Che Daily Examiner MARCH 31, 1885 The Call of Duty—A Difficulty Ovn Garrison Artillery have respond- to the call to arms with unanimity
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aud noble eathusiasm Every man in both tatteries volunteered for the service and if required will leave}
of the rebellion as soon as ever it is possible to do sO.
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but theres the rub. to do so now. Crossing between the Capes is difficult, aud the appliances are so few and so utterly inadequate that any ‘ iderable body of mer, encumbered with arms aud munitions of war, could not by transported by that route. Then the Northern Light is ice-bound in George town, and may not be released tora fort night; and the Lansdowne is not (as she should be) on the route between Souris and Pictou. So that in this important uncture, means of transport are eutirely wanting The Dominion Government may, therefore, be altogether deprived it the assistance our batteries could give hem, and our gallant young men may se deprived of the distinction for which hey are emulous, and for which they rcarn Or if they should be enabied to go to the front, it is not unlikely that they will arrive too late to share in the struggle and the triumph.
We sincerely hope that the Dominion Government will take this matter to heact, and at once set about providing the facilities for winter communication with the Maialand, which are so much required. The value of the railway north of Lake Superior is now seen ; the want of means of communication with the Island is now felt.
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The Lobster Question
PHose who have invested in lobster factories on this Island ure, aot un- naturally, disturbed over the news that Nova Scotia dealers contemplate sending a steamer round our coast to collect lob- sters and take them direct to the Ameri- cau market. .-Should they do so, aud should the Minister of Marire decline te confirm our lobster fishermen iu the rights to the fishing grounds which have been meted out to them by Iuspector Duvar, the lobster industry, employing tholisauds of persons aud bringing into the Province a half million dollars a year, will, they say, be destroyed.
The Ottawa correspondeut of the Montreal Herald says :—
‘* There is a delegation here trom Prince Edward Island end the north shore of New Brunswick in relation to the lobster question. Those gentlemen desire to have the shore apportioned ctf, giving to each fisherman the right to fish within a cercain iumit. The representative men from Nova Scotia in the lubster interest are also here, and they take an exactly opposite view from the N. B. and P. E. 1. men. They donot want any apportioned shores, but a free license to set their traps anywhere and everywhere. It is stated that the Nova Seotia interett, in which several members of Parliament are concerned, propose puiting ona steamer to run from Shediac around the coast to Boston or New York, and gather the lobsters all along the different fishing posts on the coast,and pack them in the ice and take them fresh to these markets. This the New Brunswick and PE. Island men claim would be a serious interference with their business and would close up many factories established along their coasts. As there are very few fac- tories on the Nova Scotia coast, it would not affect them much, and there is likely to be a lively time for the consideration of the ininisters between the men of these several provinces. They are each seeking an appointment with the minister of fisheries, who will doubtless have his hands full in reconciling the views of the several delega- tious.’
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The First-Class Hotel.
We greatly regret that it was not de- cided at the meeting held last evening to go on with the building of a firstelass hotel this season; but we hope and believe the gloomy view taken by our corres pondent will not be justified. The pro- posed enterprise is inherently good; the necessity of a first-class hotel will con- tinue to press itself upon the minds of citizens ; and the hotel must come. It is satisfactory to know that the matter has been left in the hands of a committee of active and evergetic men, who will take advantage of opportunities, and go abead,
‘Tne ueual fortnightly meeting of the Educational Institute was held in Upper Prince Straet School on Friday evening last. An interesting and instructive paper ou Deawmg” was read by J. MeSwain, Keq., Principal of the Model School. After referring to the necessity for a knowledge of drawing in mechanical pursuita, and to the history of Industrial Drawing in Eag- land, the writer of the paper showed the uo portance of @ knowledge of drawing to the teacher, enabling him to illustrate on the blackboard almost all the lessons usual- ly taught iu our schools. To the pupil,it 18 of groat benefit, developing his percep- thens, and thereby quickening his progress in other studies. The pleasure with which scholars of all ages enjoy drawing makes ita valuable disciplinary agent. Messrs. Leeming, Mellish, Dawsen,ond others took part in the @eussion which followed the reading of the paper.
