Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba She Al Kiln 4s no f kid a junk 1, 1877. Victor Hugo has Boon indulging in n spirit of Prophesy predicting that the puris exhibition of is7s will i to dawning of an Era of Peiu a Taro Ghoul the world. Heathc i prophets not to Sav after u Tonua u prediction in which even our a Han Deputy clerk of the might Sii Loly indulge. Exhibitions in the past Hov Velvor have not Boen Renmark Ablo in having conduced to peace for though for the hostilities closely following they can in no Way math1 Reynoi Ithie still it is none the a fact tint have generally mini mediately preceded the recent great wars. T1if. A Misc . The of the furnishes an interesting summary of information gleaned irom c of. Mcleod c Chamnis sooner of the North West mounted police in Nee to the Stuto of in the far West particularly in relation to the land of Tho Lilii Al cel. After reciting the change which has been effected in the country of the wild trill s Sim i thu establishment of the mounted police Pai be Ushii by in the sup pression of the Tia Llic the Happy re Milts of the enforcement of the Law in re sport of other of once Are Ilso Narni Lud the portions of the letter which contain original fact we therefore give in Lull m Itu Ion of Iio Usi in i previous to tin1 an Ival of the police the crime of was vein prevalent among indians Lial freed and White men. These exploits of course led to repeals that Homolik s resulted in a bloodshed and murder. As an Indian s is calculated by the number of hoi he it will be readily seen How a crime 01 this kind would cons Lerable i in Iii t and Posi live danger in a land where even Man binned to be his own Law giver. The most horse thieves in the whole was a called Pete mat. It became necessary h Shoukal be captured and punished and one night the police an in Dian Village where to secreted and caught him. In was subsequently tried and sentenced to twelve months imprison ment at hard labor in the Manitoba Penitentiary. He filled the full measure of his punishment and when he returned to la people he conveyed to them such a whole some dread of i acadian Law that not Only Lias he now become a Well behaved member of such society As exists m the Hla Cullet count re but has induced Many others formerly bad As himself to follow his . Rin in i . At in St the native indians were Ery shy of the Lolice and gave them a berth but gradually a they came to understand the object of their Mission distrust and Sii wore and the wild tribes Are no.1. I at intends of iln.1 police and in i gently Thi ii thanks to the i acadian no Tor bunding the fore to their ii Tatry. Formerly the whisker hade Rai ried on for horses Ami the Indian sell they had i or liquor. The was they w i e getting poorer and poorer every year while Ami want ouvre rapidly reducing their numbers. Nou this is All changed the whiskey Trade is abolished and the tide of Bai Ter Iris Lakin a turn in fas Orol the Kijuu Kleet who Are get i Ich m horse which instead of to ingot of the Eosin by Are Imp com Iii into it. I i Iii col s. I our Lor t a trial of offender Are Al i ways held As openly As possible in order to i give the indians every Opportunity of of Herving that impartial Justice is Law jays moved out to All alike respect to race or Coli. It is an object to e chiefs or he id Meir present at these courts to whom the proceedings of the trials Are translated is proceed and the curious i spectacle is often w on Neh Sions of thu so chiefs commenting aloud on the before them and Tellma their Young men to carry the lessons their Given in their hearts and express ing their approval of the prox due. V institutions i thu inculcated audits beneficial Ellei l is now fell n the remotest Pai is of that vast territory. The. J Luo Feci i a Plen lid race physically and end Weil with a intelligence some of their Hoad men exhibiting on Occa Hion an .1111 rant of astuteness and Dino capacity Surpri my in Siu h a Remote and Savage tribe. T Nevarie perfectly lied wit i i Ile and Alt Tough at first they were aver a to negotiating i treat v with Jan found Rea Hou of change then mind and Ai e now to have i treats As Uliey express their a Midence in the l Ood Faith of our government they tin Bull do entirely and follow the , which still roam vast Ntim duis through their Conn try from place to place. In these herds it has been remarked that the bulls Aio More numerous Alrui the cows owing to the fact that tin Hunters kill the in Huefe Ivanoe to the bulls on account of the greater value both of the. Robes and the meat. or Riu i a the Canadian i Laci feet number about ,000 souls All told. In .sontimo7it they Are thoroughly British and cherish an aversion to the i United states government on account of Indian