The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-04

Tie HsdsoH Bag Company Dgipasafiom oW
me Ked Rtpey frontier. 81.
On Tuesday lsstFtws vuyageur. arrived frum
femoLaa, ~ means q d { srains making the Trip
able Of mail and from numerous letters gsr vssfIs
by the trader of the Americzu Fur Conuzuv Al
remote post, N. W. kittson, Esq, and ot,ers. We
are enabled 70 glean the following interesting news:
The Hudson Bay Company still continas their
sggressions upon the American side Of the lsae.
Two Of their emssaries, Charles Grant and Geofxs
Flap. are trading within territories without H.
cense, and othsls are making preparations Tor The
same purpose Flap was mpiieafed in the trassae-
ton which took place last summer on the pEains
between The kzlfLbreeds and Indians and which was
nigh causing the murder OF several Of tie lasteY
ing to the sale Of liquor. which had bsen brought
nto the country BY him and his associs1es. Grant
procures nearly all the goods he in the trade
directly from the Hrdson Bay Company. He also
uses liquor IN the trade which be also prucures from
the same quarter. Thus the legitimate trade Of
American citizens on Amerieau soil is not only
brought into composition with the capital and ins5-
ence Of that powerful foreign monopoly, but he
darnnable aid of ardent spirits called into rrunisi.
tIon TO assist s agents their Of zxRyessiou
and usurpaficn. II check Be not put % lrss pro-
ceedinEs BY the strong arm OF ouf government,
our traders will be compelled 10 abandon their bus
10 thar quarter and our northern frontier WILL
ere long. witness scene of blood and carnage re-
voting TO humanity and the age IN which we live
there - no Teasen whatever 70 suppose the persons
hAeheo aDofe nave co'tte upon ouF tcffltl{Y with
the Intention OF becoming eitizensl Gunt Is The
son Of one Of the Royal Companys msuisiraies--a
man who has taken every occasion % abnse and
oppress citizens-aad the son Is not unlike the
father. - ;
The settlement within our borders has been in.
creased by the addition OF several families from the
SelkiEk settlement since last summer, and several
more making preparations 70 immigfate in the
spring. Major Woods's visit to Pembina last sum
mer has given confidence TO many, Of the futefs
md 1f hlrt ah~
officials the other side are industrious in promul-
gazing opinions that the only security for their lives
and property is to remain where they are. Il is,
therefore, absolutely necessary, # our government
intends to encourage settlement on that frontier,
that sufficient force should be into the
try without delay, to put stop to the continual
aggressicns from the neghboring colony OF Great
Br tan.
Most Of the Indians to the east of Pembina ow-
ing to the disappearance Of game from their winter
grounds, and the failure OF their and rice
IN a state of starvation. Mr.. Kittson doing
his utmost to relieve them bul it dificnit
in the winter season 70 transport provisions iato
their country, that be fearful he could
plish but little. To the west they were living in
abundance as the plains were covered with bufslo.
Information has been received al Pembna, that
| the Mandan tribe OF Indians on the Missouri,
which, il viii be remembered was greatly reduced
a few years since, by the ravagesof Of the smallpox,
IS now threatened with entire extinction by the
| Sioux. Every day-one two fall viciiusste the
/ cruelty Of their unreieniing enemies The Man.
dams deSirous that the government should inter-
pose, and check these bloody incurSons into theH
| country.