But that a pledge was made to them, that if they would give up their arms, they should be allowed to proceed peaceably to Kansas.

They furthermore state that at Kansas City Col.

Buford came aboard the boat, accompanied by a company of soldiers; that David R.
Atchison and Gen.

B.F.Stringfellow came on board, and that after the boat had left the landing these gentlemen informed them that they would in no wise be allowed to enter the Territory; that after the boat had stopped at Weston, they should be taken back to Alton; but that if they would not accept this arrangement, "they should be hung, every mother's son of them." At various times the _Squatter Sovereign_ and _Leavenworth Herald_ report similar outrages.

The latter paper reports, July 5th, the sending back seventy-five emigrants that had come upon the steamer Sultan.