Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

VppvttuuO ume. Two men laid Close to
their horses necks. put spurs and got
away. hut Browns sons. Salmon and
Oliver. brought in the other four. one
Of whom. an unusually large man. was
that Brown was on his way TO intercept
Pate. he rtdtculcd the idea. ana said l.tyJ
men could not dislodge him. Well" re-
snS 4; = AAss Tue ''n OF Try
Paimyra and Brown knew the two men
ed attack. He knew. too. how thoroughly
they We're armed. drilled and intrenched.
t ss, hoped +, to make q nigh, attack; With
Sunday, afternoon with thirty men. and
l:ashed the nstshborhood Of Black Jack
with the vicinity. he was unable to ,ocate
Pate. so camped on the side of a ridge
about half a mile from the springs. Just
him from the top Of the ridge. and ran for
camp, jus; beyond. Instantly Brown sent
GapI'atn Shore with tittssf men 10 a piece
ahou; Il" yards distant, While he ran with
the remaining force to 1; point. partly
shs.,ered by high srass and a ridge. within
fav:ne. Fred Brown was left in charge OF
me horses and camp. So quickly WAS all
position almost as soon as the sentinel
reached camp. Pate's men ran in al di-
rect!ons 10 get their horses in safe quart
them. A. few wel!-directed shots brought
them 10 their senses. and sent them 10 The
fan'he, bfowi had them under q cross
nfe, and used his advantage. Salmon
Brown says of it: Alongside OF me laid a
man by the name of Carpenter. who would
over MS head. then shout TO Pate's men 10
do better shooting. They took his advice.
ior every moment they came a little closer.
was exposed, when loading his gun. and a
bullet struck 1t. We would lead our guns
iSins Gown; rise above the grass &c IRE;
then a man would rush from the ravine to
his horse. and make a break. for Missouri.
our own men continued to find more at
there were but seven of US left. Before
noon Fred became restless. moun-ed a
ridge. iiourishing his saber. until Pate's
men who We're unable to hit him, mag
ined that he held reserves. Father finally
which we did. killing all of them in just
Pate to his senses, and to Thoroughly
means OF retreat to Missouri were cut
OFF. Immediately afterwards we saw a
man coming out Ct the ravine frantically
proved to be an Englishman and a friend
Of ours whom Pate had captured, Father
him to go back and send the captain him
sel:: Pate came at once and commenced
to explain 1ha. he was there TO- enforce
with the expression. II that is ali You
have to say. / want an unconditional sur
render; and I'll have it, Turning to US
of the ravine and l will so back with Cap
tain Pate We took a circuitous route
and ran to the ravine as rapidly as pos;
Pate. We found Lieutenant Broker, a
yirginian; weighing about $50 pounds, in
his men in the form of a Crescent, with
only their heads and shoulders in view.
AND guns drawn on US. Our seven guns
muzzles of the two sides about six or
eight feet apart.
An Order to Surrender.
Father said to Brockett. Tell your men
to lay down their arms Father looked
savage enough and so did Brockett. who
replied. II our captain says SO I'll do it.
but not by your d.n orders: and I don't
it. with that he ordered his men to take
aim at us. Just at this point my BROTHER
Oliver. a tall, stout lad of Il. shouted.
referring to the magnificent one held by
Brockett. / touched him with my elbow
and said, In an undertone. You had better
gave the order to take aim en- us Pate
said to his men; We'll; boys; Jay down
fSar E Guns s "a m.hI ike un a pirate Ms ta'K wh II o's the
their arms, keeping their hands on them.
Oliver took hold OF it. showed signs
of resistance. until placed my six-shooter
to his head and said slowly and quietly.
Let go; let CO. which he did very reluct- |
antly. He also resisted in the same man |
ner when his sword was taken. This sword
is the one exhibited at the worlds fair
H. n. Rust. of Pasadena. Cal. L was
the work of only an instant until their
guns were stacked and We had absolute
They seemed to have no idea
sion seemed complete We were startled to
see q long line of horsemen coming toward
us at full gallop with bride reins and
horses covered with foam. 1t looked pretty
scaly for a time but, as We prepared for a
second attack, We were delighted to dis
cover that they were friends. Early in the
morning Captain Abbott heard the firing,
knew hat a fight was under way. and
started out to secure help. About noon he
with 100 men. but the fight was
over. We had nothing to eat for twenty
use for that supply train.
IN casting up accounts We found we
had three men shot. ninteen deserted. one
detailed to guard camp. and seven at the
as follows: Captain John Brown.
Owen Brown. Oliver Brown. Salmon
Brown, Charles keiser. a Mr.. Bondy and
a Mr.. Hill. Pate had seventeen shot,
thirteen deserted and thirty-two captured.
During the fight / noticed a puff of
smoke issue from a tent, now and then.
and fired into II several times without eff
feet. Afterwards l learned that a minis
terial friend of ours had been captured.
securely bound and laid at right angles
to us. on the inside of the tent. A hole
was cut in the tent just above him.. while
behind him laid one of Pate's men, shoot
ing AT us. from this improvised breast