New-York tribune., 1879-05-20

the ooored immigrants prepared by agent oil the
society Colonel Frank IL Fletcher who has visited the
Tennessee colonies, year In the STATE 70 iearn
whether their condition warrants encouragement for
moro to come, and has Doen in communication win tDo
parties recently arrived at Wyandotte and other points
From this report manuscript copy f which has been
furnished TRIBUNE the following summary is maze
Colonel Fletcher first visited the Singleton Colony
composed Of colored families most owbom came from
the vicinity OF Nashville about year ago. One OF the
colonsts said
Came from middle Tennessee; heard ofSingeton
Heard heap talk about Kansas. We went TO Topeka
The and hunted this place out We leii Ten
ing for it, We all raised cotton and mighty few got any
thing for it Our white neghbors came m,o our houses
and robbed us. They took away our TeyOyers. ike
this country mighty Well Don't want TO go back south
at all We have eighty acres tDsre are tTo NO families
worked in Topeka. The men worked for neigh0ors- We
miss getting our pay heFs ana ma we gSt more pc pay
out here We have had 10 sickness in our family since
we came.
Another coonist who came overland from Texas, said:
Last year raised 500 bushels of corn, 50 bushels
wheat 100 bushels Of oats, $50 bushels po atoes.
sold SIS worth garden vegetables one cow hogs 81
or - worth OF chickens bushels pums, 800 pounds
butter and two bushels eggs have now seven horses
twenty hogs and eight mead Of cattle MY children are
with the whites. We have church and Sunday school IN
the school hOHse We Baptists would ahyiso the
scattering ihe colored immigrants through the settle
ments rather than colOnizing them. came here with
only one pair OF horses and wagon-I had tOOs-I
arrived in Kansas with 30 cents made horse trade
after got 10 the State and got lo boot Ihat was my
| start.
The Postmaster at DUNLAP near the Singleton Colony
| gives the following favorable account oft
TIE Singleton Colony is near Dunlap in Morris and
Lyons Counties 1t comprises, should think. sixty
families or a population OF 800 Each family mas
claim OF forty most Of them have no means. The
| land which they occupy is known rs the Kaw Indian
Reservation. The Kaws have been removed TO the
Indian Territory. This land is valued at from II 20 TO
Sc an acre, according to location and quality. The
upland is cheaper being st0ney Tue coonisls seefay
occupy the upands. The first came here last Spring
They very poor. Singleton was the means OF their
coming here They were az farm aDorers ana an rom
| Tennessee There were 134 all told. in last years
colony They have got along % better tier nan the
| have credited them little. They have always paid
the circulars which the agent OF TINS colony sent south
there were no extravagant statement Ihey only en-
couraged the emigration Of those who had means to buy
All the families have built stone houses They brought
supplies with them They have earned their subsis
by labor among the neighborlng farmers They are
industrious, sober. temperate, good citlzenS Inc only
syear many the families of last years immigrants
The families this year are more intelligent ana have
take the papers and understand the situation here just
| as well as any one.
| WHY THE BLACKS LEFT THE SOUTH.
The statements of the ooonsts of their reasons for
leaving the South all agree in their main features Bad
treatment from the whites persecution for Republican
opinions denial Justice by the courts and inability to
retain the fruits of their labor, the causes alleged
As sample of these statements the following by Rich
ard COutoher Of the recent arrivals, will be found
interesting. Richard Coutcher said
| came from Ames County, Miss. think we can
raise good crops here we can down South have
claim of forty acres, four of US have 100 acres
only get here and get started they can do we'll nave
| been bnsy that have not tried to do days work
From what have heard think can get plenty Of
| WORK 10 do when We want IT. We have no teams We
have one mule III the crowd All are Weil and nave
been lately. Those who were sick when they started
have got well. Some nave taken colds, but none have
colds now There just as line people heTe so lar as
I have cyl rip an ufg1. 1
back South unless forced to- got To 81 LOUIS
in March; came on 20 Topeka, ana then here We
not dssa fled or dscoufa ged b" (aIl fam
| lies standing by say the samel :" the south the
coored people think that the Republicans their
friends that they ought to vote with them but the
SOutheTners think that ought 10 vote with them.
knew colored men killed because they were ktpubl-
The cOlOred people have got so that they are
AFRAID of their lives 10 live there. They nave come
away from there because they cant Hye there Inc
white people have they will Kill the last one of
Us If we GOnt vote with lheT ana tey were hlhg us
80 fast ! thought would get away ~hlle could"
WOman standing by) " That was my bus0ands IDEA;
you vote with good many times and don't in
tend TO il again. My husband thought that he
away. He lett four head OF horses. He only sold his
corn. The white folks had said they would Kill all the
that brought fear US. They killed old Page and
nm s snd a S 6S hSSs SSn ate MN H
with him, and killed eight of his relatives Many a
night have jumped out of bed and rum The children
old enough to know what fear was were scared. am
better of up here If don't get piece OF meat but once
day. / lay down at night and amt afraid. Some
of them is in condition down south than they
was when slaves"
THE BAXTER SPRINGS, NICoDEMUS AND MORTON
CITY COLONIES.
BENJAMIN Singleton the founder Of the Singleton
Colony, gave the following description of similar
pertinent:
The Baxter Springs Colony was organized three
years ago. don't think IT well managed. | Withdrew
per be paid IN ten years, with per cent inter
have given up their claims not being able 10
meet the demand. We had a committee 10
purchase the land from the railroad. Some colo
nists found that other land could be bought on
better terms, the company bought them out, and
they way. Each member OF the colony pays 30
the company every three months until their land
paid Tor Then they get deco To their land from te
company. think there are seventy-thfee members IN
this colony. have sent many az 5000 circulars TO
Louisiana and Mississippi advertising my colonies.
The Nlcodemus Colony. said TO be the largest aud
most successful n Kansas, was founded by ". II. H,
| who gives the following account Of ii.
/ started Nieodemus Colony March g. 1877. I took
seveuty-seyeu families there. In August took four
families i'll September thrty-eight families. in jan
tweny-seyen families. in November ten families, in
March SIX families Nearly one-half were soldiers All
have 160 When began only expected to locate
hVe or SIX iamll,s. ihty now nave az Nlcouelnus
hotel livery stable, two stores post Office shoe shop
| in the colony. The colony covers an area OF
| eight miles IN width ana Twelve miles in leugh.
There two chuches-a Baptist and Methodist. All
cOlonss bitterly opposed 10 having any saloons
their town site. All have entered Government lands
IN the colony OF this sum, 81 goes TO the Government
- TO me- ana "a TO iae .oTg s conPany 90 m9Dels
| in my favor aud l attend the Occurring OF
| their land Tor them. Four families build
| four corners and the same team. They have
an average Of the family under oultlya
tion. The colony regularly Incorporated. The colon
i.ts live in sOd-dug-Ous," dug three feet into the
! grouud. During the last two years have brought
| 1000 men, women and children into the State.
| / never had bat two go back. The
| majority OF white immigrants TO the country
from Iowa and friendly TO the cOored people.
Morton CITY Colony in Hodgman County Is reported
10 be progressing hne!y The cOlOnists were getting
along we'll ST. John also states that lie had
lately heard from another colony in COmanche County
| winch was getting along nicely"
THE GENERAL MOVEMENT.
The Aid Society has issued address asking FOR the
organization of similar committees 10 furnish infOrms