Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-13
.GRANl1 El1.kns.A1fRAtlA MONDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1922.

rr'nar2zFN SIsss 2s-stt 4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
pany and also worked non the Arson
he sometimes Travelled between PaMf
'bina and 81. Paul with a cart on
which waS displayed the Canadian
flag and was nit molested by the In.
dams. .He also acted as guide to per-
sons leaving the country at that time
He was familiar with the site OF
Grand, Forks, but did not take up his
residence there until the mail station
Was built y
The mail carr ying party kept ten or
a dozen ponies Ter service on the road.
|ASlog cabin wes butt. but was little
used for the ponies We're turned out
In the timber-to browse and feed OF
rushes in lnarshy places along the
river margin and even remained out
In winter. AS needed for a. trip, they
were caught, fed over night with oats,
also q bushel or SO was aiken along
for feed during each Journey. Sup
plies had TO come from Minnesota;
After about two years, Nash turned
his s~ub.contract over to Huffman rn-
It'll the stages took tho mail.
Another ~tpersonage at the Forks in
!.hoee days and associated with the
| mail, carrying party was called Joe
IOmand, probably . 9wede. and eithe:
came When Huffman and, Loon did
or not long after. While in tho mail
service. he froze his feet. but escaped
with the loss OF one or two toes. In
later times he became manager of an
Indian farm in Minnesota, presumably
at the Red Lake Chippewa reserva-
ton.
Cart Brigade Came. :
The vicinity Of the forks OF the riv-
err was not as lonely as might he sup
posed from the number Of persons
! that have been mentioned Is residing
! there! The International sometimes
passed in making trips between Fort
Gary and Georgetown. In summer
the cart brigades moved along the
river road on their way, to st. Cloud.
ed, moving with tho river current
from McCauleyville to Fort Garry.
LOADED with traders goods for traders
were establishing themselves In Mani
toba. .McCauley built a. saw mill at
his settlement In 1867 and 1t was put
in operation the next year saving
lumber for the military posts and to
build fiatboats for the developing rov-
er trafhc. he pine logs were obtained
Tin the Otter Tail lake region and
fioated down Otter Tail river. A man
who was called "Flatboat McLain"
was active in navigating f1atboats
(, down the river in-1S69. On arriving
at their destination the boats We're
taken apart for the lnQQber in, them;
as this was a scarce commodity in the
valley at that time.
In 1850 the British government ter
minated the political control that the
Hudson Bay company had so long ex-
ercised. owe the country north of the
international boundary and the com
pany became merely a commercial
! Organization. As such they still con,
+, tinued their fur trading business a
the Georgetown post. At the time o,
the surrender OF their privileges to the
crown the company occupied twenty
districts, maintained IL trading post!
and employed 5000 men. The post!
were abandoned only in so far AS sub
sequent settlements rendered then
useless for fur trading purposes.
j. J.. Hin Impressed.
AT this time JameslJ. H:ll. q native
} Of Ontario. born in 1898, had been 10
Gated at st. Paul since some time .ir
The ffties and was engaged in tn
warehouse business. Much Sreigh
destined for Manitoba was then pass
ing through his Warehouse and h
was on the eve Of being. opened t.
free settlement. Wishing to see 70
|, himself the possibilities of the North
west he made a journey to Fort Alb
}, ercrombie in March. 1870, and thence
travelled down the valley by do,
~siedge-three dogs tandem and tn
leader a yellow one-to what ltttl
+ there then was Of Winnipeg, bein'
}, built up around Fort Garry. Mr.. Hill
was sufficiently impressed with tn
future prospects Of the country to de
eide upon placing q steamboat on tn
Rot t3riyer.s-. % 49,
! The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in tn
:. Hudson Bay company provinces wer
often reStive under the fur trading re
s%trictons OF the company, but Wer
! prevented from inaugurating seriou
disturbances at times by the influence
of the priests. However, in 1859 Il re
volt called the Riel Rebellion brok,
out, which scentered at the Turtl
:, Mountains and for a, while rendere,
. the frontier east to Red river rathe
. insecure. 1t wa presumably on tina
account that the government finall,
decided to esta blish a military post OF
the northern frontier. This projec
had been contemplated in the late for
) ties when Major Woods was sent t
Pernbina. to select the site fora post
and although urged at times after
wards nothing had b~eenfdone to car
~ the plan INTO permanent effect. A
frs: it was proposed to. locate the pos
at st. Joseph: and some logs were GU
there for. buildings, but the site no
being wholly satisfactory. it wa
!, changed to! Pembina according to tn
) original plan. The Quitting was don
at Fort. Abe:cronbie. though som
materials were probably teamed fror
Est. Cloud. Two separate expedition
, were fitted put at Fort Aberorombie
one to proceed by the river and tn