They went armed with "the sword of the spirit," and all provided with Bibles supplied by the leading churches.

Arrived in the territory, they were duly furnished with more worldly weapons and were drilled for action.

About the same time a parallel incident is said to have occurred in New Haven, Connecticut.

A deacon in one of the churches had enlisted a company of seventy bound for Kansas.

A meeting was held in the church to raise money to defray expenses.