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BOfiBBS OF A HEW ISETTLEBEHT—A«batifyihb EXHIBIT*No* 1*SmsJuL Rtvkr* Jan. 23,ISS^-r_ .Dejr Snt,—T have, after a severe iit f coxiffbing, from a cold caught while ooraeying op to this northern latitude, be valley of Shell River, thought of'nag and telling all to that great eern luminary, the Sox, of Wiimipe be writer accompanied a party of d5ho left ‘Winnipeg the latter part of ecember in the employ of Eayeoek ‘elds, to make ties and sawlogs. The atfit left Brandon January 2nd for pid City, accompanied by seven teams f horses, which were so heavily ladenall hands had to take to their Apers and put their best foot forward u a go-as-you-please stvle.A distance of 2 miles, constituted the first day’s nrch. On arriving at the city, all onrolained of being tired, the roadsing heavy and the weather cold and lustrry* The next uay a blizzard was a hand, and .we dare not face the nnirie. By good luck it was election day for municipal honoi?, and we, to a an, recorded our votes on the winning side, voting for warden and councillors. On the same evening an oyster supper as given in honor of the occasion by the Rapid City ires. The room of he hotel was well packed, and a quantity of bile ejected, and o, lot of spouting done interspersed with quotations from Shakespeare and other xets. The opposing candidate (Me Tuvisli,) was an invited guest. In his address he admitted the com’ of - • being honorably defeated by Mr. Sinclair; D L. S. The day may dawn, the cock id ay crow, when the party broke up satisfied in their own minds that Rapid City had redeemed its lost-honor, in loosing the Bocal .Legislature, by gaining the municipal election.The next place of any note, is Shoal Lake with a fine settled country all round it. We there met with an oi l 0stawaite in the person. of Mr. Dan Howat who keeps a good general store and stopping place. Opposite Mr. Mowat’s'the-Mounted ‘ Police ' Rair.icks are situated, supposed to be the best barracks in the N. W. T., erected by the Dominion Government. The buildings are now deserted by the police who have been removed to Q’Appelle, since Shoal Lake has been created part of the Province of Manitoba. 22 ^ miles west brought us to Birtle city, situated in a beautiful valley with Bird Tail River running through i t;; a grist mill and saw mill, a number of stores-, hotels, and any-amount of other buildings whicli gives it a business appearance. Another few mileswe sighted Fort Ellice south, of us, as we were travelling on the north trail for the purpose of missing large hills after crossing the Assiuiboine river. The country around the fort is pretty well settled, and for some miles further west, the soil is good and rolling, with good water and some timber bluffs, c. Before leaving the settlement we were overtaken by the Superintendent of the firm, Mr; TK -M.-Russell, of Winnipeg, who increased our strength by the ad-; dition of three yoke of cattle, loaded with flour purchased from the H. B. Co.’s new store, erected on a now town site, ot which I have forgotten the name; the store is in charge of Mr. Andy. Another day took us beyond.the pale of civilization. At our first, camp we encountered'a number of Indians Jon a hunting expedition, armed with the improved repeating rifles. They informed us game was plenty, particularly moose deer. After' leaving them wo saw several carcasses of deer hung up to trees that the Iddians had shot and left for their squaws to bring to camp,- as it would be degrading to the red hunter to bring home what lie had killed in the chase. We travelled for three days before reaching the timber country. I was surprised : after hearing such glowing accounts to' •find so little timber, there is plenty of tie timber, but timber to -: 'cut into saw. lop is rather scarce; the timber is cliiefly spruce and tamarack. A million feet of lumber and about 25,000 ties the firm calculate upon this season, flay in this country is §50 per ton ; oats when delivered $1.50 per bushel; pro? visions of all kinds are dear in this locality and consequently lumber will be expensive. So far very little game of any kind has Lc*n seen here as yet. Snow is 18 inch Go 'V*cp in the woods. Forty below zero the lowest we have had it yet. The distance from Winnipeg is h-50 miles bv land route and over 10GO by water, the rivers being verycrooked* .... - • * XuJMBEBER.’
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Winnipeg Daily Sun
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Feb 04, 1882
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