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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CJoirespondence and Papers connected with recent oceuiTences in the North-

A'^est Territories.

Date.

995

1869.
September 28

Bate of
Reception.

September28

September 28

September 29

October 11.

October 31 . .

Subject.

Ckvk of Privy Council to Hon. Stcretary of State for Provinces.

Copy of Rep<irt of Committee of Privy Council, recommending ap-
pointment of Him. William McDougall, C.B., as I iieut. -Governor
North-WeHt TenitoricH

Clerk of Privy Council to Hon. Stcretary of State for Provincci.

Co))y of Report of Committee of Privy Council, ap|)roved by HIb Ex
cellency the (xovemor Creneral, containing iuHtructionH to Hon,
William McDougall

Under Secretary of State for Provinces to Hon. }\'illiam McDongall, C. B.

Transmitting Copy of an Order of His Excellency the Governor Gene
■ ral in Council

Under Secretary of State for Provinces to Hon. William McDoiujall, C.B.
Transmitting Letter of Instructions as Lieut. -Governor

1869.
Novemberl9

Commission appointing Hon. William McDougall, C.B.

After a certain day to be named Lieut. -Governor of the North- West
Territories

Under Scd'etary of Stite to Hon. William McDovgall.

Transmitting Three Commissions under the Great Se.il, and One Com-
mission under Hid Excellency's Privy Seal

Hon. William McDowjall to Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces.
Rejwrting his Arrival at H. B. Post, P'smbina, detailing reasons for

remaining there, and covering Copies ot
under :

Documents, marked as

Oct. 11 to 22

October 15 .

■A."

'B.

'C.

J. S. Dennis. Memo, of facts and circumstances
connected with active opposition of French
Half-Breeds in Red River Settlement, to pro-
secution of Government Surveys

William Cowan to Colonel Dennis. Advising
failure of H. B. Authorities to get over the
op])08ition to Surveys

W. McTavish to Colonel Dennis. On the situa-
tion

9
9

■■■*>•■

Table of Contents — Correspondence and Pnpora, &c. — Continued.

Dftte.

18(19.

November 4.

Novembers.

Date of
Reooption.

iKfiit.

Subject,

October 22.

Oct<>l»fr21.

October 27..

October 27 . .
October 31 . .

"D.

E.'

DeiHwition of

reeitinjf the fivct of menj

F."

"FF.

being uiiiler arum to prevent the entrance of
(lovenior ^IeDo^l^,'all, und adviiiing prompt

I action on purt of AutboritioH

'Wiirnii)j,'t,OiVlr. McDoiimvll not to outer the North-

j Went TerritorieH. (Hifj^neil, by Order, John

1 Hui'CK, I'resident; liiii^iH lliKl-, Secretary.) . .

l)c.'<pat(h froni ('"lonel Dennix on State of Pub-

I lie Opinion

I Note from Colonel Dennis, enclosing above ....

Hon. William Me] )ouKall to Capt. Cameron,!'. A.

dixconntenancinh' ]i\n attempt to proceed to

Fort Cian-y

Hon. IVilliam McDoiuiall to Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces.
November20 Reporting bin ExpulHion from the North-Went Ten-itories

November 27

November 9.

October :tO.

Oct. 28 to :u
October 27..

NovemVjerS.
November 2,

November 4 .

Novembers.

November 7 .

'A."

'C"

'E.
'F.

Hon. William McDoiujnll to Hon. Secretary of State for Frorincef.

November 2*5 [Griving details of events vliieh prevented him remaininj,' in the North-
West 'I'erritoi ieH, and enclosing Copies of following Documents : — . .

Mr. McTavish to Hon. William McDougall.
Reviewing Hituation of aifaii-s at Fort Garnr,
and Hiiggeuting three wurses for meeting the
dillicidty

J. H. Dennis. Statement of facts and circum-
stances coimetrted with outbreak

Address to Colonel Dennis from British residents
in Winnipeg, offering to escort Gov. McDougall
into the Settlement

J. A. N. Provencher. Ileiiort of his mission to
Foi-t (rarry

Hon. William McDougall to (iov. McTavish.
Acknowledging receipt of letter of 30th ult.,
and urging him to issue a Proclamation ex-
plaining Provisions of late Imperial Act re-
sjiecting the Territory, and the authority under
which the new Government will exercise its
power, and warning malcontents

Hon. William McDougall to Gov. McTavish.
Recounting events which led to his expxilsion
from Territory

Letter, supposed to be from Dr. Schultz, and
others, at Winnipeg, confirming story of sur-
r-ender of Fort Garry, and speaking of evident
comf)licity of H. B. Co.'s officials with rebels,
and urging that a Proclamation should be
issued

Hon. William McDougall to Gov. McTavish.
Informing him that he had been compelled to
leave the Territory, and referring to contents
of former letters

•G."

■H."

I."

14
15

2.'{
25

29
29

31
31

Hon. William McDour/all to Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces.

Reporting measures taken for Extension of Telegraph from Minne.iotai
to Fort Garry, and covering copies of Correspondence on the subject,
marked : —

:«

ued.

it of men I
trimco ofl
[ prompt

lie North- i
ur, John
•etary.) . .
3 of Tub-

bove ....
!ron,l{.A
rocoed to

)rtncea.

onncet.

the North-
lunts : — . .
IcDougall.
ort Garry,
eeting the

1(1 circum-

resitk'nts
tfcDotiL'ftU

mission to

McTavish.
30th ult.,
nation ex-
Act re
it)' under
xercine its

11
11

14
15

•25

27
27

McTaviph,
erimlsion

hultz, and
)ry of BUT'
of evident
,th rebels,
should be

McTavish.
mpelled to
,0 contents

omnces.

Miime-'iotai
be subject,!

Table of Contents. — Con-espomlence and Papers, &c. — Continued.

Date.

18()!».

103G

November 11

Nov. 13 & 14

Dkteof
Ilt'ception.

mvx

Sl'HJKCT.

October 1. ,

October 11.

October 13,

Octobt!r27.

October 15.

"A."

"B."

"BB."

*' (' "

" K."

" F."

Z. (J. Hiiiinions, Pnm. N. W. Trlejjraph ()o., to
Hon. William McDoutfall. Prop<»Biti(m for
uonnuctinK Foitliarry, by Telegraph, with the:
lines of the North-Westem Telegraph Co. in|
Minntwota v . . . ] 35

Hon. William McDougall to Z. (>. Simmon*. j
Accu^jting his proposal, with mmlitications and
adtlitiourt

Hon. William MeDougall to Z. (i. Simmons.
Menu. en<lorHe<l on aiMive an to l)uty on Wire

Hon. William McDougall to Z. O. Simm(ms.
J")nclosing copy of alK)ve. and proposing rebate
of 2.') per cent, on orticial Telegi-aphf. to Hanua
or Detroit

Z. (}. Simmons to Hem. William McDougall.
Enclosing copy of Telegram (marked as in
margin 1*.), and agreeing to rebate of 25 per
per cent

Telegram. RefeiTed to above

Alevnndtr Begij to Him. MiimUr nf Cuntomt.
Announcing his arrival at Pembina, and asking for Remittances

Hon. WUHam McDmifialf to Hon. Sarttary of State/or Provinces.

December 4 . , Infonning His Excellency that ht- is still without any further commii-
I ideation from the Hudson IJaj- authorities at Fort Garry, and com-
menting upon their action, and enclooiag copies of Documents,
marked : —

November 18

November 20

I
Novembei'19

.33

December 6

Public Notice to the Inhabitants of Rupert's
Land, inviting them to send representatives
to Rebel Council, to be held at Fort Garry on
Itith November. —(Signed) Lot'ia Riel, Sec. .

Letter, sujmosed to be from Mr. Snow, advising
that a " Call " had been made by Riel

Letter from Mr. Mair, on state of utfaini at
Fort Gany

Letter from " Young Englishman " to Mr. Begg
on the same subject

Letter to Col. Dennis, from "Friends of Canada"
apprising hira of state of things in Rebel
ranks

W. E. Sandford to Hon. Mr. Howe.

Detailing events which occurred after Mr. Howe's leaving Fort
Garry, and explaining the telegraph report of Mr. McDougall'i
aiTivai there, and volunteering to come down to Ottawa

Hon. Mr. Howe's telegraph in reply

November W

"A"

November 9.

"B "

Novembers.

" C "

November 11

"D"

November 12

" E "

Hon. Joseph Howe, S.S. for Pro. to Hon. W. MeDougall.

Acknowledging receipt of despatch of Slat ult., and expressing
approval of Mr. McDougall's conduct, and instructiny him to
inform Governor McTavish that he is only proceeiling to Fort
Gairy on the assumed consent of the Company and its Officers

37
37

.39
39
39
40

Tarlh of Contknts. — Corrospoiulcnrc and Pa) /crw, .to, — Cont^^iued.

Dftt(

NovcmlwrlO

Novemlijr20

November 24

Datfl of
IU)c<'|ition.

IHtll).

December 7

Hu RIKCT.

Iliiii. .FciHepli Howe to Mr. Wlu-eloek, iixkini; him in forward the
uliove by u Mufe hiuid

Teletirftm

Ifoq. JoHeph lioweto Mr. Wheelock, >St. Paul, Miiineaotu, aitviiiiu({
him that letter hiiH lieen inailud to IiIh addrewt, and aikiui{ him to
tulu^raph authentic iiewa from Fniiitier

JIuii. William McDouynll to Hon, Sec. State for Pronneu.

On iiituation of afTaim at
followiii>,' docuiiiftitH : —

Red Uiver, aud encloHin^ uopieH of

October 12

November 20i.

Novcmbtr25

December Ifi

November U "A" Letter from Governor MoTaviHh r.cknowledifing
receipt of letterH dated 2nd and 4th inbUint,
reM|>ecti>i((non-iHBueof Proclamation, criticiMing
action of (Jana<Uan (Government in relation fet>
change of constitution'; of the capture of Fort
(iarry, and advising Mr. McDougall'M return

to C'anada

17 to 19| " B " CorreHpondence between " IjoyalintH " in townof

Winnipeg, and Col. Dennin

Copyof " Protest" or"Ai>i)eal" of these " Loyal-
iuta " to Governor McTaviHh, and of the Procla-
mation he was at lait thei-eby induced to
issue

D. A. Smith to Hon. Secretary State for Canada.

Enclosing extracts from a letter from (jiovemor McTavish, and
stating that the Hudson Bay Co. are anxious to induce the Red
River people to allow the surveys to be proceeded with, and
offering the a»Huranco that the Governor, Factors, and OflBcers
generally, will use their best eflforts to restore and maintain
order throughout the Territory

Extract from a le^ter from Governor McTavish to W. G. Smith,
reporting the disturba.ice between Mr. Snow and men employed
on the road to the Lake of the Woods, and that Mr. Dennis's
surveying party had been stopped

Under Secretary of State for Canada to Donald A. Smith, Etq.

Acknowledging receipt of above, and expressing acknowledgment
of the Dominion Government for the assurance therein contained . .

Hon. Williaih McDougall to Hon. See. State for Provinces.

[nforming him of the means taken to insure the safetjr of arms and
ammimition stored at Georgetown ; that he had received a private
note from Governor McTavish, saying, that, he had isime'i a
Proclamation ; also, covering copies of following documents : —

Nov. 4, to 22 Notes by Major Wallace of events which tran-

November 22

'A"

spired at Fort Garry and neighbourhood

between the.se dates

Hon. William McDougall to General Hart, or
OfKcer commanding at Fort Abercrombie, re-
(luesting that the arms and ammunition be-
longing to the Government of Canada at
Georgetown, may be allowed to be stored in
Fort Abercrombie

59
69

▼11

\ the

him to

10
17

opieH

wledijing
iuiitant,|
iriticiHinu
elation ¥A
e of Fort
l'n return

in town of

e " Loyal-
.heProcla-
iduced to

52
54

i»h, and
the Red
ith, and
ii<l Officers
maintain

Smith,
employed
Dennia'B

ih, E$q.

jwledgment
ntained . .

f arms and
i a private
J iaime'i a
its : —
which tran
ifhbonrhood

rai iiart, orj

rcrombie, re-|

Dttunition be-

Canada atl

be stored inl

Tablk of (-0NTKNT8. — ConPHpondoiirp anrl Papors, kc. — Continued.

■s

Date.

1H69.
1042 NovembtT26

Noveml)er 29

Date of

Reception.

18«9.

Bl'BJKT.

Extract from a lottfr (uKlnmHt'd to tho Sei". Hi*t«» for Province*, by
a ijuntluman ruHident at Mt. Paul, touching p<Miti'>n of ulfairH at
Re<l Uiver

December 10

Novembor 29

December 1."

H'tn. Mr. timet, S. S. Jtrr Pro. to Hon. H'in. McDouyaU.

Acknnwleilj^iii},' receipt of detpatchert of 5th and 7th November,
and Htatmx that they had at once l)f(>n laid before (ioveraor
General in Council, that thn (rovunior General is ntill in tele-
OTa]>hic couimimication with the Secretary of State, and onlering
him to remain at I'umbina for the prenent

Hon, Wifliiita McDongaH to Him. Sec. Statt/or Provincti,

Re|)orting that he in Rtill nt Pembina, and the meaKures he ban
token to annoimre the trannfer of authority on iHt Decemlter.
and dutoilinK eveiitH that ha<l taken place in his vicinity, and
enolodinK copien of following documents

December 2. December 18

December 4 .

December 6 ,

December 24

November 24

November 25

November24

'C"

D, A. Grant to Col. Dennis, relating occurrencen
relative to Government property Htored at Dr.
Hchtdtz's, and asking instructions from Gov-
ernor how to act

Col. Dennis to 1). A. Grant, Esq., reply to
alM)vc, and conveying Mr. McDoxigall's orders,
Nos. 1, 2, .1 and 4

Hon. V^m. McDougall to Governor McTt vlsh,
requesting him if the proposal to store (Jovem-
irunt proiierty in Stone Fort is feiwtible, to
give required authority

Hon. William McDoiu/all to Hon. Secretary State /or Produces.

Detailing events that have occurred
copies of documents as imder ;

since 29th ult. :— and enclosing

"A"

December 2.

"B"

November 21

From "Loyal subjects of the BritishCrown" asldng
for official information of the position of affairs,
and what the intentions of the Canadian Gov-
ernment are ?

Proclamation, by His Excellency Governor
McDougall, commanding public officers and
functionaries to continue in the execution of
their several ofKces

Extracts from St. Paul "Daily Press" referred to
in above letter

Hon. Secretary State for Provinces to the Vtnj Reverend Grand Vicar

Mr. Thibaull.

Conveying instructions for his giiidance, in representing to the ijeople
of the Hudson Bay Territory, the views and policy of the Canadian
Government

Hon. William McDouffoll to Hon, Secretary of State for Provinea.

Acknowledging receipt of despatch of 19th ult., stating his conviction
that the Rebel Government Would have been inaugiirated during
the interregnum which must have occurred ; and that we would
have had to fight, at n much later date, a very different enemy froia

Wi
67

71
72

vUi

Tablf op CoMTKN'i's. — C<»rrt*|)<>n<l»'ncy and I'apors, iic. — (Continued.

Date.

184(1).

DeceniJw 7 ,

1611 December 7.

December 8 .
Deci-mbor 6.

December 8.

DaU of
Reception.

1W50.

December 25

RUBJBCT.

Decenilur 2
Dvcvmbvr 2.

November 21

that wliiuh now iiii>IU hwuv Ix-furo a " PrtH-laniatlon " ami a
" ('oaefrviitnr of tbti Pnatui, and t'liclnNin^ copiitu of following

ilooiiiiit'iiU :

(!ol. DimiiiN' Hmt rt>iH)rt, fmm Huad Cjunrtura at

Htoiu) Ki.rt

lit<tt«r, HiulnMiiitt copy of ruMolutionN pAiwed by
Kruiuih (li>lti((uti'H at Riel'H Council, oinlxxlying

rit(btM of inNurt{uiitN

Not N«nt down, IniinK of a private cliarat^ter.
PropoHition to Mr. MuDoukhU, from Ht. Paul
" Uuily rioneer "

2 A"
"2 11"

'2(!"
'2 D"

Hon, Sorrtart/ State for I'rorinren to Hon, WiUiam MfDoiiyaH,

AcknowU'dK'iiiK row-ipt of <UMi)ut(!h of l.'itli ult., with «>iicloHur«H, mid
(l(^vi»*in^,' him thut the Vury ll«v«rt!nfl Mr. Thiltanlt and Mr.
Chiu-luM Do Saittborry i>ro<;ff<l to Fort IJarry, to luutiHt in runtorin^
ordur ; to Imi fullowud by Mr. I). A. Smith- uncloHinx an Order In
i'ouncil on thu Kubjt-ut of CiiHtom DutitiM [pa(;u 44 1, and runeatinK
in an authoritative form, thu iuHtructioiM given him before luavint;
Uttuwu

Hon. Secretary State fur Priwhwei to Hon, William AfeDoiit/all.

AcknowledijinK ruoeijit of dcnpatch of 20th November, with encloBureB
from HudHoii Bay ( 'ompany

Hon, Stcrttary State for Pravineet to Hon. Willitnn McDouffoll,

Encloninff orldnal Proclamation, iHSued by (Jovemor General, by direct

commami of Her MajeHty

Proclamation by Sir John Younjf, referred to above

Hon, William McDouyall to Hon, Scirctary Stale for Provineet,

Giving an ovcount of interview with ri'HiduntH of I'embina. U. S., at
Mr. Nelson's otfiee, on theHubject of em))loying IndiaiiH in (pielling
disturbances at Red River. Acknowledging receipt of note from
(teneral Hart, U. H. A., and enclosing cnpii>s of following
ilocuments :

December 8 .

December 10

December 8 ,

'3 A"

'3B"

'3C"

Hon. William McDougaU to N. E. Nekon, Esq.,
Deputy (.'ollectorof Customs, Pembina, putting
in writiiu the principal i>oints of the convera-
ti(m at the interview alluded to above

Translated Copy of a letter received by Mr.
Provencher, supjioBed to be from R. C. Priest,
at Scratching River

Letter to Col. Dennis forbidding the employment
of Indiiuis iu the suppression of outbreak. .

Hon. Secretary State for Provineet to Donald A. SmUh, Esq., Montreal,

Appointing him Government Commissioner to the North- West, and
instructing him in the premises

Hon. SecrOary State for Provineet to Hon. William McDougall.
Enclosing copy of letter uf iuatructious to Mr. Smith

7."5
77

7)»

4.1
44

Proiineu,

Tablk t»r CoNTKNTS. — Corrospomlonco nnd Papors, 4:t!. — Continued.

VtkU-.

Dovoiiihur 10

I)ocon»l'or 11

Date of
Kucvptioii.

lN(i!).

BUPJICT.

December 15

December 1(5

J/iin. Stcreliiri/ Staff for Provincfi to Him, WilUam .VcDoiii/nll. |

Culling attfiitlon to »x)ioiii-.l Hitiiutiini in whiolt thu Rruiif>irt(ovimiiivut|
Norvico ut H«(l Uivcr, havu buen |)Iim-(h1 |

//(*;). Kfrrdari/ Staft /itr Priimnrm (u J/'Hi, Willimn Mrl^>U(jall, '

Authorl/.itik' him to tontnuUft ex|ir<'MMioiiM Muid to have ))t<eii itMHtl hyi
liiiii (il>i' Kt'( u-tiiry) ill I'onviTHution with inhnbitiintft of lludiion'
Jiny Tin itory |

//')»». fkrrttarfi Stnte /fW Prooiinr.i to Ifon, n'illiam AfrDoiigaU.
!Ackn(iwKMl(,'int{ recvijit of letter of '2'ti\\ ult., niid enuIoMurui)

ftS

Hull. William Mi/hiiviall In lion. Snrefar/t State for ProrinrtB.

Deccmhor IJ December 'M liifon(iIii;{bimof thi- «ur|iriHeaiuloa|itiiroof r'unuilitins at I )r. Scluiltz'«,

of tlm probiilili' iirriviil of Kii-] ut H. 15. I'oHt, I'embinn, niu''

iiicl(>«iiii< copich I if iloc.iiihiit-* III* iiiider : I 02

"4A"I\V. I(. Mci)i)iij,'aU'rt ivjiort of bin iiittrvitw witbi

I Mr. McKay i 1»4

"4 H" llfon. William MoDoiiKull to Loimh lUel,-pro-|

I iiotiufc' uii liitiTvicw I '05

Ducuiiiber 1;<
December 1 'A

1H70.

IT. P. ThiHftht lo Hon. Sir John A. Afaaiimnlil. Tthrivan,

Tnfonniiif,' bim that (Jovernnr ^re'l'iiviNb hnd bei'ii placed under aireHt.i
iiiid that ('ajitaiii Oanienm imd been expelled

Hon. Willmni McDougnll to Hon. Scnflnrii Stnte for Prn.-inren.

(December 9.
December 9 .

December 17|Deccmber 25
I
12—2

{)&

Docondtcr ICiJannary 1 . . ^\(kni)\vli'd;,dn^ receipt of deninitcb of 20tb iilt., and f,'ivinj{ acfnnni, of

j ev(mtH which justified him iiurtundng to St. rmd, and ciu'losint

I copii'H of dociimentH aH nndir : O."!

I Doceudier !). "5 A." Lettir from ( "ol. DenniH encloBing record of [>ro

ci!ediii!,'i under C'omminHion i '.Mi

(December '.). "5 B." Letter from (!ol. Duiiniw, Haying it M hopelo(*n to

tixpoct to do anvthinK until Hprinj? I !W>

I December 8. "5C." Lettir from " (iuido " (m state of public feeling;!

at Re<l llivor It?

iDecemberlG "6D." Hon. Wm. McDougall to Gov. McTavisl
I urmounciiij? hlH intention of returning to St

Paul 97

jDecemberR. "5E." Declaration of tl. i eople of Rupert's Land ai>d

the North-W'st -(Sicmed) .John limce,

Prenident, Louis i;'dl, Secretary 9!)

List of Righti< 100

".'iF."
"oG."

"Call" on the "loyal iieoplo" of the North-
Weftt Territories to lay down their arms ;
J. S. Dennis

Hon. Seeretary of State for Provinces to Hon. William McDougall.

Acknowledging receipt of despatch of 29th ult., and advising him that
no notice oaA been received of the issue of the Queen's Proclamation,

101

Table of Contents. — Coneapondenee and Papers, ^c. — Continued,

Diitf.

1809.

Date of
Rucoiitiun.

SUDJECT.

1800.

December 1 1

December 17

December 17 '

or of the pajnncnt rtf tho pnrchaae nioneyj and ordering
ab.-.tain from auv inovoniunt wliich niijiht relieve the Ciovtr
Ollieor.-i uf tliu Hudson i3.iy i erhtory of their re.^pon.^ibility.

jr);iiii *o

J. A. Wlicclock, to Hon. Joscjih Eoxce.— Telegram.

Koport, tliiit ('d!. l)i unis and Governor McDoujjall had orijanized forceH
of rfwam[) and Sioux IndiaiiH

Donald A. Hinith, to Sir John A. Manlonald.—TeJcijram.
A:jldug to be appointed to Council

Sir John A. Macdonald to M. W. Kittson, Esq., St. Paul.—Telcf/ram.
Ai>pointing Mr. Sniitli, as one of the Council of Tenitory

Telegrams from II. P. Dwight to Sir John A. Macdonald.

Deoenibor 18; •lleport tliat Governor MeDougall had raiseil Indians, and fearing tha

I I a collision had taken pliiec

Decehiber 20; I Announcing eajitnro of (Jroveriior McDougall'-s agents and emissaries j

I COO inaurgeiitH occupying l'\)rt Garry

December 20 Report of AIcDougall having raised Indians discredited ; insurgents not

I in right humor t' > listen to Governor McDougall ~

December 21^ Forwarding letter from " W. M. D." dated Pembina, 'Jth December,

! I 18Gi)

December 21 ' Heport, through insurgent sources, of the arrest of Schultz, Mair, Bown,

and Ross
December 23

Dc '.•mbor20

December 27

December 24

11370.
January 1.

Copy of letter publislied in " Uutfalo Express " touching movement of

S. Troops

Jamc3 Ermatinger to Sir John A. Macdonald.

Warning him of the consequences of McDougall entering N.-W.
Territories under Sioux auspices

Hon. Joseph Jlowe to James £rmatingcr, Ktq.
Disclaiming any intention of employing Sioux

Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces to Hon. William McDougall.

Acknowledging receipt of despatch of 2nd December, assuring him that
the grave occurrences h>" reports have occasioned great anxiety,
and commenting upon lus having used the Queen's name without
Her authority

Hon. William McDougall to Secretarg of Stale for Provinces.

