The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-20
TRE NORTHERN COUNTRY.
FoRT MACLEOD, July /, 1881.

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To the River Press:
Things generally speaking at this place are
somewhat dull, but considering the time OF
year they are as lively as could be expected.
The grand push spoken Of some time back
moving the Fort to Pincher creek-has
turned out to be a grand fiasco; they intend
TO remain on the island as long as there is
ground to stand on.
The Syndicate survey left here on the goth
Of June for Morleyville. They employed
some men here as packers and some as axe
men, but the wages are small considering the
country they are going into and the hard
ships they will have to undergo.
Col. Macleod returned from Brattleford 8
few days ago, and commences a sitting of
the District Court to-day. He has some very
heavy cases ON hand. The first will be the
Indian who killed Policeman Greyburn at
Cypress last fall his conviction is doubtful,
owing to lack Of evidence they have none
but Indian evidence, and they, as a rule, will
not work to favor the whites. The next on
the docket is the two white men accused of
horse stealing.
'The Running Rabbit, . Blood chief, has
just returned from the American Agency,
and he tells the Bloods that they had better
stay where they are, and that if they don't
want to get Whooped up they had better give
the cow boys g. wide berth he says thai the
Americans have sBloods'' in their eyes.
Th measles are still raging among the
indians in this country, and they are losing a
great many children. Jerry Potts." the
interpreter for the police, lost one Of his
children, a girl som 8 or 10 years old. He
has the sympathy OF the entire community,
as his children are SO very intelligent, and
we'll liked by every one.
The Cochrane Cattle Company seem very
we'll pleased with the location of their range.
They think they will be able, in a few years,
to furnish all the beef consumed in this
country.
MIR. I'D. Murray, a ranchman on Belly
river, met with a misfortune yesterday in
trying to cross the Kootanie river. The wa
ter being higher than he anticipated, he
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and lost his wagon and quite q load of valu-
able stuff. The river two miles below, an
hour or so afterwards, reminded one of the
London disaster in Canada some time ago.
The Indians caught a few articles floating
down the river, the wagon bed among the
rest. The last seen Of Murray, he was walk
ing up and down the bank, inQuiring for a
pair Of colored stockings with red flowers On
the sides; they belonged to his ~''tootsey
WOotsey."
An Indian of the Blood tribe gave an ex-
hibition TO quite q number Of the boys yes
terday, with a large rattlesnake, the largest |
ever saw. He would make him coil himself
up and just MAKE his rattle buzz; he put the
snakes head in his mouth, etc. He carries
him cooled around his naked body. He took
in something like one dollar--and fifty cents,
which pleased him wonderfully,
The police made q raid on cold Pap
again the other day, and succeeded in IN
earthing some old "Hall" and ginger, which
of course they destroyed at once. Itcost Tony
Lachappelle something like q thousand dol
lars to s%traighten things up when he returned
home. He was away at Fort Edwinton at
the time, and it appears that Old Pap over
reached his his bounds. HUSTLER.
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