Marais Du Cygne Martyrs Memori

<i>(Front):</i><center> Rev. B. L. Read<br> John F. Campbell<br> William Colpetzer<br> Michael Robertson<br> Patrick Ross<br> William Hairgrove<br> Asa Hairgrove<br> Charles Snider<br> William A Stilwell<br> Amos Hall<br> Austin Hall</center><br> <i>(Side 2):</i><center> On the 19th day of May 1858, the men whose names<br>appear on this monument were taken from their <br>daily avocations by a band of armed border <br>ruffians and marched to a deep ravine four miles<br> east of this place and there shot and left for dead.<br> Their only offense was was they were Free State men.</center><br><i>(Side 3):</i><center> Ad Astra Per Aspera </center><br><i>(Side 4):</i><center>From the hearths of their cabins, <br> The fields of their corn, <br> Unwarned and unweaponed, <br> The victims were torn,-- <br> By the whirlwind of murder <br> Swooped up and swept on <br> To the low, reedy fen-lands,<br> The Marsh of the Swan. <br><br> On the lintels of Kansas<br> That blood shall not dry;<br> Henceforth the Bad Angel<br> Shall harmless go by;<br> Henceforth to the sunset,<br> Unchecked on her way,<br> Shall Liberty follow<br> The march of the day.</center>