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HE NORTHWEST RED
-MEN.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1885.
' lee Hoe. David Laird, ex -Minister of
th interior, and the first Lientenamte
Go- mrnor of the Northwest,. while on a'
NiS t recently to Montreal was inter: -
vie v I by a Witness reporter, when the
fe 0 -Mg sinteresting information don-
ee]. i g the half-breeds and. Indians
i
of I Northwest vas elicited :
Vhat, sir, i the relatien of the
tre 't ladians in the Northwest to the
Ca, iaaliart ,people, and what are the
bo nden duties of the latter under these
tr aties?- asked our reporter, after -th
ne e sary preliminaries of the intersicts-
ha een disposed of. ,
II the Indians are by treaty," Said.
, .th onorable gentleman, "the wards of
:
, ea6 °vet -lament and, as such, must be
. pr cted in 'their treaty fights by it.
B one of the treaties is the Govern-
! t
' m absolutely bound to support the
ns, bat when the Hou. Mr. Morris
n tiated treaty No. 6, at Carleton,
the Northern Crees, a clause was
rted by which the Government wAs
b• d to afford those Indians a sabsist-
e in the event of a famine or other
u eked for cause af general destitution
ng t them. When that treaty was
etiated the Indians were very anxi-
aa to their future, and endeavored
btain from Governor Morris a defi-
I pledge that they would be support-
• d but he refused to agree to this, ex-
- e ting under the extraordinary eircum,
s
s
•
he was an untrustworthy and bad In-
(iian, whe was only deterred from plun-.
der and mas
Sequences."
' " What o
of the
Mr.
don on
iff is a
nd the
of the
ent for
sey for
en dant.
solid,
a a so -
where
grocer.,
ger for
t.
intiff is
kmaer,
, e
owner
e same'
he de -
Liquor
uSbaaid
•, ar her
tlaiutiff
Lnt for
action.
for de -
'on for
'Mg de-
nd de' -
age of
ainter,
Judg-
ts ; this
ve the
t paid
rase. L.-
,laintiff..
arter.—
pr, was
's busi-
to re-
's which,
took.;
r plain,
_
for as -
James,
Lcher in
a Spier -
V came
4 ,
ted and
•I griev--
fres re -
c.. •
ment for
mix- for
_
- -,
itted in
as dis-
na wit-
.
o -f Bay -
on one
nd jury
lost a
week.
ariug
nd they
et barn
one of
and Wa•e%
norning,.
5G for it.
ces specified."
-
You negotiated the treaty with the
Bleelefet confederation, did you not,
, I was present at the making of
aty. There was a good deal of
L
y
t tr
acre by the fear of the con-
the Prairie GoVernment of
the half-breeds, of which we have
heard V asked the reporter.
"it was :necessary when they Were
oat on. the hunt that the half-breeds
Should have some organization, so as to
defend themselves, and leaders • were
also chosen, i but that was all it amount-
ed to. Of course, before the canary
*us taken over there was no government
at all, and by combining the half-breeds
were able not only to protect themselves
against tsuch powerful tribes as the
.Bloods and i Sioux, but to make all the
• 'Indians afraid of them. It was as one
of their leaders on the hunt that Dumont
was first heard. of. The French half-
breeds were almostas dependent as the
Indians upcin the buffalo. In the winter
they went to their present settlement at
• St. Laurent, with their winter supply of
and dried meat, and spent
in huts they had -built along
branch. • They selected that
talld.1 done, but there Was no great
troubl . The Indians always Else to do
'a good deal of talking, Ned spend a great
deal of time over a tre.aty, as it is always
the occ start of a general feast. Crow-
foot, , ormiclered then as a, most intelli-
gent arid shrewd Indian. His own tribe
was not as large as the Bloods, but he
as an older man than the other chiefs,
and ev'dently had a great dean of influ-
ence. IThe Stoneys were the only tribe
of the eonfederation, if such it may be
called, who agreed to take agricultural
imple eats and become farmers. The
Bla,ckf
follow
that
them.
ever,
down,
The -IN
ot and Blood tribes wished to
a pastoral life, and stipalated
herd of cattle should be given
For a after the treaty, how -
hey were not ready to settle
even sufficiently to herd cattle.
(muted Police had to look after
the herd, and drovers had to be employ-
ed to Card for it The ex-periment -was
not a success, in fact, and I believe the
herd Was subsequently- sold. During
dministration these -Indians gave
uneasiness. They are really
uilt men, and have much capaci-
good in them. The Bloods are,
s, as a rule, the largest men, and
• were very near the border, they
e Piegans used to go south on
g expeditions very frequently, but
vere generally but a few weeks
The headquarters of the Mount -
pemmican
that season
the- south
place becaa se there was plenty of wood.
and shelter for them there; not for its
farining capabilities? In the spring they
started ' off on the great spring hunt,
taking their families with them, and the
entire settlement would be deserted.
About 1872 the scarcity of the buffalo
forced _them to begin to put in crops,
and as the buffalo left the plains they
gradually settled down to freighting and
farming. iit great many of them earned
a good deal of money by freighting, and
• they devoted a great deal more time to
' it than to their crops."
