The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-11
What AFchblshep Taohe Says Of 1ael.


I. Archbishop Tache of Manitoba passed
thEoushl st. Paul, ep route. from Winnipeg to
Montreal He spent ;he time of his stay As the
guest OF Bishop ireland Interviewed by re-
porter Archbishop Tache said: =
i The tclesraphic report from Winnipeg, stat
ing that l lett hnrricdly for the East to inter-
ceie for iiels lifo, is absurd and false in everv
particular So fur from leaving hurried-
ly, l should have been at Montreal three
months ago to attend to my educational
s'"rSo.; but dchyedRly departure because Of
il 1s. trouble Now that it has nearly subsidized
will be mas,ein Ricl's behslf, except to engage
good counsel to defend him. His language in
regard to the clergy since his arrest has con-
s'Ierably decreased the sympathy for him, and
think that whatever remains is now rather
opposition to tile government on the part of tho
Liberals than friendship or sympathy for Riel
Cnderany circumstances the feeling in his be-
half will not be sufficient to cause any trouble
he will be tried, and if convicted, SEN
tcnco passed upon him without any de-
w ;a :t nss bes s ssssy
exaggerated and an extensive romance woven
out OF nothing. When l went to st. Bon
,face, in 1857, I found young Riel, young
Schmidt and young Macdonald-three half
interest in them, as in all members of my flock,
and ns, they were bright and intelligent, &C.
;rel theft, scholarships and grattiitprts educa-
t t!on IN schools in Lower Canada. I saw very
little Of them however, I, was eway good
many years. and Rel atterward vanished for
years. So that really saw but very little Of
him. After the rebellion of 1862. for which
there was agood deal Of justification, 1, natur-
ally took an interest in seeing that the word Of
the government given. to .Riel-through me-
was kept, and labored to that end.
This time, however, matters were very differ
emit The trouble was outside of my diocese,
IN that Of Bishop Grandin. knew that there
was good deal of dissatisfaction among tho
half breels both through the press and through
priests there No, certainly had DO knowledge
preparations. l do not think the real cause of
the outbreak is understood. OF course the half
breeds we're indignant and dissatisfied that tho
government was so slow in settling the claims;
but the true cause was this: They felt that
they were looked down upon and regarded and
treated with contempt by the new settlers and
by tho officials and people generally. This
ranked terribly; that instead Of being respect
81 As the original settlers they should be looked
down upon, with scorn, and considered be-
and at last they took up arms. They did
not anticipate that the government
would ever send an expedition against them
they merely expected to have to cope with the
mounted police. There were only $50 half
breeds concerned III the revolt, and about $50
Indians at or near Batoche's OF these, at
least fifty were unarnied, and the others very
poorly armed There were few rifles but
many old flint lock guns, almost wortheless
They hoped to defeat the police, an thus COM
to accede to their claims. l think Middleton
made very good campaign, considering the
country and the bad season of the year. No,
my trip East, has nothing to do with Ricl l
must get priests to fill the places of the muir
dercd and wounded, and have other affairs to
attend believe tibet Ricl is completely insane
at times and not responsible for his actions.
He will be accorded u air trial by the authori-
ties, and freed or punished, in accordance with
tho verdict