, 1880-06-06
THE, EXODUS.

Abstract Of the ScmtsAnnual Report OF
the Kansas Freedmcn,s Relief Assoc
citation.
TopEkA, Kas., May ae.-Thc second scml-an-
| nual report Of the Kansas Freednen's Relief
Association, whose headquarters are here, has
recently been submitted by the President the
Rev. J. E. Gilbert During the month just past
liberal contributions have been made to outfit
parties going to other places, many goods hav-
ing been sent by wagons to colonies In Wabaun-
see and Dunlap, and there have also been large
disbursements Of garden seeds and seed pota-
toes. The officers and helpers OF the association
here embrace body of twenty persons. In the
period between Oct. IS, 1870, and March 81, 1880,
fully LOCO suffering freedmen who have come
to this refuge from the South, have been cared
for, most Of whom we're In pitiable destitution
and distress. During this period the cash cou-
tributions to the Association have been $29,5 ,596.
Besides this, there have been large oousign-
mcnts of clothing and farming supplies Of sceis
and tools There, are ns yet no indications
OF an abatement OF the exodus from the
South The refugees are still arriving rs here
tofnre. At the same time there are increasing
calls upon the Association from Nebraska, Colo
ratlo, New Mexico, and California for large
numbers, with assurances Of good opportuni-
ereasnRy iarke Proportion don ef th tdss who m now
good reports aro received from those who have
already reached these destinations. Besides
this. the Association is considering the propriety
Of purchasing unoccupfed land in some locality
on which to establish new colony OF the ref,l-
gees, as necessity and wisdom may suggest. as
hitherto, therefore, tho cause still calls for
m9r%ey rpy aateria{s a.. and = T06S oS
come to this refuge since Oct. 10, 1879, has been
materially mitigated, thelr urgent needs have
been promptly supplied and themselves 80
helped to good Iocu lions, limited aid, and work
that with few exceptions they are already self
sustaining, and are ambttiousfy laboring to &C.
cure the title to a home or fnr1n. They havo
from & the beginning proved peacoabe 1noen
ing Independent Of charitable support.
The DuniaP settlement. which Is situated tst2 In
1a. VIA families @ who % have taken a'1 up land % IN
the kaw Reservation at $1.20 per acre,
purchasing 1t from the United States Govern
the balances IN six years at per cent interest.
The Association has been helping them some
what, but most Of the settlers are self-snpport-
erected in Dunlap. They have divine service
aud Sunday-school every Sabbath. The Wa
haunsee colony is about fifty miles southwest Of
Council Grove. There are thtrty-one families
in this colony, having in all $50 acres of land,
While thirty families have forty acres each, one
OF those families has eighty acres
About half Of tho refugees who arrive hero
are qunrtcred In the barEncks, located just OUT
side tho city limits. Or tho others some are
rent rooms in the city. The Association has,
for tho last six months. entertained Mt tho bar
racks IN average of 10 families per month
Often, even in tho cold weather, 150 refugees
have arrived in q single day.
The warehouse and dtstrlhuttng-room Of the
Association in North Topeka wns opened Dec.
81. 1s7a, and from that time up to March u,
1880, there have been received into it 1,3S0 pack
ages, Some idea may be formed of the amount
Of labor performed in this department from
the fnct that between the 1st Of Dcconl-
her last md the 3lst of March, 1880, Mt least
13,tD0 men, women, and children have been sup
piled with clothing by the Association, on tho
$500 tickets distributed by the Citizens Visiting
cd blunlzets, oyercoats, and shoes to several
hundred Of the refugees sent out to homes in
% vnrlo9s i. localities. VI ne l,.so Rackngcs re.
Topekn, 10 were sent to Parsons, to Fort Scott,
10 TO Chctopa 81 to Columbus, to Oswcgo, 50 to
to Empora, tn 1eavenworth, to Hodgc1nan
County. 20 to Kansas City, 2 to Milford and 2 to
Louisville, leaving $40 packages in the ware
house April /.