Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-27
STARVED BY HUNDREDS.
DESPERATE ESQUIMAEX AT
TACK A STORE sHOUSEs2

Four of the Unfortunate Men Badly
wounded by Mugrord Settlers, Who
Had TO Have the stores to Keep Thefrh
Own Families AIiVe-lOO Reported ia
Have Died at Astoria.
So. JOHN, N. F., July 26.-Furthe1
particulars of the distress among the
fishermen OF Labrador have been receiveds
Seventy Esquimaux who demanded food
from the stores at Mugford, which could
not be given them, owing to the needs Of
the inhabitants ana the small SUPPLY
made rush for the harbor store house
where flour and fish were stored. The men
OF the small settlement gathered to defend
their only hope of existence, and q des@
perate light ensued, in whicn four of tho
maraudng EsquimauX were nearly killed
and two OF the stOrehOuse defenders were
seriously injured. The Esquimaux find.
ing that they could not obtain the food by
force retreated and sent in several of theiI
number to ask for p small quantity Of
food, which they said was absolutely ne,
cessary to the continued existence OF
their wives and children. Two hundred
pounds of flour and about fifty pounds OF
frozen cod were given them.
100 REPORTED DEAD AT ASTORIA.
1t was reported that in Astoria alone
tai Of 300 persons, over 100 had died.
mostly women and children.
In Main the catch OF fish has not been
sufficient to afford food to the inhab1
itants. The season. which opened on
May /, was very backward, and had ID
not been for the seal industry, which was
tolerably good, not a soul would be living.
Along Hamilton inlet many have died.
la Webuck and Indian haFbors fish is
tho only food besides a small quantity of
corn meal. They have had no vegetables
since March l, and the people are almost
without clothing.
HOPEDALE DESERTED.
At Hopedale not over % families re1
main out OF the entire former population!
Many have gone east, along the coast,
in the hope of getting into better supplied
settlements, while 80 persons, of which 40
were squaws and 30 children, died from
starvation in June alone. There werd
eeme deaths in April aud May, but these
were principally from exposure to cold.
The Okkah Indians are suffering
greatly, but there were not as many
deaths among them as was at first res
ported, only twelve persons having died
this spring out of 1875 who made up thel
tribe. The whole settlement Is, however,
on the verge of starvation.
OTHER SCENES OF DESTRUCTION.
Inc places spoken Oh 40 not lucluue ina
whole district where there is to be found
destitution and death. In the country
lying back from OkKah, HopedAle, Main
and Cape Mugtord there are large num-
Der of families, most OF them Indians or
EsquimauX, among whom the suffering Isl
really greater than it is in the more
thlckly populated settlements. TheI
deaths here nom starvation cannot be es-l
timated, but 1t is thought, judging fromi
ha ~ uh uh in hot
the number Is very large.
In New Foundland, along the north
coast, there is great destitutiOn. Froml
Cape Bauld to Hearts Content hundre ds
are in dying condition. In White Bay
alone AZ persona died last month, and no
one knows how many since. Not less
than 1000 persons must have perisbed
but exact figures can never be knownJ
owing to the isolated region In which the
suffering exists.