Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-04-18
THE FLOODED DISTRICT.
Matters nt and About Eik Paint and Ver-
million.
Sioux City journal, 9TH.

million.
Sioux City journal 9TH.
A party OF travelling men came in from
Elk Point last night They had left til
town on the previous day, comedy
to Portlunuville, thence by team to
Mars, and then by train to this city. The
party consisted Of ALB. Daggett, ,St. Paul:
L. w. MADEIRA, II. Y. Baxter, g. w. Nor.
rison aud Sam Carpenter OF Chlcugo: A.
w. Daughcrty and Il. M. Erwin Of Du.
buquc. These gentlemen bring an nc
count OF the suffering in the inundated
and frozen district about Elk Point that
is most hcartrending. The. Elk Point
people are doing nobly, they report.
Mayor Sheafe, Judge BlairC. W. i'eggs,
brother OF our townsman DR.. Beggs Hon.
Alex. Hughes and Station Agent Smith
particularly distinguished themselves in
their efforts to bring in the settlers from
the country. Tho suffering III the conn-
try is simply terrible. In some places
where there is but one story in the house
the family have had to live Ior days on
beds and tables to keep out of the water
In few cases it was necessary for them
TO get on to the roofs of their buildings
to escape drowning. One house was re-
ported west of jefferson where two aged
women had been imprisoned for DAYS
without anything to eat. All effort had
t'1nl pGI ho"onso of tha thinl, w., '"t ~
i"at cnmn in tbc doy thnw lnf+ hr;,,,;,. Gne
D'. tLnr and hnr n;;n .n;,iI ,i,;i,in.S ,s ~
nr"at m, Int three mnmt%s oid m,1 W.; ne
tia I0nr nt th,s honsr Ind l,e,,, ,,,o"oi; ai:.
.o n,nr,,;no before thn ,.l,;Irnn a.o" ,'.', ~
INV nn adv hoL taken nnI ,hn;r ,lotI;P IotI up
, ~" tI";, ali c,ma into Eli. pn;,,t o.,Iins,
, ther . Shoes m nr sto.,nns AMI p' m ,llt, Iitnont
onnont the;r n;srLt Irnssss and .uoI' uJ.'it ~
art;clcs ,,s conlI bc hustilv n;ckol ~" Wv
;Thn ,y,tnr Hint bnI snlashnrl r' ;Mte w. ~
i,nnt ,yna frozen md tho .h;lIran ,o o.,..' .ie
nI,liel throngll that thev r.n,ld nnth,Ia
the food in their hands ns if WINS Given t'
tham INT none of thcm r,ieI A t,a,n " w.
,,nrs., w;,;rh Ind heen t,nl in ~, ,.n 1.,' "i
rr;h to keep them above tie woter ,oar.
fund wifi the water ubont tha,, ia
ol" go, oI,"nt thn,n tht . tl'n, ,io ",'.ei
." s.n 1rhesn ;nc;Iants nav sa:,a aVaiu ~ no.
.''n fn,nt sc;nt;ila of nm ;dn: ns +ho w. ,IS,a S,c
"f tha s;tnntion in tho tjnoI.l nnd frl,,n,' "1
conntrv r , " TINT WINS Week a"a "u tLe 'iUnel "nat
th;',lv sattIaI and nrosnaro,. ''to fa.l,' MS.
,,1.s,, .n.y =, naLotn rhns, o.D"s ;i"ihiiiS
,,ora connatamt I" snank of tho lo'3;t;on ,tio.i
t,,n nrnntr, fnr ,i'o,, " ,'..l wy eouoi.ioii
~ 4hor, ~ ,orsnnaiIv oss;s,oa ,': .n ,', Hoe ~ oi
hnnt. nvar and ih.,m,h tl,o " trdpn,a.'e pann .ne
~, co The only l5ia lnet 'Iu'e.Dus .h", th!
hanrd @ of was strannar yha u'' ,,.n ..,". 'neS
ai naor Mnvn,rI,S ~ nm ,;,, IL, "t'' 'o% ','.i
,rost of EIx Po;nt W,vnarI s,,. 10 t;,s
"onr h;s house strnro;na =, ntI ~ ';m Liii l
tar ,,o't. fnr nv hunr h6t n.s :" ni .iJ ne anu
s;St INN His hniv st;I, Law in th. W. 'ota .s.
,rhon NJ R,xtor ,vh,. ,.;,a tla ;to,' "'a.ei '.ea
", M,wnorJ,s Ho lsor;la s .ao L i,eiiii ,M, ''s
Will ora;n sao' slnnm nv.r ,,s ',,'",,a In'
p."I,aIf,, s.m,s'a o ~, n.s s.'o1iuet' '
trny, tnwn Wa.t IS ~ E, i''' py WY noliit Mi'
Rinhordson,s ,n"s thnrn "'ut i;t+Ia 4. ~, ~,
1ronnI Th;s AMI ;, st,;, ",,n,,t i,vvt t,'.as va
n;Ias Iono .t nl p,;nt IL tha ", nnlr rii.v = .,,
.,rnnni 90 thn hoitom hat rna, u wy W.; u;S
Gnn and McGnol1 l,roo .".en n,,,,nr ., .ilif ~
III" rescuel @ % neonie from % t%e cnnt"H nmost pa %
vt HI Point whnro thav are corad rnr Nv w,
tho n;t;zsns T,vn t,a;n ''ie io,I. g. ~ ~ .D Ds
rafnoaas Inv. hsen sa"t anti T.. % pnrt,anayiiia ILL.
r. ;s eviJent flat heln and lnts of #
vii, be needed hv these homeless nsnnie
II NJ Smith Huttor and n1n danlor ~,
this civ FetmrneI last evenino from his
farm near VermilIion, He left' the h,ntl m
hack Of that town on sunday, Mr.
Smith e,vs that tba tnwn In. NOT hoo,
20 haIlv wreclnd ne has beem renortn nI
The danot storcs hoteIs and nnprlv nj
tho residences viii stand The D,kot,
Ranuhl;ran office is WRECKED and fonte,
off The ST. Nicholas hotel las hcc,
moved from it's foundation, The Oar
Jansan honse and fire, others with nnm
aro,s born. md other nnthn;l'];nos L,y
hoom H"ntnd mtF Thn water van SO stron,
thrnnnh the main street thot # was i'm
nossihIe to row n bont. Several of tn
business men nearly lost tbrir lives i
trv;ng to save gools from their Stores
INIT had To o;ve mn the iob. lee
Prent;s saved about half their goods bc
fore lie rise Grew too hiph Reeves !,
King and ]. &. Grange about the same
1mpae saved noth;nr nor aid any Of III
hnrIwnre or irl1 dealers oct on
INV roods The county record
we're Saved by swinging the boat i
Which thav were iooIrd, down Will,
rome to The bluff below. The boarder
staveI at the Chandler house. rowing
boat to the stairs. unt1, the last mornin
thev Ind to climb ont over the norrl
there heing foo much water down stairs
Get to the boat. From the bluff bacl, {
Verm,llion flags of distress could i
g