, 1870-04-25

thsreoJ 8 q t6s more .ecarn1y mssatzned
ss :, .asn ~. ~ e. asnse5s
bs Fs1 n p T. E. &c Rs9p!e sse1 Esaafsd
paiusn ID tho Eovesnnncnt ct ny country, j pro-
sa,n ltnas Rsssss ,e'ans , ~ mtist thts 5ay:
prevent tbs peace from hetnI disturbed
While Internally all IL thus returning to onlcr<
es1sras ~ he @st.5 Rs M,*r :se f.soi.s
abe arrangement She ofstrs 10 guarantee rs
our rights, and TO give ns piaeE in the Con-
idsasinea i CIV sisn ihs rsosssoaa des1n,nsn, EnGe
our national will, based upon tusanrv ssau be ~
aHappy country, 10 hare escap., many u,i,,,,r.
! tunes thar xers prepared 10. her! II sce;nv her
children on the point Of naF. she recole.ss the
ties Of the same patriotism she has rsunleti them
again for the eake 81 preserving thetr lives tneir
liberties aud tnef hspp!neMs* r.
20 ny feIlov.onnt1 y.ocn, without tsstihcuon
Keep - s Toids tn 1osr heslssI i ever tae t'ne
sss os,,sp psss
that viii be the aignal an the Disasters witch
we have had the hApp1esspo % avoid
eminent viii t1eat With alltne severity Of tue law
those who WIN tase ae7an % eompronise the
pose secu1,y !: Is rcsy g - sssinst Ans = sae as
| vtdnals. but let On hope rather tnst extres1c
measures viii be unknown, ani thai the 1essous ez
the past NIL guide rs in the fasstE, : ,.
Ar. Hill Expresses very decided opinion Of
| what will be the probable ItEalt Of the Cana
| dian policy Of employing Cacadian Indians ss
that, il strange Indians, unknown in this
country, are thus employed III Eay nurnber,
! large OF SMALL il will unite the entire Indian
population of the Northwest in tiuEoe aud i'm
placab1e resistance, and viii kindle the flames
Of Indian war from Lake Superior to tho
| Rocky Mountains. This. he Says, IL the uni
yersal feeling in the settlement, and that the
friends Of Canada there are especially Appse-
heneiye Of tho direful effects Of such policy.
He says that the Sioux OF Portage L. prai-
RE, the remnants OF tie hostile banda Of Min
nesota sioux, arc occasioning much trouble
and alarm; that they have several times
threatened to mako raid On the eett1ament,
with the view Of killing the American settlers
visit them several times in order to persuade
them to keep quiet by tho distribution Of pres
ents- Tho settlnss might easily clean them
ont, but they fear that hostile collision with
them would provoke a war with the Sioux
season. when the " Wintere,s" ire returning
IN small parties from tho plains, they might
easily, if such var broke out, kill aud rob
them in detail.
Meanwhile the crees are getting angry be-
<04k7S ta4Ss 4OA ApEttst 4Af PEE6cula- 1uBE
complain that the bad Indians, who arc alwaya
giving trouble, are bought off with supplies Of
food, &c., while they, the Crees, to whom the
country belongs, because they arc always
friendly and wen-behaye1, receive notLing.
Mr. Hill thinks the acknowledgment by the
Scotch and English settlers Of the Provisional
Government is insincere and that in the event
Of . Canadian invasion they would rise against
1acl. He reports ono Of them as saying that
he would give ESQ each for tho four heada Of
the Provisional Government.
lie sayn that 1iel had confiscated the whole
Mckenzie River supply OF fnra recently re-
ceiyed-a two yeara' cAtch-worth cas-, 900,
and that he only delivered them up when they
were zansomcd by Governor Mcravish. bv i
payment Of $4,000 down, and The promise Of
"a, 600 more when needed
He further says that Major Robinson, recent
editor OF the lAeto Nation, and appointed
United States Vice Consul by Consul
MalTnros In his absence, antl also
Captain Donaldson. we're arrested by
Rcl and detained for few hours because thev
wouldn't talo the oath Of allegiance, We have
known for come weeks these two gentlemen
were At odds with Mel-the hitter because he
Was disappointed III not getting an office in
the provisional government, on which he had
set his heart, aud the former, it Is said, partly
for the same reason. Vie learn that Nj Hill
brought down dispatches from Wco Consul
Robinson. protesting to cur government
against this imprisonment Of American citi-
EAur.