News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-09-08
The Northwest.
The Northwest.
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<HYDE PARK, Vt, Aug. 10, 1892
| Editor the News and Citizen -
| In my Nuner communication, of August Z,
l think llosed with our arrival at Prince
Albert, which was Saturday. On Sunday
morning we attended services at the Presby-
! terrain chfrch, nice little chapel, which
would a immediate about three hundred
people, all the largest in town.
/ In the ming a large delegation attended
upon the aviation Army, which consisted
of force lf three rather attractive young
ladies, and 5ere holding services in the Opera
House.
| Monday morning we began to look about
| and found the town located on the No. Sas-
| katchewan river, "a stream several hundred
/ miles in length, very swift and deep, nava-
| gable for large steamboats,. At Prince AL
| bert the river is about One-fourth of a mile
| wide and is crossed by means of ferry boat.
| On the opposite side of the river from the
| town Is an Indian settlement of Sioux which
! came from the United States at the time of
the Indian outbreak, in which Gen. Custer and
| ms company were enticed into an ambush
| and slaughtered. | saw one old Indian who
| informed US that he was engaged in the af-
| tray at the time of the destruction of Custer.
lhese Indians are very peaceable now. They
| have built log houses and are very well pre-
| pared Tor winter. There is q large reserva-
ton of Indians about thrty-fve miles
away toward the No. West. Mr.. Mckenzie
who formerly lived in Burlington, is now In
dian Agent for this section
Here were another detachment of the
mounted police, who were a very gentlemanly
set of fellows. The town is 80 years old and
never bad boom, but has enjoyed a steady
growth. 1t now has a population of about
IOOO. Here is a fine courthouse and Jail,
years since the completion of the jail not one
criminal has ever been incarcerated therein.
was very much surprised to learn of the
small number of crimes committed in these
| No. Western Territories. An attorney who
depended on criminal practice for living
would have II hard time of it.
Here we found fine farming lands The
soil is strong and deep, with plenty of timber
and water. The timber land is all owned by
the gOvernment,-that is the heavy tim her
and each settler is entitled to a certain
amount for buildings, fences, etc. which
only costs the small sum of fifty cents which
he has to pay the officials for what is called
permit.
The crops are looking very nice never
have seen finer fields of wheat barley
and oats than | have seen here and such
potatoes | never say. before. The tops were
heavy, green, and were covered with bios
SONS. Several farmers informed me that
they considered a field which did not WELD
400 bushels to the acre as too Door to nav
for digging; and furthermore it costs so lit
tie to raise them compared to what it costs
in Vermont that it almost made me want to
remain and go to raising potatoes The Do
tatOes know nothing of a hoe: they are plant
ed by being covered up in the furrow when
the ground is being plOwed. and are dug in
the same way. And stranger yet, the veneer
able potato bug does not thrive in this com
munity-he is literally unknown.
This would be an elegant country for mixed
flr m
the Opportunities for getting hay almost I'M
limited.
| visited one ranch where saw $500 very
nice sheep in one flock. | also saw several |
fine herds ofcattle and horses. If they only
had our markets for their produce these peo- |
pie would be the most independent on earth |
The winters are cold, the mercury often going |
to 81 degrees below zero, and remaining for |
week at a time; but during this cold |
weather winds are unknown. The snow is |
very rarely more than two feet in depth |
Sudden changes of weather in winter are |
very rare.
Iwenty-eight of our number took teams |
and went to visit what is known as the |
Stony Greek District distance of about |
80 miles. Here were found some excellent |
farming lands, near to timber and we'll |
watered. Here is splendid opportunity for |
farmers who want to buy homestead land |
Improved land can be purchased within ten |
or twelve miles of Prince Albert for from 81 |
to 81 per acre.
On Thursday portion of the party start |
ed on their return at Forage La Prairie We |
saw some of the finest fields of grains [ ever |
witnessed. The party who started Thursday |
arrived i'll Vermont on the Tuesday follow |
ing; the remainder of the party followed on |
Monday and arrived the following Saturday. |
All seemed well pleased with their visit to |
the great Northwest; and often remarked |
about the manner in which they were received
in all the towns which they visited and also
by the {. 2. R. officials and employees.
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