New-York tribune., 1885-03-27
THE HALF-BREED REBELLION.
TROOPS PROCEEDING TO THE SCENE OF THE DIE
r1rnnA ANCE-MAGNIEIED RErORTS.


TURBANCE-MAGNIFIED REPORTS.
OrrAwA March 26.-The Government mas
received no information Of any collision between the
haunted poce and Rel. The socaed rebellion 10 con-
fined to small district near Fort Carleton on tue o".
syrts of the Prince Albert settlement Rel is rePoro
10 have about 100 followers forty OF them lndians anu
the rest halfbreeds. The Indians nave othof
wise taken no part In the disturbance. PoundmaRer'
Little Pine Lucky Man and other Indian chiefs are at
distance of $50 miles Ries position we Bg Bear
who has also been reported as Joining in the trohpe
is quietly hauling telegraph poles Advces receVed ny
the authorities here show that the Indians at Eonh
are maintaining a peaccabe demeanor ana remaninS
quietly their Notwithstanding That runners
have been trying ncite them to join Rie The force
i'm and around the region OF which Fort Carleton Is the
centre is distributed follows: One hundred mounted
policemen at Fort Carleton with one seven-pound eun
and forty armed civilians; twenty mounted policemen
sixty miles east fifty policemen and company Oh Voi
unteers q hundred miles west OF Carleton. Nos
mounted policemen ON their way TO OF by ths u'o
have reached South Saskatchewan TO effect Junction
with the Carleton force As dispatches have to De car
rcd by horsemcn eighty miles the Humboldt telegraph
Office full information respecting the ninety men s NOT
expected before tonight Further pfecantops h"'o
been taken and 100 men have been dispatched lroh
Winnipcg to QuAppee TO await orders Riel II sad 10
have seized number OF white men and 70 DC nou'hp
them captive I'm the Roman Catholic Church rms IL III
the Information in the hands of the GoyeTnment
In the House OF Commons to-day sir john A. Macaon ION,
aid said that lie had to-day received dispatch from
Lieutenant Governor Dewdney. who had seen number
of Indians Broadview who were said To
be excited and ready to join Riel The indians were
very Indignant the crc uation OF these reprsad re-
uuested the observation-disclosures 10 assure the 9reat
Mother that they remained loyal 10 her person anu ns
government. Sir John continued We are q.i'o @ a.i
aware Of the proxImate Of the half-hreed move
ment under Rel. Eel came into the country uninvitea
by them some time ago. The Government DeneVes ,nat
he came there for the purpose OF extortlng money
from the public purse IN 1hct tho
Government heard last summer intimatons that n we
gave him money. g. 900 mentioned, he would
depart in peace OF the Government could not
entertain proposition for moments ana ne mas
been there. exciting tho half breeds ana attempting 70
arouse the Indians telling them the country all heonHs
to them and the hite man had right TO 1t whatever
WINNIPEG, Man, March 26.-Mounted police are mass
ing on the Saskatchewan at point below where the
hafbreeds waiting for them. Croziers and Twins
commands 200 strong now in camp together on the
Saskatchewan.
LONDON, March 26.-sir John A. Macdonald, the Can
adan Premier has elerraphed to Sir Charles fupper'
Canadian High Commissioner In London. that the re
ports the outbreak In Manitoba have been oyerirW
II is not believed that the Indians VIII join he ha
breedA,