, 1879-04-24
luwcd 10 continnn Our voyage. II nlay be re-
marked hnrp that, In

llnin! i 9!'' s!c Gna.M. ot1tcs atlnu lipGn ire
nadc, nn.l ilIn goos admitted from buth col,n.
trIcs are taxed aliku. Tcru nro aount1 i,oaIs in
Manitoba. NGttlnH oncc more nIlicr ,say,
Ss ssrt u the ' roSssy @Ffsty sEsE1 aE5,, nd
about ono hundred miles wide asns uno lnt,,,lrcI
mi twenty III length. It comprises tptno
14,000 el,lnr0 miles It is thus less than
Tho ianI far the most part is as lovo! MS floor
n1l the soil Is uns,,roasacd It, richness. On
either side, as wc passed along We l1ottcctl ru.lo
s1Khs of settlement. The country to tho
r'yrr is still in the posaessson of tc lai-l'.Getls
tubn population. They ufe simple, good hcnrt-
q, race. industrious an,l honest. THEY hare
shown themselves lr,ic friends of tin English
lovcsnncnt, anu have proved of great services
to It III its dealings with its Indian tribcs 1t
has been owing hi largo part to the fntcrn,cda-
ttnn Ut thesc pcolle tlat Indian wars haso l'ecu
asertctl, nnd that lnsths pence has heen
maintained With tic nborigncs throughout tic
rialts, ar,l no man Is allowed to trnnp!o upon
them. How different has been the cusu With us
4 total !nrl; of Justtee ns'1 humanity II, onr
policy, nHd the cooperation or dey1llall brood
Of utserupnlous Agents, llas borno uH plentiful
crup Of Indian %tlrs ailA fnnssurrcs, and te end
Is not yet. Is II rot tttnc that VIC should learn
flat Justice towards tho Indians, Us towards
a|1 men, - tho only policy, upon which
spy y ctsts siDe ssea @ quito Si Ssat soaent
upon this tleme. mud fully agreed stt]l hin
tlInt, In tts conduct toward the Indians, Great
Britain EAs manifested q far greater degree OF
wisdom and humanity t!,an our own uovcr1'-
nlcnt. In Ca.a1a no one Is permitted TO set
foDt umu Indian eoi until tta titla llas been
honestly secured. by olr Injustice md cruel-
~, VIZ have turned tile rcd innn into wild
beastsl a,ml there is no otto 20 tuucl, to blamc
"lndiau outrascs" " nre unknown; and SO they
would 10 With lis II We were equally falr iii
our Treatment Of the unfortunate md fase
At last, after four days Of delightful voyag-
Ing, Wo reached
THE CITY or WINNIPEG,
TIE 'tlttmatlinle 81 our pilgrimagc: 1lcrc LORD
suttaemcut TINT long borc hts name. It Ia hero
TINT Fort Garry stu,lt!s, sill thc headquarters
md ccntrni depot Of tho Hudson Bay Company.
Winnipeg Is u ron'arkablo nlacc nnd no stranger
can visit 1t witIt'ut receiving, rs we did, most
favorable impression. That II Is destined to
hceome city of largu size atl of commanding
IMPORTANCE, no one faHaltar with the farts can
doubt: Its present population Is fully 500.
about Fort Curry. From this Eern tho City
Of Winnipeg las sprung up like youthful
gtant; rnpitlity Of growth to which our own
iast country affords scarcely parallel. Who
shall uuW say tint thu CaNugiss nre n s!uw pco-
pic, race VI ull foClcs, atla that progress be-
lungs exclusively to the United S,atcsa Even
Chicago, during its I'll St 1ecade. cannot, to any
advantage, compare mites with Winnipeg. We
were, atla to spend but ainglu day In Winn!.
peg, but It was busy Que, all -one that will
ever ba marked by wttlto stone In our 1notnory.
In tliat brief time VIC saw everything Of striking
iutcrcAt that Winnipeg contains, but tho limited
space at my disposal renders 1t ttunossbu to
give to tho reader drtu!lcsl description Of tic
place. would adYase him to 70 anil Bce II for
himself. 1t IN nut a mushroom town, but u
sofd nid substantial city, POSSESSING all tho cs-
scntial attsibutes Of q civilized community.
