The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-11
CRITICAL TINES.
Terrific Pressure on the Embank.
monta.
fhs People ~ the Loves Missssslppa Hsse.
ealing 70 aass P~,scss-fvsivs Womes
sad Childssa DsovmeA-Iive.
Stock Aim0ss vsiasssss.

VicKsBURG, Miss. April THE food
situation 10 daily growing more serious
IN the Steele bayou country. Early
Miller, . prominent planter and brother
OF Attofney-icncral Miller. has arrived
from there on the steamer Ever.
green with his family and stock.
Ills plantation, though very high,
has gone under. The Evergreen
reports the water along the
bayou still rising. Cattle and hogs are
offered for sale by the people for Q song.
Much mor stock must yet b. brought
out or else be drowned.
There IL unmistaksble distress along
S%tcelc's bayou and It would Do cruelty
TO deny IT, The Evergreen will return
there and the vessel with Captain w.
POUCH and NJ. w. Smith on board will
follow Wednesday or Thursday. They
will bring out all the people who arc
suffering or In danger. Barges can not
be taken there and only tho smallest
boats are suitable for relief work..
Nineteen negroes, the survivors Of .
large party OF refugees who attempted
to escape from the overflow down l,syus
Falaye on . raft, arrived here ON tho
Hill City yesterday and reported that
twelve women and children were
drowned when tho current dashed
their oraxy vessel against q tree. and
that they escaped with extreme Difficult.
ty. This Is the most tragic event Of the
food.
The water In the inside at Arkansas
City Is rising slowly. caused by .
crevassc In Boggy bayou lcvec. At ono
o'clock yesterday morning Captain Toll.
niger, United States engineer. received
n message that Red Fork people had cut
the levcc abou. sixty feet wide and six
feet deep. Captain Tollivcr and men
left for that point at once to close tho
gap. Boggy bayou Is In that part Of tho
country below Arkansas City on the
other side Of the river.
The steamer Pargoud. now under Gov.
eminent charter, arrived at bayou Sara
yesterday, having on board Captain
k%ingsman. United States engineer. In
charge Of that levce district. flo has
been inspecting the lcvec between New
Orleans and that place. lie reported
the Point Conpce front In good condition
with the exception Of the lcvcc ut Pres.
ton place, almost opposite bayou Sara.
At that point he left q large num-
Der Of sacks and several thousand
feet Of lumber and thought there was no
immediate danger. II the people in tho
neighborhood and On the False river
should rally At one and use the mate.
rial to the best advantage. His motto
was that the Government was willing
"a help tnoSc who were wiling 10 help
themselves lie Ia Of the opinion that
tho situation IL critical and warns tho
people 10 look ont for much more water.
Tho largo dykes or l~cvces. such az
M~organsa, SCOTS, Waterloo and
Grand Ray arc receiving his per-
sonal attention and all that can
BE- done In the way Of engineering skill
Is being done. At Morganza lcvec a
largo number Of men are on constant
duty. The earth work Is thoroughly
braccd With timbcrs and . pile driver
and piles arc kept ready for Immediate
use whom needed. This great bulwark
that guards so many Of the alluvial par
ishes IN being put to . very severe test