Kansas river,
66
,
414
Kearny, Philip,
ordered to occupy New Mexico,
331
;
orders to Doniphan,
332
;
occupies California,
332
Kelly, ——, Editor of
Squatter Sovereign,
411
Kendall, Amos, instructions to New York postmaster,
271
,
272
Kentucky,
created Commonwealth with slavery,
50
,
62
,
63
;
attitude to tariff of 1824,
115
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1817,
118
;
attitude to internal improvements bill of 1822,
119
;
legislature nominates Clay for presidency,
136
;
attitude toward tariff bill of 1827,
158
;
relation to tariff of 1832,
188
;
relief measures for debtors,
195
,
196
;
electoral vote in 1844,
320
;
views as to slave policy,
378
;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,
399
Kickapoo Rangers,
organized,
426
;
capture Captain Brown,
426
King, Rufus, voting,
74
King, William Rufus,
states his creed on State sovereignty,
269
,
270
;
on Committee of Thirteen,
360
Kinsey, Charles, on conference committee,
88
Know Nothing party,
418
Kremer, George, charge against Adams and Clay,
141
L
ACOCK
, A
BNER
, voting,
74
Lake of the Woods,
312
,
313
Lane, James S.,
effort to organize Democratic party in Kansas,
423
;
elected Senator by "Free-state" party,
426
;
negotiations with Shannon,
430
;
at Franklin,
430
;
indictment against,
435
;
as to service of indictment,
435
;
in command of "Free-state" force,
435
;
failure to arrive at Lecompton for attack,
445
,
446
;
result of his prevarications,
463
;
conspiracy against Lecompton convention,
465
;
thwarted,
465
,
466
Lawrence, Amos Adams,
member of Emigrant Aid Society,
409
;
his work,
411
;
conference with Robinson,
413
;
town named in honor of,
415
Lawrence, Kansas,
site occupied,
411
;
town founded,
415
;
quarrels as to claims,
415
,
416
;
Robinson's speech of July 4, 1855,
423
;
convention at,
425
;
the Branson rescue,
428
;
Missourians approach,
429
;
committee sent to Shannon,
429
;
Shannon goes to,
430
;
agreement of citizens with Governor Shannon,
430
;
appearance of John Brown,
431
;
appeal of citizens to President,
431
;
Jones serves writ on Wood,
433
;
trouble with Tappan,
434
;
attempt to assassinate Jones,
434
;
communications of Robinson and Sumner as to assault on Jones,
434
;
indictment against hotel and newspapers in,
435
;
Donaldson's proclamation,
435
,
436
;
dealings of citizens with Shannon and Donaldson,
436
,
437
;
Donaldson's force approaches the town,
437
;
sacking of the town,
438
;
repudiation of the deed,
438
;
effect of the sacking and of assault on Sumner,
440
;
effect of sacking modified by Pottawattomie massacre,
442
;
"Free-state" convention at,
443
;
treaty of August 17,
444
;
Geary at,
446
;
Stanton at,
461
;
Wilson meets Robinson at,
463
;
"Free-state" forces ordered to meet at,
465
Leavenworth, Kansas,
"Free-state" company organized at,
426
;
convention at,
428
Lecompte, S. D., charge to grand jury of Douglas County,
435
Lecompton, Kansas,
the Branson rescue,
428
;
citizens summoned to, by Donaldson,
435
;
conflict at Fort Titus,
444
;
failure of plan to attack Lecompton,
445
,
446
;
Geary at,
446
;
plan for convention at,
461
;
as to work of convention,
463
;
convention assembles at,
464
;
Lane's conspiracy against convention at,
465
;
"Free-state" mass-meeting at,
465
,
466
;
constitution formed at,
466
;
legislature meets at,
467
.
See
Kansas
Lewis, Meriwether,
sent out by Jefferson,
312
;
on the Columbia,
312
Lewis, William B.,
33
;
the Coleman letter,
138
Lexington, Kentucky,
167
Liberator, The,
publication begun,
251
Liberties, Body of,
41
Lincoln, Abraham, intimation as to official conduct of Taney,
456
Loki, the, of Kansas, appears,
431
London,
26
,
33
London, Bishop of, as to baptism of slaves,
44
Loring, Charles Greeley, in Sims case,
372
Lorings, the, in Crafts case,
368