lUcoItly gfoemawa American
VOL. IX. MAY 11, 1906 No. 8
f Siouy Storm
In California situated at the junction
of the Klamath River and Indian Creek,
was a mining camp. At one time that
town was covered with snow, so that no
one could go out side of his own door,
and many houses were ruined and people
killed. It began snowing about four
o'clock in the morning and the snow
came down so swiftly that at 12 o'clock
it was, up to the windows, and when
anyone looked cut he could not see a
house nothing but snow. By 6 o'clock
people could not even look out of their
windows for the snow was so deep. The
creek and the river were rising so fast
that no one knew how high it had risen.
The only way that people could tell was
when they saw a large piece of snow
break off and float away slowly. That
gave them the idea how high the river
had risen. During this great storm
many lives were lost by people when
they were seeking for shelter in some
house that was on the flat above the
town. Some when they left their homes
to seek refuge would never reach the
place for the snow would be so deep that
no one could walk and when they would
fall they could never get up again.
The bridge that was built across Indian
Creek was carried away with some men
on it, and also a pipe bridge that was by
the school house. The houses that were
built on the banks of the river were car
ried off with families in them. When
the snow melted the people were scat
tered. Some were carried off down the
river. When the river and the creek
had gone back to their natural size, peo
ple traveling alone them hunting for
game could find every now and then hu
man bones. It took about five years to
rebuild the town but the population was
decreased. It took a year to build an
other bridge across the creek. The bridge
that was built then i now standing
across that creek for it is said that if that
bridge is carried off there will be no
more built. In another five years time
there will be no one there for the popula
tion is decreasing, some leaving and
many dying off. .Many of the Lndian
boys and girls have gone to nearly all
parts of the United States to Government
schoo's to get an education, and only the
old folks are left but they are gradually
going one by one.
S. P., Eighth Grade.