With strong wind and snow, Tonami practically had only 8 thousand goku of territory; many retainers of the former Shogunate and their family who moved there became ill and died from hunger and cold weather, and some of them moved to a new place in Japan or overseas.
斗南は風雪が厳しく実質的には8000石程度で、移住した旧藩士と家族は飢えと寒さで病死者が続出し、日本全国や海外に散る者もいた。