The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-02

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Correspondent ou ths Ground
fn these exciting i.mea Colonel
lisWpt was one NJ the units lasfihed
in make HISTORY Dol iho bleeding iff
fitnfv no went Oh Kansas n8 news
f papermah. having been sent here hy
LON eastern paper io report ON eoudf
+ lions, aud 90. watch ihe Development VI
he great struggle. Colonel Halves ca.
( presses The opinion that ho. together
with phillips, Rcdpaih and many 9TH
90 journalists who were sent there hy
various newspapers, were the fret men
10 BE sent out ne Newspaper cor
respondents. in America, although cor.
respondents were sent TO the Crimea
about that period, by English and
French papers.
Tho men with whom Colonel Halves
associated became famous MS war cor
respondents during the Civil War, but
when thoy went out to Kansas they
were the pioneers among war cor
respondents. Colonel Halves, although
quite n young man then. became editor
of The Herald Of Freedom in Law
rance, Kansas, and was such when he
participated in the fight at Osawato
mic, which made John Brown one Of
the most conspicuous figures In the
antislavery fight.
AS far as Colonel Halves is aware
there are but three survivors today OF
the famous osawatomie engagement.
Carried Dispatches.
''T went over to Osawatomie,' said
Colonel Halves yesterday, Ito carry
dispatches from the commandant at
Lawrence, which was threatened with
an invasion by the Missourians. Gen
eral Joseph II. Long was commander
of the Free forces. l was just a boy
then, but he wanted me to 90 over
to carry some dispatches to Capt. John
Brown. The dispatches called upon
him to proceed TO Lawrence to assist
in defending the place from the in
vaders. The trip involved horseback
ride of sixty miles. | took four men
with me. / met John Brown about
five miles south of 0sawatomie. One
of the men with me was Fred Brown,
John Browns youngest son.
The Opening Shots.
''I delivered the dispatches to Cap
tain Brown and he then proposed that
we stop at the house of some friends
at Osawatomie. Before retiring l
told Fred Brown to get up early in
the morning to look after the horses.
was awakened early in the morning
by shooting. Three of my men were
in one house and Fred at another. Fred
was up before 1 awoke and went out
to feed the horses. / heard six shots
fred. On looking out i saw about
twenty men coming towards the cabins.
One of these six shots killed Fred.
Then another member of my party was
killed, and finally third was riddled
with FIVE bullets.
"I got away into the edge of the
timber and ran in the direction of
John Brown Is camp. Before ! reached
it | heard the firing of field piece
hammering away at the block house
at Osawatomie and could hear the
timbers tumbling. AN on to where
j thought i would locate Brown. Then
the bullets began to whistle through
the trees There were dbout three hun
dred of the Missourians while Brown
had only about thirty men. He was
at the edge of the timber behind a
tree firing at the Missonrians l dodg-
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him, and told him what had occurred
He and his men were pumping hard at
the Missourials. / had my gun and
began firing and then crept out to get
better chance at the invaders. When
thought l was in a position to get
the best shots in i found the Missouri
ans had shifted and then / was out
of range, and went back.
,.toe In thty Hpyhf ot ia
only by accident, having only gone
there because of the dispatches / had
been asked to carry. / do not be-
lieye there are more than two men
living who were in that slSirmish with
John Brown. The result was that this
| body of troops had to retire. They
burned the little town which contained
about fifty or sixty houses and then
had TO beat a retreat to Missouri
"They had some men killed and many
hurt and Brown lost one or two killed
and some hurt. The fight lasted about
three quarters of an hour, but II was
the first pitched battle in the Kansas
troubles between the free and slave
advocates and it gave the Free party
much encouragement.
Invited to Harper's Perry.
Brown wanted me to go on his
raid into Virginia when he captured
the United States arsenal at Harper'B
Ferry, as result of which he was
wounded, captured and executed at
Charlestown. did not go.
"After the Osawatomie fight / re-
NAMED in Kansas sometime engaging
in other scraps. The first time ever
saw Brown was about six weeks be-
fore the osawatomie affair. He had
had a fight with Henry Clay Poole
when he had only nineteen men, but
managed to capture twenty-six Of the
enemy on the open prairie. 1 was one
of the guards over these prisoners dur
ing the night. The next day they were
ordered dispersed by Col. Il. V, Sum
ner, of the regular army, and we were
dispersed, too"
Hanging in Colonel HAYES bedroom
is an oil portrait Of John Brown, a
likeness which he says is the one which
is the most striking of the martyr, as
it was exactly as he knew him at Os.
awatomie. It is a portrait Of man
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