Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie (Bloodlands collection)

by Harold Schechter

Outlawry and violence are deeply rooted in the history of Kansas. During the pre–Civil War years, clashes between pro- and anti-slavery forces reached such a savage pitch that the territory became known as “Bleeding Kansas.”

along with several other cryptic inscriptions: recent dates accompanied by the words “Slagh Day.”[34]

Well wth does that mean?

Within a week, all that was left of the house were the “heavy framing timbers.” Eventually, even those were gone, and “there was nothing left of the Bender inn but holes in the ground from which the bodies were removed.”[46]

Evidence tampering much?