The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-03

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come attached TO their homes, and the beau
tiful country in which they have settled.
Those who havethe means have
LEFT THE A
for the winter, and are working with their
friends. They will return in the spring
and proceed to put in their crops as usual.
None Of the settlers were afraid of another
grasshopper visit. 1t is eight years since
we We're troubled with them before. ni-
nois is liable to be troubled with them when
the wind is in the direction of this State.
when they are upon their flight.
=. DO you think the ~grasshoppers laid
Gen. O. No; 1 do not. They did not stay
long enough for that. / am of opinion
that we have done with the avaricious in
sects for some years.
R. Are there not plenty of bufaIos on
the prairies?
Gen. o. In the western country there ara
and 1 have q company of cavalry huntine
them for the suffering settlers. Those N the
western portion Of the State are supniied
with buffalo meat, but we have no means of
conveying IL TO the interior of the State. As
soon as the company ofcsvalry which is now
out comes in, / shall send out another com
pany.
r. Then you do not distribute much
meat?
Gen: o. We do not aspire to give them
dbySuibG AuDk6 SUD-LaDtlal than nOtatnQE
and meal, and they are quite contented to
get mat. The only flesh they want is a little
bacon to help 9 in making bread.
X. Is there no means of providing work
for the poor creatures?
Gen. .. l have been trying TO devise some
means OF supplying them with work, but as
YET nave been unsuccessful in this respect,
Men have tramped all over the State in
search OF work, and are glad when the OBJ
portunlty is offered of earnlns a few dollars.
Chicago merchants, in assisting the Nsbraska
settlers, will be assisting their own els-
toners. It will not do for us to allow them
to leave the State with a bad impression of
1t. III we did, the result might be that the
TIDE OF emigration would be turned. Sub
scrlbers NAV rest assured that their contri-
buttons Will be Judiciously expended and
distributed. Every dollar given will be
given to the sufferers, for we are az no ex-
pense worth speaking of. The railways
carry all contributions free, and all the Of
hcers, with the exception of one, are unpaid.
L. WIN any government assistance be
given?
Gen. o. 1t is a difficult matter for the gov
ernmentto give any assistance. All the appro-
priations are made and the money REQUIRED
for the purposes for which it is appropriated.
The officers in charge of the military posts at
the extreme western part of the State saw
the people settled around them shall not
starve, but shall at least be treated as well
as the Indians under their care.
THE NEBRASKA SUFFERERS.
TEN THOUSAND PEoPLE ON THE POINT OF
srARVATIoN-AN APPEAL FROM ONE WHO
KNOWS THEREOF HE SPEAKS.
The Cincinnati papers of the 18th inst.
contain the following appeal which explains
itself. The Enquirer introduces the sub
ject by saying: Gen. James S. Brisbin. of
the United States army, arrived in our city
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governor and leading citizens of the State
of Nebraska to ask aid of our people for the
10000 unfortunate men, women and chill
dren who, through the drought and grass
hopper plauge of last summer, have been
reduced to want, General Brisbin has
which we trust will not fall unheeded:
ITO the People Of Cincinnati:
"There are 10000 people in the western
part OF the State of Nebraska who are re-
duced to the verge Of starvation. Nebraska,
usually so prolific, has this year met with a
sad misbap in the loss by grssshOppers and
drought of all the crops grown in Dundv,
Hitchcock, Gosper, Boon, Furnas. Phelps
Greeley, Howard, Sherman, and nearly ali
in Franklin, Buffalo, Hall, Merrick, Ante
lOpe and Butler counties. lately travelled
over the devastated region and found
the inhabitants in a most deplorable condi-
ton. Fully one-third had no shoes and were
clothed in rags There were no potatoes, no
corn, and but q little shriveled wheat. Many
families were living on small pieces of black
bread, parched wheat or waterrelUns and
squashes. There was not over a ten days
supply of food in any of the counties /
visited. Three counties were without meat,
and most of the inhabitants had not tasted
animal food for six weeks. Unless
we feed these people they will die of
starvation. The State of Nebraska is doing
all it can. and although rich in soil it is too
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the destitute people through the winter.
There are 5000 in want, and at four dollars
per head a month, a low estimate, it will re-
quire $4,000 every thirty days to feed,
clothe and warm these poor people. They
will nave to be carried seven months and
given seed to plant. The task is a great
one, but l believe the generosity OF the peo-
pie is equal to it, and that they will not per-
nit any one to suffer, much less die, of star
walton. The sufferers are our frontiersmen,
THE PIoNEEEs OF THE WEST,
and we are all equally interested in the set
Element and development of that great
country. Generous people of Cincinnati,
the facts are before you; what will you do
in this matter? The case is urgent, and /
pray you do quickly what you do at all.
These people Of the west should not be per-
mitted to starve or be driven from their
beautiful and fertile homes for the want of
bread. / hope some steps will Immediately
be taken by your rich city for the relief of
the sufferers. AMI S. BRIsBIN, U 5. A"
The letter OF authority under which Gen.
Brisbin asks aid from our people reads as
follows:
OMAHA NEB., Oct. IL, 1874.
AZ General James S. Brisbin, United States Army:
"DEAR SIR: You are respectfully in
formed that at a meeting of the Nebraska
Relief and Aid Society, held last evening in
this city, the following resolution was
passed:
" Resolved, That Gen. James S. Brisbin
be requested to proceed east and solicit aid
fouthe destitute people of Nebraska.
fHYou will please visit the East with as
little delay as possible, ana MAKE every ex-
ertion in your power to obtain supplies of
money, clothing, fuel and grain for our suf-