The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-04-02

One day, as the government surveyor, Col
Dennis, and his men were surveying has,
line through some property, Riel, followee
by party of unarmed half-breeds, put hi
foot on the chain the surveyors were using
and ordered them to quit work, which they
did During the fall of 1869 he took posses
sion of Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, anG
armed his followers with the 500 Enfield
rifles he found in the stores Of the Hudson.
bay company. From there they issued thi,
bill of rights:
l. The right to elect our m Legislature
2. The legislature to have power to pass all lawf
local to the terrtOy over the veto OF tie
b. a t| o-thi.ds vote.
3. NOaat of the dominion parliament Qocal tc
the territory to 6e bndng on the peo.,le until
sanctioned by tueir representatives.
4. All sherifs, ma ;iStrates, conStables, etc., to
be elected by the peop:e; free homestead and
pre-emption law.
:. A portion Of the public lands to be appro
priated to the benefit of schools, ~ building Of
roads, bridges a.,d parish builIings.
3. guarantee to connect winnipeg by rail
with the nearest line of railroad, tne land grant
for such road roads to be subjec. to the lessla-
ture OF the territory.
:. For four years the public expenses of the
territory, civil military aid nuncipa., 10 be paid
by the dOm.ni IL treasury.
=. The mil tary to he composed Of the people
How existing III the territory.
9. The Fiench ami English languages to be COM
mon in the legislature and council and all pubic
documents and acts of the legislature to be pub
lish- d IN both languages
10. The judge o, tie superior court to speak
French and English.
IL. Treaties to be concluded and ratified be-
tweep the government AID several tribes of In
dams in the territory, calculated to insure peace
in the future.
Il. AL, privileges, customs, and usages existing
at the time of the transfer TO be respected.
Ii These rights to be guaranteed by the incom-
ing lieutenant governor before he Is admitted
into the territory.
H. Tha, we have full and fair representation
in the dominion government.
'tIn the face Of this attitude, taken b. the
half breeds, counter insurrection was at
tempted by the loyaj IS. and one Scott, an
English Canadian, was shot by the order of
Riel. All the leading English Canadians at
Fort Garry were taken prisoners As an in
stance of Riel's humanity, it is told that
when Mrs. Schultz, the wife of the present
Senator Schultz of Winnipeg, insisted ON go
ing with her husband, Riel took off his fur
coat and threw it over her as a protection
from the cold. She followed the expedition
of Colonel, now Lord Wolseley in the follow
ing spring. He had about one thousand men
in the expedition, and a portion OF them, the
Sixtieth Rifles, were regulars. Riel and
some of his followers crossed to the United
States, and an act OF parliament was passed
banishing him for five years When his
term of Punishment expired, he returned to
Manitoba, and was elected to represent the
elective district of Provenchies in parlia-
ment. Threats were made by the lOyaiists
that if he took his seat he would be shot for
numbering Scott. The day Riel entered the
house of commons, a company of soldiers
was secreted in an antercOm, and it was
generally feared that a riot would take
place. Riel took his seat, but when the
opening prayer was concluded he left, and
never returned.
1.-The present outbreak has grown out Of the
previous one The Canadian government, in
order to quiet the half-breeds, in 1870 gave
each of them 240 acres of land. These grants
were confined to the half-breeds living in the
province Of Manitoba in 1870. These grants
were made as compensation for disturbing
the old frontage system. But Manitoba is
only a small part of the Northwest. There
are half-breed settlements along the Saskat-
chewan. at Prince Albert, which is over 9GO
miles northwest OF the captal of Manitoba.
ana ali aions the shores OF Lake winnipeg.
The half f-breeds living there being excluded
from the benefits of this arrangement, have
been, in those districts, unsettled for years.
Now that the surveyors are disturbing them,
by laying out their lands in square blocks, as
they did on the banks of the Red river in
1869, the BALI breeds in the Northwest de
mand to be treated as the half-breeds in
were after Riel put his foot on the
surveyors chains They say that all they
ask is an equalization OF the laws, and this il
what Riel is contending for.
Indians on the War Path.
WINNIPEG, Man., March 31-A Battleford
dispatch to the Times just received reads as
follows: All the Indians in this district
have gathered at Poundnakers' reserve and
are now about 5000 strong. They are en-
camped mile out Of town and threaten tc
families are in the barracks. Every man
has been enrolled for service. The Indians
threaten to burn the town. They are ex-
oected to come to a powwow with the agent,
which may be made to Last a week or
lay.
A Quappelle dispat,h says: Il is reported
hat the Indians at File Hill reserve have
'isen and killed Nicholl, the instructor on
he reserve These Indians number about 800
Three companies of rifles and detach nent
ii battery with one gun left this morning
or F,rt Quappelle to protect the settlers. A
general advance will not be ordered until the
roops arrive from the east. Middleton will
lot jeopardize his expedition by starting in
lis present weak STATE.