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gone through the same operation of questioning and hanging. 
In one instance, as one was released, and left the camp, he heard 
the screams of another man in the camp across the road. Mr. 
Upton, the sergeant-at-arms of the investigating committee, was 
also threatened with hanging, but he was very firm in his ex¬ 
pressed opinions that they would n’t do it. When at last he told 
them who he was, they looked frightened, and were glad to be rid 
of him. 
A young man and his wife, formerly from Iowa, came to Kansas 
city. They were fearful, and dared not stay longer in the terri¬ 
tory. Nine yoke of cattle, which he was going to take into Iowa 
to sell, were taken from him by a ruffianly band just as he ap¬ 
proached Kansas city. Some gentlemen stopping at Kansas, who 
had lost teams on their way down, were anxious to get back into 
the territory. They started one day, but returned ere its close. 
They thought, by going on foot, and keeping off of the travelled 
roads, they should be able to get through without molestation ; 
but, when about twelve miles out, they fell into the enemy’s hands. 
They were released after a time, and advised to return to Kansas 
city, “ as they would meet other bands, where they might fare 
worse.” 
A clergyman, from Vermont, whom I met on my tour East, and 
who spoke to me then of visiting the territory, to look after an 
insane brother, reached Kansas city on his return, having been in 
perils'many and oft. At Westport, he stated himself a clergyman, 
his object in visiting the territory, and tried to hire a horse of 
Mr. Harris, of the Harris House. There seemed to be objections, 
but the matter was at last arranged. A man proposed to go with 
him, who also had a sick brother. Coleman stood near them as 
the arrangements were made. As Kev. Mr. Webster and the 
other man were travelling along, he noticed another man keeping 
always the same distance in the rear. A few miles out of West- 
port, the man proposed watering the horses; and, as Mr. W. dis¬ 
mounted, he was Informed by the other man, “ that he was taken 
out here for the purpose of an examination, to*see whether the 
stories he told were true.” The papers he found on the minister 
corroborated his statements, and satisfied the man. The one fol- 
