, 1881-05-09
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
than Is consequent Upon the breaking up Of
the river after every winter at llsuAf severity.
LII fnliy places, on higher ground, saw
FA1LAtEtLs SEEDING TIE 1fsOitXp.

l1as not been heavier tlEan usaal, Willie the
chunncl Of tho river remains ns It was, saye
tile slight det0urs and cuts, which ara
ses hts re si?! fas e,% r. % ags Hs'ss pesaa q,
tllo grass IS IalrcatIy Uniting Tic erounI WITH
green, and willow and cottonwood will III n
few tlays be IN tho full glory Of their yernn!
tho ot sun Is rapitliy warming the soil Into
vfgor. Two months from now the damages
done ly tho foods ft tho country On, the cast
s!ds Of ths Stis;Sqsi, ; Z, from sps!aatisl4 no1th
ss s'efbes bes wifi faSi aesSites 5rsxis Sety & = ts
sufferers tending toward ps!Hperlsn!',. On the
nx e &c a sn ~ sate q ars Yasy y bs
said TO exist. On our arrival at Fort, Randall
W. found q repetition Of woFnl tnlcs rife.
White Earth settlement, opposft. did not
suffer very heavily, and
TuosE WHO NEEDED FOOD WE'RE 1aIMEp1-
ATEf.r SUPPLIED
from the fort, as were tile sufferers on Peace
Island. little way up the river, Tho Poncn,
= somewhat considerable stream flowing into
tsS snda i'o s o'o seeSs sstse ssppoasG %'Ss SsST
.s..,dg Snd gonc out ,o.a quietly with slight
specially, though ias u is a large stream
draining many hundred sQltR:e miles OF ter
rltory, the aggregate Of datl1nga done was far
from slight. rho tales OF dire want on the
keyapaca Sioux. Or, Turtle Hill, enptying
tnt0 the Nf06rarA fully sixty miles from the
mouth, tho course Of the conllleflt being.
Itte. nortl1 of east. keyapacH' e Town, At the
the country from Fort Randall about thirty
6y col. Andrews, Colonel Of the Twonty-ilfth
for n'ors tim s,ooS pesopic Fu|l rations 70
tho above amount III everything except
sugar hive been sent to Koyapaca for ten
ttays untler: cl!arge Of Capt. Qutmby, Of the
Twenty.ltftt Infantry. and II Is estimated
that fully NJ 0reat a number OF
lsArIoNs Will. he NEEDED FOR sIxTT DArs,
and, Us lie drain on tho resources Of the post
has been very =, considerable, 9tldlt[on-
sappies ira'u W fa enot, lawn 70 oe rver
ano e2rf % e,ce LII 1ssnd e2 Go Andrews 81 1Ray sss
| 500 rations. Tic difficulties III reaching the
| sufferers on the keyapaca cnn scarcely bo
gxagEerqtcd as tie Thoe eoGntry intsrys ter; 81
| wagons sunk to their hubs In claycy mud.
| Their condition was not CONSEQUENT on Hoods.
though they Of course adled evils. The u1i-
sultant loss of stock and utter isolation from
basis 0f supply, llnt far more to do
With the 1anlontable state Of L. a'lairs nItt'
tlan swollen sreas or gorSnS Ice; The ne
their seeds, even tho sorghum seed not es:
Gaping, 1le fuw accounts wl,tcl, reached
lsn,,tlail represent condition OF absolute
CLOSE 4.ppnox1,1Ar1oS TO STARVATION
lows who reached the supply trnlls nfter q
bitter struggle through the swollen streams
and teep st9w sllatclled the portions ALLOTTED tl
tsn ss1reey tarFyns to ta9 e p,tyng ~ s
waiting for tho long-crayel supplies
Ty to- ,va4a ~ a., fsEon sch fe5s'iy
faiao ''a secned % "a lar sro reneysd III d from any
eastern valley orplateau. There are t'iose
who say the estinlate'of Numbers Is too high,
Tint there aru not 50 luatly settlers IN Key:
They ITs % nay Ge rtglit thoHgit tfo Untted Suites
officers, being tlIslnterested md officially
trainGd to accnraey aTe apt e as co1e i9g,. yery
mental Information. GranttnE Tint tho
number Is too great, the degree ot
suffering no one disputes, nor r. tlie
Dnyne, Ii,'iing that bacon and ether staple, j [,
supplies were running short IN the Randall
Conm!ssary Department.. advised sending 2
courier tn the nearest telegraph. Office with
information rs 10 the stnte OF NttalrS and 4
rptluisltlun for
SEEnEp ARTICLES or Foon.
Ills recommendation will doubtless be
adapted ard speestiy attcnded to, aud the
wants nt the sufferers secured. Is lar n3
eArll from llecessafHl nMpoL1eGt aatn .'1ls ptu
cnrctl. Tue heyapach sufferers M W iioL nesu
as n'elI ald from me Nat'qn IT. !aFee ?cias ~
tiotf leilows m allssnarl pottoiaS. ~ ~
tlooas dafnaRea properly Soile, o. eouIse, ,
Mtt not 70 tne Gxent sa.s, sass
where elidurcG, nnu W!th the return
Ct slrnE en- o so alsaRpgaeance e. ~ 9a
the IoangsH!nhhes s! sow 81 1o m n Gah ee
soil; lsut, rs stated, they iaye eaten M tne q
seeds ~ THEIR nxtFe'9lty, ana t,lls snonta @ O.
9,cs M oe ,eS ~ ,.nt he emlus o1,ss in ,aan,
instances. All cnrl', wheat oats, ana VeEe
tnbl9 seeas 1or speGdiy plamnstnR ,ant Mrt
needed by these people. One le9t
ire ct the Hoods between ,St, ..l'n,,s lens
ton nnd Vernllll0il must prove setio1s
nlu aat T. a H., -" o ov,"rn,y ona
~ mi,!I tha 1T am beats ioxn viii. tGi
power eial e idt teit " H. aegomS stn s Yro ~ ~ r..
9nnvam fnnuaands of ,rownr.I cotfie' liogs. allt
Snrs"s ,sSIt i,c ~ nvernnwsrlnr "a K, rnniu