, 1879-05-08
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
4 Visit to the Colorod Colony In Hodge
man County, Kansas.
Over d Hundred, People Who Caule from
.. , Kentucky In 1873.
Hard Times Experienced. but Not So Bad
as in Their Old Homes.
1 Feeling ot Nopciulness Among Thsm"-SaEra-
tires Of Personal Experiences.

tbNa VI AVlCVAuA BAptAbAS@o*
Special Corrtspondtnes Of 7ns Tribune
.TorRKA, Kun. Mny G.-1mndo, last ThursdaJ,
the lat inst, brief visit to Tic colorcd colony
whose settlement is thirty miles northwest OF
Kinsley, und Immediately 10 the north OF the
new county scat, 1lodgeman Centre, proHnts-
ing voun9 town Just sprinEing np 1iottCennn
County lies north Of Ford n1d west OF Edwards
and Pawnce. II Is draincd BY the several princt-
pal branches OF rawncc Fork. tits wcll-Natcfcd;
has plenty Ut building -stone, chiefly limestone;
the land lies handsomely for cultivation, md
the so!l is evidently fertile. The county llas
recently been organized, and Inns n population Of
1850, mostly settled within ihe past
twelve months. Tic colony Is twenty
five miles north OF nntlSo CITY,
On tho Atch1son, Topeka & Santa Re Railroad,
and twenty from spcarvillc,-the moro remote
eo'onlsts being somo tcn miles farther oft.
Kinsley seems to bn the most advantageous
ratlroad.point. Tho location is ..SO miles from
the cast llne Of the State, anil within 1a0 miles
Of the western line. It Is far out upon the
great plains, which I'LL recently wcrc supposed
to be untnt,abitablc.
THIS COLONY
WINS formed ncAr Lexington und Harrodsburg,
KY. Hts location was soiectcl, III ISL, By COM
mittec Of tlleIr own number, sent out for the
purpose. Tho colony arrived at ktnslcy March
"a, 1873, 107 IN number, uni1 Immediately coli-
EneDccd their settlement. Additions have since
been made 10 tic NUMBER Of a>out fifty. About
fifty homesteads have been taken, besides d
few Understands, md nil hayo been m-
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av ~, ,ants1 ,"., asa n...,.. ".'s
s4., eu.. p.u"s" wv ",s...,s p'a .as's
;s'o ~: n,a."s ""N ,"nns o.,,,n. .a",,ns w.
ole8,-posaeoes' nuu'e' oulu.'' '.clo'ia' e.e'
soschum and mt'let wcre ro'sed for feed for
etbck. etatd over night with NtnrtLn Green,
one Of the most forchnpdcd, He lus two pu[rs
~ ,tr,,1 r,,,,o. which In hro,,cht fron Eo,.
y. 1'.o"t; ,,' "'a, " Nv '.s ''on' ~
lucky. 1'ieY alu not tnrlse lasl yeot, owing 10
change OF climate Or feed, llo Thinks but urp Al
right thls spring. lie Inns d com mfortnblc frutnc
hou.e with tbree rooOoa. n stable b,Elt of stone.
oorasin ca,r,nn,,,a,'. ,,re-nnt III" 49,
"eo,aeio' eo.i'4l'ouiouo uuso ~ "'o1
iee'usues'n'1a o'ne4 e''u', o'iue..ies. az nu"
twenty-four acres pio%ct,-erhtecn IN lall-
wheat md re, "nd the remainder In oats. ard
~ thr M o,hcrs @ aencrn,,v H.. e1ncri. I ~
Wv Wv e.'e o''.,..'... eo1'
1"FAn eoHs'nE""nLa o"ooSn
for sod-cosn this spring. AL OF these settlers
a@,,'as. ~ ,.,,,",, 80 ,trn,,.,, sn.a. h. sas.i
VI uis'a 10 n'uss 10 '"e"s5 as'es, oat !',s1'y
ranging from two 10 ten aercs. Ncarly all have
some 1al1-whcat growing Tho winter and early
sprIng wos very dry, and tic wheat stands
-o.hor ,htn ard sh,rf. h,t +, ,o.,, b,.ith, ~
AA'n'4 .u'. "t" e4'o'1 NV ~ 'oe"' s."'ns' ~
cent rams haVl"H bsougotH II 1orWara'
Mono OF theso settlers, except those who had
teams, rutsed upytbug 10 epeak Of Inst ycnr.
so,ue dur win, their ilors nIurea In III, rratrIc,
. so,.'o WY - o4 "o.o p'aeso ~ nv F'''''c
~ 1es -. ~ ~, =. "u"
pnI w." ,.,sas' s".''u ~ -. nos oeis
piowcd couple Of fl'FEows Tor rows. niid 'latit-
cd In them. Hlt little cano Of tins ntthod.
Those who broke TIP tic pra!rio well, and plant-
cd with ax or spade, or By dropping 1T thu 1,tr-
rowK' edge, speak ell ii the result of their e3.
pertinent. Marlin Green said ilr l,al ~, good IL
aod.corn crop tllut hc had selccted Ills seed from,
Il for th1n ycar's pluu,ing. III o,,r ease it was
thought tlju Weld was sixty bushels TO tic ncre
but generally much loss.
4 Inrrn prnnortinn nj ihrsc co,ania,s M t,,cv