Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-03-09

A WASTE OF WATERS.

A WASTE OF WATERS.
"Trip from Evansville. Ind. to shawnee
town, ,Ill.-Ravages ofthe Floods between
Those Two Localities-Scenes Of Desola-
/ tiOn and Destruction.
Especial to Chicago Tribunel
EVANSVILLE, ln1., March I.
Your correspondent arrived in Evansville
yesterday morning. and embarked on the
steamboat Queen City at noon for the stricken
village OF Shawneetown. which Is some
seventy miles below here ON the Ohio River.
The river at Evansville had not risen high
enough to damage amy property, though the
| back-water In the sewers had flooded 9 mum
| Der of Easements. 1he wat,r ~ falien sone
seven or eiGnt feet since the qE1reme high
F! water mark vas reached, and mo- egeryth'ny
| is high AM dry here, much to the safisfas tio1'
I 0f the citixcus. The Queen CITY had run ies@
| o1n&X - &1t1ug river when tho pano-
| rama of desolation and waste began to unfold
] itself on either side of the river. No oneNh, ,
! is unacluainted with these overfows can To-
gin to realize what the water has done in the
! way of cans sing damage to property and suffer
4 ing among the people. The sight as seen from
the boat for distance of seventy miles was
| awful. at times neither bank being in sight,
and ony the tree-tops and houss-t1ps being
'r;s;ble above m, surface of the water. The
we,tber was beautiful and the br ght sun
appoa,cd TO be mockinr at the ruin il "a 81
upon.
The pilot of the Queen City said he had tnv-
eled on the river for twelty years, and had
never witnessed such a sight before. and
other old river men aboard echoed the stare-
ment.
A few mil 40 below Fvansyille several houses
AMI hams were discovered floating doxu
s,ro,m VIII, tha crrrent 44...1
An s,one- ,te ,5vor : !, - <<re .oyn-~-,,~
fl, y, ,ha so,, win, COR, oo,,d r.. saa,, h.l1
under watar a,thou ~ hujlt IN stt,ts n nro.
tact them f,om the usasl erpectef over.
flows. hnt This present one was m ucb too b'yb
sor them
saver.r ,,,,es tho r,,ot -. o,,l;gad IN .lo,,
aown ana take h,s bear,ngs even an The br, ybf
NM - a. ~ ne saa,as - r,, mr., h'dn,
house hant or clumn Of tr,cs Ini'ana on
he r'ght and Kentucky on m, Ieft could
scsrcaiv ,,a disti,, y,,ished st times and n
looked as though the boat was running uppn an
o,,an 500 Tr,s s,sto,na.t ,,,.ht anne.r IN
crs'l,h,s "n % n,, u - s,,,s nexarshe,es. [ $50 occs
siora,,v . high and hi,,v barl would 10 IN
cour,erei unon which tse houseboIders were
so n from M Hood. but the b,nks were pen-
er.,,v ~ /, ho,,om ian n what hil,s we're N
he ses, ,~.,s ,,s,,a,lv m the KontucLv shore
A. ono nat ~, ,he Ind;ans sso-e no ,o.s
rassed y,tht, ,stv foot ~ ! ho,se half undc,
rssor .,,.,.,.,,,asd ,,,' -s,,.rr ..r.sss
Tws,vs miles holo,y rvansvi,,a Henderson
~ ~. ~ tho wea,th,.st so,,socr~sh,nnir.
,.,rss n',ha state ,ras rasssd n IL s,,,,s,aS
an a h,gn r,ateau and las nor been indicated
nv fhc tioci ira Indiana hank opnositc Il III
,,,dsr ,vasa,
s Tna = ,os ..,a .o had ,,ossoa w. u,s,v
,rd a,,I shs aos, r,,.,ian sher, hsa 10 :, ,.r,
large The water there had REQ de,l and M,
clf',ens were irving to wesh their houses ~ with
hosc but ~. watrr had fro,cp nj, fan. ma
.vorvth,ps, ,~as coa,.a Win ico m. ras,,osd
,racr was I, . fr,gntf,,, cond,,,or h.;ng form
mn ana wrcnchci ont 81 shan. Nv tbe action !,
the waves. There WINS n gr,at dea' Of surer
inc. roo. h, said. at Iawrcnceburg. XIV. whics |
bc had t,,ef ,,asset, MOI expcctIrv such |
sori.-. <.a ~. ris;x-,s h.d no., l..s.a 4, -
ucyr ~, AZ houaahold goods to pIaoes OF s,fo. |
~ erd sA.,,, - Z n s,o,,c a. ,hc ,o,v,
.rovs ,-.t.~ Thev h.d ,e..e,,,ed s'our .rd
nr,,sisf ~. frcm 67,.,.,.ti h,t cou,d ,os cool |
them. -
0cc.s,ousliv on the river tho tops of fence,
could he scen neenIn~ out os Inc water. bu, |
mo wss,,r hrf csrr;ed awav n, a,lv every
fence. I(,re nne hooking fsrm-ho,,se ou,. |
baild,n,s w;ndm,,, and ,orr.s'rihs wer. seem
WI tne "ht'r nau driven every ono away. an
they wcrc utter dercrtva 1usconic piscss /
waving TONS a. o,o ~. inter- In so,r, ~ ~ I
desc,rcd housos fhe d,,o,s n,S h..,, h~,rrri
on.r ana shr ,s,dovrs yor,', 7, =, nv ~, s~c,,s
from passnr steamers and t,,s h,ch vinSs
thsf have prcvsiI a rcc epsIv. and ire wase,J
s~,,,d 4. .ar. s,,rr ~. ,,s,ns I. sne ns,,s 49,,
co"i" U, seen surg nk "pout IN inc nain am
parlors.
For the distances OF half Z mile ON the M
diana shorc nothIus could no secu buf = acarr-
- .,,-,s~, -.-.s..s, ~ : a,s - ~ a..
~.e- - -so = e'"onty ~ '''' - S''n ="
nrms mapped ncTceiy on tine prcexe. as II ce'
flying the eleUents. Once In awhile men could
he seen milling about the dcser.ed ho,,scs IN
sLscs .-.,-.,.,., s~s,Ls..- ss..- --~...-s-. 49, -
P'"s~s"s "oAiiss ".sc' prop0"y sncy
had been Obliged to abandon In ncefng from
the food Then again houses could be heeu
upcnded by the water. and everything IN then,
rorsorod vo-th,a.. .,,a ,..<s.s-s,s. ~,
'o..o'o" ~"'n''ss .'e i".eo'es W
chsionaiiy submerged cnurcnce ana scnoos
houses could bo seen along ne river front,
with doors br,ken an m and windows b.fts-.6
A.. sh.x "a ..sa~.-,l.. -. 80 --rx--~S X-
~ s'st NJ 0ss"e"ay w" t"c cr"scr " NC
little yillago that lad been washci away. |,
Right near one OF these was the top OF
At one place numbrrof men were cnrared
in aavfnxv tha drv rnrx, lv ln.dinv a ~, . t.s