The New York herald., 1863-10-02


awaiting the settlement OF the Indian difficulties 70 70
sune their business
Is wear and the year previous most Of the freight TOR
the Red river country was taken 70 Georgeeown Guy
near Fort Abercrombie, and thence by s'eH"'efs
down the Rcd river. Previously hso o''
nearly all transported by the peculiar car" nou'
the settlements Pembina and Fort Garry' a"o ''p
pago Of the steamer has led 10 resumption OF Tue ou
system These carts are curiosity In their way. Iney
are about the size OF ordinary two-whee ofsy' a'o
are built entirely of wood not particle OF on entering
thor composition They propelled by single OK of
horse generally tho former, and driven by hahor
native. They carry about thousand POUNDS 'resn'
10 each cart. aud make the trip from ST. Paul TO Fort Garry
in from twenty-five 10 thirty days. An idea OF the ex-
tent Of The ado can bo formed when state that tho
number Of carts making tho journey this season is not
far from three hundred and fifty. small train Of from
one TO two hundred carts down early In the SPRING
but the majority make but single trip each year Inc
whole number Of carts during this year Will DO very
five hundred.
The traing come down laden with furs and return with
goods the company and tho independent trsdors or
that region In considering the amount Of this business
it be remembered that the only articles taken
tnher those for traffic with the Indians and seters
All the staples OF food produced in the Territory IN
abundance. The price OF freight from ST. Paul to Fort
Is
somewhat when the steamboat Is in operation There
are two wagon roadsone by way of pembina, through
the Sioux country the west bank OF the rver and the
other through the Chippewa country, the east bank
of British America and do modest tho trains but IL ia
at present considered safer TO go through the Chippewa
territory The Sioux might al any moment become hos
,ie, while the Chippewas are always friendly
Last winter little Crow went TO Fort Garry and en-
point but without success The Sioux have always been
on good terms with tho Engsh and at tho time OF their
ton Little Grow informed Dallas that the only
cause of trouble IN Minnesota was the failure OF the
United States government TO keep faith with the Sioux,
and nsaneed tho neglect TO make the payments at the
proper time, according promise He saId II wae the
determination N tho Sioux 10 keep up the war until the
whites expected from thoir territory themselves
were exerminated.
Little Grow statement OF the OF tho troubles
not far from tho truth The payments had been proms
ed to the Indians but were deferred under various pro.
texts. The money was W Minnesota; but somehow
nrom,sed 70 do do ao The indians waited for D' a
long time, until many OF them wcro literally starv
Ing and when they could ind no other means OF rcd
they broke The stores and helped themselves AT
the time that they did this they murdered the
storekeepers and settlers the agencies and from these
tie border settlements This is the history brief OF the
Indian Those who know the Indian character
codld have expected little else after the breaking Of faith
10 de'erripg the promised payments have repea'ediy
heard citizens Minnesota Say that there would have
been little bad the Indians Gned the ders
to the parties who had derauded and disappointed them
st. Cloud Is OF the range of the Sioux Indians and in
the country Of the ChippewnR II was here In former
years treaties the latter tribe he'd The
first frame structure Of any Importance was erected here
N 1857, and since then the place has grown to
ton OF thousand souls, and has several ne build
ings Tho Chippewa Indians occasionally here but
they are not often below Crow Wing, fifty miles
above The st. Paul and Pacific Railway graded nearly
" this point and expected 10 be finished here
When this is ST. Cloud III be the centre OF
most OF the Northwestern trade that finds s way TO
St. Paul An hstance o. the uncertainty OF land titles In
the West Is shown in the fact that one OF the sections
cd tha llda half lhn
Cloud Tho Inhabitants thought their title was perfect
but discovered late hour That is worthless II s
not Likely that the railway company Will insist upon dis
pay for the improvements and take possession tho land
allow the occupants to receive title by paying fair
market valuation.
Since arriving here ] have been shown specimens Of
gold from The Saskatchewan river that have nd their
way here the hauds Of the Red river traders II is
fully equal TO the gnlch gold q California and Pike's
Peak, and s Of the quality known among miners
''scae gold" quantity has been sent Philadelphia
Tor and the returns expected The gold
s ror IN the saskatchewan, at the base OF the Rocky
Mountains, AID exists without doubt along the whole
cLain.
governor Dallas, Of British Columbia, s now in st.
Paul. and is expected st 81 Cloud Tuesday his
Garry 10 visit all the hudson Bay Company's posts
In the eastern portion Of the Territory. lie passed
along the chain Of lakes near tho boundary
line u and thence rene by way OF nth. The Ottawa river %
portsses around falls and between the heads OF the
streams flowing in different directions. lie now takes
OF ST. Paul and the Rod Of the North. lie
company OF the trains from this point short ds
tnce, and then proceed RAPIDLY by horse express lie
will pass through The Chippewa country on the east bank
Of the Red river.
The frosts have affected tho crops in this locality
In the further down tho The corn
and potato product Will be materially though not entirely,
destroyed. Wheat here, elsewhere was past INJURY