They were not satisfied with her statement, however, and they at once made a thorough search of the house.
They raved and swore when they could not find him, and threatened him with death whenever they should catch him.

I am sure if they had captured him that night, they would have killed him.

They carried off nearly everything of value in the house and about the premises; then going to the pasture, they drove off all the horses; my pony Prince afterward succeeding in breaking away from them and came back home.

Father lay secreted in the corn-field for three days, as there were men in the vicinity who were watching for him all the time; he finally made his escape, and reached Fort Leavenworth in safety, whither the pro-slavery men did not dare to follow him.
While he was staying at Fort Leavenworth, he heard that Jim Lane, Captain Cleveland and Captain Chandler were on their way from Indiana to Kansas with a body of Free State men, between two and three hundred strong.

They were to cross the Missouri river near Doniphan, between Leavenworth and Nebraska City; their destination being Lawrence.