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TALE RIEL REBELLED
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
TELFGRAM FROM (IBCT. COI IRVINE TO Sik
JOHN MACDONALD,
Forr CaRLEeToON, f ria Winnipeg, March 27. 5
The party under my command have Just arrived. When near Fort Carleton we found that Major Crozier, with a party o! one hundred, went to Duck Lake to secure a large quantity of provisions there svored, aud were met by some hundreds of rebela, who held an advantageous position at Beardy's reserve apd endeavored to sur- round the police and civilians. The rebels tired firat and the firing became general. Major Crozier, owing to the disadvantage at which he wae taken, retreated, orderly, arriving at the Fort at the same time as my party. Teu civilians of Prince Albert and two policemen were killed, and four civilians and seven constables wound- ed. The number of rebels killed is not known. The policemen and civilians acted with the greatest bravery uuder heavy fire.
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fHE FEELING AT OTTAWA,
“The announcement made by Sir John (telegraphs the St. John Sun's Ottawa cor- respondent)” of the number killed and wounded was received with bated breath by the House, and at that moment was born a . stern determination to put down the up- rising, cost what it might. The Govern ment beld a hasty cabinet meeting after six o'clock, at the conclusion of which Sir John hastened to the Governor General's to in- form himof the contents of Col. Irvine's despatch. For some days Sir John has boen preparing for the worst. Arrange- ments have been completed for the trans port of Aand B battery to the Northwest, via the C. P. R. Harry Abbott has col- lected sleivis and horses and all is in
} readiness tou convey troops, many of them | . = old and tried soldiers, across the gap of 70
miles, which is all the distance between Ottawa and Winnipeg on which rails have not been laid. In five days these troops will be at Qu’Appelle to begin their march of two hundred and fifty miles over the praiies to the South Saskatchewan. No oue will now regret the rapid construction of the C. P. R. around the north shore of Lake Superior, by which thousands of dol- lars will be saved to the country.
‘The feeling in the House is yood. The vational spirit has been evoked and from all quarters the Government are receiving the warmest commendations of their course and offers for service, which show that the military spirit of the country has been aroused. There is in nv quarter the slight- est sympathy with Ric}, whose recent course has destreyed all sympathy with him. French Canadian and English Canadian, are united in a determination to settle this matter once for all, and thousands of volunteers are ready to take the field, if necessary, to put down this spoeal to arms. [It is mest gratifying to every lover of his country, to see the perfect unanimity which prevails in the Commons on the subject.”
THE WALF-BREEDS’ GRIBVANCE.
The Toronto Mail says: ‘The half- breeds in the St. Laurent district complain that the Dominion has treated them badly, and we think it has. Under the Manitoba Act of 1870, each half-breed born in that Province befere July Ist of that year was granted 240 acres of land free, in satisfac- tion of what may be termed the half-breed title. But beyond the confines of Manito- ba lay a few half-breed settlements, fur the inhabitants of which no provision was then made, nor, indeed, was any demanded at the time. St. Laurent, one of those, was es'ablished as long ago as 1862, and isa fairly prosperous place. The first demand for consideration was pre- ferred by the colonists ten years ago, when they asked to be placed on the same footing as regards free home- steads asthe Metis of Manitob-, Later on, when the Dominion surveyors appeared in the country, a fresh grievance sprung up. ‘The half-breeds, as was the French eustom, had settled along the rivers, each farm having a narrow water frontage, and extending far back in the form of a long parallelogram. The surveyors, were, of course, compelled to destroy this arrange- ment of holding:; and the people earnestly protested againstit. They alsorenewed t!eir claim for gran's of 240 acres per capita, and from that day to this the agitation has been meaiutained, Riel’s arrival from Montana last spring giving it the semblance ef a general and united movement.”
THE RIEL REBELLION OF 1870.
