, 1873-04-24
THE STORM.


From ~ the siotts CIV t1o0a} Journal, Arrt1 1s.
FROM ~ tho taote we hayo leon ablo TO gather
hevo mado Yankton ita contro no conclude Inn
!iho OF 1t hnH novor bcon experienced in tic
Northwest The 6torm commenced m lieht
ram on III te morning of tho 10TH nnt but soon
until about noon, wl,on tho wind changed from
tilo Tost TO tie nortlwostand finally to tlsonorh
ann plew perfect gallo, accompanied by nn-
avalanche OF snow.
socmod to como down in a bnly, which waa sor1-
aratod into pnrticlDat aud laslied furious|y Ia
every direction. Tho air WAS larkenod by tho
snow ind porsons could not 500 hyo toct Ii any
Tho Dakota Southern passenger train wbtoh
loft sioux City Monloy morning, aFtor worrying
through tito storm for aonao tinlo above Yer1n}li.
Ion, ilnnny ran Into Il snow drift, onl mile and
which wag at Yankton, wont to tho pnaBoneors,' :
roli0f, md managed to got atack III the Sam.
drift, where taoy both romninod uutn Wednesday
Tie 7h Cavalry fared very baaly. They
had not yet completed their camp arrangements
when tho storm bt1rat upon thom. Their tonta
woro blown down, md drifts Of unow formed no
rapidly, and tho storm was 30 furious, that tho
Mon and horses woro b6urioa up in the snow, md
prevailed ovorywhoro Tho officers sought
shelter ct tho hotclp, md aolno Of tho mon
os ioofd o so tet 9xaRe y eapg pgooo e no }a
tho storm wherever they could find IT. Many
Of tho goldiora, however, did not faro thus for
t,lnatoly;.. Thoy remained buried in tho
Thoy woro dug, out Of tho snow end haulel to
moro comfortable quarters on l,nnd-Blods. Many
Of thom waro exposed for thlrty-six hours, anl
when rescued wore woak and exhausted md
follows presented o most pltiablo appearance,
which was we'll calculated to oxclto tho sympa-
thios Of tho most indifferent 1loart. And many.
kind and generous hands responded promptly to
their wanta. Up to tho laat reports quite NUM-
Dor OF mon wcro Btill unRccunntod for, and 1t 10
not known whether thoy hayo perished Or hayo
wandered OFF in tho storm md nro still suffering
In tho anow-drifs. What has hoen Enid Of
tho suifferinga Of tho mon is reported
to stables by great effort otheru remained tied
and wero driftcd under md goon broke loose and
wandered of and had not boon recovoral at last
accounts.
Gen. CuBtor, who is regarded nB good author-
ity, said in tho presence Of our informant, that
1t was tho worst storm in oyory particular, OK
cortng intensely cold, that he eyor Experienced
III hin life. TliB HcelnB to DO tho tcntimony Of
eyory one who Witnessed the storm. In many
placeH tho drifts III nnd about Ynl,kton wcro 20
fcot high. They had to cut down and dig na
into collar, to got into some Of tho stores. 10
convoy some sort Of q correct idea Of tllo nva-
lanoho Of snow TINT foil, It neol only bo stated
that on the rlyor, in losB than tlrco hours after
tho rcal violence Of tho storm not in, thoro woro
inchos Of snow and aluBh floating.
Tho Southern limit Of tho heavy snowfall on
tho Missouri River was about 80 rods below For-
million, where tho line was M distinct as ridge
| Of snov could mike it.
Wo nhall rejoice II tho losses which are con-
| iectuEed to hayo resulted from tho storm provo
roally less than ono Gnu hardly hope for.
| We ondoavored to reach Yanlton last evening
by telegraph i'll ortor to present in connection
with thla report any lator developments that
might hayo boon mado since morning. but could
| Get nothing.