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A Fenian AlarmThis rumor was that a well organized band of Fenians, going to aid the northern rebels, was stealing its way across country from Dakota to Batoche.The alleged route of this band (after finding a crossing over the C.P.R.) was to be along the old cart trail running from Fort Ellice to Battleford. It is to be remembered that at the time of which we write the country through which1 this trail wound its weary thousands of square miles, given over entirely to the coyote, the bear, jumping deer and bands of wild horses. In its course it passed within a mile or two of what is now the town of Melville#The Wood Mountain TrailIt was determined to intercept the Fenians* A glance at the map of our province shows anold H. B. trail leading from Wood Mountain via Fort Qu’Appelle toPelly, passing on its way through the File Hills reservation, cutting it diagonally from southwest to northeast, intersecting the Fort Ellice trail at a point twenty or twenty-five miles west of Melville.
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Wainwright Star
Wainwright, Alberta, CA
Wed, Nov 10, 1920
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