Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
SASKATCHEWAN REBELLION.

! Reil and His Half-Breeds at Duck Lake
Several Trading Posts seized-Troops
So,t tn Intercept Unavailable Miner
al Deposits.
WINNIPEG, March est is learned
| from a reliable source that Louis Rel, with
| eW men, has taken possession OF Duck
Lake. a place midway between Clark's
| Crossing and Carlton, and established his
| beadouarters there. He has seized several
trading posts in the vicinity, but as yet has
| NOT made any move towards Fort Carlton or
| Prince Albert. Carlton is well fortified
| and able to resist any attack. 1t is Thought
| Rel will not attempt any advance beyond
| possibly preventing Colonel Irvine crossing
| the Saskatchewan River on his way to Carl
ton. which point he is expected to reach TO
| day. Rel having destroyed the branch ter
| egraph line between Clark's Crossing ana
Prince Albert, news must come by messen-
ger either to Humboldt or Batteford. RelFs
followers are chiefly French half-breeds that
served under him during the Red River re-
bellion. Very few Indians are believed to
have Joined him. The feeling here is that
II is q very serious affair, and further news
is anxiously look for.
Lieutenant Governor Dewdney, of the
Northwestern Territories is here locked in
his private room receiving dispatches and
keeping up communication with the Govern
ment at Ottawa. The Nineteenth battalion
received orders to be in readiness and expect
to start from here by special train to-day.
The rebels are likely to be joined by the
Indians when a large force will be III the
field. There is intense excitement here.
The difficulty arises over the non-settlement
Of land claims.
The mounted police from all points have
been ordered to concentrate at Carlton to be
ready for operations. Stores and ammu-
milton are being purchased for the Govern
ment. The troops will have to travel 100
miles over prairie from the nearest railway
point. The rebellion is caused by Govern
ment refusing land claim concessions. There
is great excitement here.
OTTAWA, March 25.-The Minister of
Militia was closeted with his general officers
yesterday, arranging for the dispatch of
troops from Winnipeg to put down the
rebels. Riel is well armed and may be joined
by Big Bear, the dissatisfied Cree chief, and
by Montana half-breeds who know him from
his having lived among them a year after his
expulsion from the Dominion. The excite
ment is intense. as it is believed the Govern
ment is concealing the worst facts in the
case.
In the Commons yesterday Sir H. Lanquin
said that the discovery of valuable mineral
deposits along the boundary between Alaska
and British Columbia would doubtless make
it necessary, eventually, to fix the line more
exactly. but the survey would cost SO, 00O,-
900 and neither the United States nor the
Dominion felt it necessary at present to lay
out this expense.
MONTREAL, March 25.-A sensation has
been caused in financial circles here by the
announcement made i'll Parliament yester-
day by Sir John A. Macdonald, to the effect
that the Government had refused a p PROPOSE
ton made by the Canadian Pacific for tinan-
cial aid and that in all probability a second
proposition would be received. In well in
formed circles here it is known that the
company asked for SIS. 600, 600 cash, which is
Immediately needed to meet floating liabili-
ties. The refusal of the Government to
! grant this is considered of serious import to
the company, as large amounts of its paper
will soon fall due. The second proposition
referred to by the Premier is for the removal
Of the lien on last years loan and the issue
of mortgage bonds. The directors here re-
fuse to say anything about it.