The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-06
OFF FOR KANSAS.
Another Batch Of Deluded Blacks En- Route
for the Land of Bleak Prairies.
Snow, Wind and
Starvation.
Dallas tTexaal Herald

The tide of colored emigrants that Ia roll
ing into Kansas at present from this state i
very large. They are going hy the hundreds
TO land where a great many mnat die Of
cold or hunger this winter. Nearly every
train that goes north carries lot af them
40 far they have been coming from tho south.
ern counties. hut the movement Ia spreading,
and liz beginning 10 he felt in this section 81
the State.
Thureday evening 2a9 ~ these deudad PEG
nle. hailing from Walker and San Jacinto
counties arrived at the Union depot. having
come over the Texas and Pacific road ihey
had pile Of plumber with them whien was
tIumped In mass on the platform. large
percentage of them were women anu cnilz
dren and they were but poorly clad. The
men were not q thrlfty-loaking aet ny any
means but the eutire party appeared to he
infatuated with the idea Of going Ia Kansas.
They were rather rnticent when asked the
cause Of their leaving the state ana had Cyl.
IDENTIFY been drilled To evade all such ques-
TONS Some of them however, would ven
ts,re a few remarka when their companions
would tell them that they were talking too
much" which invariably hushed the speaker.
The entire crowd waa. to all appearances. In
charge Of q colored man named Martin. VIII"
comes from Kansas hnt there was n white
man who. though he kept himself IN The back
ground was the leader
Herald and Commercial reporter attempt
Cd To interview thnIn, but they pnatisaly dn-
olincd. remarking that the eolored ioika were
going to kaneas Simply because tnef thought
they could do better there than here This
wac all that could ha gotten out w them The
reporter circulated among tho amaller fry.
however. and succeeded IN learning that the
white man who accompanied fhnm and Mar
tin had come from Kansas as rnpfcafn aiivna
of the government, aud advised them to go to
Kansas. where they would be cared for by
the government until they could establish
homes They said that these uen fold Thorn
that they would he given q hundred aCrGs at
land each. Theae mon. they said. lad showed
them that they really did mel have an fiHhfs
here and assured them that they would have
them In Kansas. They had just about money
enough to carry them 10 their destination.
which In fifty miles this sida nf Iopnk#
Among tho number were eevnral worry Old
and infrm mon The women and children
were for the most part, clad In summer
clothing There Will be large crowda 70 FOL
low them In a week OF 40 They resumed
their journey on the north bound passenger
train over the Central
Beside the above number. twenty three
canvased wagons. literally loaded down With
blacks passed through Thuraday, They were
from Washington and the surrounding coutl-
Ties. and bound for most amy part nf Kansas
that suited their fancy. They were n mora
thrifty looking SGT than that which wont ny
rail- Seeing All old cnIornd man walking
along with hia wagons, the reporter asked
him If he belonged to tho party mo. sab.
boss bless my aou don't. Whom dis nggah
from Texas he wants II 10 be 10
heahen whar lie angels walk dem golden
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