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halted them, but apologized by saying, “ I thought you were 
gentlemen.” 
Some of the enemy entered the house of Judge Wakefield, six 
miles from Lawrence. They ransacked it; and, going into the 
chambers, fired through the floor, the ball passing directly by the 
head of a sick lady, who was lying on a bed in the lower room. 
They have committed depredations upon the property of the 
Indians, at which they felt outraged. They are constantly taking 
prisoners any people from other settlements, coming to our aid, 
unless in large numbers; and we feel constant anxiety for our 
messengers who have been out some time. 
Coleman, the murderer, fired into our guard; the fire was 
returned, the ball taking effect in the mule he was riding. It 
died soon after reaching Franklin. Had the guard known the 
man, he would have escaped less easily. 
Gov. Shannon was in town again to-day. Col. Sumner declined 
to send any force, because he cannot act without orders from the 
President. The treaty was made with the people. The governor 
made a speech to the soldiers, telling them he has been laboring 
under a mistake; that if there were Missourians here they came 
of their own accord; that he had called upon none but the people 
of the territory. They would now disperse. He believed the 
people of Lawrence were a law-abiding people; indeed, he had 
learned that he had misunderstood them, and that they were an 
estimable and orderly people. He was glad to find there was no 
occasion for an attack upon the town, and no laws had been 
violated, etc. Cheers were attempted, but the muffled sound was 
little like the spontaneous, outgushing gladness of a satisfied 
people. There was yet a suspicion among them that the terms 
of peace had been too easily entered into; that something of their 
rights had been conceded by their leaders. The officers in com¬ 
mand also made addresses, which more heartily called forth the 
expression of the people; and, with the governor, Generals Bob- 
inson and Lane went down to Franklin to meet the officers in the 
invading army. The governor had desired them to do so, because 
many of the leaders in his army were determined upon the guns 
