The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-05-01
TIE REFUGEES.
Arrival Of Party From WyaHdoite
fesisrday Morning.
Visits Among aad Talks With Them.
Sad Stories CT a People Driven by
vaiion From Their Homes.

The General Feeling and Belief of
the immigrants.
Freight train No. %, on the Missouri Pacific
Railway, brought into Leavenwoith st the
time of its arrival early yesterday morning,
eight box cars filed with col5red refugees
fr"m the South, who are a part of those who
have been in wysndotta for some time
They were visited during the day By TINES
reporters, alert 10 gather the cause of their
coming. and their feelings, wishes and de-
sireS. While each individual had a private
story To tell the tales told had general fes.
lures which were OF startling similarity
They all told story OF the
SUFFERING AND WRONGS
which had been their lot in the homes from
which they had migrated. From all. whom
'he question was asked why they left their
homes to mud abiding places elsewhere. there
was but one answer-they had 20
LEAVE or srARvE-
The most depioTable state of affairs exist in
the localities from which they-hs,i come.
--~- 49, - fsLd tLic ltliltE1LN nHt
been renters; bat the I1bo-er could get noth.
Ing for MS hire, and the renter had nothing
laff when the extortiolats prices CHARGED for
rent had been paid. There was NJ scarcity
Of employment aJ the places they had LEFT:
Out me land owners aud employ ers
REFUSED To GIVE THEM \ EEruEx
for their iabpr upon whi.u they could sub
stst. They mad seen, lay bv ,Iav. tie hide
hich they had accTnul4ted when the
strong arm % the Government protected
them In theirrightS, dWiDdiIug away, either
To keep starvation away from tn ir doors OF
70 pay for the dem ln.s which
GREEDY, BEU AL LASuL9RDS
made upon them. Ignorant as rh. natural
result of the UuprJri'irus circumstance
which had surrounded thsIa for wears, nd
vantage had been taken OF This u draw them
Into contacts CT ih- most txtOrtip- ate ma,
tGre, in which almost their very Ubsrties
were forfeited il they were unsb'e 10 NEE.
the terms.
\ SAMPLE
Copies OF the leases made by the land own
erS 10 these people as Their tenants wer.
shown In no case, where money was To b
paid ss rent, could the rental price D. found
TO SIC, and in some cases a. hizh as so pei
acre had been ch rgeI. b : vsre ais,
~ho IN, from merchants. showing the rate.
at which provisions were furnished. Mea
was charged for at the ste of $40 per b. IRE
ant from that ~; and r6rf, hrouz ht prize
BETTING war tinlaS-s2j "a barrel. In al
o.her charges, e same system OF extortion
was TO be observed.
THE COSSEQUF~CFS
are easily seen. When Nature had emptied
her most liberal stores into the lap Of IL,
hush Lndman and prolific crop, caused the
earth To groan with the bun den, the landlord
came in for his share. Perhaps the Ia.
borer had enough to satisfy the demand
II 50, he was safe as to him; bat tine land
lord end the merchant had CIaSped hands
ald the latter came in for his share. Both
expected demanded th1t the pound Il
hesh' De given, 10 the Utmost fraction; an
WOE BETIDE TIE UNFoETUNATE
II ne could not meet this expectation OF
dema1d. Whatever stock he ned had beeu
covered By 4 mortgage; the buildings which
he had erected 10 shelter lis WIFE and Iit,fs
ones were made ~ ium1yable IS the land
itself by the terms OF that IN ,rr-.1 even
the Eau eIo.G gOois wsr. up- sacred tn IL
The man VINO had worked 50 hard say aH
these disappear, and a., VIE aud cas.I.ca
thrust into the vuGd, without food Or she.
ter, unless he Jaw H. To gain enter Into d
bargain which would ron HIM "a, before.
