Report-1855, March 30

[March 30, 1855]

The Missourians began to come in early in the morning, some 500 or 600 of them in wagons and carriages, and on horseback, under the lead of Samuel J. Jones, then postmaster of Westport, Missouri; Claiborne F. Jackson and Mr. Steeley, of Independence, Missouri. They were armed with double-barreled guns, rifles, bowie-knives, and pistols, and had flags hoisted. They held sort of an informal election off at one side, at first for governor of Kansas Territory, and shortly afterwards announced Thomas Johnson, of Shawnee Mission, elected governor.

Report of Special Committee appointed to investigate the troubles in the Territory of Kansas. House Reports, 1st & 2nd sess., 34th Cong., Vol. 2, No, 200, p. 14. Read the report.