" Had you any personal knowledge of
Gabriel Dinhont, sir 7"
"Oh, yeS. -Dumont settled down when
the buffalo disappeared and began to
work the ferry at Ga,briel's Croasing,and
he came and took out- his ferry license
and consulted -me regarding some land
which he wished to take up.. He was a
'very Stroag, energetic •man, of • fine
physique, with a good, wide forehead,
and appeared to be bah shrewd, intelli-
gent and respectful. As AIL instance -of
his deaire to observe the law and. be a
loyal citizen at that time, the following
circumstance is of interest: The trail
from the north and west divides at Duck.
Lake, one trail going. to Gabriel's, .the
other to Batoche's Crossing. Stubert,
Eddy, o. hacl a store at °Duck Lake,
• It
and in or er to get a:Claim upon a large
traet ", .1 land they fenced in a block In
such a way as to- close up the tra,i1 to
• Gabriel's. Parties corning from the
• north were, therefoteit compelled to go
along the Batoche trail a considera,ble
distance, tand as they _could only reach
the trail to Gabriel's . by cratssing a
• rough piece of country, 'during all ipne
summer the traffic Dumont should have
got was •divested to Batoche's by thia
fence. Dumont. Caine to me, and,l, ex-
plaining the matt& fully, asked What
he should db. • I did not like to tell'hirn
to throw tdown•that fence—as I certain-
ly wosildtha,ve don g had I been in hip
place-ras I feared it would make a dis-
turbance, so I adviaed him to apply fot
redregs to the Stipendary Magistrate..
I may say that the new settlers often
show very little consideration for the.
rights of those wive have been in the
country for many years; and in no way
is their more annoyance caused than by.
the fencin.g in of trails that have been in
use far perhaps more than fifty years. I
have imyself been frequently. subjected
to considerable annoyance and delay- in
prairie journeyipg by this abuse. I
"What is to be done with the Indians
in the Nprth-West, sir ?" •1
"It is hardly iny place to give the
Government an In4ian policy;' but . the
only course, in my opinion; that can be
adopted, is to patiently go on instruct-
ing and encouraging them to befe,rmers.
In ten years many of them have made
greater progress towards civilization
than any of the Indians on the reserves
in Ontario have in a hundred„ and in
1882, when I retired from office, the 'set-
tled bands were, by their crops, reduc-
ing the cost of supporting tem at least
one-half, If in one generation, or even
in two', you raise men from the level of
savages! to civilization you are doing
more than has ever been done in any
other country. Many of the -older men
can_never, • I fear, be taught to wok
steadily or make provision for •fiiture
needs, but the young .men who have
never been on the war path or in the
buffalo hunt soon learn. t to look to their
"crops and take care of them. To the olcl
Indians it is alniost an impossibility to
wait three raonths for a crop to grow.
For instance, we had a good deal of dif-
ficulty in preventing them from digging
up the potatoes as soon as the young
plants showed above the ground. On the
whole they made wonderful progress
from 187,8 onward—well worth all the
labor it cost. I might say something
regarding the farm instructors Sent up,
but I was a Governmental official . when
I alined the information and it might
no7t be well to do so." •-
• "Duane; petit administration, in what
state was the Mounted.Police Force ?"
"It was extremely erne
joved a. prestige among the
my a
me n
neiy-
ty
peel&
as the
and t
hun
• they
away.
ed Po ice was at -that time at Fort Mc-
Leod, and Colonel McLeed, who was
• then he Commissioner, and Colonel Ir -
he Assistant Commissioner, had a
deal of influence among them."'
what light did you regard Pound-
, and had you any trouble with
t au
of the Battleford Indians ?"
"When the treaty- with the Battleford,
Indians was made Poundmaker was not
even 0, chief, though he had some haft-
. .
and he refused to come into it.
at a few Indians around him and
'overninent agreed that if he got a
namber of stra,ggling lodges into
d he should be regarded as a chief.
Ting
great
make
him
i
can.Sionx; creased the
spread 411 along it, a, d
upon the scanty ho ds
entirely prevented1
North. When our I
the -sin -0)1g hunt they'
ly nothihg, and a gee
feet and Saacees,
number; came to Bat le
lutely starving conditio
were so nearly fannehec
send. cart loads of flour
the prairie to enable
During this troubl
amount o supplies.
