Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-23

encies; a son of a major general, an
ex-cadet of the Canadian Royal Mill
tary college at Kingston, a medical
student from Dublin, two eX-troopers
Of the Scots Grays, son Of a cap
tain in the line, an Oxford B. A, and
several of the ubiquitous natives of
Scotland comprised the mixture.
I'm addition there were many Cana
dians belonging to families Of infiu-
ence, as we'll as several from the
backwoods who had never seen the
light till their fathers had hewed a
way through the bush to concession
road. They were none the worse fell
lows on that account, though. Sew
eral Of our men sported medals won
In South Africa, Egypt and Afghanis-
tan. There was one, brother Of a
Yorkshire baronet, formerly an officer
of a certain regiment Of foot, who, as
a contortionist and lion -comique, was
the best amateur ever knew. There
was only an ex-circus clown from
Dublin who. could beat him. These
two would give gratuitous perform
ances nightly, using the barrack-room
furniture as acrobatic 'proprieties.'
It Is narrated that when the Earl
of Aberdeen, governor general Of Can
ada, stopped at Ft. Macleod on tour
of inspection, the trooper assigned to
him as orderly was his own nephew.
There is a constable in the battery at
Regina who bears the name Of one of
the proudest families Of the nobility
of Denmark. Yet he makes a good po-
liceman and does his work as eff
ciently as any of his comrades.
Many stories Of the work of the po-
lice are illustrative Of the things they
have accomplished. One is at loss
where to begin. Perhaps no deed was
more plucky than the bluff that Ser
geant Mcdonald, In command OF the
Wood Mountain Post, played on tur-
bulent old Sitting Bull. One day the
police had found the bodies Of six
scalped Salteaux Indians near the
post. Upon investigation they discov-
cred that the crime had been COM
mitted by Sitting Bulls Sioux. Nc
Donald was setting forth to demand
the surrender Of the murderers, when
Sitting Bull rode up to the post at the
head Of 500 yelling braves and fore
stalled the sergeant by arrogantly de-
manding the surrender Of the surviv-
ing Salteaux.
To emphasize his demand the chief
leaped down from his pony and thrust
the muzzle of his rife into McDon-
AIDS stomach. But the policeman was
not frightened. He calmly pushed the
gun aside and told the chief and two
of his followers to come inside for
"pow-wow," first seeing to 1t that the
chiefs stacked their arms In the yard
outside the council room. Then by
sheer force of personality he brow
beat them into ordering that the ex-
cited braves outside should be dis
persed. When this had been done Nc
Donald explained the law on murder
and announced that, while they wait
ed, he would send three men into the
Indian camp to arrest the murderers
He dispatched the three constabies
who pushed their way through howl
ing masses Of Sioux, sought out their
man, handcuffed them and carried
them back to the post.
Then there Is the story Of how zoo
sullen cress, who had fled into the
United States, were escorted TO the
line by a strong detachment Of Amer
can cavalry, under orders to turn over
their charges to a force Of northwest
mounted police. The Americans were
met by a corporal and two constables
The American officer in command sur
veyed them with amazement, as Is re-
lated In "The Riders of the Plains" by
A. L. Hayden.
where's your escort for these In
dians?" he asked.
Were here" answered the corpor-
al.
Yes, yes, l see. But where is your
regiment?"
II guess it's all right" said the cor
poral. THE other fellows looking al
ter the breakfast things"
But are there only four Of you
then?"
That's so, colonel, but you see we
wear the queens scarlet"
Three men once rode 120 miles In 9
binding snowstorm to arrest a horse
thief in a settlement Of 80 half-breeds
all of whom were bad" and cheerful
" ready to fight If they got chance
But the three redcoats got their mar
and carried him back to justice
Their report was summed up In few
words. This is a way OF the north
west mounted police. Constable j. A
w. O'Neill on a patrol from Norway
House to Keewatin for the purpose ol
arresting two Indians accused OF MUIR
der. Time occupied, four months; dis
tance travelled by dog train and ca
noes, $50 miles," That was all.
And once a sergeant and one con-
stable conveyed two dangerous luna
tics hundreds of miles over a country
with which they were unacquainted In
the depths of winter, with every con-
sideration for the comfort of the poor
wretches.
After all, the keynote of the mount
ed police is struck in the story OF the
youngster, barely more than recruit
who was sent across sno"-covereo
prairies to hunt horses that had stray
ed toward Pendant d'Oreille. He was
overtaken by a blizzard, and several
weeks later, when the SHOWS had melt
ed, search party found his body. In
his pocket was his note book, on q
leaf Of which he had scribbled:
Lost. Horse dead. Am trying to
push on. Have done my best"
Am trying to push on. Have done
my best" This is the motto OF the
mounted police. Maintiens lie droit'
are the words that encircle the buff
falo head on the coat Of arms, but
sanctioned though they are by COL