The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-05
WALSH
An Interesting Batch of News from the
North.

All I1dCAC SUiAAS ~
North.
FoRT WALSH, June PA large band
| of Cree Indians started for Qu'Appelle
to-day. The chiefs mann is Pie-a-Pot.
| Col. Irvine is gradually getting all the
Indians moved from this part Of the
country east. In a very short time all
the Indians, with the exception OF the
| Blackfeet nation, will be north of the
| Canada Pacific railway. 4 detachment
ofmounted police accompanied the band.
June 2 -Col. Macleod, stipendiary
magistrate arrived here to-day by the
mail wagon. The colonel looks well.
Harry Walker late band leader in
Benton) has re-engaged for three years
in the mounted police. He has already
been promoted to corporal, and has
charge of the trumpeters. He will get
the band asTsoon as it is formed.
Red Fitzpatrick has returned to his
ranch after an extended tour in the
United States. Forty rod is a terrible
thing to make a man hunt his hole.
Jnne o6.-About five p. NJ. to-day, a
mounted policeman rode full speed into
the fort and reported that Il Of the
escort going with the Crees to Qu'Ap-
pelle had been accidentally shot by one
of his comrades. It appears that the
wounded man, Constable Murray, was
lying in the tent when one Of the men
took up a revolver, which was lying on
the ground, and while handling it the
revolver went off. The bullet entered
just above the hip on the left side. The
sergeant in charge dispatched one Of the
men at once for the doctor. The ride
was about forty miles, and the man did
it in five minutes short Of three hours.
DR.. Kennedy started at once with an
ambulance to bring in the wounded
man.
June 27th.-Dr. Kennedy arrived here
to-day with Constable Murray, who APP
pears not to be suffering much. An
examination will be held and search
made for the ball.
There is quite q large settlement
formed at the ."Medicine Hat" where it
is supposed the Canada Pacific railway
will cross the Saskatchewan. It is
about sixty miles north Of Fort Walsh.
About twenty ranchers have squattered
there and are quietly awaiting the advent
of the railway when they expect to
realize & ''big thing on land. If the
line does cross there land will be valuable
at that place. Snakes real are reported
plentiful there, and no whisky.
A party arrived here to-day consisting
of a man who has a lease from the gov
eminent Of fifty miles square of timber
lands and O surveyor to fix the limits.
No one can cut a stick of Timber without
paying this gentleman stumpage, so
that if the police want a ~iag-pole they
would have to get leave or pay for it, if
it was in this limit.
The weather this last few days has
been very warm eighty-fve III the shade.
The recruits lately arrived here for the
police are being drilled every day, and
are beginning to show some signs of it
in their appearance.
Col. Macleod left to-day for Battleford,
after disposing Of two prisoners. One
was an Indian Cree, who was arrested
and confined in the guard room by the
police for breaking into T. G. Powers
store and stealing some goods. He got
six months imprisonment with hard
labor, and will no doubt be utilized as a
wood cutting machine by the fred coars.n
The other was in for horse stealing. His
name is John Baptististe Robillard.
He Was formerly employed to carry the
mail between here and A%ssinaboine, but
found that too slow. He said there was
not enough police in the country to
catch him, but was arrested at the ten
mile crossing by Sergeant-Major Lake
n morning about daybreak. He will
help to populate the penitentiary in
Manitoba for three years. KE-YAM.