The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-24

THE HUDSON BAY CONGRATULATIONS on THE
Fed RIVER FRONTIER,


Fed RIVER FRONTIER,
(From tie St Paul, min J Chronicle, March 81
on iuesosy ia't, Two ,oyds"er, arrived rom rsmo,
Ds by mssDs az dog ain maxim. the trip through
in eighties days They brought considerable of mail
ard from numerous letters forwarded by the trader OF
the American Fur company at thai rem 9re post ". W.
kitten Esq, and others enabled co CLEAN the
following interesting news Mr. Kttson deserves great
cIesit or drpatehing train through at this ineie
The Hudsons Bay Company still continue their sg-
gress one upon the American eide Of the ins rwo Of
their emisssries, Charles Grant aud Geo Flap are
trading within our territories without license and
others are making preparstions for the came pur-
pose. Flap VAS implicated In the Transaction which
took place last summer the plains, between
the halt. breeds and Indians, and which nigh
the sale OF liquor, which had been brought into the
country BY him and his associates. Grant procures
Bay c%p.Dy He in Ss
trade which BE also procurss from the quarter
Thus tbs legitimate trade Of American citizens: on
American SOIL II not only brought into competition
with the capital and influence Of that powerful TO-
reign monopoly, but the dsmnaos aid Of ardent
their acts Of aggression ana usurpston II check be
not put to these proceedings By the strong OF
government, our traders win be compelled to abandon
their business that quarter and frontier
will ere long witness Of blood and carnage re-
voting to humanity and the age in which We live.
There Ii NO reason whatever to suppose the persons
named above have come upon territory with thu
intention Of becoming citizens Grant is the son Of
has taken every occasion abuse Cypress cti
Gems and the con Is not unlike the father.
WITHIN our DOrQprs nks Oeen Increased
by the addition Of several families from the Seikirk
settlement since last summer, and several mere
making preparations to immigrsts in the spring.
Major Woods visit to Pembina last summer has given
confidence to many of the future support and protec
tion Of our but the officials the other
side industrious In opinions that the
only security their lives and property remain
where they are 1t Is therefore absolutely Necessary
our government intends to encourage settlement ON
that frontier that suoisnt force should be sent into
the country without delay, to put stop TO the
tirusi sggressions from the neishboring colony Of
Most Of the Indians to the east of Psmbina owing to
the disappearance Of game from their winter grounds
and the failure Of their and rice In state Of
starvation. Mr.. Kittson doing hts utmost to re-
lisve them but 1t difficult, in the winter
to transport provisions into their country that he
was fearful he could accomplish but little. To the
west, they were living in abundance, - the plains
covered with buffalo.
The complaints made last fall to Governor Ramsey
by the party Of halt breeds who down with Capt
Pope, in regard to the ia which their chiefs
were appointed characterized by the ecclesiastical
The half breeds are the children OF engaged by
the budson's Bay Company and Indian women aud
are bern in the different places where their fathers
had served-sonetimes In one place and sometimes in
another They have really NO abode and their pre-
tended places Of nativity only the places where
their parents hailed from at time Pembina, then
again the colony Of Lord Sekirk. Iu this view"
tinues the Rev MIR. Belcourt 1t right that the
halt breeds elected [chefs from men,
bers Of the largest families OF members OF families
who come originally from different directions 90 that
all might be represented in satisfactory manner and
tnctcn be made between the half breeds, from what
ever source they originate They q mass cast TO-
gsther- the same people,
This Is doubtless correct account Of the origin and
present position Of the Red river nalf breeds; bur
that portion Of them residing within territory
to become and exercise the right Of suf
mage ~ IL contemplated by territorial lswsit IL
evident they must first to be "the people,
with their friends and relatives the other side Of the
line: cat of all allegiance to this barbarian govern
nent Of chiefs and know and obey other laws
those passed by Congress aud the legislative
OF Minnesota There must Ct necessity be = distinc-
ton and vast made between halt breeds residing
within our borders and those living without
Information has been received st Pembins, that the
MaBdan tribe of Indians the Missouri which, IL
will be RENE bere d. greatly reduced few years
since by the ravsges Of the small pox threatened
with entire extinction by the Sioux. Every day
two fall victims to the cruelty of their unrelenting
enemies The Msndans are desirous that the govern
ment tbould interpose and check these bloody in
cursions Into their country. military force, dis
patched In that direction next would doubt
lsss have the desred effect to CHECK these sggeions
OF the strong against ths weak and also to the
remote prairie Indians Of the North vest with proper
ids2 O ON streueth.