1
amount o flour and
catried o , but at Batt
nothing but the remain
supplies, and we cou d
to give them. I sen
for flour, and we got
meat from up the riae
we could/ Having be
aecuStomed • to fresln
hardly Rise without it,
we could do was to giv
week, which gave then
:Yet so law-abiding sat're they ' that al-
thaugh our young cattl , 'and Mitch cows
were running about lui
and they were camped
our back yards, we n
No body, of Englishm
Irishmed. would have i
havabetter. They a
doing our very best f
very -grateful indee
• twenty men in the fib
pletely at their merc
anxious: time. At las
the praiiies again to
once mere, • and ma
something to eat"
• With aegard to the
Mr. Laird ,stated th
the Int4-ior it had b
to the proper allotm
half-breeds of Manito
commetion with the
breeds cg the North
that in 1878, a peti
these.People Was pres
West Chuncil, of whi
head. • _ This docum
and forwarded to 0 t
that year, with a r
• they shPuld receive
as that :accorded to
breeds, ' with this e
border., They
not only lived
of buffalo, but
n from coinutg
id ails went odt on
'o Id find absolute -
it body of Black -
w thousand in
ord in an abso-
a Some of them
that I had to
• ut to them on
hent to get in.
hey had any
J ist think of the
a con the Indians
6ford there was
of the wihter's
ot get anything
o Prince Albert
o:ne -potatoes and
, and did what
all their lives
neat they 3ould
and the utmost
-them one beef a
hardly a -taste.
enee,
He
. the -
-cera_
a, b
This he did, a,nd settling down on a re-
serve he went seriously to work, and
not only did a great deal of work him-
self, but induced his band to , do the
t:
sam He was 4 very intelligent man,
who was serionsly alarmed as to the
futu e of his people, and I always looked
upo him as a very good Indian. I.
,
mus say I never expected that he would
Mak any trouble, but- I knew that if he.
did go wrong, his superior intellectual
powr would enable him to do serious-
mis hief.' •
"With Big Bear I had some deal
He refused to take the treaty at
gi g as a, reason that only a pa
his , and were present. In 1877, I
oat to Sounding Lake, to pay the an
. tie to a number of treaty Indians
we e gathered. there, but principall
try
- tre
da
, is
wi
PI
tar
ed
tw
ot"
NVI,
11
and induce Big Bear to accep
ty. Be came in and we had several
s' talk, but he would. not sign. He
'ether an -old and weazened Indian,
h very few word's. His own band of
in Crees, of which he is the heredi-
chief, was, as far as could be learn -
a small one—probably not more than
hundred in number—but several
er minor chiefs- allied themselves
h. him and he had consta.ntly around
as•
itt,.
of
rent
u•i-
-ho
to
the
hu i a great number of ,stragglers and
di contented Indians from other ; bands.
Ba' Beal- himself did not say much.
He
sa, d that all his people Wore not with
hi n, and he did not want to sign M their
absence. Some •of his headmen, among
th en Little Poplar, did some loud talk-
ie; s, but Big Bear was very quiet him -
se f, finiehing ap by saying he would not
si m the treaty, but if any o ,is p pl
Itv• hid to give their homes and take the
"unties they could do so. He was
rticularly displeased at the idea of an
11 dian being hanged if he killed any
rson, and he wanted me to promise
ti at we would not hang any o
di Is. Of course I refused, telling him
ti at the laws could not be changed, and
ti at if he or any a his people were
a raid of being hanged, the best thing
tiey could:was not to kill anybody. I
also toad him that whether they signed
the treaty or not. if they committed
murder or other not,
they would be
hauged or punished for it, as the Queen's
• aervants would very soon hunt them
down. • From what I saw �f Big Bear at
that time I came to the conclusion that
ong their tents,
right' up against
ver lost a hoof.
n, Scotchmen or
1-ecould have be -
w that we were
them, and were
We had only
and were com-
• and it was an
they went off to
y for the buffalo
aged to Pick up
halfistreed claims,
t- as Minister of
• n his duty to see
• t of lands to the
a, but he had no
aims' of the hilli-
est farther than,
n on the part of
nted to the North -
41 he was then the
it was considered
wa, in the fall of
mmendation that
e same treatment
• e Manitoban half-
eption, that they
without their daily dinnere-and farming
-
is an occupation that -generally qualifies
a man to do full justice to/all the meals.
It is there that they transact the bulk
of their business; there that they meet
the :manure merchant and the imple-
ment Man, and all the various 'agents
who want to deal with the farming
people: Thus they are enabled to save
much of the expense which the peddling
biFotherbood are apt to occasion here in
their peregrinations round the country.
Hoping the markets wiil get into a more
prosperous condition bye and bye, and
hoping etrou can spare a corner for the
above remarks. I am Sir yours &c.
did not deem it advis ble that the 'half-
breeds 11)iouldsbe pit into the full pos-
session: f their lai s for some years.
This petition unfo unately arrived in
F
Otta 7a,1 a,bout the le of the general
elect oils, ;and nev came before Mr.
Mackenzie'S cabine
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A.*MiSsionary's Experience in
• the Northwest.
•- Carlyle, Northwest Territory, 1
June -13th, 1885. • $
DEAR .EXPOSITOR, —Although much
has appeared in the columns of your
valuable paper regarding Manitoba and
the Northwest, yet perhaps a few words
from this part of the country may be of
interestito some of your readers. After
leaving Sea.forth on the 21st of April,
and arriving in Winnipeg in clue time
witholit anything remarkable to be
• observed,except perhaps the lateness Of
the season which was apparent all
through Ontario and in the greater part
.of the States through which we passed.
