... correspondent of the New York Tribune asked readers, "Did you ever see a Border Ruffian? Imagine a fellow, tall, slim, but athletic, with yellow complexion, hairy-faced, with a dirty flannel shirt, of red, or blue, or green, a pair of commonplace, but dark-colored pants, tucked into an uncertain attitude by a leather belt, in which a dirty-handled bowie-knife is stuck rather ostentatiously, an ... eye slightly whiskey red, and teeth the color of a walnut. Such is your Border Ruffian of the lowest type."" On May 20 and 21, 1856, the Border Ruffians roared into Lawrence, Kansas and ... ...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... correspondent of the New York Tribune asked readers, "Did you ever see a Border Ruffian? Imagine a fellow, tall, slim, but athletic, with yellow complexion, hairy-faced, with a dirty flannel shirt, of red, or blue, or green, a pair of commonplace, but dark-colored pants, tucked into an uncertain attitude by a leather belt, in which a dirty-handled bowie-knife is stuck rather ostentatiously, an ... eye slightly whiskey red, and teeth the color of a walnut. Such is your Border Ruffian of the lowest type."" On May 20 and 21, 1856, the Border Ruffians roared into Lawrence, Kansas and ... ...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate