The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-31

part or Ruports Land mas the county included IN tho
hudson pay grant as therein designateo mas ever
More than hall q century ago offences perpetrassa
under an old statute of Henry Will about trial n
British subjects for Grimes committed In other coun
ana r @ ra ~ ~ " @ ysr
try by the Upper Canada tribunals; but for some
years past she company with tho appreciation OF the
BRUSH government, have established local Judge
and sort of local government for the Red River
country In the Arthabasca region, northwest OF Hud-
son Bay TO the Rocky Mountains nothing has boon
established.
me valley OF Loumahara, OF Arthabasca and OF all
the adjacent country are rich IN minerals. North,
near the Arctic ocean, copper Is more plentiful than
IL IS believed IN any other part OF the world, ana
iron Is also found In abundance. The fisheries ~
HudsOns Bay could be mado valuable, ana all agri-
cultural Christian population OF hundreds OF thou
SANDS ind good homes on Its shores.
tcsmng with axes ana rivers Winnipeg lake is stu.
ated between latitude so degrees and 81 north. and
longitude 90 degrees and 100 degrees west; Il
has length OF 254 miles and an average width OF
thirty-bve mics, area 1900 square miles; altitude
ABOVE the s25 feet BY canoe route IL is GIG miles
Winnipeg aud connected with 1t by navgable
channel Is Lake Manitoba. North OF thus lake and
pegros, between which and Lake Manitoba there is
q naVIRabe connection. Thus ID completed the con-
neclion between the three iaxes al OF which have
united area. probably, equals that or lakes ontario
ana Erie combined. In the summer OF the year the
scenery around the lakes Is exceedingly lovely. The
clear and sparkling waters reflect the foliage or the
forest trees that lit their nigh and h0ary trunks
high above the margin OF the waters. Over the sur
face OF Lake Winnipeg several islands are scattered
An area OF 100000 square miles IS drained by It's
tributaries most which for hundreds OF miles arc
used as canoe or boat routes or these the winnipeg
river 800 miles iong and connecting with the lake OF
the woods Is the widest to NE sonth and 70 the
empties Itself into Hudson Bay forms the main high
way OF the company into their Territory. But
the largest tributary or Lake Winnipeg is tne Sas-
katcheWan, which, taking Its rise In the Rocky
Mountains courses for some 900 miles along for
nation Oierlng few DISTRACTIONS ana through
whlca 1t has cut clear course In liz entire length
In many places IL consists almost wholly or series
OF lakes. some OF which are fifteen miles wde Is
summer evenings presents the most gorgeous land
scapes 1t Is possible to see. Running through pri-
mitve formation for considerable distance from
Its mouth the hard crystalline rocks appear to hava
forced 1t to take refuge In the most abrupt and fan
taStlc sinuO5tleS
Red river which gives It's name to the country
winch IL now struggling TO achieve Its independence
OF DOMINION authority, enters Lake winnipeg ~
four different channels ana extending down to
about latitude forty SIX 0verlaps the upper branches
OF the M ssour and Mississippi and cries
CHARACTER AND APPBARANCR OF THE COUNTRY.
Tine whole country - lar as Arthabssca Lake and
Peace river calculated to become an earthly para
disc 1t IN che hands or Americans. There Is
fine black aiuvia soil on limestone fOrmAti0n pro-
ducing in the wooded portions beech birch and maple
In profuslOn and being omnently lifted for Cutiva-
tlOn The whole OF tho Great Fish down to the Polar
Sea Is the finest grazing country In the world. In
prised $40 natives or halfbreeds, 1l6 Scotch ninety
two Canadians forty English. thirteen irish, two
Swiss and one Norwegian As the foreign element
Is withdrawn the population Is SAID TO decline III
civilization. Convenience to the enited States had
drawn Off young from the settlements year after
year. and thus the population IL kept AZ stand.
still. The settlements are sea tered along the river
banks for distance OF about sixty miles upon mar
row strips or farms which have depth OF about
one-eightn OF mile. The houses are generally
placed ON the edge OF the table land, close TO the
channel Of the river. Az one point, however,
the elevation IL not sufficient to protect
them against floods when the water rises
thirty feet above Its ordinary level. Where
farming is wei conducted iii,y six bushels OF
wheat have been grown 70 the acre. and forty on
now land Is common. Potatoes grow to a prodigIous
size and swedish turnips have reached as high rs
seventy POUNDS. Indian corn succeeds much better
than m Canada. III IL usually planted about May 81,
and hardly ever tails to ripen. Onions reach ex-
treme dimensions. Melons grow well In the open
air. At present the great difficulty In tho way OF
extended cultivation Is the want OF q marked. To-
matoes. which are extremely sensitive TO frost, can
be grown IN the open air In Sheltered positions.
The pralrles Tor hundreds OF mes produce excellent
crops OF hay. Timber comprises elm, oak, maple
auu poplar. The Agricultural I'M PIGMENTS IN use are
English and American. The region through which
the Red river and the Assimboin rum and between
them and Lake Winnipeg, presents 4 singular and
important combination or prairie and w00d land.
The isolated groves OF trees on the rolling prairie
looA III many places ike the results u careful culture