• In this respect, Manitoba andthe NOrth-
west were mach in advance this year,
as in many places farmers began to , sow
their grain in the first week of April.
The weather continued favorabl& and
the fine spring rains which have fallen
of late, make the crops and everything
look remarkably well. The soil here will
take considerable rain before it lies .on
the surface to do harm. The two pre
vious years in this settlement, I.
aratold, were rather dry, so this one
promises to be more favorable for break-
ing as well as for grain crops. Where I
am located is rather a fine looking
Country, -known as the Moose Mountain
district. • The gently undulating prairie
extending around on every side, especi-
ally to the south -and west, for a , great
many miles. • Carlyle, the principal
centre of this distriet, is about 220 miles
west of Winnipeg. We go on the
Canada Pacific Railway to Moosomin,
then by trail about 60 miles south, The
'place derives its importance from a store,
'post o ce, blacksmith shop, Wesleyan
minis er's residence, land office, board-
ing h use, &c. Mr. Thos. Hyslop, for-
merly of Grey township, keeps a post
office about 11, miles from, here. The
• 'mail comes in once every. week from
MciosOniin. About 15 miles to the north
of this is Moose Mountain, which can be
seen quite plain. This is where the set-
tlers get their timber; but as so, many
have to go there it is becoming acarce,
at least for building purposes. In the
matter of fuel, there need be no serious
fears as. the •Soaris river coal fields,
which are not more than 50 miles dis-
tant, promise abundant supply ,for all
time to come. • Numbers of the people
useit now and at burns well. .
-Although the God of Nature has dealt
bountifully with this country, yet there
is a.great deal of dissatisfaction existing
at present among the settlers and hard
times prevail. ° They have, without
doubt,to contend with many discourage-
ments. • Perhaps one of the greatest is
being so far from railway facilities, as
they had been promised and fully ex-
pected a line run in here by this time,
or the greater number of them woald
certainly not have settled so far from
market. Although the crops yield
well they make very little out of them,
as by the time they draw the grain 60
miles with ox teams which most of th.em
have, sell the wheat for '50 cents per
bushel, pay necessary expenses by the
way, &c., there is very little left. An-
other reason for the backward tendency
of the settlement is the land regulations,
which keep the settlers far apart. The
Syndicate hold each ' alternate section;
the Hudson Bay their allowance, while
the remainder is homestead lands,but at
the time this country was booming, the
Government withdrew the home•
stead lands from the market,
se that at present, between the fears of
the rebellion and dull times, there is
scarcely any immigration here,nor. is any
eipectedthisseasOn,althoughthereisnow
some beautiful land free for homestead-
ing. , The absence of schools is very
much felt by those who have families,and
some have left the place after doing their
requirements for that reason. But the
greater part of the population are young
married meneand upon the whole they
are a rnost enterprising and good class
of settlers, who had considerable means
:when they came in. Nearly all of them
are from Ontario, and principally from
Huron, Bruce, and I think Wellington
counties.
• The morality here cannot be said to
be of lower standing than in Ontario,
but perhaps owing to the considera,ble
distances numbers of them have to go
to attend church services, some of them
naturally become indifferent, and mis-
sionary enterpriae, as well as everything
else, is much , retarded by! the settlers
being scattered too much over the coun-
try. But in my own experience the mis-
sionary is usually received with, the best
of good feelings, and the peoplemanifest
a readiness to listen to the "Truths of
the Gos el " especially in their own
. The Mont
To the Editor of The
• SIR.—I was sorr
yourissueof last w
started Seaforth m
has not, so far, prov
I notice also that,
HarriSton is threa
owing to the cattle
everything market
day of the fair. Nt
learn to combine a
their own benefit
doubt that a reg
attended fair -veoul
them, and they ou
collectively to exe
Markets.
hiron Expositor.
--
it, as they all called it. • The news -
ere did -an enormous business, three
four editions were issued daily dur-
the few clays I wa,e in the city, a,nd
e sold at the church doors on Sun -
morning. I dare say it would have
n cruel to have kept the news from
homes where so many of the gallant
regiment came f om, and several of
wh mi lost their lives n the field.
It was rather am sing when first
be an to go around a iongst the people,
sot ie of them looked with Suspicion upon
ev ry rider, supposing him to be a police -
m a or agent, either for Riel or the
Go Ternment. • The settlers' had a mass -
ting or two, but it was principally
the purpose of. protecting themselves
inst the raids of cowboys, or horse
ves more properly ealled. But there
always been a large force of Mounted
ice and Scouts to the west and soath
this,. so that nothing else Was re -
red. However that may be, the re -
lion is practically over, and it re-
ins that some steps be taken by the.
horities to prevent a similar uprising.
would, be wise without doubt,to make
rompt effort on theirparttoinducethe
ians, yes and half-breeds too,to be of
reserviceboth to themselves and their
ary. There are two reserves around
oseMpuntain,over one of whichWhite
ar :is !chief. His i band.'is not very
merous, only about 75 or 80 persons
told) Their farin instructor, •Mr.
mpbell, . formerly of Blyth, Huron
mty, gets along well with them, ahd
s them to work Well. They have a
ge area of grain sown this year, be-
es potatoes and Such like. He tells
they are all truly loyal, and speaks
me
for
ag.
thi
Po
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of the chief as a very friendly old man.
a
11
MDLEAN B
$1.50 a Ye
•pieces, throwing him into the water. He
:started to swim to shore, but beca,Me
exhausted and -would certainly have
been *di owned had he not been discover-
ed by some sailors who hastened to his
-rescue.
