BORDER RUFFIANS "GOING OVER TO WIPE OUT LAWRESTI." KANSAS:

FROM

THE FIRST EXPLORATION OF THE

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY,

TO

ITS ADMISSION INTO THE UNION :

EMBRACING

A CONCISE SKETCH OF LOUISIANA; AMERICAN SLAVERY, AND ITS
ONWARD MARCH ; THE CONFLICT OF FREE AND SLAVE LABOR
IN THE SETTLEMENT OF KANSAS, AND THE OVERTHROW
OF THE LATTER, WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS OF GEN-
ERAL INTEREST: COMPLETE, CONSECUTIVE

AND RELIABLE,

By J. N. HOLLOWAY, A. M.

LAFAYETTE, IND:
JAMES, EMMONS & CO., JOURNAL BUILDINGS.

1868.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by

JOHN N. HOLLOWAY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the

District of Kansas.

To

Rev. C. N. Brooke, A SINCERE FRIEND OF MANKIND, IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY, CONDITION OR COLOR,

And a Laborer for Good,

IRR

ESPECTIVE

UNDER A GRATEFUL SENSE OF MANY FAVORS,

AS A TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM,

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY

The Nuthor.