The New York herald., 1870-07-24

IN winnipeg. Tner0 " TITLE heSldes the breaking OF
carts. tba antics OF halt drunken halfbreeds and
the mosquito plague TO oGcuny the attention. and
isiiessnsss becomes snsh \ habit TO many that the
their indolent Indifference. Once week the Nstc
Nation appears, Occasioning a slight ripple on the
surface Of the sluggish town bu. i's oonsonss 81 nn
OF Emmerng's Hotel. the aristocratic loanng place
nobody hnds anything new and the paper y read a.
sort OF patriotic duty rather than 'or
THE SUPPLEMENTS
OF the Red River region arc confined 10 the tmme.
diate Vicinity oil the rivers, where timber and good
water can be had. The AssiniDOin Is settled prln-
cpally by English and Fae1cn descenaanls wn,,e
latter nationality. Rea River, above Fort Garry IS
almost wholly settled by French the Scotch settlers
The English and Scotch cultivate considerable ter
ritory and raise more wheat aud barley than the
settlements require for consumption. there now
standing In stacks All three natlonaiites are
engaged In trading for iurs and buffalo
Is rapidly decreasing, the English and Scotch
annually deyoting more attention to agricui.
for the Hudson Bay Company in the North Ths
popular idea OF the Red River habreed that he
literally hall indian, and possesses all the habits
and vices OF that mixture OF races This s very wide
Of the fact The term halEbreedn Is applied to peo
pie here who have not more than one-eghth or one
half the people or the Red River country might pass
up Broadway without attracting any notice, either
IN physiognomy, dress or manners. Good schools
churches are large and generally attended,
s and the people, as class are as In
settlement anywhere The mail always comes
heavily laden with letters and papers, and the Post
once at Winnipeg is quite an Important establish
ment Ine Canadian newspapers, observe, are
SIN harping on the long since refuted reports that
the provisional government exercises on espionage
upon correspondence ana tampers with private let
ters Such statements are false In every par
ricu!Ar. The mail bar IL a regular United States
pouch, and IS opened only by the post
masters at Pembna and Winnipeg. 1t does not
go near Fort Garry. but passes TO and fro direct
between the respective G post oces as unInHIernp
PARTIES mailing letters TO the Red River sett ements
should be careful to address their correspondence to
"Winnipeg, Red River, via Pcnbna,' as many let
ters are received here after having besa forwarded
tO the Red River OF the South. The ordinary letter
rates OF the United States apply to letters Ior this
place. 0ut small postage Il collected here 10 deray
the expenses Of the mail this side OF the boundary
ine.
THE CANADIAN EXPEDITION,
as may be well supposed forms the principal topic
Of discussion In the settlements though The certainty
that there Is TO he no lighting deprves the subject OF
much OF the relish which II has hitherto had 10 bel
gerent and 'oll' Canadians here There small
class OF men here who really sorry that the ques
ti0n is TO be amicaby settled, and who get indignant
and mouth fiercey ut the bare suggestion that the
whole provisional government will not be hung
soon as the expedition can get here aud arrange the
n0oses. To them the prospect or amnesty for Rie
and his Cabinet is constant torment, and about
the first thing Governor Archibold VIII find 10 do
when ne arrves Will DO to put his foot upon these
pests and mash them. The great majority OF the
English and Scotch settlers glad OF the amicable
adjustments that has been effected and are willing to
let the mistakes and excuses OF the past year be
forgotten, and II the incoming Governor properly
estimates the few fawninG Canadian sycophants
crfnge before hun IN quest or vengeance and "papr
ne Will save himself gread deal Of future annoy
According to the latest accounts from Canada the
expedition will not DO able to leave Fort william be-
fore the 10Th or 16s Of Jay No one here expects 1t
TO get here before the lst of September, aud those
most familiar with the route to traversed predict
that the troops will not reach Fort Garry before the
middle Of the latter month. with the thermometer
~ 100 IN the shade, as II has been here for several
days, tho passage OF the expedition through the
swamps ana ntd around the portages must be an ex-
half Of the men are II ,be to become useless the
march, from such unusual exposure, fatigue and
TO mosquitoes may seem ridiculous to the Eastern
man, whe has never visited these regIons but IT is
the fevers OF the Peninsula 60 McClelian's army
AS have before stated In one OF my letters
the mosquitoes OF these water soaked prairies are
In such dense Swarlns, and are 80 nerce IN their
attacks, that rhey sometimes kill teams between here
ana Fort AbercromDle and our army surgeons state
that a man bound and exposed naked to their
have
CURIOUS LEGRND
respecting the origin Of tts insect. They say that
once upon time there was n great famine and the
Indians could get no game. hundreds had died
from hunger and desOlati0n had filled their country.
All kinds Of Oterings were made the Great Spsrt
without avail, until one day hunters came upon
ing the white wolverine an old woman spraIlg up
out of the skin, and saying that she ManIto -
proposed to 60 and live with the Indians promising
them plenty Of game as long they treated her
we'll and gave her the first choice OF all the game
that should be brought The two Indians assenied
to this. aud took the old woman home with them,
which event was mme ately succeeded by an
abundance or game When the sharpness Of the
famine had passed in the prosperity which the
Old woman had brought to the tribes, the indians
became dainty In their appetites, and complained
OF the manner In which the Old woman took TO her.
self all the choice birs; and this feeling became
intense that Notwithstanding her warning that II
they violated their promise terrible calamity wouo
come upon the Indians tney one day Killed her as
she Selling her share OF fat reindeer which the
hunters had brought In. Great CONSERVATION i'm
med1atey struck the witnesses Of the Decd and the
Indians, to escape the predicted calamity, bodily
struck their tents and moved away to a great dis.
iance. Time passed on without any catastrophe oc-
enrring, and. game becoming even more plentiful,
the Indians began to laugh at their being deceived
by the old woman Finally, a hunting party on q
lung chase of a reindeer, which had led them back
upon her skeleton and one Of them IN derison cked
the skull with his foot In an instant SMALL spiyl
vapor.llke body arose from the eyes and ears
tackled the hunters with great fury and drove them
to the river for protection. The skull continued to
pour out Its Iii tie strean and the air became lul Of
avengers Of the old womans death. The hunters,
upon returning TO camp. found all the Indians suf-
ferlng terribly nom the plague and ever since that
time the Indians have been punished by the mos
quoes for their wlckedness to their preserver the
Manlto.
for the Canadian troops will be rather difficult of
requirement this year. There Is not foot OF lunl
ber for sale IN the settlements and there viii be the
alternative OF budding the men together in the linn
tied quarters Of Fort Garry and the lower fort,
twenty miles below, or constructing log huts along
the river bank or course the men can be made
comfortable, but with lumber to be had lit can
not be procured this year alter the expedition gets
here) both officers and men will find Red River win
Ter campaigning as hard as anhlng they ever expe-
renced tn their lives. Next year there
Will probably be great deal of building
as there are government houses, barracks, a court
house. jail, &C., to be erected. This nothing
more can be done than to construct rude huts and
shelter from the intense cold of the Red River
winter. Headquarters Will OF course be established
at Fort Garry until spring.
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.
The Indians living in the Red River region are all
q2iet, with no apprehension Of any trouble from
them but the news from the Sioux country Is not
very cheering for Americans. 10 those familiar
wiSh the character and present condition OF the
sSi0ti the late lf'ian chler pOwwOw at Washington
seemed Incredible thai the government al Washing