The Holly chieftain., 1899-08-04
BRAVE MEN AND COOL
THE NORTHWESTERN MOUNTED po-
LICE DON'T KNOW FEAR.

LIVE O0N' NINO" 6G(V~
AsAacioss Courage Dssplayed ~
rhea In Aaadlisg aAs savages.
How Chief Piapss.s oisR Was Cali
eA-A sittiag Ball Aaveatsrs.
A tiny force Of $50 men. the North
western mounted police OF Canada.
guards and controls territory nearly n
large as the whole Of Europe. They are
big. powerful men physically. most OF
them Of sturdy Scotch or Irish extraction,
and the moral force Of the brilliant red
tunic which they wear Is minor revc-
lation Of the method BY which the tiny
British isles govern an empire. Although
there are thousands Of Indians and half
breeds more dangerous than Indians and
rough. reckless miners and outlaws IN
their domain. they ride the plains and
climb the mountains and keep the peace
OF the third of continent The mission
of these scarlet couted guardians is peace.
Here are Illustrations. They perhaps
picture the method:
When Piapot. restless, Iuarrelsonic.
drink loving. and his swarthy. hawk fac
ed following spread their circle of smoke
tanned tcpces near the construction line
of the Canadian Pacific railway beyond
Swift Current, there was innugurutcd
the preliminary Of massacre. or what
ever form OF entertainment the brain Of
Pinpot might devise.
Then the railway management sent q
rcmonstrancc to the powers. The lieu
tenant governor issued IN order. and two
policemen rode forth carrying her majcs-
ty's commands. Not a brigade nor
troop. The officer bearing the written
order was but sergeant. With him was
one constable. That was the force that
was to move this turbulent tribe from
good hunting ground to secluded spot
miles away.
Piapot refused to move. The sergeant
calmly gave him Is minutes in which to
begin striking camp. Result. Is min
utcs Of abuse. The Indians screamed de-
6ance at the sergeant and fired their guns
under the sergeant's nose as they circled
about him in their pony spirit war dance.
When the 10 minutes were up. the SER
gennt threw his picket line to the consta-
bic. dismounted, walked over to Chief
Pinpot's tcpec aud calmly knocked the
key pole out. All the warriors rushed for
their guns. and one of the biggest bluffs
on record was played by the redskin.
But the sergeant continued methodical-
ly knocking key poles out. and Piapot
saw that the game was up. He must
either kill the sergeant stick his knife
In the heart Of the whole British nation
or give up and move away.
He chose the Inter course, for Piapot
had brains.
After the killing of Custer Sitting Bull
became a more or less orderly tenant OF
knr fnut eho 1<,xN.v
he camped at Wood mountain. just over
the border from Montana. An arrows
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found six dead Saltaux Indians scalped
In approved Sioux fashion. A seventh
Saltaux, still alive. had seen the killing.
The police buried the dead Indians and
took the living one to their post.
With characteristic cheek Sitting Bull
came, accompanied by chiefs and war
riors, to demand the seventh Saltaux. In
Wood mountain there were 20 policemen
backing Sergeant Mcdonald. With the
chief there were ut least 500 warriors.
Sitting Bull threw his squat figure from
his pony and thrust the muxxle of his gun
into Sergeant McDonald's stomach. Nc
Donald was typical Of the force. He
pushed the gun to one side and told the
chiefs to step inside the gate. stack their
arms and come inside the shack for .
powwow.
They demurred. The sergeant was
firm. Outside II was play day in bedlam.
The young bucks rode and whooped and
fred their guns.
''Send your men awayfj said the SER
geant to Sitting Bull. Fitting Bull de-
INJURED.
''Send them away" repeated the ser
gcant, ''if you have authority"
Sitting Bull and his chiefs made to-
ward the door. but there were Interrupt
tions-rcd coated objcctions-and outside
in the yard the chiefs rides were stack
cd.
Sitting Bull. like Piapot. had brains.
The bucks were sent away. Then the
sergeant persuaded the chiefs to listen
further. mainly by the force Of the red
conted arguments he had brought to bear.
"Tarry here, my brothers." he said. ''un-
til send Constable Collins and two 9TH
ers OF my men to arrest the murdcrcrs.
The Saltaux are subjects of the queen.
We cannot allow them to be killed for
the fun Of the thing"
Then big Jack Collins-wild Irishman
and all the rest Of Invent over to the
Sioux camp and arrested three. The
bucks jostlcd and showed them and fired
pistols over their heads. but big jack
and his comrades hung on to their pris-
oncrS and worked their way to the post,
with no sign of annoyance until q big
buck spat in Collins face.
A big mutton leg fist shot out. and the
Sioux lay like crushed moccnsin nj
Jacks feet. Take that. ye black
bastew he Missed bctwccn his ci,nchcd
teeth. IAN yc'vc made me disols.y or.
dcrs, ye foul ticnd" .
Then he marched his prisoners int" the
post and reported himself for niScon-