Acknowledging recoil)!, while on way to St. Paul, of despatches Nos.
1,602, 1,611, 1,C08, l,«12, 1,618, 1,617, 1,620, 1,636

I
Ah

75
81
81
82
82
83

101

rrrs:

Table of Contexts. — Correspondence and Papers, kc. — Qnitljived.

'.—Tclc;iram.

lona/d.
i\ fearing that!
ud emissaries ;
insurgents not
)th December,
, Mair, Bown,
movement of

iring him that
jreat anxiety,
lame without

Provinces.
ipatches Noe.

Date.

1870.
January 14.

Date of
Reception.

January 20.(...

Subject.

H. F. Dwijht to Sir John A. Macdonnht. — Tckgram,
Announcing arrival of Dr. Tuppor and party at St. Cloud

Hon, William MeDnurjall to Hon, Secretary of State for Provinces.

iTr.insinittintr Rt^jjurtof Col. Dennis ("A. 8'') and DiicumciitH connected
tliertnvitli, .ind Colonul Dennis' tinal riport (H. S)

Dec. 1 to 10 "A. 8"<^ol. Dcnnifi' report of priici'diu'-r imdyr connuis-
nion, vitli conies of ducunient^ referred to
therein, us uniier :— -

Dec. 4..

"B-

Dec. 4..

"Al"

Dec. 4..

•'A2"

Dec. 4.

Dec. 3.

Dec.

4.,

Dec.

G..

Dec.

6..

Doc.

6..

Dec.

"A3"

"A4"

"E"
"F"
"G"

'G II"
"I"

"K"
'K. 1"

" K. 2 "
K. 4"

Letter fivim Gov. MoTavish,
enclosinff orders for delivery
of arms

Order to Knrolled Canadiiui';
to withdraw fi oni Winnipoi,'

Order to put ('anadinns in
Scotch (Muirch, if Ilev. Mr.
]>lack is willinpr, and in-
(luirin^f stiite of feeling in
Scotcli settlement

Letter to Dr. Schultz on sub
ject of fjovernment provision
and disj>osition of enrolkul
CJanadians

Memo, given to Mr. .Tamcf,
MeKay, of iiro])asition by
winch ditticuUies nught be
."vrrani-'ed

Letter from Major iionlton.
roiiorting that he is i)repared
to resist a strong .attack . .

Letter from Dr. Sehultz, ac-
eoun' of interview with
Presioont Bruce

Letter from .Tames Carrie,
Incuni. Headingly P.arish,
enclosing copy of resolutions,
.and speaking of loyalty of
parish

Address from inhabitants of
Hidi Bluff to Hon. William
Mt'Dougall

Letter from Major Eoulton,
ficconntof meeting at Kildo-
nan School House, and of
enrolling vohmteers there . .

Ijetter from Major Boulton,
accoimt of movement of
rebels in touii of Winnipeg

"Call" from Col. Dennis
upon loyal iiien in N.W.
1 erritories, to assist him in
restoring pid)lic peace and
<irder

To enrolled Canadians .at
Winnipe;;, ordering them to
leave tlie town

Note from James lloss advis-l
ii)g no aggressive movement|

106
106

114

115

115
116
116

117
117

117
118

119

119
120

xii

Tablk of Contents. — fWrcspondenco and Papers, &c. — Coi>finvi>fK

Date.

1870.

Date of

deception.

January 24 .

January 29 .

January 28,

February 8,

February 16

BuiiJKCT.

December 171 "B 8"

Dec. «.

Dec.
Dec.

Dec. 7.

Dec. 9.

Doc. 8.

K. .T

"N"
"O"

Ueply to aliovc, iioiio tt> be
made, while there {h a HatiH-
fivcti)ry retiHoii for delay . .

Mivjor Bo\dt()u'H reiMirt of
ofcurrenccH of piwt few dayH

lictterfrom Hinhopof HupertV
Lund, udviuing delay, and
contidence in the niunage-
nient of Canada

I.cttcrfroinUiHliopof lluiiertV
Land, advi«inK that no
action Hhould bo taken, an
the livi'H of prisonerH nii^ht
be Hncritieed. Memo, from
Arelidoaeon MeLean con-
i'urrin« in above

" Call " from Col. Dennis to
loyal party to lay down their
arms

Note to E. B. Bannatyne,
enclowing the above

Not in original (lapera

Letter from Joseph Marion
with message from DeaHo. .

Service KoU nigned by Kod
lliver force at Stone Fort,
11. K. Settlement, Ist De-
cember, l<S(>!t

Final Report of Colonel Dennis' proceedingH

" K 5 "

"R"

' S"

Hon. Secrctar;/ of Statffor Provinces to Hon. William McDovftaU.

Asking for Copy of " Proclam.ation " and "Commission" to Colonel
Dennis, issued on Ist Deceml)er, 18(50

Hon. William McDovgall to Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces.

Enclosing copies of " Proclani.ation " (A 9 p. 10.'}) and Commission

(B. 9, p. 104)

December 1| " A " 9 IProcIamation sssned by Lt--Govr. McDougall. .

December 1| " B " 9 ICommission to Col. Dennis

Commission referred to above.

Hon, Secretary of State for Prorincci to Donald A. Smith, E»q.,
Fort Garrii.

Enclosing Commission under Great Seal, appointing him Special Com-
missioner

Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces to Hon. William McDottgall.
Acknowledging receipt of letters under date, 14th, 20th, and 29th ult. . .

Hon. Secretary of State for Provinces to the Very Rev. the jJishop of

St. Boniface.

Tht.nking him, by command of His Excellency the Governor General,

placed his services at the dis-

for the promptitude ^vith which he

120
120

121

122

122
120

123

12.1
12:{

102

loa

104

106

.'.^sfviiEt^^ki

mmmmam

xiil

Tahlk op Oontenth. — Corrcspondonco and Paporw, &;c. — Continued.

Dato.

Do of
Reception.

BCBJICT.

1H70.
Febnmry 19

I>o8r1 of the O^ovuniiiieiit, to nid in the roprewiion of (liBturtiaaoes in
the North-WfHt, and encloHint; copitw of documuntH for hia in-
formation

128

J, S, Dtnnii, Esq., to Hon. Secretary of State for Provinctt.

EnoloainK him copy of letter addruHHud to the }Ion. MmiHter of Public
Workfl (p. 12(i), and rc<nuiHting that it nhould occomuany papers on
the Noiih-Weat, ihoiild they be Hunt down to the HouMe of Com-
mons

12n

Febniary 12| Lottur to Minister of I'ublic Work*

I'M

nor General,
at the dis-

XIV

I 'I.

i!^

TABLE OV CONTENTS OF ADDENDA.

1870.
January 8 .

Disturbances at Rrn Riveu.

Secretary of Slnte to (Governor OenevnK

Acknowledging: reccijjtof dospatclies referring to MiiiutLot Tris'^' C'onncil of Canada
{p. 20), and encloaing oopierf of corresiiondouce on tlio uubject

Sir Stafford Northcote to Sir F. Itm/ers.
1869.
DecemlHjr 28 Enclosing copies of communications for informatioTi of Lord Granville
'List of enclostn'es referred to above :--
1869.

Extract of letter from (lovornor McTavi«li to W. (}. Smith, Secretary

Hudson'H Bay C'omijany

Lette*^ from Mr. Mel avish to Mr. Smith

Letter from Mr. McTavish to Mr. Smith

Minutes of Council of AM.nnniboine

Minutes of Council of Assinuiboine

Extract of a letter from Governor McTavish to W. G, Smith, Secretary

; November 2.

'November 9.
! November 23
October 2o . .
October ;iO..
November Ki

1870.
January 8 ,

1869.

Sir Frederic Rogers to Sir Stafford Northcote.

Advising him that Lord Granville had received a IMimite of the Privy Council of
Canada, and informing him of contents thereof ; also, of the ojnnion oi law officers
o'f the Crown in relation to the purchase-money deposited by Mr. Rose

214

December 16. Copy of Report of Committee of Privy Council referred to above, and in Secretary
of States letter'of 8th January, 1870

November 23

November 26

November 30

Sir John Yonwj to Lord OranHlk.

Tele>{ram informing him that Mr. McDougall had been stopped on the way to Fort
Garry by armed Half -breeds ; who had also apjjointed a Provisional Committee
of Government

Sir John Young to Lord GranviUe.
Telegram— on the subject of Transfer of North-West Ten-itories.

Lord Granville to Sir John Young,
Reviewing the state of the North-West question

May 14.

Purchase of North- Wkst Territories. — Nrgotiattonh and Correspondence

coxnkcted therewith.

Copy of Report of Com.mittee of Privy Council,— advising that the accompanying
Report of Delegates sent to England to negotiate for the acquisition, by C/anada,
of Rupert's Land and the North- West Territory, be api)roved and submitted
for the consideration and sanction of Parliament

130

131

133
134
135
136
137
138

131
141

138

139

144

Tajile of C0NTKNT8 OF Addknda. — Conthimd.

'ONDENCB

1869.

■May 8....
lAubiiftt 17

144

Report of DoIf(,'ate.< rcfinTccl to above

Copy of Kcpiirtof Committer cif Privy Counuil. -('oncmrini,' in the iinipoHal of the
I Minister of Finance, relatin^; to the jJroviHion of tJvj imrchime money— Jt;300,000

I — of tlie T( rritory 145

September 18|Copy_ of iii'ii'Tt of C'ui.iiiiiltiie of i'riiv t 'oiuicil.— ('cnLiDvintf in thi! ruconimeiidii-.
tioHH of the Minister of Finance, relative to the Iinperial Act for tfiiariuileeinb'i

1 loan, tJfOO.OOO ' lift

Septeml)erl8 Memo, of Finaiice Mini.-;ter rcfi rred to above \ 116

September20 (.'opy of J{ei>ort of (J.miiuittoe rif Privy ( 'ouniil.- ■ Aitjirovin'' of the (>r('pofal of tlie
j Finance MiniMter, to pay the tiliiU.OlW payalth; to the IIikImmiV Jiay C'om[)any,,

out of fu'ids now in the IkhhI, of ( 'jmudian ( lovernment 1 147

20 Memo, of Finance Miniter referred to above ; 147

September
October 2

Sept. ;J0 . . ,
Nov. 1« . . .

jCopy of Hoiiort of Committee of Privy (Council,- .\piirovin;^ of th« recomniendation!

I of the Alinisler of Justice, that the Ifonorabh' John Ko.se bere(]ue8ted to act in;
T^onilon oa belialf of the Cauadiau lioveramant, ou tlie several matters refened
to in hifl memo

Memo, of Miniater of Justice referred to above

Copy of Report of Committee of I'rivy Council,- Advising Immediate payment of
the i)urcha8e money of North-We.it Ten-itorieB, and that it is inexpedient to
place a new loan on the Market at present

Nov. 22

215 Dec. 30.

Mr, Stannfeld to Under Secretary nf State.

Approval of LorUa Commissif>ners of He?- Majesty's Treasury, of the manner in
which it i.i proposed to raise the sum of t."iOO,000, and of the tt^raa of the Bond
or Debenture, - Tliat ilr. Roie had been informed that my lairds are prepared
to (guarantee interest at 4% ou such sum, on condition of proof being r'forded
that 8\ich Bum has been paid over to the Hudson's Bay Company

November 6

Secretary of Stale to Sir John Youiu'.

Enclosing Copies of correbpondencc with the Board of Treasury, relating to Loan
of £300,000

Sir F. Sandford to Suntarii of Trcanurii.

Enclosing several orders of the Privy Council of C'anada, on the subject of guarantee
of " Canadian (Rupert's Land) Loan Act of 1869"

ProPOSKD SySTKM for SuRVKY and SUB-UIVIKION op ToWNSHIPii IN NORTH-

I West Territory.

September2,J Copy of Report of (Jomnnttoe of I'rivy Council, - advisiny that the system iiroposed

I by Col. IJennis lie aj)proved and adopted

Septeniber22 Memorandum from Minister of Public Works,— giving details of the system referred
to above

September 28

Appointment of Mr. McDougall as Lieutknant Ctovernor.

Copy of Report of Committee of Privy Council,— advising that Hon. William
I McDougall, C.B., be appointed Lieutenant Governor of the North- West
I Territorie:-^

September28'Copv of Report of Committee of Privy Council,— advising that the annexed draft of

letter to be addressed to the H'n. William McDougall, as his preliminaiy

I instruction on proueetiing to the U-Tth-West Territories, be approvea.

September 28|Letter of preliminary instnxctiona referred to above ,

149
149

150

151

150

160

132
162

152

153
1&3

XVI

Table op Contents of Addenda. — Continued.

Dftt«.

Sei)tember28

December 7.

Deooiuber 11

SuBJMT.

November 23

1870
January 18,

January 28,

CU8T0MH AND ExCtHB LAWH IN THK NORTH-WltaT TKRHITOKIEH.

Copy of Report of Committee of Privy C'otuicil, recommending that the Lieutenant
Governor be iniitructed to procuro the niutxiitg of Urdinance or Ordinances by
His Coimcil, making the CutitomH and ExciHu liawx of tliu Dominion operative
in the TenitorieH ; and that Mr. liegg be appointed 'ollccter of Cuatoms and
Initpector of Inland Uevenue under the Huid OrdinaneeH | 164

Copy of Report of (jonmiittee of Privy (council,- -aubmitting that it ia inexpedient
to make material changes in Cudtoma duties in Rupert 'a J^aud ; but that it may
be necessaiy to eatablisli dutiea on spirits and other articles now exempt l.^

Cojw of Report of Committee of Privy Council,— recommending that Minute of 7th
instant be cancelled, and that the present Tariif should remain in force for two
years 155

Great Seal oi' the North-West Territuuie.s.
Order in Council on above subject

Communication Between Lake Superior and Red River.

Copy of Report of Committee of Privy Council, — recommending that $12,000.00 be
authorized to be expended in purchase of boats and means of conveying them to
where required

/■..I

Postal Servios to Fort William.

Copy of Report of Committee of Privy Council, — advising that the agreement
entered into between the Post Master General and the owners of the
Steamer " Chicora " be sanctioned

156

167

John Young.

The Governor General transmits^ for the iiilormution of Mie Iloiine of
Commons, the accompanying papers rehitive to the recent occur-
rences in the North-West Territories, referred to In the third
paragraph in the Speech from tlie Throne.

GOVEUNMENT HoUSE,

Ottawa, 24th Feb., 1870.

Coi'V of a Report of a Committea of the lIonorahlH the Priny Council, approved by Ilia
Excellency the Governor General in (Council on the !?Sth September, /Sfi'J.

To the Honorable the Secretary of State
for the Provinces, Ottawa.

On the roconitnondatiou of the Houorablu i\w Miui.sttir of JuHlict', tlio Coniniittoc
advise that the Honorable WiUiaui McDoiigall, 0.15., bo a[)i)ointoil Lio)itonant-(j()VOfnt)r
of the North- We!3t Territories, antl that a Conuuission \intlor the Great Seal do issno, to
take cft'ect from and after the tlay on wliich such Territories are transferred by Her
Majesty to the Dondnion of Canada.

And on the same recommendation they advLse that Mr. MoDouj^allVj salary as :;uch
Lieutenant-Governor, be fixed at Seven Thousand Dollars \rdv ainiuni.

Gortiiied.

VVm. H. Lek,

Clerk P.O.

Office op the Secretaiiy of .State for the Photixces,

Ottawa, 28th September, 1800.
To the Honorable W. McDoxigall, C.B.

Sir, — I have the honor, by command of His Excellency the Governor General, to
transmit to you, herewith, a copy of an Order of His Excellency in Council, together
with the letter therein referred to, containing your preliminary instructions in ]noceeding
to the North-\Ve.st Territories.

I have, kc,

J*). A. Meredith,

Under Becretary.

To the Honorable the Secretary of State
foi' the Provinces, d'c, iLc, d'c.

Corv of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by H'^
Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 28th September, 1800.

The Committee have had under consideration the annexed Draft of a letter proposed
to be addressed by the Secretary of State for the Provinces to the Hon. William
McDougall, as his preliminary instmctions on proceeding to the N'orth-We.st Territories,
and on the recommendation of the Hon. the Minister of Justice, advise that the same
be approved by your Excellency.

Coi'tified. Wii. H. Lee,

Clerk Privy Council.

12—1

The Hon. Mr.

Okfice of tiik Sr.cnETAiiY OF State for the Provin(;e8,

Ottftwa, 28th Sept., 1869.

McDowjall, C.H., ^

Ottawa.

Sin, — As you have been api»t>inted liioutcnaut-Clovernor of the North-Wost Terri'
toricfl, in anticipation of tho forniul tninafiu' of tlioso Torritories by Hor Majesty to the
Dominion of Canada, and as it in expected that such tranufer will be mtule within thu
courso of tlio next two or thrcB ntonths, I havo the honor, by command of His Excellency
tho Governor General, to inform yo» that it is desirable that no time should be lost in
making tho necessary prelinunai-y arninfjoments for tho organization of the Govenimont of
tho Territories,

2. With this view I am to instruct you to proceed with all convenient speed to Fort
Qtxvrj, in order that you may efl'octually superintend tho carrying out of tho preliminary

-arrangements indicated in tho preceding puragrapli, and bo ready to iui.sumo the Govern-
ment of tho Territories on their actual transfer to Canada.

3. On your airival at Fort Garry, you will place yourself at once in commun ;ation
Avith Mr, McTavish, tho Governor of the Ifudson Bay Comi)any, and notify him of your
appointment ; you will, at the sarao time, otFer seats in your Council to Mr. McTavish and
to Mr. Black, or other Cliiof Judical OiHccr of tlio Hudson Bay Company now in the
Territory. ■ Should either or both of those gentlemen decline to accept office, you will sub-
mit, for the consideration of His Excellency, tho names of ono or two other officers of the
Company, whom you consider eligible to act as members of your Council. You will, at
the same time, submit the names of several of the residents of ciiaracter and standing in
the Territory, unconnected with tho Company, qualified to act as Councillors, giving par-
ticulars respecting them, and stating their comparative merits.

4. You will have the goodne.<;3 to report with all convenient speed, for the infonnation
of His Excellency, on the state of tho Laws now existing in the Territories, transmitting
copies of any Laws, Ordinances or Regulations of the Company now in force there, together
with a full repoi-t as to the mode of administering Justice, the organization of the Courts,
the number and mode of appointment of Justices of the Peace, the Police arrangements,
and the means adopted for keeping the peace," &c,

5. In preparing your Report on tho matters referred to in the preceding paragraph,
it will be well that you should confer with the Chief Judical Officer of the Company in the
Territories.

6. You will have tho goodness to report also upon the system of Taxation (if any)
now in force in the Territories, the system of licensing Shops, Taverns, «J:c,, tho mode of
regulating or prohibiting tho Bale of Wines, Spirituous and Malt Liquors ; and furt.her, as
to the mode of keeping up the Roads, and generally on tho Municipal Organization (if
any) existing in the Territories.

7. You will also mako a full report upon the state of the Indian tribes now in the
Territories — their numbera, wants and claims ; the system heretobefore pursued by the
Hudson Bay Company in dealing with them — accompanied by any suggestions you may
desire to offer with reference to their protection, and to the improvement of their condition.

8. You will have tho goodness to report also on the nature and amount of currency
or circulating medium now employed in the Territories, and of tho probable requirements
of the Territories in that respect in the future,

9. You will also report on the system of education (if any) which now obtains in the
Tenitoi'ies.

10. You Avill also please to report as to such lands in the Territories as it may be
desirable to open up at once for settlement, ti'ansmitting a plan of such survey as may be
necessary, with an estimate of the cost of survey, a statement of the conditions of grants
of land and settlement. The plan should show the number of townships it is proposed to
lay out at once, the size and situation of tOAvnships, and the size of the lots, making the
necessary reservation for chiirches, schools, roads, and other public purposes.

11. Yovi will aJHO report \\\)(n\ tlic rclatiom at prrsiMit oxiHtiiij^ Itotwecn tlm rriidHon
Hay (Company and tlio (lillcrcnt rclij^ious lioilios in tlio Ti'rritoricH.

12. You will also report a,s to the nmnl)or of oHicrrs now ("inployofl liy tho iludsuu
Bay Company ill the AdniiniKtration of tlio (lovornnu'iit of tho Territories, Htating tho
dutioH an(l salaries of Huoh otHcora, and spi eifyinjf tho.'io who Khould, in yoijr opinion, bo
rotaiciod ; you will alno report ns to tho nunilier of persons whom it will bo necessary
hereafter to employ in tho AflminiHtration of the (Jovernnient, and you will report j^eno-
rally on all Hubjeet« connected with the welf:iio of tho Territories upon which it may scora
to you doHimblo to communicato with tho (Jovernment of tho Dominion.

13. It is desirable that you should take immediate measures for tlio e.xtoiifiiou of tho
telegraph .system fi*om tho Territory to Pembina, and for its connoctiou at that placo with
tho system of tho American Telegraph Company or Companie.s, making any provisional
arrangomonts for that purpose that may be uccessary, and forwarding a copy of such
aiTangementq to this Department for confirmation by llis Exeelloncy.

I havo tho honor to !«% Sir,

E. A. Mr.HfiuiTn,

Under Secretary of State.

Office of the Seckktary of Statk fok the Provin'Ces,

llth October, 18C9.
To the lionorahle Mr. McDoiigall, C.JJ,,

Sir, — I have tho honor, by command of His Excellency the Governor General, to
transmit to you herewith three Commissions under the Great Seal, and ono under His
Excellency's Privy Seal, as follows : —

1. A Commission appointing yon Lieutenant Governor of tho North- West Territories.

2. A Commission (Dedimua Poteatatcm),. to William McTavish and the other
parties therein named to administer the Oaths of Allegiance and of Office to you as Lieu-
tenant Governor of the North- West Tomtories.

3. A Commission (Dedhtma FottstatemJ, to tho same parties as aro named in pre-
ceding Commission, to administer the Oaths of Office to all persons hereafter appointed to
office in the North- West Territories.

4. A Commission under His Excellency's Privy Seal appointing you Deputy Gover .or
for signing Marriage Licenses in tho North- West Territories.

All these Commissions are to take effect from and after tho day to bo named by Her
Majesty in pursuance of the "British North America Act, 1867," for the admission of
Rupert's Land and the North- Western Temtories into tho Dominion of Canada.

The proposed Great Seal of the North- West Territories has been handed to Mr.
Provencher, the bearer of this letter, to bo delivered to you on his arrival at Fort Garry.

The Seal will require to be sanctioned by His^'Excellency in Council, and will, at an
early day, be submitted to him for that purpose.

- 1 have jfcc,

obtains in the

E. A. Merbdith,

Under Secretary of State.

CommiiiMttnt itji/iointin^/ the llotwrable William McDouijall, i'. li., /,iciilfiuiitf, d'orernoi' of

the North- West Ten-iloi-irt.

ii i

CANADA.

.ToiIX Y<)t!NO.

VicTOiiiA, l»y tilt) Graco of 6W, of tlm Unitid King>l.<iii
Quecv, Dfronder of tho Faith, kc, &c., tkc.

(ii-ciit Di-itain ami Irolund,

To thn JIunundile Willinm Mr.Dougall, of the (Jiti/ of Otlaiva in tho I'ruviitcc of Ontario in
Our Dominion of Cnnmla, Member of Our J'rivi/ C'on>icil for C'anndfi, and Companion
of Our Mont /fonorable Order of tho Hath,

CJHKKTIN(*:

WITKKEAS \>y im Act of tho Parliainciit of Canada, tnudo nnd p.-iHi^ed in the St'SHiuii
hold in tho thi'ty-Hccond and thirty-third years of Our Ueigu, and intitidod, "An
Act for tho ti'inporary Govornnient of Ruijort's Land and tlio Nortli-Wcstorn Territory,
when united with Canada." After reciting that it is probahh* that Wo, pursuant to thn
British North Ainorica Act, 18(57, may be pleased to admit Jlupert'H LhxhI uiul tho North-
WoHteni Territory into tho Union or Dominion of (.^anada, heforo tho then noxt SesHion
of tho Caiindian rarliument, and further reciting that is expedient to prepare for the
transfer of tho said Torritorie.s from tho JiOcal Territories to tho Oovernment of Canada,
at tho time which may bo appointed by Uh for such admission, and to make sotne temporai-y
provision for tho Civil Government of such Territories until more periiianont arran^^enionts
can bo made by tho Government nnd Le<>,nslature of (Janada. It is liy the said Act now
in recital, in effect, enacted that it shall bo lawfid for Our Governor by any Order or
Orders to bo by him from time to time made with the advice of the Privy Council, and
subject to such coiuliLions and restrictions as to him shall seem meet, to authorizes nnd
empower such Officer as he may from time to time appoint as Lieutenant Governor of tlu*
Noi'th-West Territoriew to make provision for tho administration of Justice therein, and
{ijenorally to make, ordain, and establish, all such laws, institutions and ordinances, as may
1)0 necessary for tho peace, order, and good government of Our Subjects and others therein,
and it is also further enacted that tho Lieutenant Governor shall administer tho Govoni-
nvnt under instructions given him from time to time by Order in Council.