--Th General Assemlsly, has resolved
that eaeh student seeking ordination,
and every minister seeking admit-
tance into the Canadian • Presbyterian
Church,i-shall serve six months in a 'nis-
i,.
sion field. ' . .
' —Traffic receipts of the Canadian
Pacific railway for the week ending
June 14t, show an increase, over last
year of a'18,000,while these of the Grand
Trunk railway for the same period show
a decre "se of $36,168. .
aL
—The Presbyterian General Assembly
in sessio in Montreal last week,received
a cable ram from Rev. G. L. Mackay,
D. D., Formosa, stating the conversion
of 500 n dre natives and the ordination
of two native preachers.
—Mrs. Geo. L. Munson, of Ekfrid
township, has completed a patchwork
quilt containing 8,505 pieces. * This
beats Mrs.' Smith, of Middleton, by
4,405, ot over twice as many as she . had
in hers by 305 pieces.
—There has been a change in the pro-
prietorship of the Winnipeg Times, near-
ly the iwhole of the capital stock of
which has been secured by a syndicate,
of which Mi. Ashton Burrows, Deputy
Minister of Agriculture, is president.
--Mr. Joseph Hickson, General Man-
ager of the G.T. R. has lost the use of
one eye by amaurosis—a loss Of decay of
sight without any visible defect in the
eye—and is threatened with the loss of
the remaining one from the same cause.
. '
to *learn through .
e k that the recently
thly cattle market
d very successful.
s milar institution at
e ed with extinction
uyera grabbing up
le previous to the
en will the farmers
ther elasses do, for
• Few of' them will
r, esta,blished, well
• e an advantage to
t, individually and
t themselves a little
1
to make them successful, now that a
rt has been ma . It, seems to me a
rs located within r asonable distance of
ort -sighted poli on the part of farm -
the Market groun so readily accept
the Offers--appare ly tempting though
they be—of the c e dealers near the
market. It woul e to their advantage
in the long run o insist on exposing
their stock in spnbic ; more especially
until the markets are firmly established
and able to stand he strain of a little
- indifference on th, part of some mem-
bers of the community. Many will,per-
ent and en:
Indans that
was really astminding. Two or three
Men would ride into a camp' ef excited
Indians and -take a horse thief prisoner
without the slightest trouble. Their of-
ficers, and I may name in particular
Col. Macleod, Col -Irvine, Major Walker
and Cal. Herchmer, had. a great. influ-
ence among the Indians. They always
treated them well and were as prompt to
punish an evil Aver no matter whether
• he was a white man or an Indian, • and -
this was, I believe, the .great secret of *
•the power they undoubtedly had. It
was only three hundred strong •in those
days, but it was strictly disciplined- and
every effort was made to keep it com-
pletely horsed and always ready for ser-
vice. • . ,
" Why, in 1879 we passed, a crisis
compared to which I regard the present
trouble as n thing. In the spring of
that year Sit lig Bull, with three or
four thousand of the rebellious Ameri-
hapsesay to them
approaches; "w1
market is a'very
the district when
elves as market day
11 I' believe a cattle.
ood thing to have in
one desires to buy or
sell a few beasts, :but as I do not wish to
do anythinig of the kind. at the present
time- I need not bother going to this
market; surely there are plenty of
people inithe county to support it with-
out my, assistanc ." One or two behav-
ing in this way ould not do a great
deal of harm, bell when a large propor-
tion do so the fair is deprived of that
countenance and ,support which is neces-
sary to its continued existence. If far-
mers habitually attended the fair they
would ‘,benefit each other in several
ways. Those not actually engaged in
buying or selling would see the transace
tions of Others and gain. a far clearer
idea of the value of stock than they have
generally at present. A man who sees
few or no stock sales in a year's time
hardly knows what to ask for a. steer or
cow when he has
he is apt to terr
‘constant practic
weight of beef t
ie West End reserve, as it is known
re,. is some 30 or 40 miles away. They
e a different tribe and much more
anerous, perhaps between two and
ree himdred. Mr. Lofferd, the in-
ructor there, had some difficulty in
eping them under, when two of Riel's
outs came into camp and excited the
diens by all sorts of falsehoods,
a ongst others that the white settlers
ere going to rise and massacre them,
b t eventually the yielded to the per -
s asions of their instructor, and all was
ell. •
During my observations, since cothiug
a toss some of these poor aborigines, as
I wasgoingamong the settlers' homes,
I was struck with the thought that if
n uch of the money spent in qiiel-
na the rebellion had been spent in
e -t74,blishing missions amongst them, it
N ould be much cheaper and more effec-
t ve than armed police or the sword of
t ie volunteer. When the language
e auld be learned by the missionary, and
i Loney or other articles given them by
overnment, which they might use as
wards of conduct, or any other judici-
us course, so as to win their confidence,
he missionary could wield an influence
ver them and teach them the Bible
0
i i such .a way that the effect would
e I certainly most beneficial. There
i no rectifier of all the wrongs of our
eople, no power that Will exalt the
i lasses, or lift the poor aborigines out of
heir' depraved and sad condition like
he power of the gospel of the grace of
)tod. Game is getting quite scarce
or them, and thus Government supplies
to not nearly keep them, so they are often
uite destitute. True, it may be their
wn fault largely, but until they become
nore civilized and enlightened so as to
-ely upon their own resources, they
ust remain -a burden to Canada in one
ay or anothee. Yours truly,
GEO. LOGICHART, JR.,
Presbyterian Missionary at Carlyle
orthi,vest Territory.