The trouble of 1870, arose out cf the transfer by the Hudson Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada of the Northwest Territories. The following particulars are collected from the histories by Mr. Leggo and Geo, Stewart: At this time (1870) there were about 12,000 people settled in Assini- boia, 6,000 of whom were French haif- breeds, 4,000 Scotch and English, 1,500 pure whites of various nationalities and 500 Indians. In July, 1869, the Dominion Government sent Colonel Dennis, with a party of surveyors, to survey the country, and in October of the same year the Hon, William Macdougall started for Red River, having been appoinied the first Lieutenaut- Governor of the newly annexed Territories. So far the transfer had been simply a matier of buying and selling between the Hudson Bay Company and the Dominion Government; the inhabitants had not been consulted in the matter. The French and the half-breeds were persuaded that the transfer was inimical to their interests and the sight of the surveyors at work gave them the idea that their ownership of the land was in peril. On the other hand it is said that the actions of the surveying party were any thing but conciliatory or judicious. Lieut.-Governor Macdougall, on arriving at the frontier on October, 1869, was stopped by a body of armed mer, under the com- mand of Louis Riel, who refused to allow him to enter the Territorivs, or Rupert's Land, as it was then called, and he was compelled to seek refuge ov United States territory. Riel had organized what he called a ‘‘ Provisional Government,’ aud had six huadred men under arms.
On November 3rd the rebels took pos- session of Fort Garry, and in the following month Vice-General Thibault, Col. De Salaberry and Mr. Donald A. Smith, of
‘the Hledeon Bay Company, were sent to
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Fort Garry by the Government with assur- ancea that. the Iwperial and Canadian Governments were anxious to secure to the people of the Northwest every righ', privilege and immunity to which they were entided. They carried with them a >Pro c‘lamation issued by Lord Lisgar, which concluded as follows :
“And I do lastly inform you that in case of your immediate and peaceable obedience and dispersion, I shall order that no legal pro- ceedings be taken against any parties im- pliested in these unfortunate breaches of the law.”
The three representatives of the Govern- iment were made prieoners by Riel and the copies of the Proclamation were taken from them before they could be used. On December 18th Mr. McDougall returned to (ttawa and the troubles were shortly after- wards discussed in Parliament. was passed, the conditions of which had been agreed upon by members of the Gov- ernment and delegates sent to Utiawa by
tiel as President of the Provisional Gov ernment, Lieut.-Gov. Macdougall had endeavored to put down the insurrection by an armed force raised among the Scotch and English settlers, who were loyal, but without success. On the night of Feb. 15th, a rising against Riel’s Government took place t was immediately suppressed and the leader of the movement, Major Boulton, was court martialed and sentene- ed to death, but not executed.
On March 4th, Thomas Scott, an emi- yrant fiom Ontario, who had rebelled against Riel, and who was imprisoned at Fort Garry, was ordered oui for execution, without the formality of atrial. and shot. Riel was strongly urged to spare his prison- er’s life, but refused. Scott was placed outside the gate of the fort blindfolded and shot by six half-breeds, who, it is said,were half drunk at the time. aan
Archbishop Tache, of St. Boniface, white in Rome attending the Ecumenical Council, had been asked by the Government to con- ciliate the insurgents, and returned home for that purpose. He left Ottawa with in- structions which afterwards gave rise to much discussion. Among other letters the Archbishop carried one from Sir John Mac- donald, containing the following clause :—
‘Should the question arise as to the con- sumption of the stores or goods belonging to the Hudson Bay Company by the in surgents, you are authorized te inform the leaders that if the Company’s Government is restored not only will there be a general amnesty granted, but in case the Company
should claim the payment for such stores, |
that the Canadian Government will stand between the insurgents and all harm.’
The Archbishop arrived at Red River five days after the cold-vlooded murder of Scott, a matter the Government knew nothing about when giving him his instruc- tions. Considering the situation perilous, Archbishop ache promised, if the insur- gents would yield, a general amnesty for all that had been done so far, including the murder of Scott. ‘The insurgents accepted the offer and remained quiet until they learned that an armed expedition was ea route to the Red River.
On April 21st, 1872, Parliament appro- priated $1,300,000 to open communication, establish a goverament and settle the Northwest territories. Mr. Masson moved an amendment ;
Provided that no portion of the funds be expended in emyloying troops or militia in acquiring possession of the territory by force of arms.
The debate on the amendment showed that most of the French-Canadian members were opposed to the employment of troops in this matter.
WOLSELEY’S FORCE.
On May 30th Lieutenant Governor Macdvugall was replaced by Mr, Archibald, and in Jene, two regiments of militia and a battalion of the 60th Rifles, under com- mand of General Wolseley, started for Red River. The expedition proceeded by the canoe route and, like the Nile Expedition, with the assistance of voyageurs. Wolseley arrived at Fort Garry on August 24th. Riel knew nothing about the arrival of the troops until they were within two miles of the fort, but- soon enough to allow of himself and his follows clearing out of Fort Garry 4 few minutes before the, troops entered.