And Whereas for the purpose of pieparing for tho transfer of tho North-West Tei-ri-
toiien aforesaid to the (rovernmont of Canada, at tho timo which may be ajipointed by Cm
for sucli admission and for making some tom[)orary provision for the Civil (lovernment of
siich Teiritories, We are desirous of appointing you the said William McDoluall, to bo
Lieutenant Governor of the North-Weat Terntories.

Xow l-now ye that We reposing special tnist and confidence in th(! prudence, courage,
loyalty, and integrity of you, the said William McDouuall, of Our especial graco, certain
knowlodgo, and more motion have thought lit to constitute and appoint you, and We do
herebi/ constitute and appoint you on, from, and after tho day to be named by Vs for tho
admission of Rupert's Land and tho North-Western Territory into tho Union or Dominion
of Canada, to bo, during Our pleasure, the Lieutenant Governor of the Nortli- West Territories
aforesaid, and We do hereby aut}u)ri:.e, and empower, and require, and command you on,
from, and after the day to be so named by Ua, for tho admission of Rupert's Land and tho
North-Western Territory into the Union or Dominion of Canada, as aforesaid, in duo
manner to do and execute in all things that .shall belong to your said command and tho
trust We have reposed in you, according to the several provisions and instructions granted
or appointed you by this Our Commissign, and of the Act hereinbefore recited, according to

E=jsas^

!ovrrnor of

ml (rt<liin<l,

f Uutarlo in

I Compctuion

IKTINO :

the SesHidii
ituleil, ''An

II Territory,
•suant to tho
il tho Nortli-
;ioxt SoHHioii
puro lor the
t of Cau;itln,
11(1 toiui)oriiry
irran^omcntrt
lid Act now
iiy Order <>!•
Couiicil, iind
uthorize and
vornor of tho

therein, and
uiccH, us may
thorH therein,

tho Govorn-

i-WeHt Toi-ri
lointed hy l.'x
overnmeut of
n:uALL, to bo

iK«, courage,
grace, certain
I, and We do
)y Va for tho
or Dominion
est Territories
maud you on.
Land and the
■esiaid, in duo
nand and tho
itions granted
, according to

Burh inHtniotionH ft are herewitli j^iveii to you, or which may frrrn tiiiio to time lie )^i\en
to you in re.siK.'eL of the North Wi-.st 'I'erritctricM aforcNaid, and tlie ( !overiiinet»t thereof, Wy
order of our (lOVfTUor (Jeiieral in Coiniell under the Higii luatiual of Our Naiil (Jovi'rnor
(Jenenil, or l»y Uh throu;?li one of our Privy Oouneil <if ('miadu, and affording to luuih
hiWH as are or Hhall he euforc«'d within thf North Went 'I'erritorieH.

/>i /(".liu^onv "'/Ktjve/" 11 V have ciniHed these our Lett ern to lie made I'atent a!id (l»i^
(ireat Seal of Canada to ho her<'unli» ntllxed ; Witni'SH (h>r trusty and Wfll
heh)ved the Kij^ht llouornhh' Slii .loirs YoiNu, llaronet, one of Our .Most
Ifonoralihi Privy ( 'ouiicil, Knij^lit (Jrand O1W.M of Our IMowt HonoiniilB Ordei-
of tlie Hath, iCni^'hl (irauil ('n>s:< of <.)ur Mo.st I »iHtiu;j:uinli<'d Oj'dt'r of .Saint
Michael and Saint (hiorgo, dovmior (lenei-af of (\ttiiula.

At Our (lovornnient IIou;ie. in Our Citi/ of O/lunn, thin Tii'fn'ij niitth day of
Si'ptnnUr, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred und nhii/ ninr,
and the thirhj-third yonr of Ofr h'elju.

By eoinmnnd.
/

FrK'TOIl li. TiANOKVIN,

Hecrelarv of .State.

Tri'DMitN'ti Pay I'osr,

Pkmiiina, (»ctohpr ;»li,t, 18C'J.
The Honorable.

The Secretary of State for the Prorluei'n,
Otttiwn.

IvecoivcJ by SiR, — ■! have the honor lo rL|)oit luy arrival at, tiiis place last eveniuj;,

iute^'^'^^Oth whoro I have determined to remain for u short time, in eonse(iu<'nce of the

•f NoVcmbor events hereafter detailed.

'**^'J' Humours of hostile uu)V(!ment.s on the part of tho French half-hrced.s

against tlio authority of the (Janadian (iovenur ut, reached mo at several jioints lictween

Ht. Paul and Pembhia, hut tlioy were ko wild ai. ' contradictory that I gave little heed to

them.

I mot the Htmorable Joseph Howe on his return .""rom Fort (Jarry, about half-a-day's
jo\irney Routh of Georgetown, in the open Prairie. As *]ie weath<'r was f-tormy, wi; luwl
only a very short interview. lie stated that the peopi-i of the lied River Settlement
were well disponed towards the Oanadiau Government, \n\i from ,somo circiunstnnces, of
which ho would advise mo by letter from Fort Ab('rcrond>ie, ti.v- feelings of a certaiji sec-
tion of tho population had been excited, and that <lelicato handling woidd be necessary to
allay them. Ho did not state, and .apparently did not anticipate, that tliere was any
danger of an armed insurrection before my arrival at Fort Garry.

At a point, about thirty miles from this post, whore I camped for the iiiglit, 1 met
a Mr. Sandford, of Hamilton, (Ontario), who put into my hands despatches of which the
enclosed are copies (marked A. B. C. D.) He stated also, that he was stopped at Scratching
River, (about 15 miles from Fort Garry), by a body of armed men, who had thrown a
barricade across the road, and who expressed their determination to ))revent me from
passing that point. Ho had no doubt of their intention to carry out theii* threats, by
force, if necessary.

His report of tho state of feeling among tho French hall-breeds, and of tho movements
of the insurgents, confirmed generally tho statements in the enclosed pajiers.

On my arrival at the American Custom House, iit Pembina, a, half-breed, who had
been v.-aiting there for the last three or four days, put into my hands a letter, of which
the paper marked E is a copy, and immediately disappeared. I paid no attention to his

T i

l«»tt<M', l)iit, AH toHtn u« ih ' |»ritpi»r <>iitripH hml lii-oti miulr liy tlif collwtor, procoedwl to the
lliiilm)ii Hiiv <'nin|>iiiiy'M I'ont, abiiut two inilo'* diNtniit, iukI within tho " Territory of the
Nt)rth Wi'.it." Hyro I foiuid iiriotlinr dfupat'di (iiiarkud I"'.) with n notn iViin Oolonol
hcnriiH (rnarkrd )*.

Thifi niurniii^ I doL<>nninor| toHond forward Mr. Prov anchor (wlio, with Mr. Riohardi
.and ( ';ipt;iiii (laincroii, acrotupiiiiiud t»« from Fort A'.K'ri'roinbio to thin plaor) to Fort
<^t»rry, if pcrmittnd to j^o ho far, with a vorlial incimfttco to (lovornor MuTavinh, announcing
my iirriv.il witliin hi.s jurisdiction, and ••luiminp lii.H protontion for niyHolf antl partjr.
Mr, I'rovonciirr Wivt in'ttructod to a«<;ertain from the inNurgontM, by a friondly ronferenca
ii' poi.iililo, their ol.jcnf, and thu rxtcnt of tii- foir.' at thoir command ; llo wan inntnir-
t><<l to a.HMiiro ihcm of tli*> dut'rmimition of tini (lovrrnaiunt to d<>al jiiHlly with all cliuinflH,
utid to rcHpoct Hxistiii;.? rightw, without rtdbrcnco to raco or religion. Uiit ho wan to ex-
phiin to th<m tliat mitil thn now ^;ovi«rnment was orpmizcd, and ho loni< as tlioy runiainod
with arm:i in their handx, no ollioial oommunication oonhl bo had witii thom by mu, or
any ouo on my behalf. Mr. Provonchor loft thin morning about eight o'chxjk, with a
reliable guidf, who iH well anpiaintod with tho country and the hulf-brocdo of tho nettle-
mcnt,

I Hhall rcmiiin In-n- with Mr. Kiidiardii and tho Italauco of my parly, \jntil 1 lu'.ir
from Mr. l'rov«'ncln'r, or loarn from otlu^ sources that thn inHnrgentH have dispornod.

I havo fuilher to report that Captain Cameron of tho Uoyal Artillery, who accom-
panied mo in his own conveyance for tho greater part of tho way from St. Cloiid, and who
e,\pei;tH tf) hold an appointment tin(h'r tho (Jovernmont, (hiU'rmimKl this morning to pro-
reed to Fort (larry on his own rcsponHibility. I ondeavourod to disstuulo him from making
tho attenipt until wo had sonu; as-nuranco that tho road woiUd not bo obstnictod, bnfc ho
porsistcd in makins; preparations for tho journey, whereupon I addroHsed him tho follow-
ing? note (marked (i).

After roadinj* my not*' ho said he would take all risks, and jiroceodcd on hJH journey,
ttikinf.'; with him his wife and two servants.

I havo just lieiird that I am to have a visit to-morrow from tho Chief of a band of
Chippawa Indians, who claim title to a largo tract of country extending from the boundary
line lit Pembina towards Fort (Jiirry. T havo agreed to talk with him, and will report
the result of nj y interview in due counve.

1 havo tho honor to bo, Sir,

W. MoDouoALU

PoHTiCRiPT, November 1st, 1869.
T/ie Hoiwrnhic

The Secretary (•/ State for the Provliices, liw..

(!ol. Dennis and Mr. Wm. Ilallett havo just ai-rivod from Fort Garry, having niado
a detoni" over tho Prairio in order to avoid tho armed party at Scratching River : the situa-
tion is i)ut little changed, except that th > attempt of tho insurgents to rally the Indians
to their side has failed. Two cliiefs, who obeyed their summons, returned home refusing
to take part in tho movement, when they had ascertained its nature.

I havo just had a long talk with the chiefs of tho tribe who claim tho country in this
neighbourhood. They repudiate all sympathy with the half-breeds who are in arms.

In haste.

Very respectfully yours,

Wm. McDouoall.

Sk in 9r>sinftl.— See Lett»r marked F. F., pag? 13,

[Al

FoHT nARnv, 11th Oili»l»iT, \H9.

Mkmoiianix'M <\f ftici» and eiivunmtancfi cimnfHfil with the aittii'f uppotition iy fff Freneh
hnl/hrtfdt in t/ti» tfltltment to the protfniflon of th« (iovernnwiit titrvtyt.

ThiH <l«y iihoiit 2 |i.in. ii iiu'H««'iin«'r uiTivciI, Mr. FiiriiuT, «'hiiiii iM'urorof Mr. Wt lilt'.4
|Hirty t)mi»l«)y«'<l in Murv«>yinK tlu' l>tw»' liiu'or panvlli-l of liititud)', hotwirii T<>\viiHlii|m () iiinl 7
••uKt of th«« Miu'idiiiii, on which K«trvir« tiio party l«'ft iv wi'«'lc iij(o to-«liiy, ItrinKin)^ tho
unwttlconu) infornniti(»n from Mr. W«l)h, timt Iiih further pioj^ri'su with thi» miiv<«y Imd l»«'«'n
Htop|HMl hy rt iMvnd * of Hu!n() IH French hiilf Itrcvd.s, h<>ii<t<<d hy ii niiin mitntnl Louis Kiel.

Mr. VV%>I)I> had projtMitcd the lint* to uliuiit lh«> fourtii Mcction, in Towniihip 7,
Und nuigo runt, and iMtin^ witliin wvy 2.1 niih-M of tho Hod Hiv«r, wht-n thin o-'Mirr''nctf
tuuk pliu;o.

Ho wiut ordrrcd by tho hmdor of tho party at onco tu u^^iHt from furlhcr runniu^
iho lino, and in fact notiHcd that lio nuii't h>avn tho country on the soiitli tiido of
the AiiiiinnilH)ino, wliicli country tlio party chiiinc«| hh tho property nf tho I'roiich
half-hreodH, and whii.'h thoy woidd not allow to ho N»iivoyc<l hy tlic Ciuuidiim
(Jovornnient.

No annH woro Hocn with tht> party, liut hy stjindinj^ on tho rlmin and ii.siii;,' liiroaLs
of violonco if tho Kurvoy wiih porHiHtod in, it hocanio evident liiat to ><o on with tho
Hurvoy would prohahly hav(( lod to a colliHJon, and Mr. Wohlt, in uccordanco with
with written iuHtructionH, whicli I had previously j^iven hin> to provido for any hucIi
contingency, diHContinuod IiIh work, and as the half-liroed.s would not allow him to
tcmain encamped wheru ho wan, moved IiIh camp out to tho main road nu tho Red
lUver, waiting for ordorn, having Hont oil* in tho moantimo. Mr. Farmer, at above
Htatod.

I at once waited on Dr. Cowan, tho chief nuigiHtrato in the tiotthnient, and laying
tho facta of tho case l)efore him, reqiumted that he would connult with tho Ciovernor,
or 8uch other magiutrute an lie might think dcHirahle to call in, and tak(« Much further
steps with regard to this outrage, as he and they might think called for under
the circumHtances.

I remarked to Dr. Cowan at tho same time that I question wlu^ther, owing to
the unsettled state of tho land tenure as regarded tho half-breeds and Indians, and
the peculiar irritation or sensitiveness that existed on the part of the I'^rench half-brcods
in view of the transfer of tho Ten'itory and the assumption of the (lovcrnmont by
Canada, it would be politic to take harsh measures towards the oflenders in this case,
but stated that as he and his brother magistrate knew the temper and feeling of the
l)eoplo in the settlement generally, that I left tho matter in their hands, .satisfied that
they would do what woidd seem most advisable under the circumstances.

Before I left Dr. Cowan it Wius settled that ho would call in another ma!,'i;<tiate,
Mr. Goulet, and consult with him as to what course to take.

TuESDAT, 12th October, 18G<.»,

I waited on Dr. Cowan this moruing, about 1 1 o'clock, and waa informed that
ho and Mr. Goulet had thought it best to send for Kiel, tho leader, and ascertain
what the party means by this proceeding, and explain to him and them the Kcriou.s
character of the offence of which they have been guilty, and endeavour quietly to
obtain a promise that no further opposition sliould bo made to continuing the survey.

•NAMES OF RAND.

Louis liiel, Ltader.

De Sangr<5 and Sun,

Baptiste Taureau and Three Sum,

Fran9oi8 Gbareat,

Edward Morin,

Janvier Bitchot

Other names not legible.

The magistrates had done so accordingly but liud failed either to extract from
bim any rational excuse for their proceeding (beyond the assertion that the Canadian
(Jovernnient had no right to make surveys in the Territory without tho express
permission of tht; people of the settlement), or any i)romiso that their opposition would
lie withdrawn.

Dr. Cowan stated further, that Eiel wan to ho back at 2 o'clock, when he, tho
Doctor, if Kiel refused to listen to reason, would bring in tho influence of Governor
McTavish, whoso health bring in a cntioal ])osition, he had desired shoidd not \ni
troubled if it could be avoided.

Wednksday, October 13th.

Dr. Cowan informed me this morning that the interview of himself anit Governor
Mc Taviah with Kiel, which had taken place yesterday, had been in no respect satis-
factory, that Kiel still i)ersisted that injustice was being done by the Canadian
Government, and utterly refused to wlthdraAV from the positipn ho and those under
him had taken.

Dr. Cowan said ho shoidd now apply to the Father Superior Lestanc, in charge
of the Diocese during the absence of Bishop Tache, and that he felt sanguine that
tho llev. Father, if so disposed coidd put a stop to trouble at once.

It being important that I should no longer delay visiting another of my parties
under ]\Ir. Hart, engaged in projecting the meridian up near Shoal Lake (on which
service, had this trouble not occurred, 1 would have left on the afternoon of the 11th
instant). I determined to leave to-day, desiring Dr. Cowan, after consulting with
Father Lestanc, to send a note to my oftice, stating the resxdt, and instructing Mr.
Webb ; n(;cor(lingly I stai-ted on the service above mentioned.

October 14th to 20th, both inclusive.

A bsent at Shoal Lako and examining country between that Lake and Lake Manitota.

OCTOBEK 21 St.

Having returned to the settlement late last night, found Dr. Cowan's efforts with
Father Lestanc had been without avail, the R«v. Father declining to attempt to use
any influence with the party of half-breeds in question.

Dr. Cowan informed mo that the Rev. Father, in explanation of his refusal, said
that any such attempt in conseqi ?nce of an idea that possessed the half-breeds that
the Company was in collusion with tho Canadian Government, would have a tendency
to impress them with the idea that tho Church also was in sympathy with the Govern-
ment, and so might lead to weakening their influence over the people in a religious
point of view.

Dr. Cowan had written a note, (see same dated 15th October,) announcing the entire
failure of his endeavours to get over the opposition of the French Settlers to the survey,
in consequence of which Mr. Webb, accoi'ding to my instructions in such event, had with-
drawn his party to tho north side of the Assinniboine, and was proceeding with the survey-
ing of the settlement north of Fort Garry, to which no opposition was oflfered. Such is the
present condition of affairs.

, Same day, 4 o'clock p.m.

The High Constable, Mulligan, has just come to infonn me, as a matter of duty,
that a meeting took place yesterday, at a house of a French half-breed, named Bruce, on
the other side of the river, by a number of the disalTected French i)arty, among whom the
man Riel was conspicuous.

That at such meeting it was resolved, to send an armed iJarty to meet the Governor,
whom they expected to come in to-morrow, and to prevent at all hazards, his entering the
settlement.

Under these circumstances, not wishing to identify myself with any one of the
three parties into which the people in the village are endently divided, and who have no

tract from
e Canadian
ho express
ition woultl

lion lio, tho
)f Govcinor
Ilia not l><*

(bcr 13tli.

ntt Governor
espect satis
le Canadian
those undo;-

, in ehargo

mgumc

that

,f my partios
:e (on which
a of the 11th
isulting with
tructing Mr.

,h inclusive.

,ake Manitota.

;tobeb 21st.

l's efforts with
ttempt to use

[is refusal, said
df-breeds that
Lve a tendency

|th the Govern-
in a religious

^cing the entire
[to the survey,
Ivent, had with-
Ivith the survey-
led. Such is the

I o'clock p.m.

jiatter of duty,

Jmed Bruce, on

aong whom the

the Governor,
lis entering the

[ny one of the

M who have no

sympathy with each other, either socially or politically. I called in the council of two
Canadian gentlemen, Messrs. Sanford and Turnor, of TlamiUon, who had accompanied
Mr. ITowo on his visit, and reuuiiain;; behind that gentK'unn were still in the settlement.

He conslilered thuc the circiuustunces called for irnmedi:ite and vigorous action on
t'le ]>ar • of the Authirilies, and it was jirranged that Mr. Turner and I should w n't upon
Jiidgn Black, and inform liuu of the intended outrage..

We found Juds^e Blar'c at his re.sidence, some four (i) miles down the settlement,
and laid the matter before hiui, !\U(l it was arranged that he should wait upon the
Governor and Dr. Cowan, early tomorrow morning, to concert measures to ik-feat the
object of the i-efractory half-breeds.

On our return, there were reports c<infirmatory of the statements w« had hear>l.

Friday, October 22nd.

I niet Judge I-laek, Governor Mr. JMcTavish, and Dr. Cowan this morning at thfl
Fort by appointment, when the matter was fully <liscussed in all its bearings, and in i iew
of the serious aspect of afl'airs, the Governor thought it only proper that a meeting of the
Council of the Colony shoidd he convened witii the least possible delay, ami upon their
ndvice and action such furtlier sL('j)s should b(< promptly taken as should effectually
jirovent the perpetration of the gross outrage inteiuled.

In ovidenee of the object intended by this armed i)arty, reference is called to the
fiftidavit of * * * , n copy of whicli is hereto annexed, which wna made during

the afternoon, the original having been sworn to before Dr. Cowan, and remaining in hi.n
possession. ,

This affidavit was further corroborated by a statement mad(5 about 4 p.m., by
Mr. * * , who, on his way from Pembi' \ to-day, foimd a body of armed men in

possession of the roadway ivi-r the crossing of the river Sale, across which they had
thrown a baiTicade. throngli which barricade Ihey w^re not allowed to pas3 without
explanation, and without giving satisfactory assiu-ances that a stranger who formed one of
the rarty was not connected with the Canadian Government.

The meeting of Council, Governor McTavish called for Monday, the 25th inst., it
being stated that some of the members resided at such a distance that it could not be
convened at an earlier date.

J. S. Dennis.
Red River Settlement,

October 2?rd, 1869.

[B]

Colonel Dennis.

Four Gakuy, October 15th, 1809.

Di \H .Mt; —I very much regret to say that we have failed entirely in our endeavour.'*
lo get r.vr tne o,. position of the French Settlei's to the survey.

Govei-nor IVicTavi.sh has done all in his power, in the present state of his health, and
t;very e'!' .i, h:u been made by Mr. Goulct and myself, to persuade these men, but to no
purpose.

I believe they are now of opinion that we ai-e influenced imduly in favor of the
Canadian Government, so that it is in vain for us to have any further correspondence
with them at present.

I remain, dear sir, yours faithfully,

William Cowaic.

[C]

Monday Afternoon.

My Dear Col. Dennis, — Your note has just b«©n handed to me, and of course, if
you wish it, I will be glad to see ■■ ou'after the meeting of Council, which will, pos#ibly,
It. — M

»■ (
j I'

not ho over beforo 2 o'cIdcIs, Imt I will send down mid Jet you know. Matters from
information tliat lias readied me, lool: Kerion.s ; ImiI it in very diflieult, jndginjjof iiffairs of
this kiml here ; iiiul soiiietiinea AvJien (lie case looks bad, the whohi tlau;^' suosidcr,. I
have Hoeii to many dillicultios here got o^er quietly to despair until the worst has taken
place ; but 1 must allow, there aie ineidentg in the present case that have not been in
former troubles.

' Yours truly,

W. McTavisu.

[^]

Hku Riv«b Sbttlkment.
To Wit :—

"' •'' * ■'" maketh Oath and Saith :■ — -

During the afternoon of yesterdiiy, some twenty men or thercftbouts, fvdly ai'uied,
made their ai)pearance at the crossing of the River Sale, on the road between here and
Pembina; and other and smaller parties of men, also armed, kejit coming in during the
afternoon and evening, till as many a^; forty were in the party.

That the said party of forty men are now billeted (or were when the deponent h^ft
home this a.m., at which time they had sent off some men for more pi'ovisions) round
in the adjacent houses.

That the men compojing the Bai 1 i>arty, deponent believes, all belong to the parishes
of St. Norbert, above mentioned, and St. Vital, and that the avowed object of their
meeting in arms, and waiting at tlic? iv.nd Point, was to turn back the new Governor,
Mr. McDongall, and not allow him to enter further into the Colony. One of the men in
conver«ation with the deponent who was naturally anxious to lind out the meaning of
such an assemblage with arms in their hands, told the dejionent the above was their
object, and fui'ther said that if the (Jrovernor jjersisted in attempting to come further than
that point, i.e., tlie crossing of the Kiver Sale, they would shoot hin).

The deponent saith further, that lie was informed by this party, and ])eii«v(!S the
same (inasmuch a;^ he saw a number of horsemen passing 2>i'eviously), that another party
mountccl, supposeil to consist of twenty men or more, are now in advance, somewhere
about Scratching River, accompanied by a man named Riel, whose intention is to stop
the Governor^ and submit to him several questions, oi- rather demands, in the evcuit of
refusing which, he is to be warned not to proceed.

'J'here is a further and thir^l party between the two points mentioned, which this
deponent, from information received, believes to number forty men.

Should the Governor persist in coming forward, notwithstanding repeated warnings,
these parties will fall l)ack on the i'eiser\'e at the river Sale, and then iinal action will be
taken as above mentioned, nhould he still further endeavor to force his way on to the
settlement.

The deponent further saith that, among other houses in the vicinity where fortaiu of
the forty men at the river Sale are billeted, ten of the armed party find quarteis at the
house of the Cure, Rev. Pere Ritchot.

Finally, that the deponent seriously Vielieves that the said men are truly in earnest,

and that without prompt action be taken by the authorities to avert the same, a serious

calamity is about to ensue, in an outi-age which may be of a fatal charactei-, on the person

of the Honorable gentleman now about entex'ing the colony to assume the charge of

Governme»t.

* « *

Sworn before me at Fort Garry,^

this 22nd day of October, 18G9.

William Cowan, J. P.

[E]

A Monsieur VV. McDouoall.

