The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-22

and Strengthened up. exclaim-
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Kansas
BALL replied: Il have
81 am tina, man. said Brown. Il
have come TO free the negroes-peace-
il l can. forcibIy i'll must.
livery we'll replied Ball.
Brown said: Gentlemen. YOU a
walk around the yard and enjoy your
selves. II either OF you have a good
able bodied negro l will exchange you
for him.
I'VE replied: We are not allowed
10 have any negroes here We then
ceased conversation with Brown.
MY wife, being q woman OF consid-
cradle nerve, followed me down 10 :he
armory. She went up TO Brown. ac-
companied 5y my daughter Lizzie, and
asked him il she could send nv break
fast.
Certainly said Brown. "if you
want TO. but I am going to furnish
breakfast for all the prisoners
II took a good look at Brown. He
was an old looking man, fifty-niney years
Of age, and stood about five feet nine
or ten inches. He had no teeth, and
his hair was rather long. lie had a
piercing hazel eyc. and. his whole
countenance was expressive oil great
determination. He was rather thin,
and slender of build. with quite long
legs. He stopped forward from the
/ hips while walking. He wore a heavy
- 1....t a. 4, Exht nalnraI frnsk
coat. An otter-skin cap adorned his
head. and the thick cap was the mean.
of saving his life, afterwards, when tie
engine house was stormed by troops
and Lieutenant Green struck him oyeI
the head with a sword.
Chief Clerk Kittsmiilar, Ball and
myself then walked into an office neal
by. John Brown came III, accompanied
by some of his followers. He made 8
proposition that we allow him TO KEEP
the armory in return for which ht
would free every prisoner taken. The
/ proposition was agreed to by kittsml
lar, who reduced it to writing. Bal
had nothing to say, and | fatty refused
| told Brown / had no right TO sisr
away Uncle Sans property. The prop
osition also contemplated the assent o
a number OF prominent citizens. On'
of Browns sOns-he had two there -
went out, accompanie ed bv kittsmlliar
to obtain signatures. While gone oil
! this GRAND IL citizen. whose name
have forgotten, shot young Brown II
the breast with buckshot. kittsmiHa
ran away and left Young Brown. VIII
walked back to the yard and died with
in a few hours. When John Brow
met his son he asked where was Kits
millar. Young Brown replied that h
did not come back, and said, Il an
shot
Brown replied: MY son. stand
rs well As you can; ! hope you may. &c
well; if you die. you die honorabiy.'
About this time a lively fusilid
from the houses of citizens was con
menced upon Browns men, which wa
replied to by the Sh,rp's rifles of IN
latter. The first man killed was MI
Burley, a livery stable keeper. Th
firing got so heavy Brown found tin
he could not maintain himself in sue
q an exposed position n the armory yar'
Several of his men had already bee
killed. He went among the prisoner
/, and selected eight If them as hostage
Colonel Lewis Washington, Mr.. Alstsd
Mr.. Ball, the Purser and myself bein
of the number. We were ordered I'M
|, the enginc-house, being accompanie
/, by Brown and his men, who had all r.
treated from the outskirts OF the tow
: The men seemed but little excited. an
I, appeared To be under fine discip,in
|, They Sc med to have wonderful con
q dence in Brown.
after IL retreat to the engin
house the prisoners all got out OF Il
ward. NV son Charles, then a boy
fourteen, showed a number of citizel
where a lot of guns were stored in ii
a upper end of the armory. The citizel
took the guns aud used them during q
# fight. Having but little ammunitio
a however, they did little good. 1t W
v about ten o'clock in the morning VIII
: we went into the engine-house.
| number of cit zens gathered in front
Ia the engine-house, and p~romiscuou-
N around, and kept up a regular fusila
w at our stronghold. Brown gave the {
p der to his men not 10 fire at any O
n unless he had a gun: in that ease
shoot him at once Most of the ba
that came through the door from t
a outside seemed to be fired from SOU
rel rifles. The door. which was of o
and a quarter inch plank, was so
riddled, hundreds of balls having pass
through it.
\ Brown. addressing us prisone
of said: Gentlemen, get in the SAT-
place you can; l don't wish to h
tn YOU, rs YOU are the only breast work
IN have. Without you | would not !
in two minutes. l know my fate, my ]
A. would not be worth n straw
wv "During the firing through the d.
IN. Browns other son was shot and Fl
n He groaned heavily. His father T.
a him to stand it bravely and makea as
IL tie noise as possible He said:
N. have long since. myself. learned not
,ix know what fear is
Ia This was evidently true, ashe did
H. exhibit the least fear during the VIII
ed engagement.
,eI About this time Colonel Baylor
ev prominent gentleman of the coun
I'M approached the engine-house witt
m FLAG of truce. He was permitted
sre TO come up 10 the uooT, WHICH
he opened slightly. Colonel BAYLOR asl
yht Brown if anything could be done tof
he the prisoners.
asst Brown replied: Let me take
men and prisoners as far as the sec'
lock on the Baltimore u Ohio Car
There I will release the prisoners,
ed then me and Uncle Sam for it.
ty. Colonel Baylor said: Il cannot
by it; l have no authority
Brown replied: Very WE'LL
nse "Colonol BAYLOR then retired and
rk- door was closed. By this time it
ted nearly night. During the fusilad
Rugged n corner OF the engine-ho
me very a~ffectionately, as did the res
,ief the prisoners. amused myselt-i
inc could be called amuSement-watct
| the balls strike the wal. after pas:
any through the door.
1 to After dusk Cartain Simms, a
he zen of Frederick, approached the {
to with another ilag of truce. He was
has companied By Colonel Baylor Sir
hat. was admitted, and requested ar ar
ked tice until morning. This Brown
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