Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
DeSOIatiOn.

Dlspatches received in St. Louis, dated ai Arkansas City, describes the scenes of desola,ion m the flooded region as fol- lows:
 There is scarcely anything but water 10 be seen, and what few spots as yet leit are covered with d-ad or starving cattle and hogs. or families who have not been able to secure better positions. These L.,te- are generally IF a destitute cOndi- ton. many oi them without food. All oi them vlIlhaye 70 be fed by the Govern ment. A number of refugees are al Friar's Point. The whole country back of that point IS submerged, and many Of the inhabitants are still living ln the up- per stories or un the roofs oftheir houses, many not being able 10 get away, and many of them are suffering for the want
 of food. Five oolOTed men and SIX chll- dren had been drowed at different places around Frars point. In the neighbOr- hood of Dublin five hundred families are in a state of destitution, and many of them suffering for food No Govern merN aid has yet reached them, but representative from them IS now enToute to Memphis, to sec the State CommlS- sion and procure ratiOns. Several per sons nave been drowned in the vicinity of Dublin. while either attempting tO oo- tain supplies or 10 save stock. The levee above riaT's Point, winch IS still above water, Is dotted with families who have been driven from their homes by floods. All of them are without shelter and with out food. Between seven and eight thousand people are needing assistance n Cahoama county and will have 60 be fed until the waters subsioe. Some Govern ment raiions have been distributed bat the supply did not last long. More food supplies are expected to be sent by the Government Many of the houses at Terrene have tumbled down and others are going. At Napoleon, just below the mouth of the Arkansas River, but one house is left Bolivar aud Chico are as badly of as Napoleon; and the loss of life and suffering for miles around must have been terrible At Arkansas City the water has fallen nearly two feet. The streets are stlll submerged, and the people only get around in skiffs. Lieu tenant Satterlee was found at this place. He mas just completed a tour of Obser- vation through a number of counties, the whole trip having been made by skiffs. He states he found 3OW persons actually destitute and Tn need of sup plies, and so telegraphs the Secretary of War tonight. All the people here have lost their stock with but few exceptions. Those that have been saved by the great est exertions are gIant and famine stricken, and he thinks they will be of very little account. He thinks supplies will have to be kept up by the Govern ment until the fifteenth of April and possibly later, owing 70 the fact that nc crops can be put ID, and m the mean time the people must be fed. At Cypress Greek, Gaitand Landing and ..Ec1 Bayou there is great suffering. The Arkansas River has OverflOwed its banks for distance of D miles, but the destitu ton around there is not so great, the planters evincing a disposition to aid the poorer people. On the Old River in this county, there are how two gin houses containing l75 colored people who are on the verge of starvation.