MoxsiEi'R, — Lo Coiuite Nntional ihn aSIotis (k- la Rivicn-n Roii^je intimo h. Monsieur

W. McDougall I'ordre de no pas ontror sur le Territoivo iln Nord-OiK'st sans line per-
mission gp^cialo de ce Comit''.

Par ordro dii Prdsident, John Brite,

Louis Riei,, Secretaire.

Date it St. Norbcrt, Rivicio llonge.

Ce I'lo jour d'Octobrc, 18C9.

[F.]

Wedxksuay, 27th October, 1869.
Noon.

Have just returned from a risit to tlic lower part of the settlement on the west side
of Red River, having left yesterday afternoon.

Called upon Mr. * * and Mr. ■' '^ , and others.

From the convei'sations had with these different gentlemen, I am satisfied that the
general disposition is in favoT- of receiving the incoming Government with respect, but
there is no enthusiasm.

The attitude of the English-speaking portion of the colony, may, I think, be fairly
stated as follows : —

They say : We feel a disposition to extend a sincere welcome to the Honoi'able
Mr. McDougall, as the gentleman wlio has been selected for our future Governor.

We regret sincerely that the good name of the colony should be prejudiced by any
such action as tliat we are told is contemplated by a portion of the French half-breeds.

We consider it a most outrai^ious proceeding on their part, and one that we would
iie glad to see, if possible, put a stop to. At the same time, sliovtld an appeal to arms bo
necessr.ry, we could hardly justify ' trselvcs ir. (iigaging in a conllirt, Avhich would be, in
our opinion, ceiiaiu to resolve itseU into one of nationalities and ivligions, and of which
we could liiu'dly, at presL-nt, ..^ ; the termination.

\Vo fpol tliis way : We feel confidence in tlie future administration of the Govern-
ment of this couutiy under Canadian rule ; at the snme tiint;, we have not been consulted
in any way as a jjcople, in entering into the Dominion.

'Ilio clmi'acter of the nev/ (TOvernn\ent has been settled in Canada, without our being
con.sulted. We are ]>re[)ared to accept it respectfully, to obey the laws, and to become
good Bubjecis : but ^rhen j'on present to us the issue of a conflict with the French party,
with whom we have hitherto lived in friendship, backed up, as they Avould be, by the
RomaTi Catholic Church, which appears probable l)y the course at present being taken by
the priests, in which confiict it is almost certain the aid of the Indians would be invoked,
and perhaps obti)ined l)y that jtarty, we feel disinclined to enter upon it, and think that
the Dominion should assume tlic rc^sponsibility of establishing amongst us what it, and it
alo!ie, has decided upon.

At the same time, wo are ready — should tho Council make an appeal to the settlement,
to prevent the gross outrage eontem])latod — by a largo mounted deputation, unarmed, to
meet and escort the Honorable AVilliam McDougall to Winnipeg ; and thus show to the,
Frencli party, now in arms, that the English-sj)eaking portion of the colony is entirely
opposed to the prestnit threatening movernent by a jiortion of the French half-breeds, — we
will cheerfully an<l ]n'om[)tly respond to the c;dl.

^ » Hf

7 P.M.

Mr. # * ♦ iinn jiiHt. oonu^ in, ami loportH Uinl alMnit fiKl'^y '">f ''i'' I'^t'iuli
p»rty, who nro oppcisod to (ho viows of thi> inaurjjonlH, mot, l)y iiivUnlion n( tli« nitiip of
the (liHiilVivtiMl to'liiv; hut thol their KMiionMlnoifcM ami ap|M>alH to got them to iliHltaml,
wevt entirely without avail.

Sovci-nl priostH woro prcHout ; .•ii\ioi\g others. IV'ic l/CHtdtio, the Kit I her Superior,

IViv I.estiuu' took litlh> or no part in the proeeeiliiijjs one wmv or another' ; hoiiio of
th<> others worn less Herupu Ions, IVre Hitehot <l<'i'la\'in}5 in fiwoi' ol' (he Htiml (iiken, iiiul
Cftlltnl upon tho inH\irjjent.s to nuiintaiti thoir j^round.

The appe.ils ol'th's piies(,* and of (he lesulerM of (he inHui>;ent iiint\, linil (lie efTeot
of oviM» w i(.hilrawin;: (hen and there, Moirt' twenty or (liereahuuts )»!' Mr. I "eaHe'M party
over to their side.

Mr. Dease tliereupon witlidi-ew hisi p«nv from (lie ;^round. ton! thev iieeoidinj^ly
went into eanip a short »listanee ne.'irer to l'"or( (lan-y, wheiv (liny arc nt pr(>sen(.

Mr. I>ease, previous to eoniin,<j; to uie, H(a(en (ha( he htui an interview with (loveinoi'
MoTavish. in which he express<'d the detennii\!i(ion of IiIm par(y to renudn together, and
if possible, to overawe the odierN. with whieh view he r(<ques(t>(l n supply of iirniH and
»nimuniti(on.

Ifo propiwes, if these are grante<l to his |>ar(y, to o,seor(. (he (lovernor in.

His pi-oposition is. (or a nuinher of hi* nu>n (sny (ifteoii) to ride down lowardK
Pemhina, and meet Mr. MeDtaiLjidl. ami ewoort him K(raiuh( (o liia residenee on the
Assinniboine. jw.ssini^ tho "old orossinjj" over tlip rivor Sule, possi^ssion of which (a8 it in
understood (ha( (Ikm-p ar^ a few men of (h(> inRur<^ei\(H now at. (hut points, ahould
previously have been (aUen by nnother par(y of hi:-i men.

Ho does not fear that Mr. ISlol)o\igall will bo interfered with a( nny otht>r poin(.

He thinks, that. ono<* oti (he nortli si<Ie of the .Vssinniboine. tit his own house, or kI
the Fort, live miles lower down, Mr. Me|)ou;;.UI would not be suhjee(eil (o any indignity.

I accompanied Mr. Oea.se to the Fort, and had an ii\terviow with Uovornor MyTavish,
at whirli Dr. dnvan was ptvsent. when Mr. Diwse's proposition was discussi-d.

riic tJovernor. who was very iVeble. and is evidently feeliiii; the n>sponsiliility and
drtlic.icy of his ]H>sition. dotormined to oonhidor the matter to iii;.fht, and call in tho aid of
Konie Memboi's of tho Council to-morrow i\uinunjj. and doci<le what course w;is best to bo
puns\jod.

It is worthy of tvmark, that Mr. Dease ox)>resapd his conviction from what had fallen
from tho lijis of the insiiriicnt leaders, that it would not ba ii matter of much regret to
U.em. " im]>lyin<]; that they would teel it a relief rather than otherwise, owin^ to the
evident division amoii'.; the French elements," wero the Goveruor to (iud his way into th»
Mttloment by nuother inut(<.

Mr. F>easp remarked to mo vliat his party wore entirely without provision, and he
feared, if they wero obliged to iro honu-*, it n\ip;ht bo dilVicult to get (h(>m together again,
and so prejudice th(> position 'u\ favor of tho insurgents ; and I agreed to send him .a Nniall
supply t<j-morro\v morning, (or their sustenance, until tho t\)uncil shall have decided on
thecoui^so to bo tukca.

T ■ "'^ was no detonninatiou ?ometo by Gtivornor SfcTavi.sh as to furnishing his party
with anns.|

I understood that tnoro wore three or foiu- hnndrod stand of arms, tho old " Brown
Bess." with ammunition, at preseiit in the Fort.

I may say Airtlior that I sent * * * , a man of influence .among tho French Half-
Breeds, but favorable to our cause, up to the French Sottlomenk on tho " White Horse
Plains," on the Assinniboine, yostorday, to use his influence to prevent the people there
from coming down to lielp the insin*ge:its. Tie returned to-day, and the result of his
mission Ls given in the annexed paper.

J. S. Dennis.

* * . * another of the Dease i arty, testifies that, on this occaaion. tli« jiriott

raved and tor* his i,own, aditressing the .visemblage in •.ae most frantic and excited manner

,U*mo,

I'itU h the " H7u7« Uvnc I'luiui"

Ti KMliAV KvKMNd, OcUilior 'iCtli. IRnO,

Clime fiuiii till' I'liMil fruiii Mutism liUHton'H, (iml ^'i» lu liiin^' llio lioiufi IVnin lli«
chiin-li tollio wiiliT. Tlin nuns Hf>« liitii wiit<i IiIh liornn tlicy mii In Jiiin, ntid nwk liiiii,
" Did voii cof" rniMi S(. Viliil \ 'I'liov Miud to liiiii, " in jnin llic |i((p|i|(\ niid do iml. N-t. tin-
(lovonior i-roHH tlii' liiieH, or cumo iiiln llic ('(innlry ; li" will K|M'ii,k niid fiuy niiitiy fliifi)?-*
Ill ph'anc vmi ; fill lii« inoiilli willi niij.vii-, liul. Iin will do ymi iniicli liaini wlmn lin >/ti|H in."

|M'M|l|('.

I'licsl ('(ililiKi^ M\u>kr aj;uiiiHt -»''** Ifltnr In llusioii. siiyiii>( ihni * * " * wniit^I to

liliiid llif |)no|i|('.

NiiTK KiniwH llpnrd tlio piioHt and iiuhh <l("claiT«, Imtli, lliaL llic l)iilio)> liad noui, lottery

alwuit. tluK to p (,'iiiiRdii, lliat llif* Oovcitior WftH not lo Ik- idlowcd to cotiif.' into tbf Tf»l-

iixk Intn.

ntorv.

Honorahlt Win, McDoujaU.

y. ]'■ My Dkar Mk. McDouuaj,!., — The ennjosfld will l)rin:\ matters ti|» to

^ '''^'^'•''•' IiiHt ovoninj,'. TIuh niornin;^ Mr. Ooa-sfj lun boiMi witli inf) to siay that

(rovernor .McTavisfi has defiiih'd to niaknan ajipoal to thf poopic, to obtain a lur<,'f! unaitnod
[tarty to pi down and fisoort yon tlirou;^!i. In vrliich cnw.i it will no d')ui)t \>c roHpondcd
to ).;(<n;'r!iily, bnt this may take two or threo dayw, as som?) [>iirln of th" Stittleinont are ho
iliBtant.

Jn tlio meantime, till further fnlly ndvisod to tho contrary, yoii would only prpjiidicd
tli« cliauLT.s of a quiot sfittlcnujnt (;f afl'air.s by endftarorin;,' to forco your wiiy on.

1 will endeavor to keep you informed every day in s'lme way »»r otlifsr, and you need
only bo patient, if you can.

The bearer, who Is reliable, will give you an accurnt<> account of tli'^ state of thing*
on the road.

Most trulv voiirs,

J. S. Dennis,

If T find I can be of less ustj l.ere than with you, I wiy at once go do\m to
meet you.

October 27th, 11 a.m.

^ s. D.

Sic.

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ammm

Captain D. R. Cameron, Rot/al Artillery.

Pem[iin\. Octohor .list, 1869.

Sib, — I Imvo tlio honor to inform you tliat informal ion Ims rof»ch(Ml nif\ of tho
tnitli of which 1 can havo no doubt, that tho roiid to Fort (jrariy is hnn-icaded,
and in possession of a )»arty of iusurgentu, \vh.) threaten to arrost and turn hacli thw
reproscntativcs and oUicials of th(! t^anndian OovorunKMit. I linvo detenninod to await
at this j/laco, conitnunications from tlio local authorities iil. Fori (Jarry, who adviso that
any attempt to force a jiassagi' under present circumHtMnrr-s wonhl oml>arrpsH tlieii'
j)roceo(lini.'H.

As you will ])r(i!)alily he re,'xaril<»d as an ofti(?ial of ilie CVinadian Government, T am
of opinion that yon will incur some personal risk, and may (^aiisc some embarrrasamenLs
to the loyal and pcaoealdy dis)U)sed in thtrir elfoits to ijuell th'' ouMironk, liy jirovokin^ a
collision at tlu! present moment.

r do not make any order in yoin* ease, as T have no authority to direct your move-
ments, but 1 wish to lelievo myself of all responsibility for th<» eonbo»]uenees of your
attempt to jjroc«ed immediately to Fort Garry.

T have the honor to be, 8ir,

Your most obedient nervant,

W. Mc'DouaALx...

Ottawa, 19th November, 1869.
The Honorahle W. MeDowjull, C.B.,
FemMnu.

Received by Mr. '^^'"; — ^ liad the honor to receive this mornin;,' your Despatch of the

McJ)ou!,r:ill, Gth 31 st ult., covering Colonel Dennis' Jloiiort and other papers, relating to
December. ^j^^ obstructions opposed to your progress through tho country lying

between Pembina and Fort GatTj.

Those i)a])ers wore ])romptly submitted to the Privy Council, and I am instructed to
convey to you their entire appro\al of the judgment and prwdenee displayed by yo\i in
the trying circumstances in which you wei'e ])laced.

At this distance from the scone of disturbance, any instructions that could be sent to
you, would only embarrass joii, and restrain your freedom of actl. n. You will, therefore,
exercise your own judgnumt, and decide on the instant, as circumstances change, what is
best to be done.

The Government entertain the hope that the opposition presmted will be withdrawn
when the prejudices aroused have been allayed by frank explanations, and in the mean-
time they would deeply regret that l)lood should be sIumI, or that any hasty or intemperate
exercise.'even of lawful authority, sliould, in the transfer of the country, array the feelings
of any large portion of the ^leople against your admiuiatration.

As matters stand, you can claim or assert no authority in the Hudson's Bay Terri-
tory, until the Queen's Proclamation, aunexiiig tlie country to Canada, reaches you
through this office. It will probably be issued on the 2nd December, and will be for-
warded by a safe hand as sooit as received. You had better inform Governor McTavisli
that you ai-e only proceeding to Fort Garry on the assumed consent of the Company, and
its officers, and having stated the facts, await his answer. If he either declines to admit
you, or is powerless to give you safe conduct, stay where yon are till further advised.

In (lup linio, no flmiltl, wliou nil piVioeriil vncanH liavo hcim cxliaustfil, sliould it 1)«
necesiarv, t'ln |i,)\vf>rfi of tlm t'rowii will bo oxorti'd, mid thoanlho/ity ol this Uovernment
inaintriiued. lii tlm uioantirno, Ift hip lif^nr fVom you by ovory mail, and inform mo Jiy
what safe means nvg can commiiuicatc with iho least possiljlc d -lay.

I have tlid honor lo bt; Hir,

Your nio«t obediont aoiviiiit,

.losKiMi Ilowr:.

Sooretary of State to thr Provinceii.

Tlir llvmnable the iSecrclnri/ of Slat',
for iltt J'rovinciui, OUmci.

Pemdina, ith Novend<er, 1869.

Iii'trnvod 1 V
'nSucretarvnt'

iNFy OjCAii Sill, - I.ravintjiKiPii on;_,'a;;;od dnnii;:; tlio dayiii arrangin;^foi- a
niSucretaryot toiiiporarv rfisidenco on tho AiruM'ican !^id» of tho line, and in writing to tho
c>V. ']8(;'.',*^ authorities 'at Port Garry, 1 iiml I have only a few moments loft to catch
lie mail of to-day. Important ovents Inive occarrod siiict! my leport of the 31st ult. On
tiio 2nd in^t., body of armed half-breeds gall<>))t'd up to Hudson's I'>ay Post, and demanded
i'.u audience M'iih me; two of the leadei's were admitted, and told mo they had been .sent to
order me out of the Nortli-Wost Territory, ^yhen 1 asked -svlio sent them, they re[)lied,
'•the government": to my question, what j,'ov(n-jniient'f they said, "the j^overrnent thoy
had made." 1'hey said 1 must leave by nine o'clock next morning, 1 explained my
position, but they wei-e evidently very ignoi'ant, and had come for ono object, viz : — to
eompel iii" to leave the Territoiy. In the morning they a]ipcared at the gate with arms
in theii" Lands, and loudly demanded that we .should leave, iVA after nine o'clock they
would not an.swer foi- our lives. We accordingh< put our horses to our wagons, and
drove aeross the line, a(Vomj)ained by a poi'tion o'. thr^ parly with arms in their hands.

VVt' .•'.re now eneaniped on American Territory waiting the issue of events. As soon
as I hear from the authorities at Fort Garry, what action they or the people have taken
on h(!ai'ijig of tliist)uti'age, I shall determine my course. Tiie weathc)* is still fair, I.
winter may set in at any moment. Mr. Piovwiioliei- and ('aptain Cameron were sent
back from the barricade under escort, ami arc! now here.

Thcie is a strong sym]jathy among the people here with the insurgents. We are not
free from peril, but will not run away so long as we see any pui-pose can be .served by
our prestnce here.

In haste,

Very respectfully yoni-s,

W. McDouoALL.

Hamilton, 18th, November, 1869.

Mv Dear Mb. Howe, — I am in receipt of your kind letter of the 16th, respecting
Ti .egram which was sent with the conviction that matters were in a more seiious state
tlian Mr. McDougall or you supposed. Immediately after your departure, the insurrection
began to develop itself. Armed men immediately took poisewion of the roads entering

Kurt (Jivrn. A mooting of tlui Cimiiril wns nl oiiij* cnllfd, ;iuil tlin wililoHt. (txcit(«mAiit
f<»ll()\v('<l. Tlio IcuImi' «»f III" liisiirp'iiiB " \\'u>\" wiiH iK'I'oi'o the Oouii(;il fnim 10 a.m.
until 7 P.M., 1111(1 cDiicluiIcd l.y fniiviiicriii,'^ tln'iii Unit In.' y> m cm red. niid tli»'y wrnii;'. Wo
))rop()s<!(l ImvIu'^ ill.' Fridiiy I'olluwiiiL; mil' dcpiiiLiuc. lull, wtii.' drlniiiud, liv older of
({ovonior Mi'TiivIhIi, four diivH, to hiuir thu docisimi of tlic Cmiiwil, tliiit ho iiiiglit «ond liy
mo VvtIuiI advici' to ( Jovrnior M''F)i)iii,'iilt. The ('miiicil liiidini.; itself iiov.jtIom.s, liroko
lip, witlimit takiiiL,' any action, wliilc Llio liinnr;,'ciilH wmi-o ):,'iii.ln'rin;.' fro'di niatcriiil limirlv.
(tov«>rnor McTavisli was iinahlc to attend tlio (!oiincil, and is failin;,' rii[tidly. Shall not
be HtirpriHed to liear of lii.s death liv any in;iil. Wlu>n ienviii',' Stinkiri;,' I'iver, wc found
an encampment of the rolj(.'l.s, thirty stroii;;. They had ltar'ica<led tho roadH, and worn
patrolling on both Hides of the harrii'ailo, all armed with rities. 'I'liey Hciztid our liortoN
by the heiui.s, and we had to di.smiinnt. It v,:n very j^'enenilly known they hiid a forco
out to intorcopt the (rovornmeut supidies for Uonriis and Snow, al.so the rille.s lieinsi(
l>rou;;)it forward by Mol)oiii,'all. I, howovor, Hcnt iiio.s.sen;.;or,s to him, and loai ned when
I mot him, tho rifles had iieen e.tiefiilly Htnwpd lu'low, so they »re Miife

Mr. MoDouijall not haviii;,' been in the settlemcint, cun only have a !j;pnoial i«lra
of tho true poHition, and I folt fttlaii"! wero ausuminf^ so simmouh an aspect, +hat I
thon>»ht r would at once hurry down to ( )ttawa, and eiitur fully into dotail, buwifter-
wards thon;,dit it better t») telej^rapli, and if y<ni thmmht it lun-cssary, yo\i would
telegraph for more particulars. On my arrival in St. Paul, and whoa pasnin,'.^ t!iroup;h
St. Cloud, and oth«r of Ihoae viihs^cs, 1 found a j.,'r(':'t many roui^li men colieotiii)*
and prpparin<( for the Prairios, jn.st the class wlio would only bo too ready to iilibustor,
and knowing; that in a week \hry w;>uld bn out of tll(^ way, I put into tho paper
the account of Mr. MeDoui^all's Haft' arrival at Fort Garry you saw ti'lp'.fr:iphod from
St. Paul's, whicl), T have to confes.^, had not one word of truth in il. 'i'hings are not
honlthy, and I am afraid it will cost money and blood yc(.

If thoro is anything more you may wish to know, writo to rao, oi' if you think
it nccoHsary, 1 will run down.

1 am, Ac,

W. E. Sanford.

Ottawa, 19th November, 1869.

See Letter My Dear WiiRET-orK, — Rend this by a safe hand ns quickly as yon

McDolnjall *"*"' ^'^ ^^^^ '^ '""'^' "*'*' ^^^ stopped or tampoix'd ^vith h\ the way.
November VJ

18<59. , Youi-s truly, I

JosEfii Howe.
iSay nothing of thi.^, the cxpcnsa will bs paid.

Telegraph

Norember 20th, 1869.
Mr. W. E. San/ord, Hamilton.

Letter received. Thanks. Telegraph any new facts. Need not come here,

Joseph Howe.

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.loar.l'ii WilKKi.ocK, St. Paul, Mimie.si)t». l,«ltt'r for you inailrd t«ilay. SlicniliJ
CioviMMor Mol);jii;{all return to St. I'uul, rf(| loflt !iiiu to rrmniii Wvwii till \w Ih-ium from
ine. 'rolo;jrm»l» any authorilic news from frontier; thoy will cliurj,'o tull.-* to tliin ollii:«,

JoSEJ'U IIOWK.

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Dacotah, TicRniToiiY, U.S., Pomldnn, Nov. filli, 18(19.

SiH,- T liavf llin honor to rffiiorl.for the information of l!i« I'lxn'I-
Inm-y the (iovornor (Jonoral iji CoimilmI, tho jucnts that haTo nc<!Uiifil in
thiM vicinity Hincn my oommunicatiim of tho .Tlst (Kto'.nr, \ exfuictotl to
liavff bet'ii alilo to .11 ml tills n-port by tho mail wliii 'i h'ft I'oi.ibina this
morninj;, itut in conHiKiuoncu of tiio uncxp'-ctoj dosini^ of tin- mail last »n-fMiing at aix
o'clock, wliicli tho Vostmastor said wan "c<>iitrr.ct tirno," \ was able to write only a rhort
not', which, for prudontial reasons, f nddr».s.siMl nnoiiicially to Mr. ^rort'ditli. I nosv
proo 'od to givo yon the dotails of tliu impoil.uit ovcnLs which provented mo from romaining
in tho Nortli-Wcst Territory.

On tiie 1st day of November, al)ont cloven o'clock, n.m., while 1 wat talkiiiL^ with a
Chinpi'.wa Chief, and some of Ium liaud who had nrjt mo by appointment, Colonul f^onni.s
aiid an Eti;j;lish half-broijd, Air. JIullott, arr:*t.d from Fort (Jarry, having left tho J''ort early
in tho movninfj; of tho ]>i'evionn day. 'J'iiny rode over t)i(V praiiio f;«*mo miles to tluj Wcat
of U('<1 Kivor, and won; not obso.-ved by tho I'fcliel S(.ouc«. Ooloncl J)('inds brou/jht a
d>':tpa,t('h Irom (lovornor Mc'l'avi.sh, of which t!ie papur markod A. is a coj)y, lie also
handed mo tho papers markod IJ. and C, bri:i;;in>,' down hi.s own narrative* to the day
pr(!vIou.s to his dt'inirturo. As tho Oovernor and his Council concurred with Coloiifd
JJeiinis in tho opinion that it w<Mild b'< imprudent for nir; to proceed to Fort (Jarry under
pi-oscnt circumstances; and .ih no Htoj)S lial boon taken towards or;^anizin<^ a forco to
Bupport tho authorities, 1 had noaltornativo but to remain at tho llud.son Bay (Jompany'ti
Pose. The furniture, ilrc., for tho riovcrnmr -it liouso liaving arrived at Pendnna fjom St.
Cloud, the person who iiad undertaken to deliver it at Fort Carry called upon mo to IvUoav
if ho wa.s to proceed with hi« freif'ht, su;:t,f:;estini^ that it might bo stopped on tho way, and
perhaps dcsiroyed. I tohl Ium that as he had l>ar[;ained to deliver it at Fort Carry ho
must comphHo his contract. I had reason to beliovo that lie was uware of tho designs and
movements of tho insur<:;entR, and was in theij- coufidenco, if not in their plot. I took
ji.iinii to impn^ss him with tho belief that it was no child's ])lBy his friends lmdbcp;uii, aiul
thai: all the consequences of rebellion against Imperial authority must follow in this case
as in others. T told him I had l.io:)n sent us a civil governor, and was jtrepared to treat
all classes and parties in tho most friendly and impartial manner; but if they prefened a
military regime and martial law they were taking the proper course to secure it. I knew
thr.t he would report my remarks as he passed through the rebel camp, and I thouglit it
would be politic, sinco they had gone so far, that they should understand the view I took
of their proceedings. I knew that Mr. Provencher's mission must end either favourably
or otherwise before rny interlocutor could see his friends. He told me that a party of
twenty mounted men would pay me a visit in a day or two. As evidence of tha earnest-
ness and patriotic Bpirit of the insurgents he sliowed me a song in French, copied jiartly
from the MavseillaiBc, and which was being circulated among the half-breeds of the neighbor-
hood. He proposed to buy some of the property in his charge, the s to a'cs especially, in
order to save it from destruction. I declined Ids proposal with the remark, that the
rebels might as well destroy the stoves as anything else, but I would hold him responsible, in
the first place for their safe delivery at Fort Garry, and I thought the farms and cattle of
the half-breed settlers would ultimately be found sufficient to pay any damage they might
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inflict on pul)lir or privRto property. [ told liim Im might do a« li« ploMscd witli Mm
frcjiglit, im I had no dinictionH to ;i;iv« him until hn iurive<i at l''i)it <»iirry. Upon
t!ds 111) li'ft tho Po<t, convincod at all civ-nt'i, that iiu \\hO not Hiiccecdcd in fii'^'htenin;; ino
intoiihdo of tlio (»i)V<!niiiK«nt prop(;rly at his own pritv*. Jlis carta, in ft fuw niinutea,
wore on thuir way to tho Huttlc'niimt. f have not, up to thin inoruMit, ( 1 o'ch)clc, p.nj.,) hccn
a'do to nswrtain whctluT tlicy liavo passi'd tli« ImiTicadc unmoh'^tod or not.

