At Kansas City the vigilance committee of the blockade boarded and searched the boat for concealed "abolitionists." Finally arrived at Leavenworth, the Governor saw a repetition of the same scenes--parades and military control in the streets, fugitives within the inclosure of the fort, and minor evidences of lawlessness and terror.
[Sidenote] Geary to Marcy, Sept.

9, 1856.

Senate Ex.Doc., 3d Sess.
34th Cong.Vol.II., p.

88.
Governor Geary went at once to the fort, where he spent the day in consultation with General Smith.

That same evening he wrote to W.L.
Marcy, Secretary of State, a report of the day's impressions which was anything but reassuring--Leavenworth in the hands of armed men committing outrages under the shadow of authority; theft and murder in the streets and on the highways; farms plundered and deserted; agitation, excitement, and utter insecurity everywhere, and the number of troops insufficient to compel peace and order.