Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-29

Inc lOllOWluE l6JJtf mas Deeu EeCelN6u
from the daughter of the Agent of the San.
itary Commission at Leavenworth, Kan.
sas:
FoRT SCoTT, Oct. 31st, 1862.
SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY, CLEVELAND, o.
It has been three days since we arrived al
this place, and during that time we have
visited the hospital, and have been attend
ing one of the sick of this regiment, Lieu
tenant Townsend, who is an old acquaint-
ance. He is very low indeed, and fear
will not recover, yetwe shall remain here
until there is change. Tuesday morn
ing we visited the hospital at Marmaton.
1t contains about one hundred and fifty
patients, all convalescing soldiers, who
have been sent from this post hospital
They were in a suffering condition there,
as the buildings which they occupied were
very open, and they only had one stove,
aside from two small cooking stoves in a
small kitchen. They were totally unpre-
pared for the cold weather. which we ex-
perienced last week; and although it is
much warmer now, something in the line
of preparing buildings must be done, in
preparation for the coming storm.
Arrangements " ere made to carry about
one hundred and fifty to the city hospital
at Leavenworth, when an order was re-
ceived from General Blunt to send two
hundred teams south. This required all
of the transportation which was engaged
for removing the soldiers consequently
they will remain where they are for few
days.
Father is now occupied in attending to
some repairs which he suggested on a pre-
vious visit; but they have not been made
according to promise, and he is now Civ
ing more particular attention to it.
There are some five hundred patients
here now,-one ward contains the wound
ed alone As we went into this room, the
first one whom I spoke with was from the
2nd Ohio Regiment. He received wound
from cannon ball which took his arm off
just above the elbow. He showed me the
ball with which it was done, which was
larger than a good sized orange. You can
imagine its power when under full motion.
Another one had received an injury to his
shoulder joint, who is now undergoing the,
operation of having the bone removed from
the upper part of the arm. This was one
of the worst cases which saw.
Since we have been here, three have died.
in the hospital The sick are doing as well
as couldbe expected, there being only a few
cases which are considered hopeless.
The Sanitary goods which were received
Just before we left Leavenworth, and were
sent down here, arrived the same day that
we did. Father has opened them, and
finds all articles of food and clothing most
acceptable. The clothing is needed more
particularly when the weather is severe.
as it frequently is. The climate is verv
changeable, and when it becomes cold, the
change is so sudden that the system is u2-
prepared for it, and there is much mere
suffering in consequence of this. Ysster-
day morning a company of six went down
to a stream called Z" Dry Wood" twelve
miles south Of this, to see about sixteen
hundred Indians. We found them in a
terrible condition. Without the least COW
ering whatever, they lowered around their
fires, and most of them were very poorly
clad. A great number of them were sick,
but they had no physician or medicines
Many of them died last week, during the
coldest days. do not know what. they
have for food, aside from the rabbits and
prairie chickens which they find about
there. The gentleman acting as cgent for
them appealed to father for help from the
Department, more particularly
for the children, (Of which there is great
number as the men and women have been
furnished, as far as possible, from the mil
itary department.
These Indians have been driven out of
the Cherokee country, and unless some
thing is done for them, or they sre
sent back to their own country, most of
them will starve and freeze.
I have spent most Of to-day in the camp
Of the ID Ohio, and father has Just been in
TO the tent, and says the boxes sent from
your Society contained the most desirable
variety of delicacies, and that he had pro-
cured the services of a faithful lady here to
watch over the patients, and when any
thing of that kind is permitted, she is to
prepare and administer it with her owr
hands. Father thinks she will be nns-
tered in" so as to receive pay from the
Government, but if not, he will nav her
from the Sanitary fund. thirk the SER
vices Of such person almost, indispensa-
bic in a hospital, full, rs this is of
Eases where such things are required.
They have also procured a house. lust ont of
.oWn, where they vii. send some Of the pa
tents. The buildings designed for that
purpose here, sre much too crowded, for the
comfort Of me inmates. The lady who re-
'ided thefe is going to remain and cook for
hem, and as Soon as they can obtain trans
ooriation somp Of them viii go to Leaven-
Forth, where they can be much better ac-
,ommodated, and 1 think before the Winter
comes, they will be much better provided
'or than noW.
However they will need the constant
abOr Of al interested, in their welfare,
Ind it is to be hoped that none may loose
interest in the good cause.
Yours respectfully,
FANNIEC. BROWN.
LETTER FRoM ORA. N. READ, AGENT U. S.