St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-04
SIS to 500 has been paid for substitutes by
relatives of some of the young men Of the
Sixty-fifth battalion.
Qu'Appelle Notes.

Qu'Appelle special: A request has been
received from Prince Albert for doctors, and
party leave here in the morning for Prince
Albert with DR.. Todd. A party will also leave
in charge of Golden for the South Branch, to
build ferry for the troops to cross, the old
ferry having been destroyed by the rebels,
Qu'Appelle half-breeds. The half-breeds
around Qu'Appelle are quiet, but there are
fears of disturbance. Charles Preston, the
Indian instructor, sentword from the fort this
morning saying that several meetings have
been held lately. The half-breeds seize
every item of news from the north with avid
ity and show great tendency to approve OF
Riel's actions. The Bloods and Flathead
Indians talk of the late fight al Carlton and
have great opinion of Riel. Two jumpers
arrived last night with strange half.breeds
and proceeded to the lower lakes, where
meeting was held at noon to-day. 1t is
reported that Archbishop Tache is to be
here in about two weeks.
The half-breeds are growing saucy. One
went to Finnerty's store at the fort to-day
and wanted q suit of clothes on credit. 1t
was refused and he said in couple of weeks
he would come and take what he wanted.
1t is reported that emissaries from the
north say that the expedition will be attacked
at Touchwood.
THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
Transporting is being carried on briskly.
Thirty teams set out for the fort to-day and
ninety are loaded to start in the morning,
1t is Mr.. Bedson's intention to make Touch
wood hills, the forward base of supplies, and
he will start tomorrow hauling north of the
fort. The road is laid off in twenty-mile
stretches, and at the end of each supplies
will be left. The teams will dump at Touch
wood and return. It is calculated to have
200 loads at Touchwood on Thursday.
large number of teams are being en-
gagged for the troops to arrive. 1t will take
eighty-ive to transport those here now, and
12O will carry the forage.
A Little Story About Riel.
There are several gentlemen in st. Paul
who know Riel, the great outlaw, and their
remem brance of his false and treacherous
conduct is not pleasant one. Before and
after the first rebellion instituted by Riel he
was in st. Paul, and through Fenian sources
here he received considerable aid both
morally and practically. 1t is very well
known that about that time there was very
strong prejudice against England, and the
Fenians were quite outspoken. Riel worked
the Fenian mine here in st. Paul as much as
he could and obtained good deal Of assist
ance in various ways. While in st. Paul
Riel made his headquarters at the Montreal
house on Minnesota street, and day after
day held royal court in one of the upper back
rooms, shut off as much as possible from all
other parts OF the house, and from the out
side world. The hallway to this room where
the great refugee consulted with the Fenian
leaders, some of whom came from Massa-
chusetts and New York to see him, was
jealously guarded by a number of big,
swarthy half breeds, armed with navy re-
volvers and long, sharp-bladed knives.
They constituted ferocious and cold
blooded gang, gang that would
cut throat as quickly and as readily as they
would smoke pipe and would take pleasure
in seeing the blood flow, just from pure
cruelty. The hideous appearance of these
wolves of the prairie was increased by the
Indian costumes and the war paint.
Riel hardly ever went out in the day time
and it was not known except 10 the special
few that were consulting with him that he
was here. Then, in that back room in the
Montreal house, was where he consulted
about raid on Canada with Gen. O'Neil of
New York, Gen. Cowley of st. Louis, Col
Donnelly of Massachusetts, Mr.. Kennedy of
st. Paul, ,and the other leaders of the Fenians
The people of st. Paul who attended the
Fenian meetings and saw and heard the ex-
cited action and speech of some of those who
participated little dreamed that so notorious
an individual as Riel was in St Paul stirring
and fomenting difficulty, but so it was
Right here in that room in the Montreal
house was planned the campaigns against
Canada in which Riel and the Fenians were
engaged.
RIEL's TREACHERY.
Some time after the downfall of Riel and
the collapse of his great rebellion that noto-
rious outlaw came down here to st. Paul for
the purpose of organizing another raid in
Canada. J. w. Kennedy and few others
knew Riel was to be here. When he ar
rived the leading Fcnian spirits were
called together and the financial officers
from the east and south were summoned to
meet him with view of making an attack
on Canada. The Railways of that room
were guarded day and night by the fero-
cious half-breeds. Here in this room an
sther attack was planned to be made at a
certain time. To make long story short it
may be stated that Riel agreed to furnish
500 mounted men to meet the con-
tingent that was to be taken up to the bor-
der by Kennedy, O'Neill and the other Fen
ians for the purpose of making an attack on
the Canadian government post on the
frontier The point selected was West
Lynn, and the boundary line between Da-
kota and Canada. Mr.. Kennedy, Gen.
O'Neill and the other spirits who were to
gather there for an attack all made their way
up into the region selected and waited for
Riel's appearance, but he did not appear
The troops had assent bed and were con-
cealed by piece Of woods from the town.
After they had waited for some days for Rio,
the men became restless and wanted to
right ahead without him. 1t was finally de-
cided to do so and the troops dashed into
town and took possession almost before any
one suspected that an enemy was near. The
government issued a proclamation Offering
pardon and amnesty for all past offenses,
and great was the astonishment of the men,
who supposed they were fighting for and
with Riel, when they found that
Riel was the first man to rush
in and take pardon from the English gov
eminent. The whole expedition was planned
largely in Riel's interest and wholly at his
suggestion. Thousands of dollars were ex-
pended, and then just at the last. moment
when something was TO be accomplished ne
deserted them and accepted pardon from
the British government. 1t was piece Of
treachery that is in perfect keeping with the
character of the coward that Riel is.
HOT TINE.
Some time after this Riel came to ST. Paul
and stoned as usual at the Montreal house
Mr. Kennedy and Gen. O'NeiIl, both of
whom were on the expedition referred to in
which Riel sold out the whole force, learning
that he was here, went to his room to see
him. After considerable difficulty they sue
ceeded in corralling him. They made inqui-