The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-29

in the present case; but the result will
likely be the same. That is to say the
Canadian government after SURPRISING
the '::llalf- Breeds" will grant them what
they ask, and what we think their right
full due, namely a greater allotment OF
land, to compensate for their losses by
the seizure of their lands when the ''Hud-
son Bay Company sold out It's vast ter
tory to the Government.
LATEST FIGHTING
With this explanation, we proceed to
mention that the "Halt-Breeds have suc-
ceeded IN getting a great many of their
Indian tirst-cOusins to 90 uI on the war
path; so that they have dominated the
entire country west Of Winnepeg, aud
north of the line of the Canada Pacific
Railroad. Only three or four points held
out; the men, women and children gath
ering in stockaded log houses where they
await the coming ofthe soldiers to rescue
them.
At one Of these posts, called Frog
Lake, there was a terrible massacre two
weeks ago. The Indians protested friend
ship, but insisted hat all the whites
should gather IN the little Catholic church.
The priests prayed and preached, the
women wept, for they recognized that
some terrible event was at hand: and the
Indians sat with cleaning eyes near the
only door way. When the services end
ed the women and children were allowed
to pass out; and then the Give white
men, including two priests, were seized,
scalped, tied to trees and burned to
death
This was an Indian atrocity; and not
properly attributed to Louis Riel who
has acted very humanely, and even fool
lshly. After whipping out the police,
in the first fight, he gave them Christian
burial; and sent all their effects, inclu-
dug their watches, jewelry, letters, etc. ,
back to the Canadian headquarters.
The next fort to fall was called
Fort Pitt" and was held by a son of
Charles Dickens, the novelist, with 20
soldiers and about 20 civilians (men) and
their families. The Indians sent a de-
mand for surrender: and the cowardly
civilians went out, with their wives and
children. They were carried into cap
tlvity: and may or may not be massa-
cred. Dickens, with his men, fixed I'D
a flat boat and fled that night down the
river; reaching Battieford within five
days. Battleford is the only fort, or
settlement still held by the Truly
Loyal" and is connected by telegraph
with Winnepeg. Louis Riel, III telling
his side OF the story, pointed to the wire
and remarked-"With one blow of nv
Ratchet | could cut that line; vet | am
willing for the beleaguered women and
children in Battleford to assure their
friends that they are still in s~afety.''
This was silly: for war is war, and if he
be caught he will be hanged on the spot.
Why then weaken his own defense by
any such folly?
Last week the rescuing column under
Gen. Middleton, Ga hero of the ''Sepoy,,
mutiny in India,) reached within 20
miles of Battleford, and had a fight
We give the latest kilograms elsewhere.
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
FL Mahdi is NJ longer the BIG man in
the Newspaper moor True, he has
his own way on the southern eud of the
Nile; and is likely to hold it until some
other False Prophet takes him by the
beard. But the English have about
come to the conclusion that those Sou
dan grapes are ''only sour ones. any
how" and they will allow khartoum to
take care of itself. Gen Woolsley has
returned to Cairo, and feels that after
all the hue and cry, he has gathered
very little Wool-see?
MUSTACHE vERSUS MUTT.
The falling back of''John Bull" down
the famous stream, where fat little
Moses tloated among the bulrushes,-
(whlle Pharaoh fout with tiies) seems to
have happened opportunely; for lo,. the
French government having been whip
ped out by China, (peace was signed
last week. is seeking to show how big
it is by bullying the Khedive. because
he suppressed a newspaper, owned by a
Frenchman, which was printing the
proclamations of Col. Ell Mahdi. and
doing all that it could to arouse the
natives to attack the English residents
in Egypt. Mr.. Gladstone has told the
Egyptians to keep a stiff upper-lip: for
he Will stand at their back-as long as
they have any stomach for fight
The khediye fails to see THINGS in
that light (and as four French sbips