Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-04

NY Of Company,
. Blink is ,5iC Celebrated III
! 81 Winnipeg.

Ma .,i May 4,-vtith rs.
J dian Y sbrigades and YORK hnas,
loaded With p~eltriesSon the Red rivs.
counellsnr burning at Lower Foti
pipe scenttng the air. the ronas II Rsace s
Wilderness days Is living alssiSsS I'M
celebratiOnssof the 2B0th anXi.SSS9sss4Ss
Z OF Nd4Hudson's Bay comnaTSNS@SS
was inangYrated in Winnipeg syS y
Sir RSbert Kimberley, e.
est OF 4 distinguished line S2s ~
sons companN>goyerhorY$ISSf &7
present from England to take M
the r1versspageant and>inAtheH
ouent street pageauts which 3fdM$
held. successiyely in EdmontongssS $2g
6-S;sCalgary, May 11-13; yansnS2
MAY 15.l9.s and Victoria, May. 2flS2
Tho Redsrtver pageant, whfch5nISsS3I ass
sjsed to- ne@pnet Of the most internsIS
ssshistoricala spectacle ever IA WS7Ns
Canada, wac to start from, the sft1SsHy
1old Fort Garry, early capAtai al m
s5~compAnys once vast empire and ahnsSX
which WINNIPEG grew. ard pass sdDVS2s
stream eighteen miles to Lower TSH
Garry. fstANssssSS
Trick olft- in bravery Of. q
feathers and beaded buckskin. Indiansa
from a dozen tribes were to man YnrkS
$ahoats = canoes in fur brigade fprssS
nation. To do honor to /the cnn,ns INV
to which .thetr ancestorY paid loyal fs9
1egiance Indians came from the ahnrasJ
Of HudsonSBay James Bay, Lake Sue
perior furc country, northern Saskatcff-a
evan. fromsithe prairies and from thed
E Rocky mountains, Athabasca and, Brit-a
ish Columbia. IJ
A 1otilla.of freight boats piled highl
with bales OF fursS trailed in the vale
Of the York boats in charge of, factorsl
2 trappers in pioneer costumes.A
At gFided an long procession through al
countrystae famous in Hudson's Bay3
traditions, past the site Of old Fort
slD0uglessth the scenes Of Lord Selkirk;sHi
Red River settlements and the battie-
dsld OF Seven, Oaks where G%overnor|
S{mple and twenty men fell in confictI
with their rivals Of tho North WestE
c4mpany, the pageant, it was planned,
would seem to sail out Of the past Of
40 years ago.
When 1t reached Lower Fort Garry,
whose stone buildings and ~battlementt
ed Stone walls still preserve the picl
t1resqueness Of early days, two an
Gent q cannons at the gate werei
to boom g salute from their rusty
Threats. Within the walls of the old
stronghold where the first treaty was
signed between Canada and the west
cru 1iiuAdatS III lo(I, IOVernOf hlnQer-
sley will sealEanew the ancient friend-I
ship between the redmen and the
company. by smoking the calumet Of
ipeace: The pipe. especially designed
for the occasion. bears carved upon
its Stem the totems of all the tribes
and will be presented to the governor
as a souvenir.
Sir Robert will confer upon each Of
the braves afmedal struck in honor Of
the anniversary and at a council, att
which the Indians will squat upon the
ground in a. wide semi-circle, will re-
ply to orations by the sachems and
After the speeches, the In
dians will present a wampum belt to
the governor ini ratification Of their
Of fealty, and will partake Of
m old fashioned feast Il
Street pageants will be held IN the
othef four cities. Floats. will, picture
romantic episodes In the company's
history and the Development Of thet
west and in the parades will appear
Indians, trappers. cowboys, dog teams,
-sRtver carts. RoyalA Canadian
Mounted Police, government officials
and civic bodies. M