Tlin interview witli tiio Chippavn Chief. Ken-olaosli and li" . band, which T Htated in
my pit.'vious ii^port, wa^ fixed fur this <hiy, was interesting^ to uh mid nj)i)annlly Kati.sfac-
tory to liini. Jli.s [lipo-hiiantr, after liiling liiM pi|)o with toliacco mixed with dried willuw
bark, and placing a live coal upon it, roiu witli tho jiipe in lii.s hand and \saited for an
observation from tlin Chief. Ho, wi;!i the dignity of Jii.s rtico nnd cla.sH, rose Hlowly from
lus Heat, and pointing to a hirgo silscr nudal on hi.s broast, whieli hud boon given to his
graudfathor in tho time of Ccorgo i 11., said he was glad to see ine as tho iOnglish (Jovcrnor.
Pointing to the funie.s of his i>ip«, ho sai<l there was no harm in that .snioke — it meant
poaee and frieailship between u.t lie then sut down and tho pipe-boaror presented me
the pijje, which I smoked for a little and thoo returned to him. It was then handed to
Mr. llichard.s and tho oLiior incml)orH of my party, each in turn. It was next nnioked
by th(' Indiau.s, and last of all by tho Chief. This corcniony being over, the Chief drew
himself up for his npecch. He is a pure Indian, about fifty years of age, with a stately
figure and an agreeable anil intelligent countenance, iio rojicated hi.s iViendly greeting,
and aaid he had waited some time to sec mo. Ho was sorry to hear of the proceeding.s
of tho half-breeds in the .settlement and wished me not to go there. He had not much
to say, but would a.sk mt a question. J lad I bought their (his) land from the Hudson's
Bay Conipauy] Ho then jiroceedod to lay claim to the country from Pembina to
the Ahsinniboine, and from the high hiu('S on tho AVcst to tho Luke of tho Wood.s. He
said I is ancestors hail neve; wold their title to any part of it, they liatl only lent as much
as a man could see under a horse's belly on both sides iA' tho river to tho Company ; and
he now wanted to know what I was going to do with his land. IFo repeated his desire
to be on good terms with me, and said that neither ho nor his band had anything to do
with tho movements or designs of the French half-breeds.

I replied to his speech through an ininr])retor, a French Canadian settler, who speaks
a little Ohippawa and about as much J']iiglish. I reciprocated his friendly greeting and
expressed my regi'et, that from the length of the journey I liad travelled, and the time
required for preparation for it, I had not reached Pembina as soon as was expected. I
"Was glad to see him and his band, and hoped that we would bo able to make a satisfactory
agreement about any land of his we might requii-e. I explaineil the nature of the an-ange-
ment with the Hudson's Bay Company, which I assured liim left his rights, whatever
they might be, just as the stood before. With resjject to his remark, that I ought not to
go to Fort Garry, if he meant it as a friendly warning, I thanked him for it, but I told
him I must obey, not tho wishes of other.s, but the requirements of duty. I was sent to
govern the country in the Queen's name, and would do it unless prevented by force. 1
then produced a map of the territory, and asked him to point out tlie bounds of the lands
to which he and his band laid claim. This proposal was evidently something he did not
expect, and a good deal of consultation took place between him and his conn)anion8. I
told them I merely wished to find out the extent of the country they claimed ; that I was
not prepared either to admit their claim or deny it, liut before we could negotiate, I must
know what it was they i)retended to own ; that there were other Indian bands, especially
toward sthe Lake of the AVoods, who would probably claim some part of tho territory he had
described as belonging to his band. It then came out that their Chiefs — "Peguwis," near
Lake Winnipeg, "Fox," of Prairie Portage, and "Grosse Oreille," of Oak Point, towards
Lake of the Woods, and himself, agreed last winter upon a division of the country between
them, and that his claim was to be limited to the country bounded by Scratching lliver and
the Government Road on the north, Pembina Mountain on tho west. White Mouth River
on the east, and the American boundaxy on tho south. I questioned him as to the bargain
with Lord Selkirck, whereupon he appealed to an old man, who said ho was present on

ihn oorniion iiml r«»tnotnlif»r»>(l "My T<oril," ns Jif« WRi rnllofl, only f>orrnw^'/ ihrt ]nrv\ nlonjj
tlin Ili'l Uiver, as far in lii> I'tml'l k"(» unilor ii lionn, I unkwil liiin liow \<<u<; it wun iimlor-
HtooJ thft lonii hIioiiM rniitiiiuel Ar .tlu'i' cojisuUion to«)k pla<o amonj^ tho liuliuns, imd
tliov luiswcrod, twoiitv or twi-iity-fivo yrars. 'I'o my (piOHtioii, whi'llicr niiy writd'n roconl
• ifthn n'fr("«men^ win |ir«pnrr(l, tlicy Htiiri tlcy liiid novt'r Hreii iiny. Ilo miiM his b:iiid
niiniljowl about six hiiinln*<| hihiIh, iiikI tlint lio rould not niiiko any rcHsion of tlioir rij^lita
witlinut consultation uitli tijo otlior Cliicf-i. Ifn mentioned tlif" iiutnih of Mny ii'* tlie
most oonvoiiifMit tlino to nu'ot thorn at K»>rt (Jarry, for a oonftMcniM! witli n»<\ An T
U>nrn'>'l tint his liaml, oxi'luilitiij half-lirto.h, did not oxcrcd half (ho number ho had Htutod,
[ told hitn it wouM l>o nccnsary wh'«i> Im rain<' to Fort fhu-i-y, to liriii'.^ a list of tlio
niunhov of fiiniliis and lln'ir niimri. aiid |>lai'WH of i'of;id«'nco, who ackno\vl(!il;^('d him an
tlieii- (Miicf, oxcKidiu',' American liidianHiind halfhrooN. TImh ho agriod to. I directed
tlio Ifudson's IJay (^lInllany'H a'jiMit to jrtvt^ thcui soinn (oliacco, (lour, and tea, according to
custom on such occasionH. Wo all Nhook IivikIm and tho confci-cnfo was at an ond.

\ th"n hiid a privato intorvinw with CoIomcI DcnniH and Mr. llallott, who hail takoii
Homo ra',t in tho meant imo, and endeavoured to ascertain tho prcciMo oliject of the insur-
reolionarv niovenient, iind tli(( jn'olialiilily of lis present suceesH. T confess that tho verbal
account of tiio comlitioii of tiiin<.;.s at Fort Oarry, the indecision and iidirmity of the
Governor, tho hesitation and indillerenee of (he mereliants and Fhi^lish half-broods, moro
than cotdirmed tho impriission I had derived from tlio eonvspomlence, that there would bo
no meaaures taken to arrest tin* [)ro;;ress of the n^bellion or resist any Covernnient the
Froneh half-breeds mi'/ht sot up. Colonel Dennis oxprcssod the opinion ''-at tho " Ca-
nadians" in theeoun(ry ooidd bo relied u|)on, that they were frettinsf undei' .•> inactivity
ef the authorilies, and would at once rally under any vi<,'orous lofider, who a])pealod to
them in the name of law and order, and tho authority of tho Crown. But unl'oi-tunntely
their number was snudl, as couiparc<l with tho insui'-^entH, and they were much scattered
over tho countrv. Tho local (Jov(!rninent had not oven published a warnin-.^ to tho nml-
content portion or" tho popvdation, of tho consoquencps which would be likely to follow
this threatened re.MorL to ai'ins. No ollicial statement of tho natur(! of tho arran<,'ements
with the IfudRon's Bay Company, and of (ho authoiity under which it wan made, had
l)con ])ubli3lied to remove tho misapprehensions created in (ho minds of the half-breeds
by da';ignin^' men in the settlement. It was well known at Fort Garry, that Amoricau
citizens had eonu^ into tho country, ostensibly for purposes of trade, but in I'oalitv to create
disafl'ection, and if pn'^«ible. a nu)voment for annexation to tho United States. These men
and their sympathizei-s, had been actively enj,'a<,'r>(l in circidatiiiw stories, ab.3urd as they
were nnfoundeil, to alarm the fears of tlio halt-breeds, and oxcito their hoslility against
tho Canadian Government. It: was known that these stories had produced tho desired
"iroct, yet nothing appears to have Ijeen done by the Government to counteract them,
bevond explanation and remonstrances verlmllv, and to a few individuals, some of whom
it was believed, had entii'oly niisrej)re.«iented to the ignorant half-breeils, tho j)urport of
their conversation with tho Council. Neither Colonel Dennis nor Mr. llallott could suggest
anything better tlian a policy of inaction on my part unil I heard tho result of Mr.
Provoncher's mission.

The next day (Tuesday), about fivo o'clock in the afternoon, fourteen liorsemen were
seen ajiproaching as from the direction of Fort Garry. It was kodu evident that they
v.'oro armed, and moving rapidly forward. As they approached, they slackened their
])aco, and dismounted at tho gate of tho stoekado which surrounds the post, with their
gims cocked, and in military order. In a fov.- minutes, two of their number demanded
an interview with me. They lefc tlioir arms with their comrades at the gate, ajid were
at once admitted. I invited thorn to a seat, and asked them what they wished to say to
me. They rejdicd, that they had been sent to tell mo that I must leave tlio North- West
Territory — I must go back before nine o'clock to-morrow morning. I asked them who
had sent them withthis mes3age 1 They said, " Tho Committee — the Government." I asked,
what Government 1 They said "Tho Govrrnment we have made." I asked, what they
were instructed to do, if I declined to go back 1 They said, " they did not know — they

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had no onl«r." I thon UM th"m f wi\» mtnt to anisumo th« ffov«mm*>nt of tho oi»»».iLrv
iiikIit t'»" <^>u<"«'ii of i;i»p;liiinl, iiikI ly h<r iiulli'ii ity, An<l I r<>ii|i| not oliuy lli»' oriU'i'i of
ill! ir (.'i)iiiiiiitii<<t. I, lit tlin miiiin titiio, piolucuil my i-oininirttioii inidor lliA <<i'i>at Hcul,
Mid liiiiiil«ti| it, lit llii< niptitiii for IiIh poniMal. Km «tvi(l<>iitlj r >til I nof ivti<l it, Imt tlio

|)ari'liiiu-iil mill iUv mill HCt'iiiiKl |o coiiviiicij liiiii liml it wks wind I <! -^i 'i^ml it to iif>. 11^
iaii<l(Ml it bncic, Hiiyint;, tlmt if liiii IcuilorH liii'l hvvh that, lin tl ..< y would not havi>

np|i<i.Hfr| mo tlicy ilid not winli t(» tako iipaiiiitt ii^iiinNt tho(^ui'«n. Jlo iiddc I tliat I
oiii^'iit to 1,AV(> oom« on im far an tii» ) ' ri-ii-ad<-, wliicli 1 mifflit liavi* (lon'< willioiit moloKin
tion. I told liim, in reply, tliat I wa.s (join;; on uh fant m I conld, when ( wuh Mtoppnd Ity
M, writton onlor iVom jiix (!i»miiutt(>i«, wliicli f lumdi'd liini lo umi', I!o irml it, and n>-
inarkcd tlmt he was not ptcwnt whr>n it wiu written, Imt adniitlod tliat it nimu fi'on> tli«
National ConnnitttH', wlioHP ordppM ho olicynd. 1 1 Ih companion huvint; lol't tho UMun, he
^'l'(!nl^d iniimtii'nt to ond tlic coir orMalion, lonl rosi> io rctirt'. I iind a^I.cd tlitii- naniiM,
wliicli tliiy pave, without linHitation, nn [A'pinc n-nl Lcvallt'-o. Tln«y wtiro vi»ry roiiprctrii!
in tlicir l)('arinj», and Becincil aihauiod of tiio IniHinnHS th»)y Irid in liiinil. f M««nt ont to r.nk
tlifin if they would ('!vt, whl'h they Haid tlu>y svoidd 1)»! glad to do, and 1, ii'jcordingiy,
onlcro I Honi't pork and Urfad an<l tea to ho giv(«n to Ihcin. Iloarin.,' of ti'oir rcniarkft to
ono another, tiiat it' titcy had known ! wan coinin;? to icprcHtJiit t!in t^uoen lui well iis the
(htvernmont of ('Miiula, and thtt I wnn not sent to inlerl'cre with lln-ir religions or privat<«
rij^htx, they would not iiav.i joined the iosurcjent ]t;u'ty ; and havinjj ohMerved tlie flfect of
the (Jroat .Siuil npoii tlie captain of th'« itiind, I leHolved to Heiid fur tiie whole party, and
explain my position tunl auLliority to thfm in tho Kaino manner aa [ had done to th« two
leiulei-H. They replied to my invitittion, that tlifty were tire<l,an<l that Noim^ of tli'Mrpivrly
had gone to the villa):;e, iiml could not nee nu' until the nuirninji(. ^Miont «ix o'eloik i!io
Hame rveninj,', Mr. Provcncher mid Cajitain ('amcron made thoir appe.u'Riiott at tho porit,
fHcorted by six horsemen, who had eonduetod lii^in nn priHoners all tie! M'ay from IJiver Sale.
Tltftse gentleiinn had m L l)een gllowed to go heyond the barricide, or to hold any fonimu-
nicatioii with tlio authoriticH at Fort (Jarry. Mr. I'lovencher's ipp(>rt of iiiH misHion ami
Jtan'Kiilt, ill eneloKcd herewilh, narked M.

About eight o'clock in tho morning of "Wedneaday, tlie ord iiiHtaiit, loud talking wan
he.ird at the gateway, and on goinof ont 1 found the rebel party, with their anna w their
h.ridfi, drawn up in a hall'-elrcle, geHtiiuhiting (leroely, and tiireatonin;^ tliat, if wo were not
ofi' by nin.^ o'clock, Ihey would not answer for our lives. I. found tiiat they had made a
jirisoncr of I\lr. llullett, who went <»iit to repeat ray bivitation of the evening bcfori-, anil
tint he w«s then tied toaoirt, and not allowed to speak to any of my party. Si eing
th; r tempor, and thinking it would not be prudent to give tlisin an excuse for any hw-
th'"!i outrage, I ordered tho hov-sea to bo liarueMHod, and wis di'ovo away from tho jrudson's
Bay Company's pout towards Pombinn, eaeorted by a portion of the party on foot. When
I ivacJied the post wliich hnd been sot up to mark tho 4'Jlli parallel, tlio captain of tho
baud stopped, and addrc^.sing ino in French, said, " You must not return l)eyond thin
line," juiuting to the boundary monument, lie further remarked, that lio did not know
mo lU! CJovornor, but only as Mr. McDougall. As three or four persons had joined us on
tJi(5 way, b,it had no otlier connection with us, I asked if Miey :dsu were interdicted from
going on. lie shrugged his r.lioulders, and said he diiln't know ; he would not prevent
ilicm, ])ut perhaps they would 1)0 sto]iped at tho lliver Sale. I iheu drovo on, and my
( scort returned to tlie iludson'.s ]?ay Company's j)ost.

V/e encamped on tho farm of Mr. Peter Haydon, an old Irish settler, who had been
forty years in i)ie t^irit()r\ , and had married the sister of the Tndian Chief, Kewetaosh.
JIo was very friendly to u«, and strongly British in his feeling, though living on the
American side of tho boundary lino, llerc we have remained until to-day. The weather
lining cold and stormy, 1 have directed Colonel Dennis to hire a house for our jirotection,
and stables for our jiorsea, if they can be found in the neighborhood, of which I have
hmio doubt, Tho village of Pembina consists of tho house of the Postmaster, and
.inother in which tho Collector of (histoms has iiis office. All the others, four or five in
number, arc mere huts, and offered very poo ■ accommodation for their present occupants.

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■y ]\iv.\ ina<ln ;i
n<; hofo'.-/. and
aity. Srinii;;
• for any fuv-
tlio HudKou's
I foot. Vv'hoii
captain of tlio
1 boyond thin
> di<l not know-
id joined lis on
itcrdictod froiu
Id not -(n-evont
on, and my

who had bt'.'n

■f. Kewetaosli.

livin;.? on tho

The weather

our j)rotectiou,

■ which I have

ofttmastcr, and

, four or five in

isent occ\ipant3.

Our poiition In iw»*i«»t with ilif!l<MilHrt«i, Wo •'annot jjo fnrwar<l without nn armod force,

whion Ih not nt our coniinand. Wo cunnot iniUK'diHtoly rclurn for our horMr<t rcipiirn rmt
ftnd j<rftin lirforo wn can undrrtaico no Imi^j a journey. 'I'hn suow may ovort;ilco ud on the
way, nntl rotidmd furtlior pro; irw \v\0\ wsij'onH iiripoHnil Ir. Tlicrr an« no houwf i or Hupplim

between this filnoo und ( !rorf,'oto\vn, a dist.m f ITiO inil* 'i, Willi tho <'anndi,iiiH "'!,«>

joined ino on tho way, ami who nrc now afraid to p;o forward, my party nuuiliorn twenty
Bouh. Colniipl T>oniiiM i« alno with ni<', arid will 'irohnhlv fullow my fortiinoH, ni hr wni
ordcrci! o'll of tho tduritry at tho Htmo tiino, and hy tho jcjuo nulhorily. Af'-r Hnrvoyini'
th'^ Hituation, nii(i rh'oiditi,':; in my ovn nnnd uj-on tlio ooiirno whioli it wtH ni,\ duty U>
adopf. r liohl a oonnoil with jMosstn. Fiii-har«!i and Proviiiohtr and Colonol Ponnirt.
C';ipt:iin (.'iunrmn luiu',' at Homo dititanon from ii.i at th«t nionn-nt, ami jjaviii;^ ao'i' I upi>ii
hin own judgment vn nioro than ono occnnion a'.'ain^l my ad\ici>, muoh to hi« own
dimidvant:\i,e aw Wfdl i\n ourn, I did not xsM.it ti) dtni.ult him. I luid pi-ovi(!iiily Bent
Coh)Mo! i'oiniin to asoritnin v hat MipplioH could ho ao(pdrod in tho n'-iKhliivhood for our
horsf'M and ^nvty. Ilo reported that tho Huppjy of t'.i, HU|i;ar, Hour, nalt iind l,oof (frosJ»),
whifli oonhl I •' ohtninodat tho Hudmrn's Uny ( 'ompany'H T'o-it waH Kuiliciout for our want ■,
if llio irliflx r I iidt M(!i/.o thorn, or provcnt ii;i fioin >.'o!tin',' jxmMOMsion of thorn. Only u
fow l>ii.';hol I r!" oats (aliout twenty) could ho procured on oitho:' Hide of the line, i ut ho
h "ir 1 that, h.irh'y wpm moro plentiful, nIt,houi;h ovon thiit i;rftin mif.;ht ho dilhcidt to procure,
if tho fiiinors on the American Hi<lo of the lino proVcd t> ho, an wo moro than Kuspectoil
thoy W')\i!d, frii'tidly to (l.c inNurj.'oi>t < and inimical to iii.

ITndor this Ht»to of faciN we deci<lod :--lst, to^ct, if poMihlo, tho twenty hu.'diols of
oats already liar/,'ai;H'd for, as our liorHos were nni'h in need of thorn. 2nd, to seonro
all tlio hni l.'^y that we would hoar of for future u^.o. iird, to Houd down to tho Hudson
Hay Compmiy'H »^»ont for all the ^roocrirs, (h)»tr, ami hoof wo wou!d roqulro for throe or
fouv wc»kfj ah least. 'Ilh, havin;; socurrd a HufVieiiint HUpply o'' provisi.-iM to ontddo n.s
to r.'.ieh St. Cloud, if wo fouml it not-oaMary to roLuvn to tlmtpfdnt, \v^^ would thoro mako
oumolvea ai comforlahlo «,h poHniblo midor tontH, or in Iiouhoh, if t loy rouh! ho had, until
wo could hoar fi'oin Fort (.Ja'-ry, and learn tho elTocfc of onr ox[)ulsion upon tI,o loyal
portio'i of tho pooplo. Wo all aj^rcod that it wouhl Ijo di'ti'-oura^'inc^ to «Mir frijnds, an<l a
groat Iriumjih for the r»ihols, if thoir first domonstrati(m resulted in my return to Canada
hoforo r h.i'l assumed tho roiuH of <lovernn\ont, Wo thorttforo resolved to r^^mairi at
Pemliina for a vc^'Ic or two lon','er, if w»' ooidd 'jjet aupphev. I may ronia<'k that T was
showii to-day vritton evidence that roBwlents of tho Amoricm vilhiTo of I'ornhina aro i '
con'^Lant cnniirnnication with the loador.s of wnat they c dl t!io " patriot army," at I'iver
»Sido, A Mr. iituttsman, nn ex-olllcial of tite 'J'roasury l)cj>artmont, who ha.'i roHidod here
for some time, now doinj^ I>u;dncsH as usort of villnpodawyei-, and vopnted to he a n^nn of
coKsiderahio inlluenoo, met tho insur;,'cnts a.s thoy rode up to tlio Hudson's I5;i.y Company's
J'oKt o:i 'J'ncsduy, and held a sliort parley with thorn, ^\'o aHCortainod also that tlio leaders
of the party wont down and consulteil with him ami othcis at the villasje, as 80(>n as they
had delivered thc'r mossa<,'(5 to me. This pci'son now ;,;ranta passes, iMldressed to tlio
Coiiiui.andin!^ OlHccr of the Patriot Army, vouehin;;»for the ,c^ood faith of h's friends, end
expic;!siii;;j iii^ conviction that thoy aro hostile to "Mi. Wni. Mc!.)oui;!dl." I have
ontrustrd toonoof my party, (who j^ot into the confidence (if Sfcnttsman, both Ijoinpmembcrs
of tho Maine snci'ot sot'iety, and obtahiod a jiass from hiin.) two communicaiions addressed
to Govenior M.cTavish, cojiies of which I onoloso horowitli, mar'rod F and (1. A sli'^ht
disa'.^reem 'nt with this person on tho journey, which eansed some talk in our party,
hid roachcd Stutt:^man's ear, »nd mado him tho moro ready to takothis man into his
conrulenoo. .1 have, on tho other hand, no doubt of his loyalty to me, and that if Col.
Stuttsman's jiass i3 recognized by the rcliels, my letters will reach their destination.

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Labohk's I-'aum. I ]MiIo Houtli or PomMna lHvor,

Novombor, 7 Mi, 1HG9.

Wowerc Huooor<sr(jl in Dbljiiiiiii;^' o\ir mipiilion, otiouf,;!! .'oriwo or llireo wonkH, from
tlio lludsotvs Miiv <'oin|tauy'H I'ost. Wo i^nl. tlicmovor llio liiu's in iho ni^Iit. with llio aid
of om* Ti'ish friend, wlio soiit iui ox r.vrt ("or IIhmii. TIio otioinyV Ncoutf, wlio worn itifUiii«^
r1h)u( to Wiitcli our niovomcnls. \\rvc> .apparontly tlocoivinl Ity tliis iuov»\ and allowrvl tlio
carL to ));>s.'< williont. <'xanun!\lioi>. As soon »■« this point \\\n piim'il, I oiderod iho lontn
to bo Htruok, .ind the party removed to a position about, n niil(> to tbo Soutli of PiMnbina
Kivor, on ilio farm of ono lijiroso, a (!;in:vdinn. from S.iult St». ^T:lri'^ lln is onf> ipiarter
Indian, but intc'lli!:;ont and fri<'ndly. Ilo has oonnonlod to i^ivci uh tbo uro of bi^J bousn, a
n«\v one, and \\ ill bnibl a Hb:int<y forbim^olf and fau\ily. Ho ban nlno n f^tabln for our
horses, wliieb. \vl!!i .•; lilllo imiuovemont. can b(> mad(> toan-uver our piirpose. Thn lioviso
roi^uin^s son>e aUerations to aceomniodate th(5 femabw and i^-bibii'en of our parly, o von for
a short tim», wbieh wo Iiave bar^^ainod to have mado. Mosirs. Iliobards. Provonober ami
nosriT, hvvo I'ound temporary lndnin>jH in the villa-jio. and (^aplain ( 'amoron and \m party
tiro still under the sb(>Uor of tlie Iri.sluuan's oabiu, wbiob they .share with a numorouH
family of half brood obildi-en.

