Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-26
Hundreds Homeless.
The Scene of the Floods Along
the Mississippi One of Ruin
and Desolation.
In Places Cattle Have Been
Standing in Water Four Days.
Starving to Death.
The Mississippi Overflow.

rtranef Dacotan reached Bayou sara
landing last evening. She has made
the trip to PoiDte Coupe and hrs
come back to BAYOU Sara. Her srri
val wss a godsend to the people
whose lives were In jeopardy, for she
has not only already saved an incalru-
liable amount of property, but goodly
number If lives. The real condition
of things in the oveiflowed district il
but just coming to light. No pen IL
equal to the tack 'f picturing the de-
vaststioE Of the country or desolation
Of the people. The entire front Of
PoiDte Coupee is under water. Most
of the levees have gone, and the water
back Of the leve.s Is 80 deep that hun
dreds of lives are i'm danger. Small
stretches Of the leyee still standing are
crowded with men, women and child.
rem, side by side with horses, mules
and cows. In an old raised Gin house,
500 negroes were found huddl.d to-
getber. The condition of the unfor-
tunate blacks was piiible. 1hey are
afraid of their lives aud were pileously
begging to be taken to some place Of
safety. The crevasse at Allendale will
overflow thirty of the finest plaLts.
tions on the river. Ii will reach the
Tsche country several days in advance
Of Morgansea water, end Col. Rivers
says when this water joins with Nor
Ransea il will food the entire Atchs.
falaya, Latourche and Teche coun
tries. The damage Is incalculsble.
Distress 10 the overfiowed district can.
not be told. The Texas aud Pacific
boat Z. b. Wheelock, succeeded yes
terday in saving 800 people from the
hack country around Morgansea.
RUIN AND DEsOLATIoN
meets the eye on every side in Pointe
Coupee parish. The destruction IL
complete. Not q plantation is lett
above water, not q levee unbroken,
while hundreds Of families are home,
less. Thousands of stock have been
drowned. anu from meagre reports re-
ceived from the interior II is quite
probable that human life has been
sacrificed in the food. Standing on
tn deck of the relief steamer Dacotsh
rs she passed within fifty yards OF the
flooded district last evening, the full
extent of the disaster could be seen.
Grouping together on little knobs be-
tween broken levees, tn rough which
the water rushed with ungovernatle lie
fury. were scores of people, both white
and black, some with babies in their
arms, while Others had dogs secured
by cords. Many Of them had nothing
else in the world except the clothes
they wore on their backs. Whenever
the Dacoiah discovered q scene like
this the stsge was swung out and the
stricken ones taken In As equally as
sad scene was the poor dumb cattle
standing In the water, actually s,arv-
ing. Many of them had not tasted
food In days. Their gaunt forms con-
trasted strsngely with their surround.
ings. The Dacotah was unable to
handle cattle yesterday, but to-day
her boiler deck Is q flrst>class stock
pen. A family named Lake, who re-
sides several miles above Bayou Sara,
we're rescued this morning. There
were fifteen people In the family.
Monday morning they were prosper.
GUS, being owners Of large planta'
ton, well equipped store and over iOC
head Of stock. To-day
NOTHING REMAINS ABOVE WATER
but the caves of their residences. A
crevafse sixty feet wide broke directly
In front of the house at noon Monday
and the people had lively time tt
reach the levee before six feet Of watel
covered the place. The crevasse Il
now four hundred feet wide. Their,
are hundreds of such tales to be told
The Dacotah 10 q busy boat to-day
After discharging her lumber and
ether material ct Grand Bay. sh'
proceeded directly to Old River ant
rescued two hundred head OF cattl,
that had been In the swamp for fou
days. Coming down, stock ant
people were picked up everywhers
aud when the Dacotah reached Bayol
Sara, she had 1000 head Of cattle ant
nearly 500 people on board. The.
were landed and the boat immediatel!
left on the return voyage. The Da
cotsh is doing excellent work, an,
mot only is che blessed on ever!
side, but the corporation which sen
her % we'll. MAJ. Glynu, pres't Of th
police Jury, accompanies the boat Of
her srrand Of mercy. Referring to thsl