one for sale, and then
pt dealers, who froth
, know to a nicety what
ere is in any bovine
skin, to take a,ch antage- of his ignorance,
whereas if he attended the markets
regularly he would, by using his eyes
and ears, be, in a better position to know
with some degree of certainty what his
stock would. be worth. Then the far-
mers 'meeting , together in the market
'placeand conversing, as they naturally
avOuld, on farming affairs would receive
from each other many hints that would
prove useful to them; .such as the
whereabouts of any particular animal or
variety of seed grain they might be in
sea,rch of; the more profitable methods
of tillage, . and so on. Again, in the
matter of hired help, Could not both
hirer and -hired meet with the desired
accommodation with Jess trouble when
there is a „market within rea,ch, than
without such a eonvenience. A.• recog-
nized plan Of meeting would save both
parties a good deal of hunting around
which has hitherto been necessary.
In Scotland, where weekly, fortnight-
ly, monthly, and yearly markets have
been inforeed for many years, the far -
liters would no more think of going
—The reposits in the Government
Savings, Banks during May amounted to
$564,328, the withdrawals for the same
month being $549,547. In the Postal
Savings Banks the deposits last month
were $492,214, and the withdrawals
$534,412. - 1 '
—The closing exercises in connection
with the Toronto 'Model School took
place last Friday night. Miss Margaret
Thomson, of London . Township, was
awarded the Prince of Wales' gold
medal, she having attained the highest
standing during the session.
—A Movement is Ion footin Charlotte-
town, to • erect a public monument
ov& the grave of the late Hon. J. C.
Pope, ex -Minister of Marine and Fish-
eries, in -recognition of his great political
services to Prince Edward Island. The
memorial will be erected. by public sub-
scripti n. i
iT
—T e other morning sixty-five men
,
from ova Scotia and lower parts,
passed through Montreal on their way
to the Northwest tb join the Mounted
Police force there. ` They were in charge
of Captain Charlton, of the Northwest
force, and were fine strapping fellows,
tall, robust, and soldier -like.
—An Embro drug clerk was instruct-
ed to put up for a customer a quantity
of two certain drugs. Instead of putting
• them in two bottleS,he tried to put them
in one'An exploSion immediately took
lace, land the bo was badly burned,
gnorance is a b
shop, as it is ever
—H rbert Madd
er in ondon, son
publis er of a fam
city, as drowned
other
mil
was a
Mont
45 '
- —
OS., PublisherS.
, in Advance.
year. - The des atch -was received in
teen of the road
reply to a let ere written a short time •
ago by the Premier urging the construe- •
is read with in
people here, wl
verge of despa
heavy crop ha
Southern Mani
a large harvest
weather has j
season, and th
vegetation is si
—Patrick Co
respected resid
died on the 14t
who was 77 ye
and hearty as
• ttollolksotnotiepaSrix6 Nav
orn on his foot and pene-
tratedthe flesh.
ly set in and
done that me
nothing .a,ppear
ings.
—Mr. Joliet
er Southwol
St. Thomas,
lumber, Wedn
top of which w
off his wagon
horses took fri
ton was throw'
the wagon pa,
this seaeon. The news
me satisfaction by the
were almost -upon the
r a,gam this year. A
been Sown throughout
oba, and the prospectfor
was never better. Hot
st set in after the rainy
growth of kinds of
ply marvellous.
rigan, an old and highly
eit of Iiinloss township,
instant. The deceased,
rs of age, was as hale
ny man m the township
.eks ago, when be under-
Canada.
Several forged, orders for whisky
rave been presented in Lucknow.
—The city of Kingston will require a
tax rate this year of 171 mills to meet
current expenses •
--The Women's Christian Temperance
'Union, of Kingston, has decided not to
patronize gancers who sell liquor.
—The Hon. L. 0-Taillon, of Quebec,
has forwarded a check for $100 to the
Mavis, to be devoted to the Volunteers'
PatNotie Fund.
