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E. W. Babcock, P.M.

6 S. N. Simpson's Land Office and 1st Sabbath Schol.

7 Hoyt's Residence.

8 Ex-Gov. C. Robinson's Office.

9 Pioneer Hotel, Litchfield & Burson, Proprs.

10 Sands' Harness Shop.

11 Chas. Stearns' Eating House.

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12 First Church.

13 Emigrant Aid Mill.

14 T. Simpson's Meat Market. 15 S. N. Simpson's Residence.

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St. Nicholas Hotel, S. Fry, Prop,
Miller & Elliott's Printing Office.

18 S. & F. Kimball's Residence.
19 Ferry on Kansas River.
20 John Speer's Residence.
21 Kansas Tribune.

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And now we'll murd

"We'll plan our raid b We'll divide our ford

So we can capture eve But Quantrell will y

"We will not spare; we

Grim monster death We'll show them that r Must tamper with ou

"We'll subdue those lo

From Kansas unto N

For, Cole, you heard o They're bound to ha

"Make ready now and We're bound to rule We were not born to t

Our aim is to sup at

Away they start from their lurking place; They reached the town ere it it was light. They did not meet a well-drilled force,

Nor troops prepared to give them fight.

But helpless ones, whose eyes were closed
In peaceful slumbers of the night,
Who did not think, ere all arose,

Their town would be one ghastly sight.

The word was caught, 'twas, "there they come!"

The bengal beast leaped from his lair. Oh! will he kill without remorse

The infant on its mother's breast, The aged one with silvered hair?

They touched the match to buildings all,
The flames went bursting here and there;
And then the shrieks of wounded men
Pierced wildly through the morning air.

They with stoutest hearts, shrank to see
The intense suffering and the woe

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