New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-04
From the Upper OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES e''e-
ment-The Indians.

The St Louis New Era notices the ai'is a. VI 'ii
steamer Cecilia from St Peters IN az; -
traders from several hundred nies De III. 't"'
,znt post-a literal out OF the "oI 49,, rd ..
.l.o rrnor.s everything quiet among te Vi m.
-; iYsi.s,,r the rtI1nor OF contemplated attack
@ 10 si,e e,;Ierncnts being without foundation ne
~ - ,rbo., rescue il sid they would attempt,
-, -; ,,.,odv a, Fort smelling. and their detention
~ 10, aecd much feeling OF the iar-oa selkrs
sc,tic,ndo, and rs population the New Ira says
ON the C. we met with several gentlemen from sell
H. sc,,Ieuent on tie Red Rjyer The Worth distance
of seven or eight hundred miles from = Peter and far
up IN the British Possessions OF North America We
from them that they leit the Settlement abou. the
hrst OF last month and after iasung journey Of over
hundred miles wilderness country reach
cd Paul ak miles below Fort Smelling. on the 7th
instant The company consisted OF foFty-ye person
and about sixty Cart They have come down for the
purpose of purchasing goods IN this city, which they
viii convey back the settlement from ther point OF
cmbarkation in the carts We understand them 70 DC
regular Organized company but merely number Of
traders and persona who reside IN the settlement coming
together for the mutual safety and protection Of each
other The whole amount they expect 70 purchase viii
be between S25OD and $4,000 worth Of such goods
suitable for the Indians Of those lattudcs
The tribes adjacent the settlement and w!th whom
they nave IN former Year. carried pretty extensive
trade with goods furnished by the HudsOn Bay Com
pany, the Ncdc-" kantons, Naakotahs. Od!bwes,
Assin!boins, Arkars- Minarces md Chippewas. Sev-
cra years since 81. - Clair, Zone Of the gentlemen
WHO'S in the city, with small party attempted to
reach 81 Louis by the the present company
He succeeded and found the trp very prohtae
since ne has declined purchasing Of the company
any goods. The lay IN trade by "iich
the settlements governed allows each resident 70 imp
200 sterling worth of merchandise free of duty ~
the KIND OF goods nost saabe 4lOO VII DC sui'c1e.
70 loed ono Of the companys 50 the "ho!e sioi,
VIII be admitted free resident OF the sette'e1l III
be with every cart
In the number that have reached this city "c noce
the names Of ST. Clair, Gsnick. Cook Green anu 'S
DerInott In the course Of inquiries from tiiein VIC
learned that this settlement was oiinco ti,oc t'a
years since by the person whose name u pear anu i'
IL extends ulonr the banks Of North hed IdVcr or e
Red River OF The North some sixty miles, being sue
ccssion of hu,s and small villages. WIN very ie" good
houses The inhabitants are Principally bnsAsn Scotch
Canadians and half breeds and number between ana
10 thousand they have laws or form OF government
of their own and are under the control and supervision
Of those granted 70 the Hudson's Bay Company many
of The inhabitants intelligent industrious people and
are employed in agriculture raising stock &C others
subsist hunting and trapping which is considered the
profitable business, Oh an extensive rnde Is carried
on with the fur company.
The climate is said be very healthy and well adapt
ed 70 the raising Of several kinds Of grain but the most
sure and luxant crop barley Catholic mission is
established there and many o! the nhabtants are be
levers in that religion. Goods OF every kind are very
and enormously high the only exchange for them
10 urs every year supplies brought up The Red dv
or by the Hudsons Bay Company but their Transports
ton Is attended with great deal OF difficulty and danger
II s some four hundred miles from the mouth OF the
the settlement and in this distance the boats
have be hauled out and carried around more than IF
different falls
Good sugar is sold from 30 to 40 per ID. coffee. 30
Chewing tobacco 50 cts. per 10. and UNI
blcached cottons, % and IS cts per yard and other
things in proportion. The gentlemen with whom we
convcrsed in relation TO this singular outonoway place.
express themselves well satisfied with the country in
every respect Several OF them natives of the soil
others have been the children Of fortune and in seeking
spot TO suit their fancy have az it were stumbled into
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