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Rumoured.Indian Troubles, in the OTorti.-Westr :1 A *\f * !4 U' -• S*1 4 ' °L./’ r 11A Manitoba contemporary has tbe following with reference to rumours, of Indian* ;/»•••:..... lt;; * • -• : «*»..Itroubles already telegraphed : i- rt4ln our !ait is8fu^ w« published a communication from'a settlerio the'extreme western' settlement ot the Province—Palestine—indi-eating that considerable uneasinesii existed there go Ac^uiint-of^ rumours- th«t. body ot cjioux'rhdiani^drom UakVitH'^cbhtemplaied ade-scent upon the settlement in .early spring.A meeting of tbe inhabitants bad been held awhich it was resolved to petition the. Lieut. Governor.. This was done, and in respouse, eat 1 j.last week 'Hopi Mr/Norqnay w^s com-missioned” to visit the settlement, to make eoquiries. and take sue » steps as sbonld ap-^ peurJmmtdiately necessary.; Hon 'Mr Nor* quay bus returned,end'rtpb^B the nlarm was awakened by a report brought in from Fort Ellice bv a Hudson’s Bay olficer, or employer, named McKay, to the. offVscivthat »n unusual number of Indians was congregating at th.it point from the other side of the boundary line. They wbre nho sai’dHo manifest a: more independent Tine ot couduct than ordinarily, and express themselves tbnt - they- were coming down to the settlements in the spring. There are also said to be corroborative rVports from other 'quarters.*' : Two-g**‘utlemeu, resident near the Portage, have received letters from the interior—one from Lake Qu; Apple—that the Sioux there°have also something in con-templat'on. * The ‘‘promoter is' said to be « notorious character* well known in ?.ed.Hirer by tlic name of. lla/cette.*. The nu mber of Indians' that would probably take part in a movement of the kind has already been’‘variously estimated, some ot the reports going the length-of representing that over* a thousand• lodges are already* on the mov*ry near and towards' Fort Ellice. Honourable Mr. Norquay cal'ed a meeting of tbe settlers of Palestioe, and after discussion they organized into a company, electing for their officers; ;Messrs , Gory, Ferguson, and Duvidsoq .respectively, in the order named, capta n, tifftitenant, and ensign. It is proposed to arm the spoilers’at once from ; the a$-cuuury hi Fifrt Garry; Besides tbfs in view of the probably movements of the adversaries being first upon tort Ellice,’there is a disposition to send a detachment of military .stationed] id thill Province.-to tfiat poio|, it miuht'be mentioned^ its about a* btindred miles west of .the . Provincial boundary. , The Pro-YiQCtal settlements are s.tfe,wiih a proper di--positio i of our immediate military resources; but an Indian wkr’imgbt tell seriously* on tbe sparse settlements of the Saskatchewan jipd the; rioterior.’J Wujfelpldj'Jy, tbpseintiin-ateiy acquainted with Indian 'war tactittS,that tbe Indians never make: moypinenisintbe winter time. The .information is not sufficiently d«*fieifc£ to 'cause particular alarm,'though ail that should be required lo.put the entire country on tbe defensive, _F$om scotes of quarters il ls suggested that, the alarm maybe absolutely false.started to serve mercenary ends'.' It must be ' self-evi'deut tbM'the sti-tiooing of considerable bodies of,,military-atthe Yiiri o u$lH ud 3 o u Tb :Bay jEos t s ifcth t£i liter ilt;would Tjeipjroensely. profitable-Jo tbe Company. But wo stioiild hope—despi.te, our lief ibat'there:are:- but !few things that the^Company would,- pot do. tp serve.-[those,ends— liiat this'widuld beJfivlittle, too cruel ft Pnra?» even for it to playjf lOevertbeless, looked at in tblight of'past d 5y *,,•' w h ehfr e b'el 1 i O n £w a s r winked afc, if pot even fostere^, for.,uf^ poses, Jbe suggestion is at least wortlf $,QQn*sideratioBj Another;theory American Sioux’IOdiann mean Is to come in and-ask for a reserve on the British tride of the boundary line.
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Victoria Vancouver Daily Standard
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Apr 26, 1873
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