Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-02-20
FAMINE lNKANSAS
AWFUL CONDITION or THE Pc,
Ut ~ Boo. = 81 ..'
MURDERS, WANT AND Distribution.

MURDERS, WANT AND DESTITUr1ON.
i ATCIl1soN, Kansas, Feb. Ii.
| 4 message from Hunter county, distant
}bout:two hundred miles from here arrived
last night, with heart rendins tales Of suf-
| fcring for want Of FOOD and clothing in the
extreme southwestern part of tho State.
He reports the winter as being the most
severe yet experienced in southern Kansas,
I snow having fallen to the depth OF eighteen
inches on level. The cold is intense and
stock Of all description is dying oil with
fearful rap;,lity. Most OF the inhabitants
are reduced to BUnalo meat alone, and not
TENN is'sb|c to make the journey through
the snow. lie walked twenty six miles be-
fore finding 4 track, after leaving the settle
mcnt, and seventy befor. reaching Enporia
where he took stage and came on The
mail on the route had not been carried
through for three weeks, ing to the great
depth Of the snow and tbs cold. =. -@T' 49,.
| Horses and cattle arc dying all along the
route. Many loads were abandoned in the
middle Of the. rrairies. The teams had died
or given out, or the drivers had frozen their
limbs and had to seek refuge in the nearest
settlement to save their lives. Ono imam
will lose, both legs, another both hands. q
The Usage Indians had attacked party
! Of the settlers, whoewerc bunting wolves for
their skins, and killed two one OF whom
they burned and beheaded; tl.a other they
scalpcd. { r -.
The messenger makes the most urgent ap-
pcals for teams and ample supplies to he
Immediately forwarded, which should be
done without delay, as the committee arc
determined as long as their means hold out,
that none shall die for want of food Ur-
gent appeals are made from the extreme
northwestern settlements for aid to be sent
them, as they report that their teams are in
such condition that it is Impossible for them
to make. the trip. A man sent in from
Blue river lost one oil his horses from weak
ness on the road, and the other was unable
to 60. Teams loaded with supplies were
Immediately despatched by tic committee,
as the man reported many families with only
a scanty supply Of buffalo meat left. God
only knows what the end will be ftho re-
ports brought in from outside the settlements
are true, unless relief can Speadi!y reach
them. 1t is terrible to witness the distrss-
sing cases Of suffering which are constantly
brought before us. 90,
TIE LAST MOMENTS or LOLA
'-<t MONTEZ.
The New York P,st says:
The last moments of Lola Montcz offered
y singular contrast TO her earlier career.
! For some time she had been very ill at
Astoria, and procsscd the hearticst poni-
itencc for the manner in which her~lite hal
been spent About four weeks ago, Rev.
DR.. Hawks was requested to call on her,
and did 50. He foand her with her Bible
open to tho story Of the Magdalen, and she
expressed to her visitor her sincere anxiety
in regard to her future welfare. At the
same time she was hopeful. II can forget
my French, my German, my cvsrythins,"'
said she, ''but | cannot forget Christi
Before she died she purchased the little
plot in Greenwood, where she is now bur-
led. On her coffin was Il plate with the
simple inscription:
Mrs. Eliza GILBERT,
Died January 18th, 1861,
.. Aged AZ years,