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UP THE ASSINIBOINEMarquette.” to Fort ElliceiWinnipeg, completingTO FORT PELLY INofficial fromCourt* came on board and attachedTHE YEAR 1881a notice detaining the boat pending thehearing of a law suit and threateningH R. Jones, of Crabbes Creek,N.S W, Tells of HistoricBoat Tripdire consequences tn the event of thewarning being disregarded. It wouldsirappear that a shareholder had somesupposed grievance against the manthlt;aging owner, and was taking action Wlt;WEST OF THE LAWagainst him on the ground of misman- I byagement. In order to defeat this move- I i*riThe Good Ship Marquette Sailedment on the pan of this shareholder lawOut of Manitoba To AvoidLegal EntanglementsAn echo of a letter published in Thethe managerex- I critructed quhis to steam away at once and set theamconcerninglaw at defiance by taking the boat outof the Province into the North-Westes in the early days is containedTerritoriy. where the law courts ofa letter which ex-Mayor McIMarmid I Winnipeg had no purisdiction.Nohas just received from H. R. Jones of little excitement was evinced bv theCrab he’sr (HAustralia.New* South Wales, I crew and the passengers, who happen-Mr. Jones wrote severalhoardbeelainacsumonths ago giving a copy or the orig- parture earlier than the advertisedfr«inal address presented by the first set* I time andarranttiers of Brandon to the Captain on a good look out was kept all the wayboboard the steamer “Marquette” which up the river, and we were prepared toconveyed the passengers here. The resist any forcible detention. At Fortoriginal documentnow* been for* I Ellice the Factor was surprrsed iowarded to Mr. McIMarmid together learn that we were going up the hlther-with an interesting letter written fit to unexplored Assihihoine, but fullyusii.joulit1881about the cruise of the “Mar* | entered into the spirit of this explor-k _ * A A t 1k „ M « m-mmk a , B ' Mquette” into the North-West Territories,The fore part of Mr. Jones’ letter isas follow's:tt\rYour fovor of the I8th Novemberis to hanq and I am pleased to notethat’ the information I gave you w*asfound interesting. I desire to thankyou for having communicated it to thelt;4Brandon Daily Sun” and for causingcopies of that paper to be sent to me.From a general perusal of The SunI consider it is a paper that would becreditable to any city. It may interestu to know that my letter in The Suncaught the eye of at least one of thoseearly pioneers—one who signed the address in 1881 to the officers of the“Marquette”. I refer to Janies Loganof Rocanville, West of Fort Ellice. Hehas written me and says that it didhim good to see the names of the firstparty to settle at Grand Valley. Hewas a young man in those days, now*se is sevyears old. He has livedat Rocanville for the past 36 years.• tAn Interesting TripMr. Jones has forwarded an interesting account of the “Marquette’s” tripup the Assiniboine in 1881, when itsailed into the North-Wost Territoriesto avoid being seized in a law suit.The letter was written by the purserand is as follows:“Just prior to the second trip of the*HP*any mother can do.:n Cocoa every dayneed somethingonly thinghich at the same timemulantotherandgoratingagainsttoctors and dietitiansis, and is particularlyg children. Taken inbreakfast or lunch,fternoon.easilylove it.in’s Cocoa everyday.develop sturdy con-le foundation for good► tin in preparing C+cem.ech'artIT,cm4y/j.gavK ifreight to carry upFort Pellv—ifw'e got there.44A few miles beyond Ellice w*e wereTerritoryhafreelvCrman’s land. Then our difficulties bothgan, as the country was flooded, and itI)uwas with difficulty that we could dis-cecern the proper channel. At times wfewould leave this and cut off a longbend bv steaming across the prairie.On one occasion like this the steamerasre-enter the river. It took nearly awhole day to re-float her. When thefacts as taken into consideration thatthe officer in charge had to feel hisway. in manycasesrunning overprairies and turning bends formingthe sharpest of acute angles, beside thelack of fuel incidental to streams without the bounds of civilization, not taking into account the necessaryresulting from severe wins storms, etc..it was certainly a record to cause self-congratulation on the part of the officers and crewSurprised the NativestWhilst the trip was not devoid ofinterest in the way of incidents, I willcontentnot iofteffect of the appearance of the steameron the natives. When a few miles be-»low Fort Pelly a native in Adam’s costume, with the only addenda of a blanket carelessly throwm about his anat-omv as a safeguard presumablyagainst mosquitos, was seen approaching the river bank cautiously lookingat the floating house. Visions andthoughts no doubt actuated this aboriginal in somewhat the same strainas the old Dutch settlers at Albanywhen Fulton made his first trip up theHudson. True to the instinct of hisrace, however, he endeavored to showas much stoicism as possible, andwhilst his open mouth audeyes expressed in themselves the veryacme of wronderment, the ne plus ultraof his surprise and astonishment foundvent in the exclamation “Ni-chi-chin(meaning good), immediatelytering which he took hasty strideshack to his wigw'am to relate to hisUP TEH ASSINIBOINE—gal two* *sharerand sorrows” of thegreat w’onders he had seen among theche-mon-ki-men. Apropostives, be it said to their credit, thatthe lessons of civilization imparted tothem through the efforts of the Government Agents, were strongly exem-in the fact that they volunteered to supply the fire fiend with sufficient edibles by wav of fuel, and onour way down we found in several locations small batches of wood fromalreadyfor delivery, although the standardmeasurement differed somewhat fromWinnipeg markets, a cord being understood to measure 6 feet long. 3 feethigh and 30 inches long.Distances Given by IndiansThe different points passedtheup trip w'ere classified and arrangedas follows:distancesgiven were culled from informationfrom the natives and appropriate nomenclatures. I wonder if they haveever supplied data for time cards onthe Assiniboine?Distance on river above Fort Ellice:Qu’Appelie........6 miles(uloff .. .. •• •* *• * •12 milesMarquette Rapids ..* 3 milesTwo Rivers * • - * * • • •50 milesCote Agency .. A - -175 milesWhite Sand River ....40 milesh ort Pelly •. • * * * * *110 milesTotal •* ** »* * *452 milesFort Pelly settlement consisted ofbreeds andnecessarytrs who judging from the samplecreditries and a benefit fo the Indians. Thewas under the charge of a fineold Sco.chtonn named McBeth. whohad spenigreaterrmm....V v.(Additional Sport on Page 9)
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Feb 13, 1920
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