—Joseph Riel, brother of the ex -rebel
leader, is about tie visit Quebec, to con-
fer with his brother's counsel respecting
his approaching trial.
—Dr. Moore,the Dorchester runaway,
is reported to have settled down with
his family near Delaware, where he ha,s
purchased a farm.
—A magnificent golden eagle,measur-
ing six feet nine inches from tip to tip
of the wings, was shot in the vicinity of
Quebec, the other morning.
-LThe Beaver line steamship Lake
Manitoba, that -ran ashiere on the coast
of Newfoundland, will become a total
loss, with her freight el well.
d thing in a drug
where else.
cks, aged 15, a print-
f S. 11. Maddocks,
y periodical in the
in the river there the
vening while bathing. .His father
tending the General Assembly at
cal. The body was in the water
utes before. t was got out.
lexander So erville, the " Whist-
ler at the ,Plough,' died the other day,
on York street, Toronto, at his boarding
house, he having, lefused to allow him-
self to be temo d to more comfort-
..
able tquarters.
throughout Cana
the p Pess, and ha
the newspaper fra
— building k
and also the regis
Manitoba, were b
- depend three children who were play-
ing in the buildin
of the children b
ron and one to M
• posed the fire
children burning
--Twenty-five
Deusiler, of Cm
bill !from her
siding. in Calif
receiving the
. she thought, and
ment when the
$200 note while
that had been fil
box,
—An anonym
by a lady's valu
ceived lately b
Woinan's Forel
the I Presbyteria
Inflammationimmediate-
lthough everything was
ical aid could suggest,
d to alleviate his suffer-
.
ian Hetherington, a farm-
, about five miles from
vas driving a load of
sday, last week, on the
s a cultivator, and got
open the gate. The
ht, and Aln Hethering-
down and the wheel of
ed over his body. Three
ribs on the r ght side and the left
shoulder blade were broken.
—Walter J. Brown, a Toronto boy,
was playing o a raft at the foot of Sim-
coe street, wh n a large Newfoundland
dog jumped board and knocked 11
into the water The dog followed him
and started th who: for the shore. • The
boy grasped t e dog's tail, end. would in
all proba,bilit have been towed. safely'
in had not s rne one thrown a stone
which attra,cte the dog's attention and
he made a phi ge after it The boy let
go. his hold -4c1 sank to the bottom. •
The deceased was eight years old and
an only don.
—On the 16h instant, John Gariasve,
a member of o. 1 Company Volunteers
32nd Batt., Pt Elgin, was arraigned
before Messrs. Johnston and Ruby, of
Walkerton, o a charge of neglectMg to
respond to th call *hen :the 32nd was
called out for tive duty to the front
last month. he charge was proven and
the magistrat s sentenced Garrow to 20
days imprison ea M the county gaol.
The magistrates had power to inflict '
much longer s ntence, but as this was
the first case f the kind in that county,
they dealt len ently with the offender.
—Rev. Da •el Savage, a prominent
minister of t e Methodist church, re-
cently station d at London and Petrolia,
some months ago organized a singing
and. and entered upon a ,
revival miss- on • throughout the west.
Mr. Savage,
was a war
Artny, and hi
e was well known
a as a contributor to
many friends among
rnity.
own as the Union hotel
ry office at Gladstone,
rned down on Thurs-
were burned. Two
Longed to Mr. Came-
. J. Logie. • It is sup -
as originated by the
etches.
ears ago Apirs. Andrew
wall, received a $200
on who was then re-
rnia. Shortly after
oney she lost it, as
imagine her astonish-
ther day she found the
n search of some papers
• d away •in an old tin
• _
—Something Over fonr thousand dol-
lars has been subscribed, in forty coun-
ties of Ontario, towards a bronze statue,
to be etected as a memorial of the late
Dr. Egerton Ryerson.
—Excursionists to the number of
2,000 invaded the town of Kincardine
one fine day lately. Four engines and
twenty-eight coaches were required to
draw the crowd.
—Rev. Prof. Dyer has been appointed
president of Albert college, Belleville,
to succeed Dr. Jacques, who has resign -
homes. The people in this district, with ed his resignation to take effect at the
committee, are 'erecting two Presbyter- close of Thursday,
academic year. • ..
aid from the chnrch and manse building -
f •n last week, the output
ian churches, which will be available to o the.Union Phosphate mine, near
a limited number at present, but until Buckingham was 73 tons. • This, is
said .t.6 be so'mething unprecedented in
the settlement increases will be 'found, • t
impracticable for use in the winter the history of mining in Canada.
season. But I think, the chances arv
and praying
us letter, accompanied
ble gold chain, was re -
the Secretary of the
n Missionary Society, of
church, in Toronto.
• h was without postoffice
gned with a Christian
ged acceptance of the
for its disposal for the
dia missions.