policy every Circum stance of which is known to Thorn. Whiskey and Small pox wore rapidly killing them off before but now they arc increasing dwell in comfortable Camps and arc Well dressed. They enjoy All the comforts and sometimes the luxuries of civilized lil o by trading their Robes for Tea sugar tobacco blankets cloth woollens firearms Etc. Their religion an unadulterated paganism that has resisted the most devoted efforts of Sjoman Catholic and methodist Mission Aries. Social customs. Podgainy universally Practised among Thorn every Man has at least three wives and col. Al Cleod knew one old fellow who rejoiced in the Possession of eleven Dusky helpmate. A constant source of trouble to the commissioners is the very frequent application of indians to get their wives re stored to them. The women do All the work except Hunting. They Are the Best Robe makers and More wives an Indian has the More cheap labor to dress his skins and prepare them Lor Market. Even under those disadvantages the women appear to to Happy enough in their take Tho fondest care of their children. There is one tiling the indians dislike Tho police for and that is for interfering with their time honoured custom of heating their wives. They say Tho police have made the women masters thereby reversing Tho order of nature and preventing them the men from getting As much work out of their women us they used to do under the old order of the marriage ceremony is very simple. Anyone can buy a Wile for a num Ber of horses or Robes. The bargain being completed with the parents the Transfer is made with Tho girl s consent and she goes and lives with her further Cere Mony being necessary. A great Many White traders have taken wives in this Way and no instance been known in which these women have been ill treated by their husbands. They raise families and become strongly attached to each other. Indian parents Are always glad to got while husbands for their daughters in this Way they Are pretty sure to become Well Oil and comfortable. Iii 01 Rui i p to the present very few settlers have goo into the Bla Chect country. At fort Mcleod there Are about forty houses and two Large stores where All the necessaries As Well As luxuries of life can be obtained. The Isle Ekiert country is the finest grazing country in the world As is proved by being the favorite haunt of the Buffalo. It is Well watered and the principal streams Are navigable i or Light draft steamers. Any number of sheep and cattle could to raised in country and no doubt will be at some future time Good Pine Timber is to be had in Iho mountains. The climate is somewhat Peculiar and in the Winter is subject to extreme changes. I his is caused by a warm current from the wot called the Chinook wind supposed to be the warm wind from the Pacific Ocean. When this to blow the temperature suddenly changes to summer like Sal Brity in one occasion col. Meleod observed Tho ther Lumeter to i from j above to if c in less than live minutes. When the wind changes the air becomes suddenly cold again hut not so rapidly. These changes do not appear to a bad effect on the health of the men. Snow Falls m consider Able quantities but goes away again sleighs Are used Beim employed for transport All the year round. Further North at cd Morton the Winters Are steady and about the As at Ottawa. No systematic at tempt Lias yet been made to Grain but this fifty acres of Oats and potatoes will in planted at fort me . Till soul l i s. I lie Indian War e Imizo a number of american into our Sci but once the Cio cd the line they submitted to oui Law and e not so Lai committed an breach of Tho peace. One old chief of this tube in speaking of the War. Made the Fol lowing curious n in irk ago the red bended Knur us bullets m one hand and tobacco in the other and told us to the Yankees. Did As he old us and we been them Ever Rhee Sioux a no Cunt Enid to Iii dots nut by Long to tin i Mcd slates and should net been coiled without their consent. This Are British indians and e s medals which Urie in tin n latin they therefore i intend that in has in in their cd inti she could not e then tribe with it. And that they now Only m Elk the of then ii Hiil Sovereign. Whatever May be the Meiji sol this Arguna it one tinier i c. Train. The Nisi in cannot be w.11 kept out 1 be Only danger Likely to arise i. Irom the objection Voi natural la made by the and i in s to these inner Lopez s their county and killing Oil then ame i hese Possich l it Wilh the Lull in far the Iolue had Millicient Iii hence to Avert this catastrophe on one occasion the Black feet proposed to the commissioners to make Sminon cause with them and the cites and drive the Moux out of i Anan. If course this pro position was not entertained on the