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Excerpt from Before the Crisis The night was dark and still. Twelve horsemen rode fast towards a ray of light, that streamed from the window of a small shanty, across the winding bed of the Pottawattomie, and out over the prairie. As they drew near, the wailing cry of a child within the house rose plaintively above the patter of hoofs and jangling of spurs. The men halted, and presently the captain sent forward a young negro on foot. There was a moment of suspense when he reached the door, then his timid knocking was answered by the sharp ping of a rifle, resounding from the fringe of timber along the creek. The negro flung up his arms with a piercing cry, and fell in a heap. The mounted men were immediately thrown into complete panic, with cries of "Brown's Raiders " "The Army of the Free-Staters " "Sharpe's Rifles from Lawrence " They turned their horses, and galloped for shelter. "Halt " commanded the captain, his horse rearing and wheeling across the road, impatient to follow its companions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.