Ny cas,,paNt,n, with his ecclesiastical turn OF
mind, was bent upou spending Its tiIilc chiefly
amulig the churches, b,lt gentle rcmonstratlre
from tho writer brought hlnh to II compromise.
q reasonable PARTON Ut tho day, 1t was agreed,
should bo devoted by us to '.stgllt-sccug" vi Ii
make some euch trilng concession to siuner,
II s not practicable for them TO get on veil to-.
geshcr. We eo,trived therefore. to lido" Wis.,
ntpcg to charm. Not M tllIt1cn Of any dis
tnction {and there arc many alsch IN the plncc)
escaped us. We were u1rlnzcd at the costly cllar-
aeter os sosns OF tiese structures, which III their
plan md architecture, would do no discreit to
larger md older city. Tie to&n IL handsomely
laid ont, with regular, broad Streets Thu tit.ef
business t1lorou9htaro u 200 feet III width, n1,.t
Is noble avenue. A1nny Ut Its commercial
houses ara ri stoNc allsi trick, atld present quito
4 ncat appearance. We watched hun1rels "
those
CURIOUS tREn-R1yEn CARTS"
in whose construction there Is nut particle OF
iron. Dy means Of these vehicles .le tra.l'c uf
the country is f,nlnly conducted for 1,50O mlc8
and more. Several thousands Of these carts aru
constantly employed In bringing ftlrs and other
commodities 10 Winnipeg, ind III distributing
merchandise to ttu vast region naturally tr!b-
utAsY to This centre 1t Is this tralB wlliesl has
called this city Of the -fnr North Into existence
1t Is this continental cotntnerge which is dcs-
tined to !nake Il creat metropolis. ri.e yigor-
GUS winter climate ol Mauitoba wilt prove no
bar to tts rapd settlement. 1t 1s not Ia tic en-
eryating countries OF tl,u South, but lii tic
sturdy North, that commercial atl !ntellecttanl
progress attains Its maximum deynlountOnt.
tlon Of this fact. Where men aro thruw1l
upon their Owl resources, a,ld where they arc
taugls to labor, ntd to roIY Mpon tlleIr own en-
erEy. rather than M.,oN l"ir climate H,d Thu
unstintcd protflg!lty OF Nature, It is tl!ero that
hslmuu soul {asscrt their highest supremacy. A
largo ealigruiton IL now flowing Into Manitoba,
nor from the tropics, but FROM Engtan.l, Scot.
las,l, Germany, Russia, nul lcel~,nI. Men y!
10 this rcgiun, nlns Will rupltily tratlsturm Its
fcrtlle laIls into cereal garden. How fuw ol
US have ayy reallZtNE coueelth,s ol It's vastMcsa
md tlis grM'nicur Ut TUG Canndfan Dominion. ol
| insignificant v8rt. stsetchiHE from ocean tt
ueeun, It rivals tho Um.el States in tlle extent
Of It's suriaca a,ll In tho scope ltl variety Of .s
Resources. II ts MI EnIptrc 81 which VIC know
l
to wurrant us III forming erard estimate Vi its
future.. 1t abounds Iii great ,aleest and Is
drainsl by rivers Which, III tho volume Of tnttl
wuters, mny bo eomuarea 70 tho nobest OF oll1
uwls. The saskatchewan. tho hlaiiplzte, au
tlle Athnbnska aycrugu 1000 nai!cs IN Iength
Fleig valleys NC aa rich as.l Gertile Ms any iM
lc beneath tbu sllu. WHO eau doubt tllut the,
will oiu day be tiiu lRIno OF
| 4 nESsE AND ExTEnrN,slNo roruLATtoHl
Sprlng comes tn this region from, the nartI.
west rather tHau from The auth. Tile wind,
IRON tlo Paclttc, warmed by tho famous Ja,,an
current, carry tIluir bulnlness far into ,c hoar
Of thu Continent, t,-passny With ltttlo obstrlc
| tion over tl.U low ranggs Of British Columbia
n,d pursuing talelr coursu tlown ,Ilu brUaa yll
lcYs, Which may bo paid 10 treak furtll Init
smiles OF welcome Rs fllu soft 6rnath dcscends
Thus Nature Ink, hero as elsewhere. ordered III
thtngs well. Ey III extraordinary arrangement
stlo fsas tempered ttse climate In t,.a uorherl
part Ut tho Cuntinon:, aiul has rendered III.
1nnrch Of civilization nut onlY pussih!r, but Ger
tain, from a.a to scn. Within q con.putntiypt1
brief perlnJ, the Cat,ntlmu Parttc tailroad, nov
In eouTsn uf eonstrnvstan, wiii bs uxtun,irti I,
The talcitlc OCEAN. This 10 us certain as m.
Gpcnt III the tutnra cat be. In view OF tl,il
fact, how lille appear tho climatic objections
which weru brought forward as an aEg,itncn
Ia IN