Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-03

been set TO perform q more hopeless
task. But the Mounted Police were
not accustomed to failure. They had
always dealt with the Indians with the
most scrupulous fairness, and, in con-
| sequence, had established for them
/ selves a mighty respect. The police
| sergeant on this occasion was not one
! TO lei the Indians respect for his uni
! form suffer through any appearance
/ CT lack OF confidence on his part Pie
a-Pot evincing an inclination TO dis
pute the matter. the sergeant pulled
out his watch and announced that he
I,would give the chief just Is minutes
! to. commence moving his camp. He
sat there on his horse, watch IN hand,
surrounded by the Indians whose
countenances changed from assurance
10 incredulitS as they realized that the
Echicer meant just what he said. At
Z the expiration of; the Is minutes, the
SERGEANT got down from his horse;
wat&Eg,tp Plea Pots tepce, he kick
ed out the foot OF the key pole and
down came the tepee in n heap. This
he did with several other tepees until
the cowed Indians. impressed in spite
of themselves, commenced striking
their own tents preparatory to carry
ing out the Instructions Of the plucky
police. They realized that there was
confidence in reserve of force much
greater than the mere presence Of two
unsupported men would appear to JUS
tify
They Were Lovers of Adventure.
This is but one of the numerous in
cidents with which the annals of the
force are filed The majority are not
so spectacular, but all show the same
steady adherence to the traditions OF
the organization, which has given the
Northwest Mounted Police OF Canada
a reputation for steadfastness in the
face of duty such as has never been
surpassed elsewhere.
The mon who composed the force
were recruited chiefly from among
young men Of good family, whose love
OF adventure and of the out Of doors
was sufficient compensation for the
loneliness and lack of material Oppor-
TURTLES which are inseparable from
life on the frontier
While sitting Bill and his follow
crs were in Canada, the chief danger
point was south of the Cypress Hills,
near ahe international boundary line.
For this reason the headquarters of
the force was established at Fort
Walsh but with the return of that
worthy to the United States, and with
the removal of the remaining natives
to lands in the northern portion of the
territories in the wake of the receding
buffalo, the need for police supervision
in the vicinity of Fort Walsh was very
largely removed, so in 1882. the head
quarters was moved to Pile Of Bones
Creek, now the city of Regina. the
capital of Saskatchewan, where it re-
manned until February, 1920, when 1t
In 1882 also, the strength of the
force. was Increased TO 800 men. Dur
ing the Riei rebellion in 1855, the
Mounted Police played n notable part,
and to cope with the situation the
force was further increased to 1000,
AT the outset, and until 1895, the
Northwest Mounted Police was purely
Il prairie organization. Horses play
ed n part in it's work second only to
that performed by the men. With
great stretches Of scantily populated
plains to patrol, the constable would
have been almost impotent without the
aid OF his noble equine campanion,
but in the year 1895 the jurisdiction
of the police was extended to ter
ritory in which his chief reliance was
transferred to mans other animal
friend the dog. The discovery OF
gold in the Yukon made it necessary
for the extension Of law and order in
to that unorganzied territory, and nat
urally the Northwest Mounted Police
were asked to undertake the task. In
addition TO the enforcement of law,
the police wcrc irtrusted with the duty
of carrying the mails between the far
distant outposts Of civilization and to
which The lure Of gold had brought all
kinds of people, the safety of whom
the government must exercise in spo-
tential care. A typical instance grow