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THIRTY YEARS AGIBloodless Capture of Fort Garry, August187t©-day, Friday*thirtieth anniversaryhow the city of \\survivorsnowarriviat Fort Garry.There arecity, but totheirw i I'to-day*tehard avenue.servingtwith Mr. Win. who wasthecwing avFree fH ofaram' *% ipv years to-day the dawn of the i»r*s«*nt prospcrfty first broke oh the province of Manitoba and Wtssl-the occasion Mm th«* sjrrira! I,, the settlement of wren companlwof the Ftrut nan. Sixth Royal Jj*and detachment* of the Royal Artillory, Hoy at Service corps, wtwo mvmfield«marshal.i*J»»Wol*iwamaadrr-l n-lt;*hb*farmy. Vile expedition .was for the purpose of teeit* a agljl' i* night of tAugust, 1870, the whole of tlar troop* romposing the Rer| expedition, with about 50*•I~f|Riverboat*.arrived somewhere In the vtciuitf ofourthe% IlfKltdouan. After fast, we encamped onrtver for the night,, posits jrlng picket with aentftau posted extended order from th*- bunk* of the river, crossing the trull lead ittsr from the Upper to Rower FortI* JamM'llt*»I* **UTherea i ormh en vjr'Onreetued u p' Bight lt;hilt; of the a wont from Fort**pt hi eonfinementIt Fort Harry.wit* a very heavy thunder during the night, with veryIgf ej*.e wa*ire arrlvetthemorning or the .tin we In our boat* and row*river to a point betweenJohn's and Point Douglas, wherewe disembarked for our bnai march. There were some men standing on the bank of the rifvr who *a!d thatRiel was in the fort with quite anumber of followers. We formed upIn oiutrft r column borlBC thean**re wprr forfilif up, an IJa very nearly and* Mate HU fira wafer/* tried to |mfaris *i round mw? of etir HdSSteHm and wanted to klM him.'*•\\ iwtretied rip fh#r bank of theriver t»* the level prairie and thrraStood the Itme talk** of and looked for Fort Harry* itkf* a ihto a ttef tHiio, with Its tall. re flagstaff*We threw out two CMBpfcfiflfi* U»At we camefort we caught *ight ofon a platform, mm the It was quite hmmlma 00 r to thei§ fid*.I «£unnorth gat#*we fortwere about three orhalf way toHtr moo nledt•#ni fit paw galloping l ■ ■JP©f.tfi* taking n westerly- tHraetteii.They were Riel and lit# atafluy'tin our arrival we found the fort *fc#ertedL W# marched around to the front and forated In I In* *faring the rirer. When the frontgate was «opened there were four or five fipttva in a fealf-efrefe pointing’ towards the gate. IMF grimier* ran them mil and fired a royal salute in a downpour of rain* After an addrew?* by Cat. Woteetef* and giving time cheer* for the tyneen and Cp.Wolaeley. it w«*re inarched tfifil the fort, a here the Csl#n Sm*k wn rattnlsttd #ti fhe Sag fits# hr Fob,sow General lie Will,«l«pry to the Oopfu.’••We cajiruml one prisoner. .*black bear. which wun taken Mouereftt. Ouetoee and Halifaxthefin* ‘ 31 *finet#telltSteaa*» of Captain,Ret! WMWk Htt I ter * ;* coin pa nybreakfast prepared for Rtei * who did not think It to wait for it.ttte. royageura were i#r!agi ng upI’ to the Aaidnlfemfi rtNMly to take w* Niek ona rftra! of t tie w oitiateera. 5 ;, -k‘ThtJr^ etoi#*fl Jdie btoodtes#of Fort i^arry.** ■nowateand¥1 -er*the
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Manitoba Morning Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Aug 24, 1900
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