The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-24
as pad over ~. money any rate tho Dominion has ap

Lieutenant Governor i to by legislative
pets eoSernmea are imported
'SP ass rrs" &
q Canada sosSls them sron.si
people are Hnl;sa 9ppss,on % the DsmaIon government
The right to elect their own legislature :,
local nature by ,wohrds vote over the veto OF the Ex-
4. A free homestead and pre- -enp,ion law.
An lnan policy calculated to Insure good VIII and quiet
All the executive Legislative civil and military
for given number OF TO be paid out oil the
An Appropriation to be expended in the inernal improve
After placing these guarantee. beyond peradventrc then
the proposition Of annexation to the Dominion be submit
The people fully organized and frontier people
wSy and be- s s M az.
Of the functions of his ocs, that Of drawing his
take INTO Their position and
Indian warriors suppose Sa, Ii: DOMINICA should aemp,
saS to sss a n ' Of s's ays
s Esa q not h be S 1
attempted The only route open 70 them would De by ship
canoes numerous poTtages by this route WIN
Ss a be- ue sa ny % s
before reaching Lake Wnnepeg The people the British
nss sss 6e their any
BILE position rendering them quite independent OF Canada ut
delegation from the chiefs and head Of the British
Chippewa Indians have let the following letter to be handed
to Governor McDougal on his arrival at PemDna:
ENGLISH rsnn.roaY,l
NEAR PEMIINA, d. T., Sept = ls6s :
His Excellency Governor McDoUoALL:-
a wn the Chppsw
as the Hudson Bay Company Territory Rupert's Land
rival on the information 81 boundary line aud the name
at ae a. a Bay Gays
6na in order to afford our chiefs and old men an opporn
sf som
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noi Sav.
s q old @ @ sop h
h TO Se dor Tune sea e hsye e Sn
soyearnmsn your Exceeney represents and have been
sysas % '0 a msn a nS
without ] s "a nd
ese we na ana
q your government possession is Territory
oaT people greatly prefer to maintain friendly rea.
represent. and we wei Know tina. this only be
tive rights BY written treaty. Our people know that
have the rights and united one man ia the deter
people well the best interests OF Excel
rshs viii be fully respected and thai we may be abe to cx
tend to you the right hand Of fellowship ON our own be-
lency will accept our KIN lest regards 49, -
From the sSvs x gsSr e; I the u,sy a
comply WITH account OF his limited authority And
the Uned States viii satisfy the waite people
COMMENCEMENT OF HosTILlrrEs.
Governor McDongail arrived az Pembina from
Canada on the 30th OF september. In The mean
time military companies mad been organized and
guards placed on an the roads aud passes leading
To Fort Garry, the headquarters OF the settle
ment. on the "a OF November n company or Red
River cavalry surrounded the HUDSON Bay Com
pany's fort near Pembina where Governor McDou-
TO leave the Territory by nine O'Clock the next morn
ing,
formed that the troops had como TO execute an
order and not 10 hold council.
Promptly at nine O'Clock on the Sd the troops
entered the stOckade arrested and securely bound
William Hallett, guide to Colonel Dennis, surveyor
General whereupon the Governor and party made
for their horses aud wagons and evacuated the Tort
without further warming The entire party rccrossed
the international boundary and encimped Oh United
States soil near the place, out range OF the enemys
guns.
crossed the boundary portion or the troops started
for headquarters, taking with them Hallott tho pr
soner guide. while the captain with the residue vi
his command, went INTO camp near The inrcrna-
uonal boundary, TO observe the movements Of the
expelled officials.
A provisional government was formed by the n
surgens, with John Bruce as president and LOUIS
Riel.e commander-in-chief OF the military forces
then numbering several hundred men, and Fort
Garry seized by the insurgents ana occupied by
Provisional Governor Bruce. Affairs renamed
this condition Tor several days, the English Scotch
and the Americans remaining neutral. on the lgtn
OF November Governor McIavish, aof AsslnDoin,
issued q proclamation denouncng the seizure OF
public and private property Dy the insurgents,
charging the nsurrectonary forces to dispeise and
closing as foilowsA
You dealing with crisis ont of which may in
calcl,ablc good or mmeasurabe evii, and with AL the
weight OF my oc, sg.nor'y all the influence OF my ina
IS MM ana
The Governor was immediately put under close
guard by the insurgents, and Captain Campbell, OF
McDongalps party, upon attempting to enter Fort
guard, forbidden to return to the territory upon
pam OF being shot The goods and PROVISIONS OF the
Hudson Bay Company were seized supply the In
sursents, and the whole country organized against
the Canadian authorities. On tue 9Th ol December
the Hudson Bay Company's fort near pemDina was
seized by the lnsurrectionsts and several OF Gov
crnor McDongaIi's party were Captured. At last
accounts from the seat OF war the forces under
Rlelc were IN possession or the whole ieI
river country, but there were reports that the
Indians were being rallied by the Canadian auihorl-
ties against the settlements ana serious appfchen-
sions existed that IN VI active between
settlers aud Canadians the Indians might Join In ana
lnaugurate cXtermination OF all the whites IL IL
also stated that 1t Is not the in'euton OF the Cana
dian government TO compete tae purchase OF the
Northwest Territory until next spring and not unril
the DOMINION IS able to assert lis authority by the
presence OF an armed force sent IN Nv the way OF
Fort William In the meantime tue hudson Bay
Company IS TO conduct AFFAIRS In the Territory.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF the insurrcctionary forces, Louis Rielc, Is n
young man about twenly-four years OF age, was
born ut Red civer, from poor but respectable
parents, and Is OF pure French origin. Thirteen
years ago his education was placed under the care
OF bisnop, who sent hn TO the best classical COZ
le2e IN Montreai--ihe same where General Dix was
educated
lie remained there nine years as q student and
display ed such talent and obtained such success in
literature that his professors ana protectors wished
nm To enter Their community. Defining 10 do
th's they Withdrew from HIN their protection
and he proceeded 10 Minnesota, remaining alter
natey for period OF two years OF
81. Paul and st. Anthony occupying the
position OF clerk In grocery stores Not being sue
cessfu Ia mercantile lie he went to Red river 10
funds 10 1T himself for the oar aud after being
year IN the country finds himself AZ the head vi
tue military forces OF the insurrectionary territory
lie Is regarded possessing great aplllLy, and has
the confidence Of all the settlements.
ANNEXATION.
glance OF the latest maps OF that country viii
convince the most sceptlcal that the future OF the