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for their night’s lodging, and did not meet with that free, whole¬ 
hearted support which they expected from the many calls made 
upon them to come to the territory. One of the men was forcibly 
ejected from tin pantry of the hotel there, that not being the land¬ 
lord’s usual place of entertaining his guests. The same evening, 
after reaching Kansas city, Major Buford called his men on to the 
high hill back of the hotel, and laid down the orders to them. 
He bound them upon an oath taken upon the Bible to remain in the 
territory to vote, and at all times to hold themselves in readiness 
to fight while they did remain. Some of the party, who, by 
false representations, had been induced to join the company, be¬ 
came disgusted with the new phase affairs were taking, and imme¬ 
diately left for home. Others would have done the same, but for 
want of passage-money. 
A member of that company, now in the government employ, 
told me the offer of Major Buford was, to pay their expenses 
here, support them twelve months, and set them upon claims which 
were already selected for them, and he was then to have a share 
in the claim. Being poor, these inducements to get a living were a 
temptation, and the lure was successful. How different was the 
reality when they arrived here ! This man also stated that the first 
time they heard that fighting was to be their business was when they 
arrived at Kansas city. Hence the disgust with which many re¬ 
turned to their homes. That they are, as a whole, a poor, degraded, 
ignorant set of beings, one glance will suffice to show. Complaining 
as one of them was to a free-state man, for years a resident of the 
territory, of his bitter fate, the latter said to him, “ Why don’t 
you get some work to do ? ” 
“ I can’t work ; I never worked a day in my life.” 
“ Then you will have to buy a negro, and let him work for 
you.” 
“ I have no money to buy anything.” 
What can such a community as this do in Kansas? Is there 
anything left for such creatures to do but kill, plunder and de¬ 
stroy? It has been the threat of some pro-slavery men, that 
when the free-state men should be driven out, they would take 
their houses and claims. Is this the selection of claims Major B. 