con tray thing possible was Dene to pre Cut a collision. Admin Isi i m i 1 lie Force now numbers about nil men posted principally alms the Border he twee ii Cypress Hills and i Oit Meleod and there arc now in custody a huge number of Pii Oneis a different parts of Tho territory awaiting trial Lor various Ollen Ces Gen i id delivery is expected to Lake place1 this summer when All these criminals be tried under Tho amended statute of last act greatly increased towers to the magistrates including the trial of capital felonies. A of speedy Nial and punishment for no , with tin abolition of the whisker Lade will Oon establish and order and make life and property Sis secure in Tho North West territories is in any other part of he do minion. Under this act tin magistrates can also hold for the decision of civil cases collection of debts of of. Meleod strongly approved of this he does not doubt will have the Lull Fleet sought to he attained by enactment. Tizio the conduct of the policemen has been very Good. Crime is of very rare occur rence and drunkenness almost unknown and when it is discovered is always punished by dismissal. The indians place the High Efet value on the privilege extended to them of having the attendance of Tho Doc tors of the Force when they Are sick. Sci Oral surgical operations successfully per formed on warriors who had met with Acci dents greatly astonished them and 1mvo led them to place great Confidence in Tho Power and skill of these gentlemen. In deed col. Mcleod is of opinion that much of the Success that Lias attended the Force is owing to the kindly attention the physicians of the Force have bestowed on the indians encases of sickness and Accident. South of the Lino the United states army officers have invariably shown Tho greatest Courtesy and attention to the members of the Force whenever they came in Contact with them and the Best of feeling exists Between Tho members of both services. Coat am Gold. Coal exists in vast deposits All through the blackfeet country. At fort Meleod it is used for All the Ordinary purposes. That taken out of Tho whoop up mine is As Good As any English constantly improves in Quality As the mine goes deeper. Gold is found in greater or less quantities on All the Rivers. Last summer miners on the Saskatchewan earned from to per Day washing Gold dust from the bars of Tho River. For this dust they find a ready Market at Tho posts of the Hudson s Bay company. Vaki1cty of Framk. Other game besides Buffalo Are plentiful. These consist of White and Black Tail doer antelopes Elk wild sheep and wild goats. Wolves Aro also plentiful of a Largo and very destructive. Those animals have their haunts in the neighbourhood of the mountains and Are hunted by Tho Stony and sur Coo Lucians the Silack feet devoting themselves entirely to the Buffalo. Pm Lii i with from to Cash capital in u to fool in Ini shies. Address i .a.k., ii Hhd i Rikss us lace. W is Irwi Kukli in Attoh v. Tic Moi Jilji is of Tiu Suttory will Al onco return into store to the Caret Lut at the shod All Linns belts and other act out Rani urls in their Possession Hiloni Klimik to the Bat cry to a new ihsui1. Kven links until further orders to i and saturdays at 7 o clock. N. Kkt Nhav major Coin. Winnipeg i h old Hal cry. I. Thomas co., general agents Decker Bros. Piano Fortes. Hazelton Bros. Mason Hamlin organs. Burdett Bulford Bros. Publications. Lovoll Adam Wesson go s. Publications. The Boss auction room. J. A. Wright has Iliin Liscs and Nolod of 1 1 1 no Spring and summer goods u 1m i inn1 i lie mild at Pali gents furnishing goods boots and shoes dry goods and clothing. A Lill or Stix it of overalls and jackets Lic St r my i ii in thl Nic to St n Anc tinn do to i .1. A. A Call Ashi has the Hist stand in tin it. Ii 1 is sure t in tics i ires. Til us Kij Soli s i tuesday and a Aller Imons i and j. A. Wright n Jii Iii auctioneer Lor the City and i pm Luce. 0. W. A Adigwu wines spirits and cigars just Kkt Kiokh Hod c Aso Jin Mitchell s Irish whiskey in jars hash. And quarts. Ilan Hay s is Oleh who slain quarts. Barton Jues Lior s Claitt pints and Bass ale pints and to Stone pints and Quarls. s Traudy pills and quarts. V.o., pints it quarts. Jules Rohm in Wood and 1 Inot Jas Lillion Brandy in flasks. Can troll k1 a. I i it 111 a i n i .1 i 11 l Fri Liisu it pm. 12 is. I my i u i i i m i i n .1 i 1 i ii w Tho or Cacy Macia clothing u l do Sill. Is up or. Ill i a i Din i to Al n i i i i n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t d 1 1 1 t i us i i 1 1 i i i my 3f8. S t i l t. 1.1 auction Sale of of o to at a Jin u is s Opp is Street. St in r Aper table covers Etc. Just Ai Rived a Large consignment of which to Are enabled to offer at forty cents 4oc. Per Yard. Spa Fri ;