A contemporary account of
A contemporary account of this group was written by the Englishman Robert Hamilton Williams who traveled with them. Their leaders included Samuel Jones and Benjamin F. Stringfellow, who was initially identified as one by Governor Andrew Reeder, which resulted in Reeder getting beaten with a chair. They were opposed by a group known as the Redlegs, led by "Doc" Jennison. They supported the English Bill and attempted to secure its passage, spurred on by the oratory of senator David Rice Atchison. In their most famous role, they camped on the Wakarusa and launch a number of raids as part of a war in which they attempted to preserve Article Seven of the Lecompton Constitution. FTP, name this ragtag band of poor Missouri residents who snuck into Kansas to support slavery.
A contemporary account of this group was written by the Englishman Robert Hamilton Williams who traveled with them.
{border ruffian}s (or {bushwacker}s)