I bavo bad a further ootumuniealion fi-om Fort (^arry, of a later dato than tliose
brought by (Vilonol DiMinisand Mr. H.allett. Tho lUiiil.s havo bo«n stopped and opened by
tlip reb"l force, and I havo no doul>t that all lottenj to mo or to any of my pjirty havo bo«n
oponod anil dfftainotb 1 an\ now hourly oxpoetinic a messenijer from b'ort (.Jarry, wiio will
either pass I ho b.M'ricadi^ as a friend of the rebels, or po round tbom us (lolontd Dennis
did. Kn'n(M-s of all kitiJs roaeh us as may bo suppo.sod. Tho last is, that Poit (larry ban
be;'n td;oii by the rebels, iind (Jovornor iMcTavi.sh oompellod to leav(» hii house and tbo
fort ; that scntrios are jiostcd \hrougb the sottlomont, ami at the house rented for mo on the
Assinniboine. and that there is no attempt at resistance from any (luartor.

St'NDAY, G o'cloclc, r. M.

A messenger liJi-s just arrived from a point, about forty milea down tho river. JTe
brin^:rs a letter without sis^natuiv, but undor.stood to come from Dr. Solmlt7, and other
Canadians I (see p.aper marked H). This ]iaper oonfirms tho stoi-y of the B\irrendoi- of
Fort C^aiTV, and the continued inaetion and helplessness of the authorities.

I replied in s\. short note, without bijjjnature, by the same mns.senj^er, appri-sinsr tho
writer of the letter, that it w.vs my intention to remain here for the present, that I could
not assume or believe that the lludson'.s Hay (Company's agents desired the sueeess of tho
i-ebels, or gave them any .assistance, except under compulsion ; that T had o{)ened comnui-
iiioations wiih the autlun'ities, and had suggested a Proclamation by them, exi)laining the
change of Governnieul. and the character in which I w^as sent, and warning the mal-
contents of the C(Uisequenee3 of their acts — that at tke proper time, I would i.ssue a
Manifesto or Proclamation mvself, await the etVcct, .and bo sniided bv circumstancos. I
requested the same parties to communicate with me as often as tliey foun<l opportunity,
VMiltoact ratherthan recriminate. I atthesametime addressed a short note to the Governor,
McTavish, fearing that my previous letters might have failed to reacli him. (See ])aper
marked I.) I arranged with the messenger, wlio is an intelligent and loyal German
half-breeJ, to keep open a private channel of communication, if possible, with tho settlement
during my stay here.

From tiie foregoing narrative, and the })apoi*s enclosed, His Excellency will bo able to
appreciate the difficulties by which I am surrounded, and the grave questions which may
soon present theuisclvcs for his considoi-ation. While I hope to receive a mossago that
the '' emeiitc" is at an end, and that the authority of the Crown will be recognized in my
person by those who are now in arms. I confess there are facts in the case which point
strongly to a different result.

I may observe in conclusion, that appreliending the possibility of some such inter-

arrr

niption ns I havn onconnUM-pd. I anim^rd at Ht. Cloud for flic traiiRpoH t)f ilir; atniNniul
aiiiiinmilion to (Icorm'lown, tlini-o to await my (irdcrM. Tlwy air now in poHHrHNion of tlio
lltidHoii I'nv Coinpiniy'it Aj^riitni (liut|ioii, and not likely to full into (lif liandH of th«
rclM'JM. If I In-ar of iniy attonipt. on tlii>ii' part to ^rt piwHWHicai of tlicni, I hIiuH tako
Hti'pH to n>movo tlirm if poHHiMn to Kort AlK>r<'ronihif<.

I liavo tli<< honor lo lio, Sir,

^'our oIk diont Horiant,

Wm. McDoiuAM,,
To tho Honorable tho Pocrplnry of Htulo for Hi<> PrnvinfcH.

Ottawa, Canada.

tn© such inter-

(A.)

FoHT Oaruv, F!i:j) Hivkr,

llOth O(itol»p]', I SCO.
The Uommihlr. Willhim I4,'l)iw<inll, (III

My iM-.Mi Kill,- It in with ninch conifrn I have to my tlint. amon^' a certain jiortion
of th(< half lM•r>(^d popnliilion here, tlicro prnvaihi a {h^ny^^'i of rxritenient at the jiroapf^ct of
your arrival in tin; ooiui Ivy, whii'li H(H'tn« to make it ntM;er,.sary that in coniinf,' into tho
Hottlimiont, yo\i MJioidd use j:,'ri'at <!ircunisprotion ; and it iw for tin- purpoHi^ of |M»iiiting
attention to that appari'nl necrNsity that 1 send you thin roniirninieation.

For some wo(-lcs past, runiorH have lieeii re:ieliin}r nui thrf)nj;li more or \vm reliable
ehannei.s, of di,4sati.sfnctioii iiniong the I'VeJich ha.lf-l»n«dH with tlm recent nrran/^ement« ;
but b(>li()vin/(. as 1 then did, that these feolinj^s had no very deep root, I ivdulged tho hope
th.'it they niight piis.s away. Itiit in thiw reMpect, 1 am (h^eply piiined t«) Kiiy, I hav<! been
(lisappointed, suid that, within the lant few diiyH, tl- ft^'lin;,' of diH(M)ntent ha.s manifestefi
itself in Kucb a manner as to create seriouH appi ibensionH for tho rcHuit. After inter-
fering with tht^ survnyin/.,' opfratiouH of Col. DeliniH, these pcojiln, in conHidernble luimlierH,
have conil)iued for ilri avowiMl pur])Ose of Hto]»))in^ your cntranoo into the Kcttleirent,
and with that view tliey Jiave actually taken up pernmnont poHitions on the road by which,
in the usual courKo of travel, you would advance.

Kvor since niattcni lM';;an to aKsume a seriouH aspect, tlic conduct of tii' !e ]>foplo had
been, I may say, constantly cn/^'aging tho earnoHt doliboration«of tho local autlioriticH, but
alt]iou;:h «vcry eflbrt has been made which tho (Jouncil deemed pnulent or practirablo
for bringing; these misguided people to reason, and for procuring their peaceable disjiorsicm,
yet 1 am sorry to say that, hitherto, all has been without eil'ect, and that tho dilUculty, the
serious and now somewlmt alanning dilTicrdty, still reuuiins unsolved, a.s to how you aro
to be eflbctually protected from niolestation in n[)proacliing tlie Kettlemont.

Frc:,i Col. Donnin ! learn that, by dillereiit handH ho has lately been sending yoii
reports upon the state of matters liero, and that in his hist communication ho luis advised
you to remain in Pcml)ina, until you should ascertain through reliable intelligence from
thi.s, X'Y .some means or other, tho course }ia.s been cleared so as to make it pioi'lent foryou
to como on. It appears to mo that vinder the circumstances, tho advice so tendered by
Col. Denni.5 wa^' sound and judicious, and it relieved my miufl from much anxiety to liear
that officer e.xpro.s.s so contiih^it a lielicf that you v.'ould be inclined to act uj)on it ; although
I cannot but add that I fully siiaro in his feeling of mortification at being so circumstanced
as to be constrained to counsel such a com se.

I have not myself seen Col. Dennis's communications to you on tho sulject of these
unfortunate occurronces, but ho has been kind enough to read them to some members of
tho council, for the purpose of enabling them to judge of the acctiracy and completeness of
his information; and upon their assurance, I have no hesitation in saying that the contents
of the Colonel's communication to you may be relied upon as conveying in the main a
correct narrative of the occun-ences to which they refer, and a fair representation of the
popular sentiment throughout the settlement.

The question which now presses itself upon every mind is, what is to be done to

ii\

■i.:-: . r '

HtHMUV v<mrpoivi'f>altlo ontnimM! into thn ■ot.lioinonb I Ho far, nil omp rxpcilipntH have fiiilorl ;
ami utilosH tlio rli'orlM of jv tomitorizin,!^ oIiiiv;i<'(,t wIuoIi ium .mi\ In'iiiy oanicstly uhpiI for
tlnMlis|if»rHioM of (!u' inivloonlt'iils hiuv . il, il ia io I'o f<\i,vil lli;il your ri.iuin;^' into llio
Holtlom.Mil, ivl iho pros'Mil inomciil, would nol li(> froo from ('(Misidciivt^lo ilau'^cr.

l"'»\)Jii <V»l. Doniiin's ilo-tpalolicw and tliin Icltor you will tlcrivo a« full and ai'iMU'ato
kMowlod;j;(^ of tlH> |)(tsitii)n of l.li(M>tliiir.s iicrc ms I li(>li(>\o <';iM vi'i-y well It? ;.'ivrn in wrilinj^;
and liiwiii;.; sati.iliod inynolf that you arc aiM|uiiiut«<il with all ilm niulviial oirouni.Uan««>H
of tl>« oftMO, I iliiuk ihat you ai''i now in punscsNion of tlio itriuoipal data for enabling yuu
to dotorn\ino llio iniporiimt (luostion of your niovcniontH ; and I nocd not say that I Hliall
mo'*. anxiovisly awaif. your dtviHJon.

Hut without, of courHo, in any way meaning to proscril o tlu> lim? to Im< p\n'Huo<l, \
way '**' p!»nnitt(>d to ad 1 (hat to tlio,f> who with myni'lf imvo boon ilrliluM-atiiiv; upon tlio
most advlHahlc 8t<'|)s to 1k> (uU<'u in circunislMiH'os of • j (MMi»arra,'miii<,' ami ho rrilical a
nat iro, tlitM-o ha,vo hoou .sufjjtcvUwd thr('i> ooui'scm for nr-'/tinj^ tiio diflliMilly as it now KtiUidH.

'I'ho tirst i.H, that, there happily licin;.; ainou'^ oviMi tlii> I'Voiicli half linnnln a conniilor-
al'lo I'lrmont of woll disponod pcrnouM. thcK! should Itf' iMrcfully lu-lcvlcd from (hat fi'dion
a body of front twoniy to thiny men, who, mouulod and armnd, should prooc.iit to I'cmliiniv
aiul escort you to your rt>sidono(< in thoai'tllumcnt by a roundabout I'oail, whiidi would Icooj»
you ontitvly oloai- tViMu tlu> roads on which (he nmloontonts arc known to havft tnUcn up
their )H).sitivnis.

The Hivoml ia, that of nvikinj; a. puidio call upon t.Iie wiiolc loyal poriion of tho Ht'ttlc-
mout ((> i.urn o\it in (he o;iusc of ord-v, ami (<) tlm n\nnbcrof. nay .'W)0 unarmed ablo-bodied
men, if suoi> a t'orco eovdd b;> muitcre I, proocvid to I'emltina and escort you into tho
Boi-Lh^uiont by the tisual routo, whether the miloontonts I'oniain uptTn i( or nut.

And the third is, tliat you slu>uhl i\ .aain at l\Mnl)ina and Mw.iit tiie iiiun.'! of concilia-
tory negotiations, with the view of jtroouiui; a peaceable dispersion of (in; nialciUilenls.

Now, with respect to tlio lirst of these ooursi>a, it ia in my opinion, (jpen lu tho '^rav*-
o\)joctio;i. that even if it were (o issue in your ^afe arriv.U anion ijHt us, it would o.»viou(;ly
involve a \irtual .aekuowIed;iniont of the aaeemiency of the.se lawless pcniple, and wiadd
have a direct tendency to inspire them with fresh courage in the prosecution of (heir
ilesijins : and besides. I am stron::;ly of opinion that, under pre.sMit cinMuuslanccs, your
jicrsvmal safety coidd not Iv? .snilioiontly proviiied ("or by the attendance of so small a body
of men a.s that proposed — a body larj^e emmgli to provoke a collision, hue jn'obabiy far
from strong enough to meet it.

The second is one which all along the local a\iihorities have "neen jtondciing, but one
which, jvs in somewhat .similar emergencies on former occasions, they havchitlurlo .sliruidc
from adoi)tiug, jwvvtly from a misgiving as to tho extent and tho spirit of tho rospouso to
such a call as that pro}iosed, and partly also, bat princi()Rlly, from an api>rehension of
pi'ecipitathig a collision bclwivn dilleront .sections of iho [leople, which might plunge not
only the settlement, but the whole Territory, into all tho disasters of a war of racea and
ix^llgions — a war, in which the legitimate object for which it had been be-:iin would probably
soon be lost sight of,aud ));v.>siou and projudice alone animate tho mindsof those (Uigaged in it.

To the Council and myself it appears that, under present circumstances, tlio third
pinjposal is the only one that can be i*egarded as prudent or practicable ; and it is tlicn'Toro
our opinion that you should remain at Pembina and await the issue of conciliatory
negotiations, in the hope lU' procuring a [)eaccable tlis))ersion of the malcontents

I have only to add thai, although this letterproceeds ostensibly from myself, it embodies
the views of the Council of Assinniboine, and that, at a meeting of tho Council to-day, hold
for the express purpose, it was unanimously adopted as tho comm\inication which I should
immetliattdy m.ake j'ou.

Earnestly hoping that ere long some peaceable solution of all ihese dillicultics may ho
arrived at. J

I remain, luy dear Sir, yours faithfuUv,

W. McTavish.

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iViculties may bo

McTavish.

'I'lIlillHDAY, L'HMi (icl<.l...r.

'I'lic Milualioii it'iiiiiiiiM imi'hanj'wi. I Hcut, dnwn, nbniit, ^ o'clock, provi«ioiiH for
Mr. Dciihc'm pai'lv. con isliii^j of one lii^' of llonr. ii i|tiiiil( r ol' liccf, luid n ninnll i|iiiiMtit,y
of I'M ii'iil MU%'nf. Ciillcil upon hi', ('ownii iiltont II o'clock, and fonnd will* Jiini .)n(l^;o
IJIink. Wiis infonn(>d that tlm (lovcrnor liavinjc written a note* for I'crn l!lt(diot to
cone down and h#>c liiin, Ihiit prhiHt Wii«* there with him. Mr. Mcl'elli, n nieinlier of (ho
( 'nuncil, calleil mI^ Dr. ( 'owiid'h while I wiutlliere, nnd the conversiilion turned upon tho
ncccKiilv it iidviHinjj Mr. Mc| »on;,'all, from IIm^ CoimkmI, or k(»iim> other olliciiil Hource.iiH t-o
(he niluilinn f»f idliiirM here, no (hid. (Iiai pcnllemmi would receive it before lie cnrne to
I'eiidiiiiM. I Hiatecl (Imt I liiid prcpiired, from diij (<» day, a Blnlemeiit of fiirlH iind
cir.'umsliinccH cnnnecled with (he on(,iireid<, which I hiid (akeii the op|)or(.i;iii(y to Hvt](\
Ibrward ho as In meet .Mr. Mcl)oiif.;)dl, I thoii^^dii, in j^tMid time, and (Jiat in order to let
llic ( 'onncil Hce lo wind extent I hud pu(. Mr. Mchoiijitill in poHses.uon of the factn; I
had nil oltjection, idllioiif^di ! had no intenlion when writin/jj of tmil:in;.; it public, to kIiow
them tho HtateiiKMit referred to. They exprcHHcd a desiire t.o that eU'ent, ami I ac(!ordiiixly
Kent for the HtiiteiiHMit. and read il. I Wiin (;liid lo Iind Ihiit the feeliii;,' waH iinanimouH
that the Htatemeiit of fact h and views which I had Hiuit forward wiim, without e.xception,
approved iiH truthful and reliable. .Iud;^<' I'.lnck rcniarkiiif.; that the Council could add
notiiin;,' Id the Htatement calpiilidcil (r) j^ive Mr. Mchmi^iill A iiku'c lU-ciirate dcKcription of
the stiitc of alVair.s. 5 p.m., Judge lilack ban just cidled to Hay thid. (he (Jovernor failed,
after Home (hretf hours' iii1.orvi(5W with Toro ItKx^hot, to bring him and Win party to roHHon.
Jlc says al.so, (Jiat Mr. l>P!i.se has informed him tlia(, tin' iiiHurgPiit |)(ir(.y have made nii
over(nre lo the (>ll'ect that if they, the ])eac» party, will join theiri in turning Mr.
ArcDitugidl out of the Tcfrritory at a Hub?!e(pieiit timr, hIiouIiI he rofiLso to (Wicedt* to thoir
])rc,seiit deinands, (hey will allow him t> enter in the mciintime. 'I'hi.s, liowever, Mr.
lilack mentioned that he had advi.seil Mr. [)(-ase could not be consented to, as it might
involve ])recisely the saimi outrage as that at ]»reH(!iit oout(!m|>Iated. It was undeiHtood
that Mr. I >ease would se(> the rcfractoiy party again this (svfdiing, and endeavour to got
tlieiii to consent to make tliisir proposition Ich.-) ol)jectional)le.

I''riday, HDtli Octolxir. TIk! negotiations spoken of la.st ev<!Tdng (Mided in nothing.
Mr. Deaso reports that, based upon the stii,t(!ments whi(di ho had reason to Ixdievo
emanated from Pen* liitchot last ovening, tho as.S(;rtioii is made by that [)art,y that
Governor Mc'L'avisli is fivourable to tlic^ir deKigns. I am not sun; from Mr. I>(!aHe'»
maimer that 1 siicceinhvl i.i convincing him of wliat f am convinced my.self, that nothing
is furthor from the fact. If Mr. Kitchot made any siKih assertion, he has statffd it for
th(! piii[)oso of intentionally misleading his [)arty and maintaining his control ov<!r them.

Sent another day's supply of jirovisions down for Mr. Dciwci's Jiarty. Wa,s invited
to iiK^et, at tho Fort at D o'clock this morning, some mondjci'S of tho (Jouncil ; thfisc; were
Mr. Sutherland, Mr. Fra.sor, J)r. Oowan, Mr. J^oaso. and Judge Black. After somo
Icouversation, it was aiTanged that Mes«rs. Fraser and Sutherland should visit tho camp
|6f tlie disatrected, and ond'.savoiir to impress them with tho fact that tho Knglisli s{)oaking
ielcui lit in thf3 H(^ttlement was entirely opposed to their Tiews and their procfjediiigs, aad
Meo what they could do to bring them to reanon. I liave provided Mr. Wm. llallett and
fth; (Jreo chief, Fox, with (ionveyaiKie, and they have also gone up to have an interview
twith the insurgents for a like purpose. 3 I'.M. Charles Donald, an Englis/i half-ljreed,
resident in Mapleton Parish, down below Lower Fort, who had been instructed by Mr.
|De;«S(! to notify all of tho wr!ll-dis[)OHed half-breeds in his j)art of the settlement to be in
|readiness to turn out if called u])on to join his party, has just arrived from l)elow on his
'ay np to tho insurgents to deliver them a letter, of which that on i»age 458 in a copy.*
iConiplaining tliat his hor.se, having l-'jon carrying him for the last two days and one night,
iras exhausted, he left his horse, and I lent him another. 'J P..M. Messrs. Fra.scr and
*MSutheiland have called, bringing the accompanying note from Dr. Cowan.t These gentle-

12a— 4

* Sic in original.

tNot received.

rf?p"

mi\

III

mm sttilc lli!if, oil (licir visi'linj^ tlii^ iimui;,'oiii cuiiij), (Iii'V wii'o met. hy Pirc* f'ilcliot., who
t'lok Uit'iii iiil.i !i |iii\nl(' I'dom in liin own lioiisi", in p.irt of wliich wiistlir clinitcl, iiml
floclinini,' for H loni; tiuu! (o liiiiij^ tluuii luce to facu with tho h-ailcTH in this iiiovciiii'iil ;
ust'<l vvi'vy clloil. to |t;<rsuiiilc Ihi'uj tli;it il^ wnuM lio inipoxsihld to <.^'t tlu'in tn wiihili'iiw
iVom tlio .stand tlu-y hiul taken. Tht« ;^imiI Imu'U insistfil, howovcr, and at icn^itli wjin
shown by tL(; {tilcht u|i.st,iiir,, in the sumo laiihlin^, intq what lie torniod thii conimittoo
room ; hero wcim sittin;jf, in a very formal way, ^hc (•()nnnitt(!0 consist in;j; oi' irn mt'inl'crs.
The f,'oiitl(;incn announci'd the pui'iioso oi" their visit, hut wire told that m) l/usiurss could
bo dono in tlu! absoiico of tho chairman, who camo in shortly after and ])rovod to bo the
man foi-morly mentioned, named .loliu Ihiieo. Messrs. i''raser an 1 Sutherland tinn
proceeded to put .sevend (juestiuns as to tlio object and purposes of the party. Not a
single reply could bo obtained to any of thcso, and at length it became dillicidt for them
to get a hearing at all. It seemed as if the leaders, JJruco and Kiel, the lattei- al.so Ix'ing
in tho room, were airaid to allow tliese gentlemen to speak for fear their arguuHMits might
lead to a defection in thei.' camp. Mr. VVm. Hallett was also ])r«H(^nt, and commeuccMl
addressing the comnuttei;, most of tho member.s being well known to him, in tho Jndian
language, but they refused to allow him to go on. Tho voice of the priest being heard
from th(! loom below, where he had bci'u evitlently listening to tla? proceedings, calling
out, " wliy do yon not speak in Firnch J" After S|)ending tto whole ilay there to no
purpose, Messrs. Fraser and Hutherhind returned. They report tho strength of tho party,
every mendior of which, so far as thoy saw, was completely armed, at about one hundi-etl
and (ifty men. Mr. Hallett and the chief have also retui'ued, and corroborato in every
way the stateioents made by Messr.s. Fraser and Sutherland. Mr. Hallett tells me that
the chief, Fox, s[>oke eli'ectively iri his native language to the insurg(Mits outside ; they did
not leave the camp until some time after the geiftlemen named. Mr. Hallett tells me that
he .saw signs of wavering among some of thi; subordinate leaders of the nifractoiy party,
and thinks there is good reason to believe that the feeling will increase, with all the
influences that are being brouglit to bear in its favor by the other half-breeda, and that it
will lead to the enterprise being abandoned. Mr. Hallrtt informs mo also that tho
insurgent party had sent out to got in the chief, " Grosse Oreille," ami his [n'ople to join
their side, and the chief with ten of his men came in accordingly. On learning, however,
the character of the proceedings, the chief declined to identify himself with it at all, and
he and his men Avithdrew from that paity and were at a house near tliere, whei'o he
(Hallett) and the chief, " Fox," had an interview with him last night. These men sent
a written paper to me by Hallett, conveying sentiments with regard to this movemeni
(see memorandum attached in French). '''^ I have every reason to believe that all the
Indians cognizant of the designs of the insxu-gents, are entirely oi)posed to them. Whether
in tJie future, shoidd the aifair take a m'^re serious turn, the priests will be able to take
them over remains to be seen. Hallett says, and his statement is corroboi-ated by Messrs.
Fraser and Sutherland, that the Pries'u llitchot remarked that Mr. McDougall migJ'.t
jierhaps come in by some other route, and ^^dicated by his language that in such case
they would not follow him as to theu- present intentions.

Saturday, 30th October, at Fort at 'J a.m., met Dr. Cowan and the Recorder. The
Pere Lestauc, the Red River being difficult to cross on account of the ice forming, had
remained all night with the Governor, and had just left with the promise to the latter
that all the eflbrts and influence that his position could bring to bear, would be applied to
putting a stoj} to the disturbance. — I was informed that all the members of the Council
that could be got together by 1 1 o'clock, were being sent for to attend a special meeting
called for that hour. — The chiefs, " Grobse Oreille " and.the " Fox " being both in Town,
I made a point of s«eing them and presenting them each with a new blanket, some
provisions, and some other trifling articles.

5 P.M., saw Dr. Cowan and the Recorder at the Fort. The result of the meeting of
Council was the drawing up of a lettei" to Mr. McDougall, which was read to me, in

* Not furuiah^d.

