Feeling between Robinson and Lane became exceedingly tense in October. 
Price was again moving

[Footnote 119:  Daily Conservative, November 22, 1861.]

[Footnote 120:  Woodburn, Life of Thaddeus Stevens, 183.]

[Footnote 121:  Lane’s speech at Springfield, November 7, 1861 [Daily Conservative, November 17, 1861].]

[Footnote 122:  For a full discussion of the progress of the movement, see Abel, American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist, 227 ff.]

suspiciously near to Kansas.  On the third he was known to have left Warrensburg, ostensibly to join McCulloch in Bates County[123] and, on the eighth, he was reported as still proceeding in a southwestwardly direction, possibly to attack Fort Scott.[124] His movements gave opportunity for a popular expression of opinion among Lane’s adherents.  On the evening of the eighth, a large meeting was held in Stockton’s Hall to consider the whole situation and, amidst great enthusiasm, Lane was importuned to go to Washington,[125] there to lay the case of the piteous need of Kansas, in actuality more imaginary than real, before the president.  Nothing loath to assume such responsibility but not finding it convenient to leave his military task just then, Lane resorted to letter-writing.  On the ninth, he complained[126] to Lincoln that Robinson was attempting to break up his brigade and had secured the cooeperation of Prince to that end.[127] The anti-Robinson press[128] went farther and accused Robinson and Prince of not being big enough, in the face of grave danger to the commonwealth, to forget old scores.[129] As a solution of the problem before them, Lane suggested to Lincoln the establishment of a new military district that should include Kansas, Indian Territory, and Arkansas, and be under his command.[130] So anxious was Lane to be

[Footnote 123:  Official Records, vol. iii, 525, 526, 527.]

[Footnote 124:—­Ibid, 527.]

[Footnote 125:  Daily Conservative, October 9, 10, 1861.]

[Footnote 126:  Official Records, vol. iii, 529.]

[Footnote 127:  Daily Conservative, October 9, 15, 1861.]

[Footnote 128:  Chief among the papers against Robinson, in the matter of his longstanding feud with Lane, was the Daily Conservative with D.W.  Wilder as its editor.  Another anti-Robinson paper was the Lawrence Republican.  The Cincinnati Gazette was decidedly friendly to Lane.]

[Footnote 129:  Daily Conservative, October 15, 1861.]

[Footnote 130:  Official Records, vol. iii, 529-530.  Lane outlined his plan for a separate department in his speech in Stockton’s Hall [Daily Conservative, October 9, 1861]. (cont.)]