The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-06
IMPORTANT NEWS!
Arrival Of an Express Mail from the
Red River of the North, by DOgs!!
Through in Is DAYS!

through In Is DAYS!
The train arrived on Monday last,
with heavy mail from Pembina and
the Seikirk settlement, distance 500
miles. Shows are reported very deep
in the north The three dogs, having
made so miles day, some days, were
much fatigued AT the end of their jour
ney; and, being fed, laid down in their
harnesses for several hours and slept,
but moving their feet while sleeping
on their sides, as if they were still
travelling. Their sledge is attached to
the harness by rope. The sledge is a
light board, with sides to it, of green
hide, making sort of open shoe, with
a Prov turning up III front skate-lashion.
The sledgc contained the mail and pro-
visions for the dogs and two men, penn
mican Sc; there being no dwellings to
stop at, for many hundred miles. One
of the men. halfbreeds, travelled ahead
of the dogs; and the other, with stick
to drive them and a rope to hold back
the sledge down hill, came behind. The
dogs are sharp-eared, a little above me-
utuI!l SlkS, anu IOOh I1utu Ilht NOiNCS.
We have been thus particular in desert
bling this travelling equippage, knowing
that it will seem quite novel to our read
ers ID the states.
| The winter has been rather severe:
but provisions abundant. Fish have
been caught in immense quantities. The
buffalo hunt was not very productive
Provisions plenty and cheap at the Sci
kirk settlement. The only trouble is,
to get wheat ground, as all the mills are
turned by wind, which has been unusu-
ally low, but was rising. 1t has been a
winter of much gaiety and frolic in the
settlement-balls, sleigh-rides SC. They
are talking of getting a press and a
newspaper. They are experiencing the
annexation fever.
Rev. Mr. Belcourt, Catholic priest al
Pembina "a settlement just south of the
British line, of traders, half-breeds and
Indians) writes to inform Gov. Ramsey
that the Sioux near the Missouri river
are harrassing and depressing then
neighbors, little band of the Mandans
and asking protection for the latter.
Information is received, that the cleo.
ton of Chiefs or rulers amongst the
half-breeds al Pembina, under the ad.
vice of Maj. Woods, last summer, is gen
orally satisfactory; and that the depu-
tation of half-breeds who came dowr
last fall and made complaint of the un-
fairness of the election &c. had no just
cause Of complaint.
Complaints are made against person:
who vend whiskey to the Indians-one
man complained of, is a Mr.. Grant
from the British side
The people north of the line, are max.
ing active preparations to encroach up
on our side again in their next summer
hunt of the buffalo. This is great in
jury and annoyance to the Pembinese
and it is believed that it might easily be
stopped if our Government would sta.
ton handful of troops on the northern
line.
Prices. Wheat, at Selkirk Settle.
ment, 90 cents -four 500 to 5000;
fresh fish $500 per hundred; pemmicar
"a 90; buffalo tongues, s to 10 cent;
each; buffalo robes 81 so to So, SO; bee
3 ID to 4 10; pork, but little for sale
The next summer train, will bring dowr
to Saint Paul small quantity Of Rec
river wheat, to supply farmers in the
south with the seed of that hardy grain
These expenses are maintained by the
Fur Company. The mail will return,
after the arrival of the mall this week
from below.