The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-31

subjects for the amateur photographer
as the retired red warriors, bucks and
braves, temporarily out OF the scalpine
| business"
THEIR DUTIES.
The duties of the men are multifar.
| ions They forrl mounted ,detachments
strung all alo,g the vast distance from
Lake Superior to The Rockies, and woe
10 tho, hapless horse-thief. Oh the SNUG
rler. ,who falB into their hands There
is mol procesAof quibblinY for an ap-
peal. ! These Sflicers are vested with
! magiFterial functions ishd we are told
it is r.ot an uncommon sight to witness
nm officer on horseback dispensing jus.
tice To some hapless criminal. The
mounted police in addition keep close
eve ON the Indians, especially at Forts
Mel, ,!od and Battleford. 1t is an Of
fensel for the noble red man to leaV,
his reservation without permission
The \ restraint at first was irksomet ~ ~ g
those\ who had formerly forms almost extinct net
plainIf anlat gradually they appreciated
bulialiEmness and friendliness of the
the ny and now the delinquents are
pollceDeprivation of rations (supplied
rev. \ the governmenD, has produced
free b{esome effect in restraining them
a whoAain within the bounds of their
to reialtions.
reserVAcOgnition Of the fact that liquor
In repf the prime evils in new coun-
is one importation and sale are rigidly
Try itSited Liquor selling to the In
prohibts an offense that brings quick
dlans ment to the offender and 1t Is
punishlble that there is not an open sa-
credlta.ong the entire line of the rail-
loon aSthin the Northwest territory
way wi of things that contrasts oddly
statS with what is seen along the
enough lines in Montana, Idaho, New
railWay and Arizona. In fact, there
MeXicohtire absence of the rough and
Is an et element invariably seen around
recklesSerican railway stations in the
our ANT. One says, 1T is made evident
FAR wesf ways that when a farmer or
IN man!omes to town from the interior,
trader y something else to engage his
there ism than the drinking shop" 1
attentlYdd that at every important sta
might 81 or more of these relocated Of
tlon ontnters the cars to carefully in
lclals vi incoming passengers with a
spect a detecting any infringement of
view toHlations concerning the sale 0f
NE regTing liquors.
intoXica'
IN INDIAN WARS.
re officially informed here that
We a,unted police rendered valuable
the motce to our United States gov
assistart in their late Indian trouble,
erhhiettre an important factor in in
anu w even compelling, Sitting Bull
ducing,S rebellious command to sur
and hihnd return to their reservation
render A'ican soil. 1t will be remember
Amextba old Chief and his bro Yes
ed that ACanadian SOIL and remained
fed TO the international boundary
north ON Mountain until their surren-
IN WOODY by sufferance. 1t being the
der. onlyXthe American government to
policy or 8em to surrender from star
compel I've buffalo and other game
vatlon' tik south of the boundary from
tia, date,J until they were nnally eX-
.sli. .eli,liila I and wt tho 'o adwice and stron
pressure OF the mounted police, sitting
Bull was iinally induced 10 SURRENDER,
accept the terms Oh ms government
and RETURN TO MS reservation; Urea!
credit Is d4e these nopIe guardiahs OF
the peace, Who command such respect
and obeditrce on poth sldes Oh the
boundary pne.
surprises greet the traveller at every
turn in this Canadian Northwest. There
still fingers IN the prairie atmosphere
flavor OF frontier cNliizatlon. rms
was weli Illustrated mere at regina,
ana at winnipeg az the territorial
talrs. where the settler, the rancher
ana the COWBOY meet on an equai ioot /
ing: even the lndian settiers pegih 10
realize that their interests are ldenti-
cal with those OF the Wnites. ClViiiZa-
tlon mas Drought tneih 10 an equallty
with the white settler' especially In the
older provinces where the settlements
nave been unuer the care OF Scotch
superintendents. But there are still
even along the line OF the CANADIAN
Paci1c railway the Crees, blackfeet,
and other wild tribes. VINO only oc-
casionally come In contact with civil
izatlon ana Christianity, VINO are
shiftless, degraded and dlssolute.
CANADIAN INDIANS
The Indian population of the Domiii-
ion numbers about 123,OOO, located
mainly upon the different reserva-
| tions: in Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories. $4,000; Artibaska. $4,000:
British Columbia, $4,000. etc. There is