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or old, decrepid and crippled persons of both races, who are unable to earn a support for themselves, and who have no relatives upon whom they can rely for assistance.

On the Louisiana side, there were rather more destitutes, owing principally to the greater extent of the overflow, and I relieved those I could find; on my arrival at Lake Providence, La. I found Lieut. Rollings in charge there. he stated that he had assisted quite a number, but thought he had ample supplies to meet all deserving demands.

The largest proportion of suffering I found to exist in Arkansas, and no provision had been made for their relief below Helena, with the exception

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