Uitrliot., who

\h inovonit'iit ;
to willi'lniw

Ut l(Ml^,'lll Wil.S

Llu) commilttio

(.(•11 uvoml'i'i-.s.
liUsiurKH coukl
iv.-d to b(5 the
llicrlaud tlicu
|.nrty. Ni't »
icvilt for thi'iu
ittor alsol>«'in«
miiiK'uts iuiji;lit
11(1 cuinincncHHl
, in tho JiuUiiu
st lu-ing heanl
'odinj^H, calling
lay there to no
;h of tho party,
Lit ouo huii(h-(Hl
jorato in every
bt tells uie that
itside ; they did
lett tellH iiie that
.•(ifnietoiy parly,
se, with all the
3eda, and that it
,0 also that the
is p'.'ople to join
iruiiig, however,

th it at all, and

there, where he

rheso men sent

this movement

(3V0 that all the
them. Whether
be able to take

rated by Messrs.

[cDougall might

lat in such case

Recorder. The
ice forming, had
liso to the latter
luld be applied to
_s of the Gouncil
X special meeting
ag both in Town,
w blanket, some

■ji the meeting of
read to me, in

which lie was iiiformofl of tlie position nf ufthirs and difFeront ooih-roh of action BURgostcd

f.)v liii (Miisi 1 •rail"!!. Tlijl IrtC-T ;;i)t':H f'^rwaid to iii;,dit, kihI, fur frar df miscarrin.'^'c, a
duplieato will follow by l.li<» mail on Momlav. l*6re Lnatano, in arcordaiuv) witli tlio
promisv) which iio h:il ui id i tliin in n'tiitij, ca,ni() over to Hie l''ort I'lis cN'Miiii!,' Id (ho
(Jovcrnor, jukI found it. nocc-.-iiiy Lo ex])rcH.s liis njO'cts, na I niiderstaud, that all cllbrts
lio had been ablo to hi-ing to bear had be(Mi of no avail.

Tlic party nml'-r V('\v Kilchot as yet sli"w not the sli'.,'htcat inclination to giv(> way,
but on the contmry, by their laii!;;ua;,'() and the fact of tlieir having,' stopped some of (ho
carts witli goods and dotaiiied th(>in uiineccHsarily are creating aniioyaiic(* in the niindsof
tlioso who have Im.mmi ilispoaed to stand alouf, whieli annoyanco may yet takc! shape and
tend to increase the dillicnlties.

J. S. Dennis.

fC] .

AiMr.Hs to Cel. Four (rAnnY, Octobor 27th, 1809.

,v'l'l''nt'M'" iu'''t'hl' ^'•' <^'<>f<>"''f Drnnis.

TowiV'of Wiimi' Wf, tlu) undciaigiiod British Subjocts, members of a meeting hold at

IH'^'.oHeriii^'t.hoir the Crarret IFonse, Town nf \Viiinip";.', tliis evening, in accordamie will) a

.vlsVt'criVinlmri I'i'soltition i)aHsed to that eli'-ct,, lieg to inform yon that w« are ready at your

and (Mcort int) call (o i)ro(:;M!d to Pembina to escort Governor McUongull into this

thu U...1 liivor Settlement

Hfttlfiuciit Luut

(Jov. McDoii-mII.

j;ci;.-27tli(Jct.VJ.

22 Signatures.

[R-]

PiiMniNA, November 3rd, 1869.
The Hon. Wm. .^fcDowjaU, G.B., (Cc, Pemhlna.

Siu, — I have tho lienor to report, that according to your instructions of the 30th
nit., I left the Fort of lY'inbina, with the intention of going as far as possible in the
direction of Fort Clarry, and there to nu^et tho leaih'rs of the so-calleil half-breed party.
After I had procec>led a few miles from P<'mbina, I noticed that all my movements
WKr;! closely watched by scouts, constantly connnnnicating from one point to another.
These scouts w(!ro on hor.seback. At about 5 o'clock p.m., one of those mounted
scouts began to follow my wagon. He refused to give his name, but said it was his
int(mtioji to accompany me as far as Sale River, where the barriciule was established. Not
being able to go as far as that ))oint that evening, I ])ut up during the night at a houso
near the road. Jwery pi-ecaution was taken by the ])roprietor of tho house, who appeared
to be connected with the insui-gent movement, to prevent my escape during tho night..
They were especially afrai<l of my going to Fort Garry, as one of their lirst objects was to
prov(!nt every coiainunicatiou between the authorities there and yourself.

In the morning I went to the place called Sale River, wliere I found a fence acrosa
the road, and a guard of al)out thirty or forty footnien. T immediately got out of my
Y,-agon, and asked for iho chief oillcer in command. Tho answer was, that I would be
conducted to him at tho houso lie occupied. It was .about four or five minutes walk
beyond tho fence alludiKl to. I told my di-iver to wait for m(>, but they told liira to
ifoUov/ with the w,-.;,on. I .vas nccompaaiied l)y a guard of ten or tiftoeu men, all
nr • j<l with guns, rides and pistols of various kinds. I was asked to assist at tho
church service just beginning to Avhich I assented. I talked Avith several men who
I hud reason to believe were lea.ders of tho insurgents f)r in some way coiniected with
itliem. I was surprised tliat they did not know what had been done, either in the
Canadian or Ini^ierial Parliaments, relating to the North West-Territory. They only

>'■§

* No D. received.

' If

BBI

•It
ill

know tlmt Oanatlri lia<l paid to tlio HiidHon'H Tiny rom))Miiy £300,000, for tlifi?- ri":1ilM in
that foiuitry.

I oxplaiiiod to ilmm that tlie InnxM'ial Parliament Iim'I aiitlmrizod tlio tmnsfm* of
the Nortli-W«\st Tt'iTitoricH to Canndn, Mini tluit tlie ( 'iii'uli.in I'lTJiiinuMit niid lii(«
HiidsoirH Hay Company had n;;r«M'd upon tlu" t('rm."j of tninsftT. i insiHtiMl (hat flm
Crovonimcnt, wlion ('stal)liHli('d liy Ihc issuiM!; of thti pvochun.i'!' ; i > that off<'(;t, would
ri'pivsinit th(> Crown of l"'nt;land ami th(> (lOVi-nimiMit of Camula, Imt tliat Canada only
bcinjj; Hii!)stitnlcd to tho rij,dits of tho Crown and tlm ('oinpany, conld not ami Would
not intorfcrc with tho r(di;^iouM or private* rij,'hts of ritizcun. I adilcd also that nmny
mcMnlicrs of tho Now Coiincil would 1><> (akcii from amoii','Ht tho ]>opidation of thin
country, ho as to ropi-OHcnt as faithfully as possihlo all tho various interests of tho
pt'oplo, and that the policy of tho ('au.idian (lovernment could ho ascertained l)y their
general dcalinijs with other Provinces, and hy the speeehos of ministers on this very
ipiestion. Tho people of (!ana(hi would oidy he too }:;lad to he relieved of a poi'tiun of
their responsibility, by p-antin^ to those people free political institutions and self
govennnent oh soon as practicable.

They immediately seemed to s(>c tho matter in quite anothoi' lii:;hl. hut they uniformly
anHWcrod that it was too late, and that the insurri'otiouary niovem<'nt, h.ul taken stu h
proportions as to prevent any peaceful Hottloment at present. I was told in tlu! nu>aiitinio
that a new Government was already ori^'anize<l, that a now coustilutinn lind becMi drafted,
that elections had tak(>u i»hice, and that they were in nej^oliation with the Knj^lish and
Protestant half-breeds, to arrange all matters rflatins; to languages, natiouiility or religion.
Tho same committee, F Avas told, had also to decide what they would do in relation to
my mission.

The general complaint of those men, as far as [ could ascortuin, was, that they liad
mt been consulted on the new ]>olitical changes about to tak(> jdacc. Th(\v said tliey
tolerated tho Government of the Company from iho. niero fact of its existenco, am'
because in reality tho charges were so light that they had no reason to ask for a chanp",
■".hough for many years they had agitated the rpu^stion o( electing their representative:-! in
the Council of Assinniboine, and now they were resolved to take advantage of the recent
rhangt>s to realize that desire. They said, moreover, that they had been greatly al)usrd
by a few j)eople, looked upon as representing the views of the (■anadian (rovernment,
and that they had Ix^en led to fear that great danger would ariso to tluMU fj'om tJie
establi-sluuent of the new contemplated Government. Under thos^> circumstancis they
decided to prevent at once any possibility of estaldishing that new form of GovernnuMit,
by not allowing the newly appointed Governor to come into the country.

About i'o^'r (4) o'clock p.m., I was introduced to tlie I resident of the so-oalled
special committee of the half-breeds, who began by asking me in Avhat capacity I wa-i
there. I exj)lained what was your mission and my own. Wliou he told lae that as
the newly ap))ointed chief of the half-breeds ho could not :)ckno\rledgo the validity of any
proceedings of the Canadian Government towards them, nor our ajjpointment. Novei--
theless, if the Canadian Government was willing to do it, they were ready to ojx-n
negotiations with them, or with any pei-son vested with full i)owerH, "n view of settling
tlie terms of their coming into the Dominion of Canada.

I was told, moi'eov(»r, that they would only receive such persons as representatives of
the Canailian Government as they apjiroved of for the purpose of negotiation, and that
certain poi-sons would be peremptorily objected to. Immediately after that interview,
w^hich lasted obout twenty minutes, I was told I must leave at once for the Foi-t at
Pembina. I heard afterwards that the ci'owd had been calling for me for two hours,
and that they were very anxions to see me away. I left with a guard of thirteen armed
men on hox-seback. Seven of them left next morning, jind six came along with me as far
as Fort Pembina, where I arrived the second day of November, at six o'clock p.m.

T have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,
J. A. N. Provencher.

\f<ir r\y}\^^ i'l

n tniMsfiT of
iMil mill I1h>
UmI tlmt tlic

olVcot, wonUl
('iui!\(iii only
,b ivud woul.l
w tliiit many
liitioii of iliin
i«rcsl>t of tlio
nii\('il l)y tlii'iv

on thin vory
)f n. portion of
ions mill Hclf

llioy iinifonnly
;.il taken siuli
V tlio im>iuitini((
l)(>(Mi ilraftf'd,
o Hnj^liHli n:i4
lity orreU<^ion.
) in relation to

1, that tlioy had
riicy said ilicy
exuitfnro, anil
ik for a ohanp',
tri'scntativrs in
cjo of llu^ rtcfut

■ Croally alniscd
u (lovi.>iMum>Mt,

tluMU fi'oni tlu«,
:ninstancos tlicy
i)f Goveniniout.

11 f tlio so-oallod
capacity I WiVH
told nie that as
e validity of any
itnient. Ncvor-
voady to open
view of .settliuj?

opresentatives of
iation, and that

tha.t iutovTiew,
for the Poi't at

for two hours,

■ thirteen armed
ig with me as far
X o'clock p.m.

nt,
'rovencher.

[R] •

Prmiuna, 2nil Nuvombor, iHfil).

(,'orenior McT<tviih,,(i'.., Fort (!<trri/. .

My Dcvti Hiu, - r hfvvo tlr) honor t) ai'!{no\vlop;i> thi rooiMpI, by tlm Iiand?i of CjI.
Donnis, of youi' h-.t^or of tlu^ ."lOLh ()cti>lti)r, aniKairicin;,' tho ais .'nilila;^^* of a liudy of annoJ
men npun tiio pnMio riad no.ii- Tort tUrry, fur thu avowed pmpo.jo of |)nn'ontin;-t niy
cutr»(neo into tho Bftthiment. Col. Dennis had already apprised mt! of tfcn movementa
and desiii^n 1 of Lho-ii' peopJH, and, as yon statu that his p.)inniiitiie:ition:< to me had heoii
sh'i^Tn to, and ai)pr>)ve I as to tlin st.itunient^ conlained, l»y tiio ni'Mnl)ers of your conneii,
I have no donhi thrtt I nin now in poHS'vssioii of sullu-ient information to nnahlo r.i) to
understand the orirjin rt'id nature of tho outliroak which y'""' (Jovernmint Imi heeu

uua'>le to provcuit, and >vhich obstructs, for the presiint, my AirLhor pni;;rns3 into tl
country.

I liavo actod upon tho ;!nf;;^ostlou of (!(d. Dennis (rejientod linl confirin.'vl l>y you),
that I. should (U)lay a few days at Peinhina, in tlie hi)i»e lliattiio measures you have t.vlcen
may result in the withdrawal of th') armed parties from their prtjsoiit position. As you
are aware, the transfer of the Territoiy and the powers of i,'overi\inetit entrusteil to you
is to take oil'ert on a day to Ijp named in J ler Majesty's lloyal Protdaniation, until that
day arrives (which I am informtul will he about tho 1st day of T)ecend)er next), you ar«
the jeifiil rnler of the country, and responsible for the ))i'eservatiou of the public ])eace.
A[v eDnunissiim autlioriz-js and commands mo t;) assum i and exercise tho powers of
>j;ovonuneiit from and after that day. I am instructed to proc(!od in tho meantime to the
Territ )ry and laport on certain subjocts, and make pre})arations for the now^stato of
things,

in these circumstances you will sco that tho Ic^rd authority to resist any lawless
exhibition of force which may occur prerions to tho actual trau.sfor of tlio jiowctrs of
j;oveniment, is in oilier hands than mine. Yon have not, it iiii[)ears, felt Justified in
calling' upon the loyal and well-disposod inhabitants of tho country to aid you in tho
suppression of tho outbreak of which you have notified mn. I must, tliorefore, conclude
tliat your better knowled;^e of the disposition of the p.'oph) and of tlie m'<ans at your
disposal to enforce your authority, convinces you that sncli a call would prove inefroctual;
but J cannot help thinkin;; that a proclamation from your (Jovernnuuit, ex[daining the
provisions of tho late Imjierial Act respecting tho Territoi-y, and the authority under whicli
the iu;w Government will e: 'rcise its powers, at the same time warning the malcontents
of the srtrious nature of the crime they meditated, and tho grave consequences to all
concerned, that must result from its commission, would have been well-timed, and perhaps
sullicient t(, prevent the designhig men at tho head of this movenuMit fr.)ni accomplishing
their purposes. I understand from Col. Dennis that no proclamation or warning has
as yet been published at Foi't Garry, mider oflicial sanction.

I am unwillirig, at this ilistance from the scene of action, and in the circumskancea
by which I am surrounded, to make any other suggestion. Perhaps the measures you
have taken may ]irove successful,

I sincerely Lope they may, and remain.

My dear Sir,

Very faithfully, itr;., etc., etc.,

Wm. INfcDoUOALL,

[G.]

Prmbina, 4th November, 1809.
Gover'nor McTavlsh, dr., Fort Garry.

My Dear 8ir, — Since my letter of the 2nd instant was written, and before I
found an opportunity to send it forward, events have occurred which alter somewhat the
situation of afTairs. In the afternoon of that day, a body of horsemen (armed), to the
number of fourteen, galloped up to the Ifudion'.s Bay Company's post at which I was

quftrtnrod, and (Inmaiidrd nn intorvlnw with mo. Two of thoir numbor, jipparontly
r«'oopiiizt>d iiit leaders, wlio j^'iivo their imiiien, at my rof|UPst, n« J-epiiio niid liavallio,
slated tlint they iiiid l)eeu .s(<iit to tell iiio to ^'o hack — that 1 iiiiisL not remain in Lho poat
later than niiiu o'clock tho next day. I adcod tluMM who s 'ut thorn, uiid hy wiiat
aiitlioritv. TIiov said llieir h^adora sent tliem, and thuir iiiithoritv was tho (I'dmrniinuil.
I asked, what (Jo\erument 1 'J'hey rejilied, •' Tho (hn'ornnunil, wo havo made." I told
thiuT) I cwiild not oitny tho f)rder.s of thoir (lovirnnient, ns [ was nrnt hy tho authority of
tho Queen, tv) adininistrr the (ioveruniont in hor namo, at the suriff time oxhihin;.^ my
commisaiou under tho Groat Soil, and oxplaiaing its turuii, Thu ca[)t.iin of the hand
lookifd at tho seal and parchment, and mad) an od'orfc to r.^a 1 tho dooum'mt, but Hooa
handol it back with tho rouiark, that if 1 had como on and nhowii tho l^ueon'g
Commission to his loaders, ho thought thoy would not haro opposed mo — that tlioy did
not wish to oppose the (Juc'f«u's Mutliority. Tfo jidded, tliat T coulil havo done flo without
any risk. T adihjil, that I was j^oin;^ on as fast a^ I coiild, when I wan notilied by his
so-called leador.s not to proceed further, she^\ing him at the fian'o time a letter from the
" Naliotial Coinmittoe," by (trdei* of John j'.'uco, Pi'csidont, and Louis Kiel, S(>oretary,
whioli wR.s ]»ut in my hands at IVuibina, immodiatoly on my arrival. IIo .sjtjmod a littlo
nonplussied by this, but merely said he was not prnsont whoJi thu letter was written. I
asked him whiit ho was ordered to do in tho event of my refusal to fpiit tho Territory.
!!(! tiuid lio liad no oriU!r.n, and his companion having left tho room a fow minutes boforo,
took his leave Komewhnt abruptly.

Noticin;; i\w effect of the exhibition t)f my Commission, and tho remark that his
party did not wisli to oppose the authority of tlio Crown, I dotorminod to invi*^o tho
whole ])arly (by this time increaseil to twenty by tho arrival of those who escorted
Mr. Provoncher and Captain Cameron) to a friendly conference, in order to make known
to them tho truth as to my position and their own. But they excuied themselves to tho
niesHenger, by saying that tho party was scattereil and tired, and would seo me in tha
Tuorning. As it drew near eight o'clock in the morning, they, seeing no prep;ii*ations for
our dejiarture, sui'rounded tho gateway, and vociferously demanded thiit wo should leave
bofore nine o'clock. The leaticr star ed that his orders were jioBitive, and he would not be
aii?.v/erablo for our live.s, if wo remained. They had, in the meantime, made a prisoner
of Ml', llallett, wlio went out to spoak to thom preparatory to the proposed conference,
and H(!eiiig tliiit they were not disposed to hold any parley, and might possibly commit
Komo furtlier outrage;, I ordered ray horses to bo got ready, and without waiting for
breakfast, ]»roceeded across tho lino towarda Pembina, escorted by a portion of the party,
witli arms in their hands. On reaching the post which marks the international boundary,
tliey stopped, and warned me not to return beyond tliat point, remarking tliat they did
not know me as Governor, but oidy ns Mr. McDougall.

Col. Dennis was told that ho must accompany me, which ho accordingly did, and
remains with mo. Mr. Ilallett, who for some time had been tied to a cart, and was
forbidtlen to speak with any of my people, was sent off towards Fort Garry, under
armed escort.

I am now encami)ed a slioit distance from the boundary line, on the farm of Mr.
Hayde!!, and intend to remain in the neighbourhood till I learn what action your
Government and the loyal people of the Toiritory may have taken on receiving intelligejice
of these events. I need only say that if the people uoav in tlie Territory tamely submit
t'.e Govei-nmont these half-breeds have, or ])retend they have established, I have no
•orce, at my command, and at present no authority, to resist it or them. The operations,
atary or otherwise, which nuist ensue, you can guess without any suggestions from me.
I have reported the facts as they have roaclijd me to the proper authorities.

I may add, for your informabiuii, that I have good reason to believe that there
aro persons on the American sido of tho line actively engaged in fomenting these
disturbances, and that therr are, also, persons of some influence in the settlement in
cori'espndence with them, 'xjieir avowed object is to bring about annexation of the
Territory, or some part of it to the United yiates. I cannot learn that the French half-

bn'«(ls hiivo c()iitom|»liito«l this iv.i tlio result of tlioir muvoinoiit, hut it is woll to know all
tho iiilliK'HcoH and motives at work,

I trust that you will t.iko msasureri to koap mi udvlsoil of whit i< fjoiuL,' on lioyond
tlio liarricrulo, iiinl whcthor, in your oiiinion, any useful purjuwu will bo hervod by uiy
rcniaiuinj^ horo for any li'ni,'lh of timo.

I liavci uiiiny dotails for vuil)al coniuiuniiMl ion, which you will, no doubt, rocoive from
roliablo quaxtors, not beiui; >uro that that this will reach you unread by others.

I havu thw honor to bo

Very re»j)octfully yours, »kc.,

Wm. McDouualu

[11.]

Tg (he. Honorable William AfcDougall, C./J., remhina.

We, as friends, would adviHO you by the boaror, who is a rolial)lo lan, as to the
position of affairs hero. Tho insurgents have taken possession of Fort Uarry, and
established scntri(!S at its gates. No opposition oflered by tho ollicers of the Company,
although informed that sueh events would take place twelvo hoars before. The town x*
al.so occupied by tho rebels ; no far no (listuri)anc« has occurred. Considerable wavering
among the half-bruoils of Kiel's party, on account of Mr. Provencher not being allowed
to address them in public, and many would be gl .d to go quietly to their homes. The
rebels call a genc^ral meeting about Monday next, and will then denumd an expresBion of
tho whole settlement, which avo will take care to have present, and have no doubt that a
largo majority will bo in your favor, and advise you strongly to await the result at
Pembina.

Tho Hudson's Bay Company are evidently with the rebels, and their present rvlc is to
prevent your having any oflicial ijitercourse with them. It is said that tho rebels will
support tho (.Toveninient of tho Hudson's Bay Company as it now exists. All the
Bubordinatos "'n the party say that, if you have a Commission fi-om Her Majesty to enter
here as Govornor, they will lay down their arms. Biel and the other leadeis allow tlnun
to know notliing. If the Proclamation can be issued here, and the Hudson's Bay Company
Government oOictally called onto act, they (tho Hudson's Bay Company) would bo forced
to suppress the insurrection, and thoy can easily do it.

Tho actual number of the disaffected do not exceed 250 men, all told, and the
slightest opposition would reduce that nund)er to tho original 40, including tho priests
and their head.

The supporters of the rebeld in town begin to manifest considerable anxiety. Our
opinion is that the Proclamation should bo forwarded by tho bearer, and we will see it
placarded here. Send duplicate copies to Portage la Prairie by a tiaisty man to ***

On no account leave Ptmbina till you have established official communication with
the Hudson's Bay Company. Any such sent by the bearer will be duly handed to them.

We are friends of the Canadian Government.

5th November, Winnipeg. ,

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Pembina, November 7th, 18C9.
Governor McTavish, dec.

My Dear Sir, — I avail myself of this opportunity to inform you that I have been
compelled, by im armed party of 20 men, to leave tlie Hudson's Bay "^Company's Post here,
and recross the line. I am now in American teiritory, and shall remain here for the
present. I wrote you two letters, both in one envelope, detailing the proceedings and

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jxtsitidii of thirins liorc, iiti<l Hii;<.;('Htinx a Proclamation from your (Jovcrnmoiit, ('X|>Iuiiiin)j;
till' iiJitiirt' of the cliiiii;^"' in the (lovi^niiiifMil, niiil w.irtiiii:,' tlio niiilfoiitriits of tlin ••oiiso-
(inf'iiCL'.s of tlit'ir iicIm. [ wan (liHii|j|)oiiitt'<l to lii'iir from tlioso who mcL me tluil tln'y liiui
not licoii iiifnnu<'(l by any oii'i in iiiilhority that tlio flii\ti;?o of (Sovorninunt wiim an
Ini|M"riiil act, ami lunl the Haiictioji of tlin t^mn'n. I also itiiiiii'lcil you ami your ('oitticil,
tliat until the u<"tual Traiisfi-r and i'roclamulioa, yuu aro tliu li';^ul ilulcrs, ainl ruspoiiHililo
for tlin |»r('siirvation of tlio ]iul)U<' iicacc I am Hiirprimfd to learn, fiom a eommunii'ation
V)rou;,'lit l»y tluj Ix-an'r of this, tlinL a few rcliels liavo liceii allowi'd to tilc« your !''ort,
uuo|i|i(W(l, <>vt'n liy jiulilic jtroti-nt. Of course, I am not in tlie Ix'st |ioMltiou to ju<I,i,'>' or
ndviMc in hucIi a crisiw ; hut in the hopi^ tliat, liy Moni'i tnoaus, the paoplo will fliul out w Iiat
it is they are doini^, ami will shrink fi'om the oonsi'([uences of war ami liloodihed, and
confiscation, which are sure to follow. 1 shall romain here until 1 hoar ollicially of tlio
trauMlcr of authority, and shall then bo guided by circumstant'oa as to what I HJiall say
and do.

llopinj^ to hoar full details of what haa occurred, ami wliat you advise to bo dono
theru an woll an liuro.

I remain.
Very reapoctfuUy yours,

Wm. Mc'Douoall.

Temuina V^illaok, U.S.,

11th NoTember, 18Ci).
The Ifonorah!« the Minister o/ Customs, Ottawa.

Win, — I have the honor to re|)ort tluit I reached Pembina on the OOtii ult., en route
for Fort Garry, in company with (lovernor McDougall and party.

You are, doubtless, aware of the circumstanccB whicli jirevontCHl us from proceeding
onward; aiul how wo were driven from tho Hudson's Bay (Jom[tany's Post, back a;.j.un
across the boundary line into tho United States, by au armed party of twenty half-
breeds.

