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ensued, but ended without resolution. Little advanced on the house and four of his men were wounded. Retreating and regrouping, Little and ten men attempted a second attack on Fort Bain, which was also unsuccessful but without any casualties. Little and his men then returned to Fort Scott. Little
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On December 16, 1857, a small number of men who identified themselves as a "Squatter's Court" defended the house against an armed posse of about 50 men led by United States Deputy Marshal Little from
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His surname is spelled "Baynes" in the Kansas 1860 U.S. Census along with his wife Mahala and two sons (Roberts H. & Adolphus), living in Bourbon County.
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The house was razed several years after the Bleeding Kansas struggles and replaced with another structure. Nothing marks the site today.
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Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, etc.
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The "Squatter's Court" were settlers who did not recognize the land claims granted to proslavery settlers.
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and his associate Captain Oliver P. Bain (or Baynes). The house was located in northern
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returned on December 17 with 150 men and found that Fort Bain had been abandoned by the
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From Fort Bain, Brown planned his invasion of Missouri in December 1858.
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The house was used as a rendezvous point for both John Brown and
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