Granville VINCENT,
one Of the r-!usa VINO was su Intelligent
mIddle-aS-d person, WAS found IN Que of IN.
cars. He was the only oae OF ali tine ptrtg
who seemed 10 have anyfhfuEto work with
except the III ans be>tDweI by nature IL
had "a mule, pow "a spung wagon, hoe
seeds, etc. He was EIIIIns, he said to 20 ANY
place to get 10 work IL believed Ia W ,
b tier tx than Euv he md seen h,tweer
this place and NicHsburS. A copy + Ons ii
the leases given was red t. him, and a.
bore witness to it, truth in general. some
were better thIn this; The IA jJrify wer.
worse. fore the Re, OIcrr lei. the ground
Mr.. Vincent showed another lease. for "a pur
ton Of "a cotton plantation, and in which
cotton was charged as rent. Tue same grin. =
Ing features were prominent. lie sad, ~.
regard TO leaving all the improvem -utS or
the land, that he had lett "A gouc
house, an orchard and garden, for which.
He got no return. The rent swallowed il all
He would have remained South, had b,
been siven the same privilege which he had
form 5Tly possessed. He lad sou TO 10 his
landlord and
F-ERED RIM a FAIR PRICE
in cash, bus could get no s4tlsf.ct ON, and the
lands had finally been leased % other parties.
He had 10 idea where he was going, but the
committee" at Wyando;te hal paid their
fares here. He DID not believe when he
Il ted hat Ia.
where he would let land and a home Tor
nothing, and there 1--WE without work.
MOSES WILSON
in the next car visited which contained
twelve persons, me from about twenty
miles above VIcks1uTg. he had Z othing bu.
ais axe 70 work with, out he WAS willing 10
do any work he uld fad lie had sod
three head Of cos, for $40 10 get to this com
Try. He lett tue South because there was
nothing tAeTa; II there was,
Il COULDN'T GIT IT.
would 20 TO- morrow morning at any WORK
could get, ana 20 would Tie last one OF tl-.'r
He had be a !aUJrrr, and was pa.
$ month for MS services, auH
given peek OF meal a..
iour pounds OF me & a week q board hi
va hA."f-A AA- -a.a.' NJ s.0.'A "Aft4 81
GONG - iiIl. q vii -JS-=.'r "TLsy srrf'
Us u nom Wyau 'oIfe-tHs C9.0rad comm.
'ee " Others in this ear sad they had star O.
with money, bat they had been upon f.-
-oa 20 long thai f. was al gone, every 90
vantage having been taken az Them WI
asked why they Igit tu. SpIt a cruelty 81
nllcsnt reply c me from .Ee.r Iius-
''IF We STAYED syUIu, VIZ WOULD DIE "
they had started Ia r aOE gov -ru IuzurIt..s.
Jle OF fns party SAD, "Ie~. sau: and q.
.hlef who started dat dr. lie orl 10 h..B q
rope round hi. u.cl-." ; me had been led ID,
believe by ''map,' that they could .et gov
srnment land frse Others Eueq- thatta.y
bad &, b. soldiers or csc pay for ths Ia. d |
They were not used to lay.c. around, and !
iidu Z IiEe1t. The general treatment m Pc
south was bad, aud they s-could not enjoy
heir Labor" There vs. no insurance in the |
aw lOr the co-o-et man
NO MORE THAN a HOG WITH ERoABCLOTH |
On HAD IN TIE MUD"
IL had got 80 in the South that no co.ored
nan was allowed 10 vote as he pleased.
Ia selling the crops, the landlord or lis
gent was always on hand 10 do the selling.
{ the renter VS. permitted to sell, Il was
when he had lots o. stock on which the land
ord had a moTtga-e.
sst.fied with his labors here, the reporter
al!ed al
The MKT CAR.
Here the same Statements were made One
nan hal RAISED eighteen bales Of cotton and
OF five cents out Of IL, aad ;hon "two OF tn
est mules in the country" and WAGON had
cen taken away rom HIM. TLey expected
D get on Gov rament lands, but expected to
sy for them out Of their sIrst crops. The