, 1881-03-19
U. s. MAIL STOPPED.
Another Outrage Perpetrated By
the Pets Of the Indian
Commission.
The Manner In which Father WiIbsr has
Educaecd his 1nfapfS.

Again We are compelled to chronicle ar
other outrage perpetrated by lot of vaga.
bondish pets of the Indian ring. As yet
nothing serious has resulted, says the Record
but the probabilities are, if the threats IN
dulged in by the reifaces are carried out,
serious troable may lie apprehended, and
sh -uld it come We warn the authorities at
Simcoe that short work viii be made with
those who may perpe.rase the outrage which
Is threatened. There are plenty OF men IN
this section who have received IN the past
Injuries irrepirahie AZ III. hsnis Of Indians,
who are burning with 4 desire Ca aTenge
these iIjaries, and hence We hope something
will he done to punish the authors OF the
recent outrage peTpetrated upon the
UNrrUp STATES NAIL CARRIER,
And Tor them TO see - 1t that the threats
made upon that occasion against his life are
not carried cut. But let US relate the cir
cumstances of this outrage Just IS they are,
and then each one can iadge for himself. In
the first place the whites by treaty stipuia-
tIon hove a night to run roads across the res
ervatiOn. In accordance with that stipula-
ton road was laid out down the Setss can
yon. This rad is natural one down the
bottoms of the creek, but If iJs line was
diverted tn the steep side hills down the can
yoh 1t would render 1t impossible without an
immense outlay OF cIpit,l This fact Is well
known by all VINO are familiar with the
topography OF this country
ANUNBIR OF INDIANS
Are located upOu the,e bottoms, who con-
trlve to eke out miserable existence by cul-
t:vatlng an acre or so OF ground. In order
10 cultivate this contemplate amount of
land, they think it Is necessary to fence up
the whole country, and they never clear the
land thus fenced, and only plant their little
patches Of garden where Nature has kindly
left bare spot. Recently one OF these IN
teresting specimens commenced the cnnstruc-
ton Of fence across the ruad, which runs
across a small bottom about three miles abyve
the stage station. Above and on each side
OF this little bottom are steep side hills I'M
the mail rider. accompanied by his wife, on
Thursdays tip Of the stage found
THE ROAD DISTRACTED
By huge rsil fence, and it guarded by lot
OF half-clad siwa>hes He told them they
ought not obstruct the rold In that manner,
and they laughed at him. He got ou. of the
stage and attem. ted to throw down the rails
hut as fast as he throwei them dowr the In
dams put them up Finally he throwed
enough Of them down t. get through with
the stage before they could get them up. In
dians al the time wanting money and max
ing threats agaius, him. Lille was unarm. d.
Before ne left they told him II he came back
that way they would shoot him. He told
them he WAS coming back that way aud that
he would
INFORM THE AGENT
At SImcoe OF their acts, who would send the
police over and arrest them. In accordance
with what he had informed them he would
d., on his arrival here Mr. Lille requested
Mr.. Ogden. the stage agent t. send mes
sehSer over 10 Siiilcoe informing hiin what
had been done, and r. ryquestiug protection for
the mail. THIS Mr.. Ogden promptly did,
and Fleet was started out that night with
Instructions to be back by daylight. Faith
fnlly did Fleet carry ont his instructions de-
lIverlng letter personally to the agent
which detailed al that occurred, and asking
protection for the mail The agent said he
could do nothing thai night, gave
EvASIvE RELIES,
But finally told him to go to Joe Stwire and
see what he could do Fleet saw something
must be done seeing he could get nothing
out of the agent He hunted up Stwire, the
chief, told what hal occurred, and Stwire
promised him that the police should meet
stage the at the Topnish bridge on Friday
morning and escort 1t beyond the obstruc-
tons. He also promised to have the indians
arrested who had perpetrated this out
rage. Fleet deserves praise for his thought
fulnsss Having succeeding III obtaining a
promise of protection, though not front the
proper source. he role all night and returned
before the Da les stage started. In the
morning Mr.. Lille, with receiver J. NJ.
Adams, started with degree of confidence
relying on Stwire's promise, and We hope the
promise will be kept, thus averting trouble
II he does, the credit Of having ayertrd tfou-
BILE will belong exclusively t. him. We wait