Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-04-30

nlnd which an array or grim ana cleaning
bayonets stood guard. The dominion sent
troops To quel the insurrection. Their COM
mander demanded the surrender of the fort.
A ''swellish" young Englishman of the gov
ernor's staff strobe deliberately up to the
barrier, put his glass to his eye, and gazed
tnsolently at the determined faces behind,
and drawled out:
Remove that blawsted fencen volley
OF musketry or a roar of laughter, either one
might have answered the summons, accord
ing TO the temper of the rebels.
The revolutionsts gained their point, how
ever. The dominion settled land upon them,
and there was peace. The scene of the pres
ent trouble is the Saskatchewan country-the
cause the same. The district runs almost
1000 miles along the river of the same name.
The halfbreeds' lands are divided into long,
narrow strips, extending an immense distance
back from the Saskatchewan. This is TO
give each settler river frontage, privilege
which they are ready TO fight for. There are
about q. 900 Indians scattered through the
northwest whom Riel hoped TO win over 10
his cause.
The map herewith of that portion of British
America north of Montana Dakota and Min
nesota shows the Saskatchewan country in
the northwest corner. From the Canadian
Pacific railway at Swift Current a trail is IN
dicated by dotted line 10 Prince Albert
This is the route the Canadian troops are ex-
pected to take. the distance being about 25C
miles. Battleford, Carlton and Prince
-Ibert are situated on the north Saskatche
wan river, and here the half-breeds have
settled, their farms extending in long narrow
strips back from the river on both sides. the
houses being in line along the river
bank. The government has resurveyed the
country, laying il out into sections one
quarter of "A mile square, and insist on the
half-breeds giving up their old homes and
narrow strips Of land for square unim-
proved sections this Riel and his followers
refuse TO DO; hence the revolt
The first fight was at Duck Lake, Il miles
east Of Carlton. IL was with the mounted po-
lcemen and loyal citizens. Soldiers were
forwarded by the Canadian Pacific railway
to QuAppelle At that point they left the
railway and marched overland northwest.
Another body of troops under Gen. Middle
ton left the railway at Swift Current and
took the westerly route north. From Qu'Ap
ralle To Prince Albert the distance is 2j0
mill :. EDWARD MACQUEEN.
"NIaria and He Had Sot and sot."
Detroit Free Press
''You see she was explaining TO a lawyer,
after beating his counsel fee down To 81, Il
have daughter Maria"
''YeS'mn
Maria has beau"
Exactly
Has been waitin' ON her for six years.
II see
"And I've been waitin' on him for the
same length Of time-waitin' for him TO
marry herr
just so, ma'am.n
How long should couple sparkT
''Well. that depends. Ii takes some folks a
long time TO make up their minds. =
Isn't three years long enoughp
II should think so.n
And gave him six I've been getting
madder and madder for the last three months,
and finally last night couldn't hold in any
longer. l went into the parlor and there he
was, gigglng and winking and loving around
same as five years ago. There was Maria,
simpering and cackling and acting like the
same fool she allus was. Don't talk 10 mel
A gal can bring beau 10 time inside Of two
years if she's got any marry in her. You
didn't fool away six years"
Morn"
"Nor i, either. Well, stood il as long as
I could, and when | went into the room says
to William, says /: William, you've sot and
sot, and its my duty as n mother 10 know if
you intend TO marry Maria Maria she give
a screech, and William he turned fiery red.
But says /: If you love- why don't YOU marryi
If you are hanging around here TO pass away
time you'd better skipI
''Well, William coughed and gasped aud
suffered around, and said he wanted Ia
write TO his ma in Iowa. Your ma in
Iowar saws j, feeling my dander climbing
up. 'Mebbe YOU amt weaned YETI
''Then he says he couldn't be buildozed,
and that one objection to marrying Maria
was having Tue for a mother-in law. Then
the cyclone broke loose. Also the whirlwind