The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-11-03
:. THE MANITOBA COUNTRY.

Mr.. Donald Grant Of this city has klndi!
furnished US with letter from James Har
rover, o former resident of Buena Vista Bar
dated from the town Of Winnepeg' Fort Garry
in the Province of Manitoba, October goth
from which we derive some valuable and in
teresting facts and news FROM that section.
Mr.. narrower has been travelling over the
country with view Of settling in that region
and he appears well satisfied with the country
He thinks it will be the granary of the Do.
,nlnion. In the Selkirk or Scotch settlement
the farmers have not sown any grain this year,
having still on hand from last years crop suf'
ficient to last them for three years. The SOL
diers and emigrants now in that section have
caused prices to rise so that flour is selling at
SIS per hundred, potatoes so cents per bushel,
buffalo meat cents per pound, and the finest
beef, equal to Stalled, at 13 cents per pound.
The land in some places has depth of from
eighteen inches to ten feet of black earth or
loan and is very fertile and productive. Be-
tween Fort Garry and Stone Fort, distance OF
twenty miles, it is so thickly settled that it is
almost continuous village, there not being
more than ten rods in any one place without a
house. The first two miles from Fort Garry
is settled up by English haf-breeds. The next
eight miles includes the Scotch settlement, and
the balance of the distance is settled up by
people from the Orkney and other islands north
of Scotland There are several splendid stone
churches with graveyards attached, surrounded
by stone walls and the settlers seem well sup
piled with schools and churches, and among
the former is seminary for young ladies con-
Quoted by two old maids.
Goods are held at high figures, and the mer-
chants who were not robbed by Rielle and his
band are wealthy. The Governor is very un-
popular with the people on account of his dila-
tory action in bringing Rielle, .Donahue and
the other late rebels to justice the two leaders
being particularly obnoxious to the people,
who demand that they shall be punished.
Rielle and DOnahue, who escaped across the
line to American territory, were recently seen
in the French settlement
The Loyalists sent deputatiun to the Gov,
ernOr to demand that the remains of Scott, |
who was murdered by the insurgents, be disin-
tered and delivered to his friends. 1t was
reported that the body was buried inside the
Fort, but it is believed that after he was killed
the body was destroyed. There is considera-
Bile feeling against the Catholic Bishop, whom
the people believe assisted the insurgents,
and Mr. Narrower says that unless the body
of Scott is found he believes the palace of the
Bishop will be pulled down and he will be made
to leave the country. f.,
Down near Lake Winnipeg, in the Indian
settlement, the ponies are not fed a mouthfu /,
during the winter, but up near the Fort the
cattle are generally fed about two months
The settlement has several steam Touring mills F.,
md any number of wind mills
The Canadians are settled principally on the :
Assiniboine river and have taken up the land
Tor distance of eighty miles. There is very
little timber except along the rivers, it being
nearly all prairie land. Mr.. Narrower says {
here is any amount of good land still open for
ocatiOn by persons desiring to settle, and he
intends to make that country his future home
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