WAKARUSA WAR—INCIDENTS. 
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Mr. P., in the mean time, went in a little way, but, seeing the 
desperate condition of his friend, returned to the shore. The 
young Scotchman said, in his facetious way, “ I was so thoroughly 
chilled and exhausted then, I had as lieve fall into the enemy’s 
hands as die so, and we hallooed for the boat for half an 
hour.” 
Word came this morning from Franklin that teams, loaded 
with freight for our merchants here, had been overhauled at the 
camp on the Wakarusa. All powder and ammunition were taken 
from them, while the wagons, loaded wholly with apples, potatoes 
and flour, were stopped entirely, and not allowed to proceed. So 
they intend to starve us out, or make us surrender. 
The hot blood of some of our men chafes at these indignities, 
and they can hardly be restrained from an attack upon the camp, 
leaving not one to tell the tale of the infamous invasion. 
A despatch must be sent to Washington, and Mr. P. accepts 
the mission. He is to go through Iowa, and will leave this after¬ 
noon, but thinks he must go to Kansas city first. We attempt to 
dissuade him, knowing the dangers of the route, which thicken 
every hour. 
Early in the afternoon he left for Kansas cit} r , going through 
the Reserve, to go thence to Iowa. 
Soon after he went, I called upon some new neighbors in the 
valley west of us. They are western people, and the lady espe¬ 
cially has the western peculiarities of speech. 
She was sweeping the door-way as I approached the little log 
cabin ; and, never having seen her, I said, “ Good-afternoon. Is 
it Mrs. --? ” 
“ Yes; come in,” was the hearty reply. 
There was wealth of good-nature and a whole-souled welcome 
in the very manner of the greeting. As I stepped in, I told her 
who I was ; but, rather in doubt as to who I might be, she said, 
“ Mrs. or Miss ? ” 
Although I replied Mrs., she looked still doubtful, and said, “ Ho 
you live in the house on the hill ? ” 
My reply being in the affirmative, and my identity being dis¬ 
tinctly understood, we sat down and talked of the war. In the 
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