News points out that
1 declined to allow the
to appear in town, but
a the way for the Nickel
n reply the Chronicle
nconsietency will not be
n we remember that the
to injure an important
he town, which the lars
y to° encourage.
teria,n General Assembly-
ussion of the question of
ation, adopted a resolu-
a committee to further
tter and report at next
ly. The Toronto Metlio-
disapproved of it by a
, but the taronioters of
not discouraged by the
continue to propaganda
ear, especi Ily with the
eg. despatch says : The
riffle stationed in London,
friend of the Salvation
sympathy for that body
probably led un to engage in his pres-
ent work. t the session of the London
Conference ji st closed Mr. Savage made
application be left without a circuit,
and. after an rnest debate his request
was granted. The feeling of the Con- •
erence was t ery strong, however, that
he revival
roposes to e
d in strict
ary method
The letter, whi
address, and s
-i-nanie only, be
chahn and ashe
benefit of the
-1-The Berlin
Waterloo coun
Aalfeation Arm
Cheerfully open
Plate circus.
remarks: The
so apparent wh
for er is apt
" industry of
*ter is more like
-E-The Presb
after a long dis
college consoli
tion to appoint
consider the m
General Assem
dist Conferenc
vote of 66 to
federation are
vote and
alining the
laity.
—A W inni
that in a feve Years ths will be a fine —A boy named Smithers, 10 years of
and prOsperous settlement, as those who e, was drowned in the canal near
have travelled to the Rackies say they ontreal, Thursday, while. trying to
save a companion. Deceased heroically
have not 'seen any finer tract of unbrokere
land or even as good soil as here. jumped in, although he could not swim.
The rebellion naturally created much —Hanlan, the famous oarsman, had a
excitement, yet I am not sure that it very narrow escape from drowning the
was even as bad here.s in many plabea other morning, on Toronto bay. He
in Ontario. In Winnpeg it was intense was trying a, new boat he had purchased
at times. Many were personally inter- from Trickett, and when about a mile
from shore the boat suddenly went to
without them than they :would of going ested in the success of the troops, at the
1
—One of t
ion with a
t Garden 11•11, Peterborough, on Wed-
esday of la t week. The marriage of a
• iss Grey was set for that day. The
• usband el
gWoocl, t
he bridesm
reparatory
arriage ce
f the bride
ork in which Mr. •Savage
• ntinue should, be conduct-
• cordance with the cliscipli-
of the Methodist church.
e saddest events in eennec-
arriage ceremony occurred
t, a, gentleman from Col-
e bride, the groomsman and
id were all. in their places
to the commencement of the
emony. Mrs. Grey, mother
came down stairs and had
• ust entered the room when she fell life -
s to the
eavily on
joyful part
nd laid a
ies asked
oned. Th
ot hear
eremony s
he groo
nd what s
appiest h
nd most s
--A To
he &Mina
pronto U
he fact th
• egrees of
E. Bald, Is
Brown, M
Langley.
secured th
ages, and
Laamdown
Brown ar
Brown, ar
society, a
Hon. Mr. No quay has received word
from Mr. Geo Stephen, President of the
Canadian P ific Railway, that he can
state positiviely that the Manitoba
Southwesterlr Railway will be extended
to Whitewat4r Lake during the present
floor. The occurrence fell
the, a few moments before,
. The mother was taken up
y, and the contracting par -
that the wedding be post-
s the friends gathered would
f, and they insisted that the
mild be performed at •once.
stnan and bride gave way,
ould have been Miss Grey's
ur was perhaps the saddest
rrowful time of her life.
onto correspondent says
commencement exercises at
iversity were remarkable for
t 'five ladies received their
.A. These were Miss Mary
iss C. E, Brown, Miss M. IsT.
ss Ella. Gardiner and Miss M.
Miss M. N. Brown also
gold medal in modern langti-
it3S E. Bahner captured the
gold medal. The Misses
daughters of late the Hon. Geo.
extremely popular in Toronto
d are moving spirits in vari-
ous benev lent and charitable organiza-
tions "3/1 ss Gardiner is a sister of the
talented :.(titor of the Hamilton Times.
Miss Ba si er is almost entirely self-edu-
cated in t e financial sense, and is en-
titled to igh honor for the position she
has taken Six stronger arguments in
favor of t e equality of the sexes could
not well e advanced. • The lustre they
have conf -rred upon Canadian woman-
hood she id not be lightly estimated.
—The
the Clin
has vac
and Rev.
ing up t
apple-pie
our popu
ly get a I
him owl
—The
Methodi
held on
addresse
Fessant,
Dr. Rye
and am
good ti
• supply o
• been or
satisfied
If
Londesboro correspondent of
n New Era says Mr. Jeffrey
ted the Presbyterian manse,
Mr. Ramsay may be seen fix-
• premises and putting it in
order; dame Rumor says that
ar young minister will short-
dy from near Exeter -to help
•y it.
nual strawberry fesival of the
t church at Centralia will be
°minion Day, July lst, when
• will be delivered by Revs.
Kershaw the new pastor, and
man. Various kinds of games
eraents will be provided, and a
e is anticipated. An unlimited
strawbeiriee artd cream has
red, so that everybody may be
All are invited.
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