, 1881-04-18
the FLOODED LAND.
Graphic and Interesting Ac-
count Of the Late Terri
bic Inundation.
Flouris1ling Farmers SEQ Their
Land Laid Waste by Sui
lon Storms.
Wretchedness and Poverty Fol-
low Fast on Happiness.
and Plenty.
Fleeing Humanity Taking Refuge
from Death on Natures
Battlc1nents.
The Loss Of Life Not So Great
as First Accounts Would
Indicate.
The Destruction of River Craft
Will Mount into the
Millions.
Railroad Property, IN Some Instances
Almost Entirely Swept front The
EARTH.
A Succession Of Unbrokan Gorges Of an
Aggregate Length Of Hundred,
If,1nn
Tie Loss Of Life Not So Great
as First Accounts Would
Indicate.
The Destruction of River Craft
Will Mount into the
Millions,
Railroad Property In Some Instances
Almost Entirely Swept front The
EARTH.
A Succession Of Unbroken Gorges Of. an
Aggregate Length Of Hundred
Miles,

Miles,
Special DtIpateh to The Chicago Tribune.
Sioux ClTr, H., April 17.-The inhabitants OF
this city have more than usual causo for Easter
thnnkfulncss, for tho Hoods thnt nboyr anu be-
low them l,ava brought destruction to so many
homes have passed comparatively !nnocneuH
hero, md, snvp tho partial demolition Of d worry
few old antl llttto vuiucd houses III tho lower
stratum Of the tnwn. tho carrying nwny Of sn-
dry plies aud timber casy to replgce, md the
t!ooltug ot suntlry ce!lhrn, with the consequent
destruction Of goods stored thoro!n, there has
boon nothing over which to make lanl-
entatlon.s Coyington, tho town acEoss tho
river, suffered moro, but all traces of
the ovcrl1owIug other than the sen Ut muddy
residuum Aro nearly removed, III not quito furRnt
ton. or suffering tharo bus not been as much az
Ia many towns In Wisconsin and Minnesota dur
Ing the storms and :
o SHOWS OF T1rIs MEMORABLE WINTER.
Come commodities, such rs kerosene anu prod
uots necessary but not Indigenous, aro hEyhor
thnn Is wont. but the adyauep Is due wholly to
railroad blockade. mud tho river is not answer
nb9c. III faot, nftor carofu,iy cleaning MI the
Information possible from those IN tho best posI.
tton to be accurately Informed, | mn convinced
That tho aggregate dnnlago dono and suffering
ncorufng has bnen exaggerated both In lcgree
md qnullty,; Tho havoc hns been had enough
ln all conscIonco, aud tho sympathy and MD
askel fpriis vol deserved aud shuull bo spced-
lily besEhw9d: but ttiorB bus mot been who!c-
sale loss ot life, nor IL th0rr dHnger Gf hundreds
starving or dying fsom lau11 Ut shelter. Tho
inundated farms Rro most Of thO.n therc still,
Notwithstanding the changes Ut channel. md in
tine will hcar nRnIn Hustcuu,,co In plenty. Do
not imagine l am botttt,ing tho calutnity.
Thoro aEe thousands much Of whose prop
orty has been utterly destroyed or bally
du1nagcd, and their outlook ia q gloomy ono;
for; eyon with most favorable weather., 1t will
tnko wooks for the hugo drifts Of leo deposited
on theIr farms or In their streets to mott and
leave thom in ante.tlootl atatus.
Tho scene OF the drcst damage ia known as
Dakota bottom.-R garden spot for farmers.
rGachtng from tho mouth ut tho Big kiOux ltfyur
for sixty mi1os northwestwartl, aud varying III
width frotl four to twenty mtics or moro. This
is tho longest known and earliest settled part Ut
Dakota, and, frum 90
THE nlcItNEss OF rllE soIr. :.
and general fnyosNbie agricultural conditions,
has been regarded as specially favored locale,
md ns such much sought nftcr. There wero
living thore before tho break. up fully 5000 peo-
ple,-some colnputors say 10. 0.-and the COM
u1unity was In no wny that Of frontier, but
statd solid, attached to hume, with for tho most
part plenty Of lncuns, nnti US sure of good crops
Us tlut the sun would rise. OF this population
fully one-fonrth, or 1000, wcro actual
rtparisu settlers. and lived IN or very nour
Tho slisspuri's bunks,-tho towns auJ
smaller settlements being of course built unon
tho stroa,n or within it's swotton roach. It IA
thoso soO0 who hnye felt tho fulI furv nf thf
,Iools, WHO find themselves practically dpatttutn.
and who hoyo suffered and stIll aro su,for,nu in
way to challenge
srEEnY AID AND COMFORT.
Tho rivor from Sioux City to Yankton runs
oonssn saIle,xs - san'a .o,,..n", .,isaa., ~
,.,,,on,,r ava rn,ra,.,n, ~, s.,n,'
,,a,nnot,ra tn ,,.,,n" ~ n. ,,'oI, 'saI .''.,
shnw th", .vttht, atrs" mia: =, ,os..s,, w. ~
hin s,omr I'm rtruic. tbn vnrmI,,,nr nm ,.,o
Iu,oa ~ nor, ,yow n,. s,,a ntrsso,,n r.,,s, .,
,,n,,or nr mor,hanstcr1v ala. Tnnh' ~ ,ho.o @
.trcoms orocpt tI,e In mas. IA 1ns
eIun,ncn,,t. nrlcaa awn,lcn Nv thn nooaa. 1,rt
,yhon thus hfvhfcrnh, cnch ia n ro1lrn tor-ont
fn,I thrm,uh hunttrcds nr nflca ar 1on1tt t,,
,hnusonds az cnoi,ca mvtnas orecrs ~,
l,roo,ta tia ouvrcr.tn o,,oto ho,nv onnrn,ous IN
yn,1mo and rnoroirss n ca,r,c.svc nn,yor "'
Tha 1nmea' which tnkor i,s rfsc IN yor-ov
NortIarn Dokota In nat bch,n,fhand In aI..
ustrr,,a ,,n5nInv NM, chonwoa r., a r".y h,a,s,
Tsou s,u'a,s nr. sor vussts ~ ~ ~" noas'
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c.i,aa ,hnr" .ro n',,arns 'avos a.,o u.o
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t,rn ~ ~ ah1"s . so pasU ana:t.' ~ u.s
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