Russell stayed on the books, and Majors was the operating man on the Plains.

The trains were wonderful to me, each wagon with its six yoke of oxen, wagon-masters, extra hands, assistants, bull-whackers and cavayard driver following with herds of extra oxen.

I began at once making the acquaintance of the men, and by the end of 1854 I knew them all.
Up to this time, while bad blood existed between the Free-soilers and the pro-slavery men, it had not become a killing game.

The pro-slavery Missourians were in the great majority.

They harassed the Free-soilers considerably and committed many petty persecutions, but no blood was shed.