New-York tribune., 1870-04-18
TIE NEW DOMINION
THE MILITARY PREPARATIONS.


going on all day on the Champ de blars."
TIE NOVA SCOTIA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CE
AND ANNEXATION.
HALIFAX, April 1G.-Mr. Murray's resolutions
were discussed today The address the Imperial Gov
ornmen contains the following questions whether the
Dominion will be allowed If desirous, TO become indie
pendent; and again, whether Nova Scotia If desrous
would be allowed to become Independent alone. The At
tOrney ey-Gcnera in commenting on the resolutions, ex
pressed the belief that independence must lead TO annex
alton. The Provincial Secretary announced that the
House will be prorogued on Monday next
THE EXPEDITION TO RED RIyER-ITs COMPOST
TON AND PROSPECTs-TIIE ROUTE TO BE
TRAyERSED, AND HOW-WILL THE HALF
BREEDS FIGHT.
OTTAWA, April 1.-THE expedition to Red
River will be under the command Of Col wolseey OF the
regular army lie is young man. only 81 but has seen
service in New Zealand, CafTara, the Indian Mutiny,
and the Crimean War. He has been five times wounded
and medals; is rstclass officer brilliant,
and withal solid The expedition under his command
will consist OF COO British regulars and lOO volunteers
The latter will be selected from the various militia corps
IN the Dominion mustered in camp Of instruction. and
formed into special regiments and companies Three
hundred armed poce-trained 10 act cavalry or in
fantry as occasion may demand-wil accompany the
expedition, under command Of Capt. Cameron steel
bronze battery will also form part Of the force. The
volunteers to be called out for three years and il
believed that the majority Of them viii remain in the
country actual settlers The police are to be stationed
at various posts throughout the settlement.
strong detachment Of men leave for Fort william
the 2d Of May TO clear the way open up the porages
which since I821 have become Overgrown with trees,
gather supplies and prepare the camp Boats are being
built 10 hold 20 men each They are atbottomed square
ended with lap" either SIDE and will be pro
PEELED by oars Indians and hafbreeds will be used as
canocmen, scoutsand guides 1t was intended to send
forward with provisions to form depots at various
points along the route but this idea has been abandoned
on the ground that their possible destruction y theft or
accident surprise might ruinousy affect the expedi
ton. stores being collected blankets purchased,
and steamers chartered, and it is fondy hoped that the
expedition will be a1oat by the 10th of May. If, how
ever, the 18th OF June finds them started, there VIII be
10 cause for complaint You imagine that 70 trans
port $500 men, with two months provisions, horses,
cattle and artillery viii require big hotia, and that
the march Will necessarily be slow and toilsome
Tie expedition viii rendezvous at COngwood, on the
Georgian Bay 97 miles north Of Toronto with which 1t
communicates byrail Thence through Lakes Huron and
Superior the troops viii be conducted in steamers 20 Fort
william on Thunder Bay, at the northwestern extremity
Of Lake superior distance Of $40 miles. OF course TO
do this steamers must pass through the canal at sault
ST. Marie. This ms gni1caut lOck-fOr 1t Is only 1900
wards lonC-night offer an insuperabe obstacle your
Government felt inclined 10 refuse passage through its
territories 70 a military force; but understand from good
authority that they will offer objection 1t hard to
see WHY If an expedition be allowed 10 50 through your
territories one mile it may not 60 thousand miles, via
the commercial route Of st. Paul and Pembina
AtFort william the actual difficulties Of the march
commence. There are, first, 25 miles Of march TO Dog
Lake where the boats viii be called into requtlon The
next stage is along Dog Lake and river distance Of IS
miles The river is sluggish and winding stream about
% yards wide rising only IS feet in 35 miles and running
through a fat and swampy valley about one mile wide.
