The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-11
DELUDED DARKIES.
rNuOsrurAnLE RECEPTION or THE
SOUTHERN NEGHOEs ON THE con-
FINES OF KANSAS.
The Aluring Promises Held out 90 Them
by slsarpers.

-LfIhIeago Times


KANSAS t'rry. Mo. April Two hundred
and fifty euloled people arrived here yesteraay
from the South Oh h river atea..at. aM'V are
in very destitute condition. im ny MIiVh ~,
sweIls the number to about 100. What W "
with these people has become serious Dues.
tion, They have landed on kaHsas soil, JUST
yyest oF The State line. and inside oil The limits
of the city of Wyandotte. The people OF
Wysndotte cannot support them, ana the a'l-
tbnrifiea of Kansas do not seem TO care Tor
them. They have no money and seemingly
no friends The 1,mea' correspondent went
nut id the camp to-day and found the poor
rnlorad i,apnle Id II state of alarm. They say
NM naonle III Wyandotte threatened To shoot
III II impossible to leave. as. they have no
money The leader, or deacon" Of the
colony declares they were promised
an award from the government Of 100
tributed throughout the Southern States,
which distinctly specified that there was
landed estate awaiting tho eolored man In
Kansas. The only duty required by the
agency that was to convey this estate was
that they should put IN their appearance
The circulars description Of the land y cal
culated III infatuate the seml-snperstitious
negro Of the South. In response TO the cilcu..
lar the large majority. of the .dafkies iad
come West Now that they had arrived RI the
who was to carry them Into the realization
OF their hopes had gone. This ls tho condi-
fion of the da1kies at present. They have
no money. aud meagre protection from the
weather in reply to the question as W
what they proposed doing. the deacon
looked Al III he was called upon 10 crack
conundrHt,. but said that Oil they wanted WIS
m rat hack tv their home tn the South. IL
they could only get back, they could get
enough To eat aud wear from the Southern
people. He said that three or four. OF their
number had died since their arrival In KAN
sas. and they attributed the cause. to drink
ing of the Western water The Wyanaotte
people announced q meeting to be held M
Saturday night, but If Ii was carried out It
was III secret. gentleman Of that city, who
IA quite indignant MI Kansas City and Nv.
Louis. saya that from a reliable person and
good authority lid learned that the respective
councils Or the two Missouri cities Ind btibed
the captains OF the boats, and by strategy
had pushed the boats to Kansas landings.
The indignant Wyandotter said that they
were determined to check the negroes from
landing In Wyandotte or coming to that
plecp, and they would levy d tax upon every
Individual darby OF $500, Ii II was necessary.
After doing this they would arm themselves
and enforce whatever enactment they MADE.
The tlarkies are leaving slowly, IN various
directions. aud arc trying to secure employ
merit A TOPEKA gentleman says thai a. That
place there are two negro BARRIERS who Issued
d large number Of circulars. The wording is
ambiguous but when sifted down to It's real
meaning 1t is simply All argument TO show
the negro the Sights OF Kansas Tor email
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