The force which Wolseley led against Riel, in 1870, consisted of 19 non-commis- sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, under Lieut. Alleyn ; 19 non- commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers, under Lieut. Heneage; 26 officers and 3d1 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles, under Colonel Feilders ; 12 non-commis- sioned officers and men of the army-service corps; 8 non commissioned officers and men of the army-hospital corps ; 28 officers and 350 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist, or Ontario battalion of militia, under Lieut. Col. Jarvis; 28 ctlicers and 350 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2nd, or Qu:bec battalion of wilitia, under Lieut.- Col. Casault ; making a total of 84 regimental cflicers and 1109 non-commissioned cfiicers and men.
The staff consisted of Col. Welseley, com- manding; of Capt. Huyshe, R ile Brigade, and Lieut. Denison, Governor-General’s Body Guard, aides-de-camp; Lieut. Col. Bolton, Royal Artillery, deputy-assist-adg¢- general; Major McLeod, brigade major of militia; Lieut. Col. McNeill, V. C., (now with Gen. Graham's command in the Soudan); Surgeon-Major Young, M. D., 60th Rifles, principe] medical oftiver; Staff- assist-Surgeons Shaw, Robertson and Chat- terton. The total of all ranks was 1213. The following extract from the orders issued at Fort Garry by Col. Wolseley shows how the expedition attained the objects for which it was organized and despatched : ‘‘ The leaders of the ban- ditti who recently oppressed Her Majesty’s loyal subjects in the Red River settlement, having fled as you advanced upon the fort, leaving their guns aud a large quan- tity of arms and ammunition behind them, the primary object of the expedition has been peaceably accomplished. Althovgh you have not had an opportunity of gaining glory, yet you can carry back with you into the daily routine of garrison life, the con- viction that you have done good service to the state; and have proved that no extent of interverisg wilderness, no matter how great may be its difficulties, whether by lend or water, can enable men to commit murder, or to rebel against Her Majesty’s authority with impunity.”
THE END OF THE DIFFICULTY.
; The establishment of a stable Government in the Northwest was, as may be imagined, a difticutt task. A great difficulty arose
over Monseigneur Tache’s promise of a goneral amnesty, His Lordship insisting
the pardoned offences, as he had promised. There was much correspondence between the Archbishop ana the Dominion and Im- perial Governments. Eventually the Jm perial Government decided to leave the matter to the discretion of Lord Dufferin personally, thus relieving his ministers of responsibility. Riel was never arrested, aud having been elected member of Parliament for Provencher, ac- tually went to Ottawa and succeeded in taking the oath without falling into the hands of the police. He never took his seat, however, and was subsequently ex- pelled. Ambroise Lepine, another leader of the insurrection, was sentenced to death
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for the murder of Scott and Riel was out- lawed. Lord Dufferin eventually com- Lepirney sentence to two years imprisonment and forfeiture of political riyhts. Meanwhile Riel had gone to the
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used in favor of extending the amnesty to him was that Sir John Macdonald had sent him money by Archbishop ‘Tache to induce him to leave the country.
Notes.
It is conceded that a laryer force than is available will be necessary to overawe the rebels. It is stated that General Middle- ton will receive more troops to supplement those going to the front. Two more regiments could be raised in Winnipeg, most of whom have had volunteer experi- ence in Ontario or Europe, and are clamour- ing for active service.
A special from Wiunipeg says: It is reported on good authority that the govern- ment have received word that the rebels have captured Major Crozier and his force of over one hundred mounted police, after an engagement in which several were killed on both sides.
A half breed had been captured at Brandon in the act of placzing an obstruc- tion on the railway track with the view of wrecking the train conveying troops to Qu’Appelle. The prisoner stated that Riel had 1,500 men and six American cannons.
A despatch from Fargo says there is a rumor that Fenian organizations in the Northwest are making active attempts to aid the Riel raiders in their opposition to the Dominion Government. An alleged emissary of the Chicago brotherhood is here, and is said to be making arrange- ments for receiving aad storing army and ammunition. :
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