Daily globe., 1879-04-10
DELUDED DARKIEs.

.
0roes the Confines of Kansas-TAe At-
IurinO Promises Held Out to Them by
Shavpers.
kansas City Special to Chicago Times.]
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, April 1.-Two hundred
and fifty colored people arrived here yester
day from the South on river steamer. They
are in very destitute condition. This arri-
val swells the number to about 200. What
to do with these people has become serious
question. They have landed on Kansas soil,
just vest of the State line, and inside of the
limits of the city of Wyandotte. The peo-
pie Of Wyandotte cannot support them, and
the authorities of Kansas do not seem to care
for them. They have no money, and SEEM
ingly no friends. The Times correspondent
went out to the camp to-day and found the
poor colored people in state of alarm.
They say the people of Wyandotte threaten
to shoot them if they don't leave the place.
They say it is 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
acres of land. A circular had been
distributed throughout the Southern States,
which distinctly specified that there was
landed estate awaiting the colored man in
Kansas. The only duty required by the
agency that was to convey this estate was
that they should put in their presence. The
circulars description of the land is calculat-
ed to infatuate the semi-superstitious negro
of the South. In response to the circular
| the large majority of the darkies had come
West. Now that they had arrived the prom
ises were not fulfilled, and the agent who
was to carry them into the realization OF
their hopes had gone. This is the condition
| of the darkies at present. They have nc
money, and meagre protection from the
weather. In reply to the question as to what
they proposed doing, the ssdeacon" looked as
if he was called upon to crack conundrum,
but said that all they wanted was to get back
to their home in the South. If they could
only get back they could get enough to eat
and wear from the Southern people. He
said that three or four of their number had
died since their arrival in Kansas, and they
attributed the cause to drinking of
the Western water. The Wyan-
dotte people announced meeting to be held
on Saturday night, but if it was carried out
it was in secret. gentleman of that city
who is quite indignant at Kansas City ane
St. Louis. says that from reliable person
and good authority he learned that the re-
spective councils of the two Missouri citiei
had bribed the captains of the boats, and b,
strategy had pushed the boats to Kansas
landings. The indignant Wyandotter sale
that they we're determined to check the ne
groes from landing. in Wyandotte or or com
ing to that place, and they would levy ia,
upon every individual darkey of $500. if i
was necessary. After doing this they woult
arm themselves and enforce whatever enact
ment they made. The darkies are leavinl
slowly, in various directions, and are tryins
to secure employment. A Topeka gentle
man says that at that place there are two ne
gro BARRIERS who issued large number o
circulars. The wording is ambiguous, bu
when sifted down to its real meaning it i
simply an argument to show the negro th
sights of Kansas for small stipend.