Of which we
transported acr, IS the State OF Iowa to
SpringdaIe, and from there to Liberty,
at which place they were shipped for
Ash,abuia Co1nty, Ohio, where they re-
NAMED till brought to Chambersburgh,
Pa, and we're from there transported to
q house in Washington Co, Md, which
Capt Brown had rented for six months,
and which was situated about five miles
from Harper's Ferry. 1t was tho in,en
ton Of Capt Brown to sell his teams in
Sprngdale, and with the proceeds to go
on with the rest of the company to some
place in Ashtabuia County, Ohio, whore
We were to have good military instruct
or during the Winter; but he was disap
pointed in the sale As he could not get
cash for the teams, it was decided we
should remain in the neighborhood Of
Sprn9dale, aud that our instructor, Col
II. Forbes, should be sent on. We
stopped in Pedec, Iowa, over Winter, ut
Mr. Maxon's, where VIC pursued course
of military studies. Col Ii. Forbes and
Capt Brown had some words, and he (Col
4 did not come on; consequently, A..
D. Stephens was our drill master. The
people of the ueighbornood did not know
Of our purpose. We remained at Pcdee
till about the middle of April, when We
left for Chatham, Canada, via Chicago
aud Detroit. We staid about two weeks
in Chatham-some Of the party staid six
or seven weeks. We left Chatham for
Cleveland, and remained there unit! late
in June. In the mean time, Capt Brown
went Fast on business, but previous to