the walker russo war was a war i wish all wars were no bloodshed. actually a free state man was killed on his way to lawrence. he became a martyr. chapter of that book, that chapter in my book i called almost bloodless award. they backed off. interesting thing about the kansas at this time, especially the free state side, was the role of women. there were two free state women margaret wood and lois brown. who joined anywhere husbands to define the pro slavery forces. they took a wagon through the missouri slavery lanes to a cash of weapons and ammunition outside of lawrence. they came back through town. they provided all these goodies to their anti-slavery husbands. what's interesting, these two women and other women, were equal partners to their husbands in the antislavery movement. one woman who i really sort of got attached to is sarah robinson the wife of charles robinson. in 1856 she wrote a book that was called "kansas its interior and exterior life." she beautifully chronicled the life in kansas and became influential in the east. people in t