Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-24
MAJOR KINNEY SAID.


for Gospil Truth.
The following is Nebraska City
special to the Chicago Tribune under
date OF January 80. 1t is needless to say
to our readers that it is devoid of truth
Judge j. F. Kinney. agent Of the
Yankton Sioux Indian agency,in Dakota.
arrived here to-day after being nine days
on the road. Five days were necessary
for the party to travel thirty miles. The
thermometer during the five days was at
40 degrees below zero most of the time.
The Judge says the loss of life in Dako-
to has been greatly undereatirnated, as
the Dakota papers have tried to cover il
up. He describes the scene which took
place on board the cars. The coal was
| running low. nhe passengers wera
Crowded into ohe car trying TO keep
warm. Two babies perished. The men
discarded all the outer garments they
could spare and gave them to the ladies
and children. Finding these rot enough
they brought mai!sacks from the postal.
car and wrapped the children up in them.
While at one station in Bon Hommo
county, the Judge says, nineteen frozen
bodies were brought into the depot
IN one dey. In Bon Homme County the
list Of dead viii reach. fully 100,
The estimates as made at YanKton yes-
terday of the loss throughout the ter
ritory figure up oyer 1000 lives lost,
The counties where tho loss OF life was
the largest are: Bon Homme, 100,
hutchinson, IA; Lincoln, 13; Beadie, 25:
Splnk, IL; Hand, 10: Ward, Is. The
northern apd central parts OF the ter
ritoty have not been heard from fully.
Mr.. hiHney named number OF curious
incidents relative to the wanderinRs of
those who went out in the storm. Mrs.
browning OF Turner county went from
hes house to the stable, distance OF 100
isst, and her body was recovered Sun
DAY seven miles from home. Charles
Doilinger,a farmer OF Turner county,
perished seven feet from his house. a
woman, name unknewn, of the same
county, went out. TO care for her chick
ems and was found two miles from her
house. Roads from the agency to Yank.
ton are lined With dead cattle, many
farmers, losing all they had. One man
iost over lOO. The loss OF stock cannot
be estimated. 2. L Clark and wife
OF Yankton county were driving
towards Ysukton when the blizzard
StAeoh thCIas - Il hc AOebtB TelugG0 TO
proceed and were turned loose, Mr..
CLARK took strap and fastened one end
to MRS. CLARK and the other end to HIM
self and turning their backs to the wind
wandered at random. They came 10
hsy stack, into which they bnrrowed and
remained all night, In the morning Mr..
Clark erawled out and proceeded 10
house. he was obliged to crawl on hands
and Rnaaa hfa Ntnkhag
stiff. He reached the house and pro.
cused assistance to go after Mrs. Ciark.
She was dead when found. William
Reiswag and hired man, living near
Tripp, were found frozen to death with
in q few feet of the stable to which they
had gone to care for stock. Joshua Tay-
lor and two sons, near Scotland started
| to water their stock before the storm
came up. Their bodies have not vet
been found, Judge Kinney received word
from the agency to-day, and he says
while large number Of Indians weye
out hunting and hauling wood none are
missing, Judge Kinney was accom-
panied all through the scenes OF enffer.
ing by his wife. Both were slirhtly
frozen abont the hands and feet.
DENIED FROM MIENEAPonIs 't
Minneapolis, jan. 2l-In regard Ia
the Nebraska City, Neb., special, onot,no
Indian Agent Kinney, to the effect that
the loss of life in Dakota by the blizzard
l.had been greatly under estimated. and
the total loss will figure up to O thouo-
and. ]. 3. McClain, editor of the Jour
nal. says that the statement is an eyiden,
absurdity. Failure reports are rather
likely TO decrease than increase the list
Over week has now passed since the
blizzard broke and the Journal has had
complete returns from its CORDS Of cor.
respondents in every important point il
the territory. 1t simply Impossible that
newe has been suppressed, for the Jou,.
naPs reports have been verified entirel,
by those OF the morning papers. How
man who oonfesBes to have been snowei
up for the past nine dayh can estimate th,
loss OF life with more accuracy than
newspaper in constant telegraphic com.
munication with whole territory is in
comprehensible.
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