OSAWATOMIE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MIAMI

Miami See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, U.S.A., about 45 M . S. by W. of Kansas City, on the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri Pacific railway . Pop . (1900) 4191 (227 negroes); (1905, See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 4857; (1910) 4046 . A state See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for the insane (1866) is about x m . N.E. of the city . The region is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good one for See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general farming, and natural See also:

• GAS

gas and See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum are found in abundance in the vicinity . Osawatomie was settled about 1854 by colonists sent by the Emigrant Aid See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and was platted in 1855 its name was coined from parts of the words " Osage " and " Pottawatomie." It was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of two of the " battles " of the " Border See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War," and of much of the See also:

• POLITICAL

political violence resulting from the clashes between the "See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery " and the " See also:

• FREE

free-state " factions of Missouri and Kansas . On the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1856 it was plundered by about 170 pro-slavery men from Missouri . On the 3oth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1856 General See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John W . See also:

• REID, ROBERT (1862– )
• REID, SIR GEORGE (1841- )
• REID, SIR ROBERT GILLESPIE (184o-19o8)
• REID, SIR WILLIAM (1791-1858)
• REID, THOMAS (1710-1796)
• REID, THOMAS MAYNE (1818-1883)
• REID, WHITELAW (1837- )

Reid, commanding about 400 Missourians, attacked the See also:

• TOWN

town . The attack was resisted by See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain John See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown (who had come to Osawatomie in the autumn of 1855) at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of about 40 men, who were soon overpowered .

Of Captain Brown's men, four were killed and two were executed . The town was looted and practically destroyed . A See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park commemorating the See also:

• BATTLE

battle was dedicated here on the 31st of August 1910 .