its head there three portages five miles In length
rising feet and Taversng the hight OF land between
the levels Of Lakes Superior and Winnipeg These are
the Prairie Middle and savanne portages, and are easily
made though the last is swampy and would require
drainage over all these the boats must be dragged by
oxen or horses and the provisions &c, conveyed by
hand Taking to water again, the troops proceed do"h
the savanne River, muddy and meandering stream
much clogged by drfwOod, to Lac des Mile Laos 10
miles and across the lake. 80 miles, TO the Seine. This
lake is studded with numerous sets, and the scenery Is
bold and rocky Entering the Seine which is from 100 to
900 feet wide and winds through fat wooded valley,
sail of 10 miles brings us the Little Falls at the junction
with the Firesee River. These are literally Little Falis
of the primitive formation, course OF &c miles Win
five poriages leads 10 Rainy Lake. -,-,-.-.,
Of pale red granite and chortc ana gTeentohs sle
and though they very picturesque they are desoate
and barren There are some 1900 Indians here Of the
Saulteux tribe and loyal to England The DISTANCE over
and along the lake 70 Fort Francis Is 80 miles Here al
the Hudson Bay Compauys post there Is portage OF
20O wards past Rainy Falls % feet mgh, ana entering
1al4y NJ 49, i,dirS fir0ngb AN aIyial country rich
and beautfu and studded with groves Of maple birch
and oak. There a quarter OF a million acres OF the
aBest land in the world here, and navigation is only
interrupted 10y two Insignificant rapids IL the whole
bouches into the Lake of the Woods We have LETT
behind the Laurentian formation aud the sterile bet
and al Rainy Lake have struck the wooded aud fertile
belt which runs west 10 the great plain OF the oakatche
wan The Lake OF the Woods is crossed INTO lts hoii
western angle "a miles and here the pOdts us ot iet
The lake T. crowded with numerous ISLANDS on ~ch tle
Indians grow maze, ana WlQ Ilrc slIInE5 M dP Az 'gy
where in thewater The line oI inareh Il 10" uue west
| over the prairie. , .,r. e., ,,-. ,,
are omen prairie The wood s however, light and OPEN
the few ravnes are gulches and the swamps can
! "a far as the White Marth River Crossing the Red
River about 300 feet wide we are at last after 5i miles
bv steamer 345 miles by batteau and l2O miles by road
total distance from COingwood OF exactly 1000 miles
! at Fort Garry. The town of winnipeg contains Only
some $50 or inhabitants the total population OF ked
River settlement is between 1900 and 1900 This Is now
Res headquarters. It's "a miles from PemDlna, and
You viii see on general review Of this route that it is
an arduOus and dangerous one II lie had - g1oh I
al his back and opposed the advance Of the Engah WIN
resolution aud SENSE there l. no doubt Dut ihal AT
c and dele he could repeat the story of BraddOck.
Regular and volunteers accustomed 10 open warfare ana
Ia act in mass would be useless when caught il an am
Enob Rnt altbough Mr scott Riels delegate, is sure
mai Rei viii fight l doubt it. IL the first place,
/ he has bis hands ful IN Keeping Oiuer ia III
The Indians drs pte his cOncatOry policy remain 10y b
and will fight the other side II they hght at az!
the open prairie aud in the lightly wooded stretch 70 We
landing al Lake OF the Woods. he could not
onpose the re ars dispute their landing so hal he
must 20 10 meet them IN the swams ana cfeob 10o mn
| fr0m nome ere he can do any effective damage. u
/. not likely then that We shall see any Ightihs ~ 10 M
.bcd TN the end OF the march. VIII luel rum ~ nc
does not "a observed 10y one of the Canadau Iab
bes id fool" II he II caught there vii pot even p,
dr1Iru le ad cOurt-martl anticipate tbhI bt to !,
Of June We shall leave Colingwood and foft imam ~ ~
a. ot6 and arrye at Fort Garry about the 18th OF July
About the 1t OF August matters VIII he az fuoI "n IL
Rcd River" and about the 2jth, after ndng Co i!G |
acro-. TIE prairie under the cool SKY ana brlhl st-
OF The North West shall strike the borders o cNli
ton telegraph offices, aud railroads az 81 Ii"un III "a"
tbe trip Will occupy from 10 10 II weekb, ana VIII DC
| glorious one
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