CHAPTER XIII. 
THE WINTER IN THE TERRITORY — STATE LEGISLATURE. 
26th. — The men were early at their work this morning upon 
the little cabins in the forts. Stoves are to be put in them as soon 
as finished, and then soldiers will board in them as in times of 
war. The largest fort, which is at the foot of Massachusetts- 
street, commanding the way to the river, is of circular form, 
about five feet high, with a broad walk upon the top, perhaps 
four feet wide. It is about one hundred feet in diameter, and is 
built of earth and timbers. A sentinel is continually pacing the 
rounds upon the top. 
The general and other officers are at all times busy in the 
council-room. Scarcely six weeks have passed since Gov. Shan¬ 
non’s famous treaty ; he has now gone home, and the plan seems 
to be to do what is to be done in his absence, while Woodson is 
acting governor. He, having been instrumental in getting the 
Platte County Rifle Boys to come to the invasion of Lawrence, will 
not hesitate to do anything now which a Missouri mob asks 
of him. 
In the evening T. was asleep on the lounge, E. and I were 
sitting in the bright moonlight, when the loud booming of cannon, 
the shouts of men, and the barking of dogs, startled us. With 
the door open we could see no strange thing, but the noise con¬ 
tinued. It could not be Missourians, for they would not attack 
the town so early in the evening, or on such a bright night. 
T. awakened, and as we gave him no satisfactory answer to 
his question of “ What’s that ? ” he rose hastily, saying, “ I believe 
those hounds have come.” His pistol-belt was soon fastened on, 
and, as he left the door, he said, “ Good-by, if I don’t see you 
