Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-16
THE REL REBELLION.

xhe Uprising In the Northwest Assumes q
New Phase-Unjustly Treated White Set
tiers Propose to ssGet Behind Their Rifies'
The Dominion Government Awaking ia
the Gravity of the Situation-The Black
feet, Blood and PECAN Indians to Take a
Hand.
WINNIPEG, MAN, April st now
would appear that the Northwest rebel
lion will not be confined to Indians and
half-breeds, but settlers who have been
most unfairly treated by the Government
will become rebels and join Reil. They
are disguised with the Governments con-
slant refusal 10 give them patents for
lands, and are indignant at the manner in
which favored land-grabbers have been
allowed to steal the most valuable agri-
cultural portions of the country after
they have been improved by the labor
and at the expense of the settlers. A
meeting of white settlers was held at
Calgary last night, and u telegram was
sent to the Government asking for re-
dress of grievances. A memorandum OF
grievances was sent by mail and sigma
lures of over two thousand attached In
case their demands are ignored the ques-
ton of reSorting to arms and joining tue
rebels will next come up. The settlers
say that if their demands are not lmme-
diately granted they will get behind their
rifles and assist the rebels. They say the
only difference between settlers and wild
animals in the Northwest is that the AMI
mails have closed season, whereas the
settlers are hunted at all seasons by po-
lice or Government officials. The nall
breeds are greatly pleased at the attitude
of he white settlers, and now feel conf
dent of success. The last phase in the
situation places the Government in di-
1emma-
OTTAWA, ONT, April 9.-There appears
to be general feeling of alarm over the
Northwest, owing to suspicious move
ments of the indians. On Wednesday it
was announced that the Bloods and
Piegans near Calgary Were becoming I'M
easy, and yesterday the Government re-
ceived a telegram from Major-General
Strange, who states that they are all
moving southwark to join the American
Indians who have already commenced
crossing over. The combined strength
of these two hostile tribes is 5000. Gen.
eral Strange asks that troops may be sent
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dams in Quappelie Valley are by no means
contented, and fears are entertained
that they will give trouble while the
troops are going north. Official reports
state that the whole Northwest is thor
oughly dcmoralized, and that farmers
will do little or no sowing this spring.
Ever since the outbreak of the rebel
lion, the Department of the Interior
here has been busily engaged in set
Ting claims of settlers in the Northwest.
Many of these claims have been out
standing for three years, and people
were beginning TO despair of ever getting
them settled. The Minister of the Interior
however, has thought better OF it, and
has now telegraphed a number of dissat-
isfled parties that their demands will be
acceded to between now and the first of
May. A number of these claims lie IN
the Fort Mcleod and Medicine Hat dis
tricts. Had the claims of the half-breeds,
many of which Sir John Macdonald adj
mitted were reasonable, been attended to
by the department, the present rebel
lion in the Northwest would have been
ayerted.
A GENERAL INDIAN UPRISING.
WINNIPEG, April "a most alarming
state of affairs is reported by Calgary
dispatch received last evening. Pierre
Lacomb has been using his good offices
with the Blackfeet to keep them loyal, but
it is now certain that his eXertions have
been in vain. Dispatches received to-day
at volunteer headquarters from Mcleod
have given great uneasiness. Startling
news is also received from the
South in reference to American red
skins. There is no doubt that the Gros-
yentres Indians are now north of the in
ternational boundary and on the war
path. The South Piegans and Bloods
have undoubtedly formed an alliance.
Tobacco sent from Riel's Indians to the
Grosventres some time ago was accepted
by the latter, thus showing that Riel had
laid a deep conspiracy, in which the
Milk River Indians will play an i'm
portant part. Women, children and those
incapable of bearing arms are fiocking to
Fort Mcleod for protection. General
Strange is putting everything in the dis
trict on the defensive basis. The Black
feet did not meet Colonel Cotton at the
crossing yesterday according to agree.
ment, and this looks ominous. The
Blood Indians at Mcleod are acting very
ugly.