Almost every farmhouse is deserted, and no traveler has the temerity to venture upon the highways without an escort.
I declare the said Territory to be in a state of open insurrection and rebellion.
I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them.
In isolated or country places no man's life is safe.
Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration.
The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence.
The town of Leavenworth is now in the hands of armed bodies of men, who, having been enrolled as militia, perpetrate outrages of the most atrocious character under the shadow of authority from the Territorial Government.
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