The party assembled during this event included Theodore Weiner and James Townsley, who wrote a rather biased account of it.
The party assembled during this event included Theodore Weiner and James Townsley, who wrote a rather biased account of it. They crossed Mosquito Creek, to the north of Marais de Cygnes, and visited the houses of Allen Wilkinson and James Doyle, but their main target was Henry Sherman or "Dutch Henry." When the Doyles and their sons tried to escape, they were hacked to death with broadswords; the main leader was spurred to serve "God's will" after hearing that the Border Ruffians had recently attacked Lawrence. FTP, name this 1956 massacre of pro-slavery advocates in Kansas by John Brown.
The party assembled during this event included Theodore Weiner and James Townsley, who wrote a rather biased account of it.
{Pottawatomie} Massacre