The Governor will remain here for Rome time yet, to await rosulfedr Of course, T have
no alternative but remain with him, and will bo guided by his movomenta and advice.

Expenses have boon bo far very heavy. Everything at war prices. By the time I
can hear from your Department in answer to this, my funds will be exluiusted. Please
Bend remittances to be accounted for.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Alexanuku Bego,

Collector.

Office ok the Secretary of State for the Provinces,

Ottawa, November 29th, 18()!)
The Hon. William McDougall, C.B., Pembina.

Eeceived byMr. giR^ — J had the honor to receive on Piiday, your dcspatclies of the
De'^mk.T. '-^^ ^^^^ ^^'^ November, the former dated from Pembina, and the latter

from Lai'ose's Farm. Eiglit enclosures, including; your correspondence
with Governor McTavish, and the reports made to you by Colonel Dennis and Mr. Pro-
vencher, also came safe to liand.

Tliese inipers were at once laid before His Excellency the Governor General and
Council, and were anxiously considered by the Privy Council. The crisis was grave as it
■was unexpected, and might, if dealt with rashly and unwisely, lead to a civil if not a
national war, the end of which no man could foresee.

O to 1)0 (loiio

OUOALL.

iiH., r.n rdute

It WM tho first duty of tho Oovorniiumt to acquaint Her Majoiity'a Miniiit<)rs with
the facts roiMirtod, iiiid a ciihlo ini>HHiigo wuh M<Mit ivt orico liy thn Oovi'inor (}(>ni3ml to tho
HocroUry of Htiito for tho (!olouivN, uml copioH of all thu papors have be«n furwurdoU by
thu iniitl ftn- Kiigland, which loft Ottawa tluH morning.

Tho iiiHurreution you doHcribu in not niuruly an exproN-tioii of dJHliko to thn Govern-
ment of tho Dominion, but an opun violation of Impurial LogiHiution and doHunco to the
authority of t)ie Crown. All thu nngotiations for tho transfur of this country hiul pro-
oeedod with tho sanction of Hur Majoxty's Oovurnmont, and thu purchaNu monoy iiad
been raiitod under an Im|>orial Guarautoo. [t was awtumud,on both sidun,that the Cjui^n's
right of Sovereignty was indixpu table, and that Hur power to protect Her subjects, oven
in that distant part of Her Dominions, would bo ossurtod with llrmness and ducision. It
tboreforo apjiearod to tho Privy Council unwisu to complicatu matters by any hasty action,
until tho |K)Iiuy of thu Queen's Government was known.

Tlie Governor General is still in tulugraphic communication with tho Secretary of
State, and I may bo able, before closing this donpatch, to convoy to you, with some
degree of clearness and accuracy, tho views of Hur Majesty's Government.

In the meantime I have it in command to express to you the anxious desire of tho
Goremor General in Council, that all collision with tho insurgents may be avoided, and
that no violation of the neutrality laws of thu United Status shall give a pretext for the
interference of thoir Government.

This will be handed to you by a special messenger, who, as ho speaks French fluently
and is a gentleman of some exporiencu, nuiy bo of some service.

You will for tho present remain at Pombina, cheered by tho conviction which
animates ua here, that Ilcr MajcHty's Government will duly uatimato the gravity of the
facts reported, and take such steps as will, while carefully providing for tho good govern-
ment of the North- West, maintain the authority and vindicate the honor of the Crown.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Joseph Howe.

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P.S. — The Messenger cannot leave for a day or two. The Duplicate will bo sent
by him.

Labobe's Farm, Pembina, 9th November, 1869.

The Honorable the Secretary of State for the Provinces,

Ottawa, Canada.

S'B, — I have the honor to report that, m accordance with the 1 3th paragraph of my
instructions, I have taken measures for the extension of the Telegraph system " from the
Territory to Pembina, and for its connection at that place with the system of the
American Telegraph Company or Companies" by making "a provisional an-angement for
that purpose with the North-Westem Telegraph Company," whose lines now extend aa
fur West as St. Cloud in Minnesota.

Some time before leaving Ottawa, I had an interview with Mr. Wood, one of the
Directors of the North- Western Telegraph Company, and enquired of him as to the position
of his Company, and the probability of its lines being soon extended to Red River. He
promised to confer with his co-directors and let me know the intentions of the Company,
and the conditions, if any, under which they would extend their system to Pembina or
Fort Garry. I mentioned to Mr. Wood that the Government, under their agreement
with the Hudson's Bay Comp.any, would acquire a large quantity of Telegraph wire and
insulators, which I waa informed had been sent to and was then at Fort Garry. The
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encloHcd letter innrkcd "A" in tlio nmult of that couvtrnntitm, ivn<l hnvitig b««on forwarded
to iiM) from till) I)*'|iju-kriit!itt of I'lililir Workn, iiftor my a|)|K)iiitinont to my pri'wiit olllce,
was iiiadc tlii< \mHiH of trin arratii/i'mciit wliicii F coiirliidiMl with thx ('oiii|iaiiy whilfl
en roiitf titthin phwi'. I coMiiiiimifiitiMl at ('hi('a;,'o with Iht* I'runiih'iit nt'thc N<»rth-VV«!Mt»'rn
IV^f^^rapli (!i>iii|>aiiy, and alter di iiii «uti>; the Nul»ji<<'t with him, iiiiditr tliflort'iit aHpcntN, I
lliialiy wrot<' tho h'ttrr marki'd " H," ucccptiiiK Homo of thn coiidilioiiN of tho |iro|H)Hal
iiiudu \>y tho ('Om|Miiiy, and d<>tiiati<liiijL( a modiM(;atioii of othorN. I nnid tiin draft of thiH
lottur to t\w IVt'Hidoiit, hh \ waH ahoiitto l<>av-o (Ihica^o, and to inct^tHomtt of his olijootionii,
addt>d tho inomorAixhim marked '*])lt.," as ho waH not ready to (doNo tiiially tho arrun^o-
mont without further eonNidtatioii with his (loUuaf^iiun; and an 1 wisliod to maku Homo
further onfiuirioM, I agrottd to writo him froru Ht. Paul, and doM«) the matter one way or
tho oth(»r. Tho lottor "H," with tho memorandum "lUt." wan oncUmed to Mr. HiminonH,
(ProHt. N. W. I. ().) accompanied \>y tho privato note, nuir'{od "('," from Ht. Paul, an<l itii
rocoipt waH acknowh'djjjod, and tho a;i,'reement cloHod by tho telegram *' F," which I rocoivod
at 8t. Cloud. Tho letter •' K," from Mr. SimmonH, overtook mo at Pend)ina, whoro I
have l)Ocn (hdayiMl by circumstances which have boctn explained in my previous roportH.

It will bo observed that under the a>,'reemont which I havo concluihid, nubjoct to tho
approval of His Kxcidlency in Council, no money is stipulated to bo i)aid by tho Canadian
(joveinment to the Company for th(^ construction of tho lino. It will bo observed, also,
that for a distance of nearly 300 miles, to wit, from llrockeidtridge to Fort (Jarry, thoro
are no towtiH or villaj^en on American Territory, and no businesH prospocts, therefore, to
induce tho Company to extend its lines beyond Flrockenridgo, where tho Wigtom Railway
■ystem will, for tho present, terminate. Tho prolits on tho businosH, which under the
most favounblo view is likely to be Hujjplied by tho PritiHh Hottleniont on Hod River,
would not warrant any Company in constructing and maintaining 300 nuJ*n of telegraph
line. The bivsis on which the President of the Company wished to '■.<'rielu(lc the agree-
ment was tho contribution of one-half tho CQst of a lino from St. Ciond to I it Garry by
each of tho parties. His proposition (por letter A,) would, according to tlio Company's
estimate of cost, have divided it about in that proportion. But I represented to him that
the Company wo»dd in all pvobility extend their lino to Breckonbridge at their own cost,
very soon after tho completion of tlio railway, and that the problem to be solved by us was
tho completion of the line between Breckenbridge and Fort Garry. To meet the diflSculty
which seemed to bo insuperable, without the organization of anew Company and the raising
of a capital of at least |!50,000, 1 proiMjsed to find the wire for the whole line, bnt for tho
portion south of Brtjckenbridge to charge the Company for it, tho cost price to us, and take
our j)ay in telegraphing. As wo have a larger quantity of wire at Fort Garry, according
to information which has reached me, than will be i-equired for the fulfilment of tho bargain,
I thought it good policy to soil 200 miles of it in the way proposed. It turns into money,
or money's worth, what would otherwise remain useless on our hands, and subject to
deterioration. Attention is directed to the important stipulation for a rebate of 75 per
cent, on public documents and despatches exceeding CO words. It occurred to me that
occasionally it may happen that great public advantage will result from the immediate
transmission of an ordinance in hcnc verba, for confirmation by His Excellency. In the
event of military operations, or other proceedings which demand promptitude, a formal
and full communciation by telegraph may be of great importance. In such cases the
expense will bo small compared with the benefit.

Upon the whole, I am strongly of opinion that the arrangement is a most favorable
one for the Government of Canada, and that the Company will execute their part of it
energetically and fairly. I hope, therefore, the agreement may be confirmed ^ithout
delay.

I have the honor, ke.,

Wm. McDouoall.

NoRTII-WlWTKKN TKLKOIIAI'II ('«)MI'ANr,

Kknohiia, CK'tolitT Ut, 18C9.
Uonorahh Wm. AfcDougall, Commitnlontr qf PuhUo Wi>rkn,

OttilWH.

Deah Hir, — Tlifoiigli r»iir Mr. Wood, I am infoniuNl timt you winli our Coiii|uiny to
mako yoti a |>ro|Kmitioii to Iniilil a \\\w of t«<l)>Kraph from Fort (Sarry or l'i<mliiria, to
conmM't with our liiicN in Miiiiu'sota. ^ltlll>rHtan(lill^ that you Iiav<« a |jirf(<' i|UHhtily of
telegraph material, at ui- near Fort Garry, wu maku uur |>ro^>oHitiuu in view uf tliut
fact

Wo will Ituiltl a yi,oo{\, nulmtaiitial, one-win^ lino, <'onn»»ctinj? Fort Oarry with mxv
liii(*s, (luriti^ th(> nciihou of 1H70. When liuilt we will maiutiiiii Haiti lino for onn ytar
(and th(M'(>aft(t<' if it Hliall pay) at our own (•xpunHe. [f wo aro unal)lit to mako tho said
liiu) pay th«> oxpfuiNo of operating and niainttuianco, wn roHorvo tho ri^ht to alwindon Utn
Ham(>, or make nucIi diNptmition of it, as to us may Ho«un iMmt, giving you tlin option of
purchaHing tlio Hanut at coHt, Wo will also agreo to givo to tho (iovornmcnt of (Janatia,
on itH otKoial liUHincHH, a lilteral niltato, of at loaHt twonty-livo per cout, from rogular ttiritf
ratcH, ovor all our lincH.

On 3'our part you are to Hooure to uh the right of propcM'ty, and tho right to do Imsi-
noHH over that portion of tho lino hotwoou Pomltina and Fort liarry, frro and without tax.

lind. You are to dolivor to »ih, fro« of coHt, at points on tho ItankN of tho Kod Hivi<r
on tho North, Itotwoon Fort Garry a»ul a point called Urtjckonhridgo, in tho Stato of
Minnesota, during tho early part of tho Heason of navigaticm of 1870, tivo hundred milos
of galvanized telegraph wiro, with iiiHulators and piuH HulHci«>nt to ])ut up tho samo.

If our proposition ho accepted wo Hhall need an early answer in order that wo may
got out cedar polen, which wo tiiink can l>o dono on tho MiHsisnippi Iliver, and (h'livered
at St. Paul's, thence by rail to tho Red River, and there put into rafts and distrihutotl a«
required. This |)ropoHition would have boon mad(t at an earlier day, had our Gompany
been in condition to do ho. We know nothing ot tho country, or the supply of material
for poles, and to get the information has taken time. And wo aro now ontimly in tho
dark as to tho probabilities of busineus support, but on this point we have detomiiiied to
take the risk.

Hoping to receive an early reply,

I p,m very respectfully,

Your obedient Servant,

Z. G. SlMMOKS,

President North- Western Telegraph Company.

CDOUOALL.

(A)

Chicaoo, October 11th, 186?.
Z, (7 Simmons, Esq., President of N. W. Teletjraph Co.,

Keuoslia, III.

Dear Sir, — Your lettter of tho 1st instant, making a proposal to build a line of
telegrai.li from Fort Garry on Red River, to a point in Minnesota, which will conneci
with your present linos, and addrosstid to me as Minister of Public Works for the
Dominion of Canada has been forwarded to oie fiinco I loft Ottawa.

Having been authorized by tho Can- dian Government to conclude a provisional
agi'odment with your Company, I have now tho honor to submit for your acceptance the
following modifications of, and additions to, your proposal.

1st. Your projjosition tliat we should supply you with five hundred miles of wire is
inadmissible. But I undertake to .supply you with a sufficient length of wire and
insulators to make the line from Fort Garry to Breckenbridge on Red River, and deliver

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it at three points, — 1st. Fort Garry j 2nd. Pembina; 3rd. Georgetown, in such quantities
reopectively as you shall designate.

2nd. The additional wire up to a length of 500 miles, which may be necessary to
complete the connection with existing lines will be supplied you upon condition that you
purchase the same at cost price, and pay for it in telegraphing for the Government of the
Dominion and North-West Territories. One-half of all Bills rendered for such service
by y6ur Company, to be payable by way of credit on the above purchase, until the wire
8o purchased is paid for.

3rd. By "regular tariff rates" I understand rates which at the time are not
proportionately higher tlian those in force on your lines in Minnesota for messagea
received and sent in the ordinary course from points in that State.

4th. In addition to a rebate or reduction of twenty-five per cent, on Government or
official messages, of say less than fifty words, you will be expected to allow a rebate of
seventy-five per cent, on official reports and documents exceeding fifty words, which may
be telegraphed at night like newspaper reports or despatches.

6th. It is understood that this rebate in both cases is to apply to all connecting lines
between yours and the points in Canada to and from which messages may be sent, and
that your Company is to make the necessary arrangement for the purpose.

With these modifications I accept your proposal, and will immediately report the
agreement to the Government of the Dominion for its confirmation.

I have, &c,,

Wm. McDouoall,
Lieutenant-Governor North- West Territories.

" BB." [Memo.]

It is understood that if the American Government exacts Customs duty upon the
wire extending from the boundary of 49 to Breckenbridge (to be supplied under the
agreement) the amount of such duty will be credited on the purchase of wire for the line
south of Breckenbridge, but the duty (if any) on the last mentioned wire will be payable
by the Company.

Wm. McDougall.

St. Paul, Minnesota, October 13th, 1869.
Z. G. Simmona, President N.-W. T. Co.

My Dear Sir, — I enclose a copy of the letter I read to you at Chicago, which I
have made the original, and have endorsed upon it a memo about duty. I hope we shall
nol have any to pay, but if the authorities u\- Washington insist upon it, I propose to
credit it to you on the purchased wire. This will probably meet your views.

As a considerable time will elap:. a before the line is in operation, and as I may wish
to send official telegrams forward from St. Cloud, I should be glad if you would allow a
rebate upon all such of 26 per cent., as far as Samia or Detroit, This would induce
business and I think promote your intere&tt- We have an arrangement of this kind with
the Montreal Company, and it is therefore unnecessary to stipulate with them, but merely
to notify them of the agreement with you, if you assent to it.

Please let me hear from you at Fort GJarry by return of post. I will speak to your
operator or agent at St. Cloud, and arrange with him conditional on your assent.

I have enquired of one of my agents from Fort Garry, whom I met here, as to the
probability of finding timber for poles near Red River. He says there is abundance of
tamarack, but feara the cedar is too large. I will write from Fort Garry on this poiijt.

Hoping to hear that you have given orders for getting out the poles at this end of
the line,

I am, (fee,

Wm. McDougall.

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North-Western Telegraph Company,

Kenosha, October 27th, 1869.
Hon. Wm. McDougall, Governor N'orth-West Territoriei.

Dear Sir, — Your communication under date of October 11th, reached me ol the
15th instant, and was immediately replied to by a telegram to St. Cloud, Minnesota,
as follows, viz ; —

" Hon. "Wm. McDouoall, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

" Letter received. Wire to Breckenbridge must be delivered free of charge at
" points named. The balance, if we purchase, to be at cost, duty added. Your
" modification of our rebate proj;^oRltion is accepted as to our Company, and we will
« make it apply to all connecting linws, if possible. The tw«nty-five per oeut. rebate
« may commence at once. ,

" Z. G. Simmons,
" President North- West Telegraph Company."

Not knowing positively that the telegram was received by you, I have sent you
a copy of it has above. I have assumed that it would be satisfactory, and immediately
ordered the purchase of poles, and have now to report the contracting of all that may
be necessary to eomplete the line to Pembina. For the balance of the distance we
will depend on getting the timber nearer. I trust we shall reach you at Fort Garry by
telegraph in the fall of 1870, and, if the Bailroad should be completed as early as
contemplated, it will be early in the fall.

On all communications you wish to transmit over our wires we will rebate
twenty-five per cent., commencing from the first of this tnonth.

I am, very respectfully, &o.,

Z. G. Simmons,
President North- West Telegraph Company.

(1036.)

Larose's FarHi Pembina, Nov. 13th, 1869.

The ffonorahle the Secretary of State /or the Provinces,
Ottawa, Canada.

Received by SiR, — I have the honor to state for the information, of His Excellency,

State °toT the *^"'* •'• *™ "^^^^ without any further communication from the Hudson's Bay
Provinces, 4th Company Authorities at Fort Garry. I have received through private
Dec. 1869. channels notice that my letters of the 2nd and 4th inst., to Governor
McTavish were placed in his hands on Monday morning last, and that a meeting of
Council was called for that day. But though a week (nearly) has elapsed and private
persons have found means to send letters to me and to the other members of my party,
written at Fort Garry as late as Thursday (the Uth) the Government have either had
nothing to communicate, or found themselves unequal to the t.ask of reaching me. I learn
also that they have issued no Proclamation or warning to the rebels, and those who be-
lievingthe stories nowcurrent that the Hudson's BayCompany is opposed to the Government
of Canada, may be inclined to join their ranks. I cannot account for this extraordinary
reticence and hasty surrender of authority by the legal rulers of the country upon any
theory but that of the weakness and imbecility "of the Governor, and the complicity of
some members of his council with the insurrection. I have »3vidence that one of hia
cbUncUlora, at whose house some of the first meeting! of the maloontents wore held, id iik

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correspondonco with the American plotters at Pembina, and trying to find out through
ih&m what my intentions and movements are. This treason within tlio Council will also
account for the stopping of supplies which were ordered by the Hudson Bay Company's
agent here, for our use as well as his own, and which the rebels could have known nothing
about unless some of the Hiidson's Bay Company's employ6s hatl disclosed their destination.
The rebels had not previously interfered with the Company's carts or trade operations.

I enclose a printed paper ("A") issued by the rebels at Fort Garry on the 6th infitant.
It was printed p.t the olfice of the " Nor' Wester" by the rebels, who seized the office for
the purpose, the proprietor and his employes refusing to have anything to do with it.
The typo wius set by a Yankee in their ranks, and the proof corrected, as I am informed,
by Mr. iloss, late of the "Globe" office, Toronto. This " call" waa enclosed in a letter
under cover to the Post Master at Pembina, which he deliverod after some hesitation, and
stating that he •would not in future deliver letters to mo which might come addressed under
cover to him. The Post Office here is very loosely conducted, and is entirely at the
service of the Insurgents and their sympathizers. Many' letters appear to have been
opened, and the general opinion is that this accident occurs at Pembina. It might not be
amiss if Mr. Thornton requested the U.S. Post Master General to instruct his subordinate
here to show more care and coui'tesy in the conduct of his office than he has hitherto done.

My information from the settlement, verbal and written, leads me to believe that this
" call " of tho French half-breeds will not be responded to by the English-speaking part of
the population, ?-x3pt a few traitors who have been in the plot from the beginning and
who may tak' th''.< opportunity to declare themselves.

Sunday 14th.

The letter (" B "), which reached me to-day, is without signature, but from the hand-
writing, I know it to be from Mr. Snow, superintendent of the Government Road. It merely
confirms information which has reached me by various means for the last two or three
days. The recommendation that I should issue a Proclamation at once, is not made for
the first time, but I have xmiformly replied that until the transfer of the Territory has
taken place, and I am notified of the fact I shall not assume any of the responsibilities of
Government. Messrs. Richards and Provencher concur with me in this policy.

Papers ("C") and ("D") are extracts from letters received during the week. The one
marked ("C") is from Mr. Mair, who waa at St. Paul when the outbreak occurred, but
was allowed to pass the barricade, after some delay, on his return to Fort Garry ; and
extract ("D") is from a letter written by a young Englishman who was on his way to
Fort Garry to see the country with a view to settlement — ^h© travelled a part of the way
with Mr. Begg, and was allowed to pass the barricade in charge of one of the Hudson
Bay Company's wagons.

I enclose also a communication ("E") just received from the ** Friends of Canada,"
through the same channel as the one marked (" H ") in my report of the 5th instant.
It apprises me, as will be seen, of a state of things in the rebel ranks, which, if true,
gives hope of a more easy solution than a few days ago seemed possible.

I directed Colonel Dennis to answer this letter by the same messengdr, to the effect
that I was still here, and intended to remain — advising that any action by the loyal
inhabitants should be taken with deliberation and as much unanimity as possible, and
promising that they should hear from me officially very shortly. They were asked to
report promptly the result of the "Call" on the 16th instant. A notice posted at the
foot of one of the printed " Calls,'' fixing a place of me^^ting in the parish of Kildonan
is in tlie handwriting of one of Governor McTavish's ■ nuncillors. This paper is now
in my possession.

The last mail from Canada brought me no official lettei-s. I expected to hear, by this
time, that the "tninsfer" had been agreed to, and the Imperial Order in Council passed.
If I do not receive notice of this " Order " in a few days, I shall be much embarrassed
in my plans, and the leaders of the insurrection will be emboldened and strengthened.

They understand perfectly that I have no legal authority to act, or to command obediencOi
till the Queen's Proclamation is isnued.

The weather is still mild for this latitude. The earth is not frozen on the prairie to
a greater depth than 4 iiiciies. Tho anow barely covers the ground, and yesterday it
rained for two or taree hours.

I have, (Sec,

Wm. McDoloall.

("^•")

" Public Notice to the Inhabitants op Rupert's Land.

" Tlie President and Representatives of the Fronch-spaaking population of Rupert's
Land in Council (the invaders of our rights being now expellpd), already aware of your
sympathy, do extend the hand of friendship to you our friendly inhabitants, and in doing
so, invite you to send twelve representatives fi-om the following places, viz : —

" St. John's. 1 ; St. Margaret's, 1 ; Headingly, 1 ; St. James, 1 ; St. Mary's, 1 ;
Kildonan, 1 ; St. Paul's, 1 ; St. Andrew's, 1 ; St Clement's, 1 ; St. Peter's, 1 ; town
of Winnipeg, 2 ; — in order to form one body with the above Council, consisting of
twelve members, to consider the present political state of this country, and to adopt
such measures as may ba deemed best for the future welfare of tho same.

" A meeting of the above Council will be held in the Court ITouse at Fort Garry,
on Tuesday, the 16th day of November, at which the invited lepresentatives will
attend. •

" Winnipeg, November 6th, 1869.

" By order of the President,

" Louis Riel, Secretary."

("JS.")

Fort Gabby, November 9th.

" Council in deliberation to-day on yours. Received all right. Decision not known.
" Saddle will fall on right horse. " Call " made on th«» 'afferent parishes by manifesto of
" Riel, who seized "Nor' Wester" Office, and by force used the press. English and Scotch
" parishes will not respond.

" Issue Proclamation, and then you may come fearlessly down. Hudson's Bay
Company evidently shaking.

" By no means leave Pembina."

" Winnipeg, November 8th, 1869.

* * * " The company, beyond all question, are deeply concerned in the matter,
" Half-breeds themselves declare that they have received assistance. Insurgents in quasi
*' possession of Fort Garry, receive their supplies there. Yours received all right. Council
" in deliberation to-day. On no account leave. The English have not risen, because
" they have not been called upon by the authorities, otherwise they would have risen.
" Issue your Proclamation and it will be responded to by 500 men.

" Mr. Snow was told by Mr. Riel, to-day, that the road would be stopped. Last
" night they took possession of " Nor' Wester " office, and printed off a " Call," of which
" a copy is enclosed. The types were sec up by a Yankee, whom they brought with
" them, and the proof was revised by Mr. Ross. All the Yankees h ;re are openly con-
" C6med in it, including certain merchants. Will write at length to-day.

" Monday Evening,

" There is a rumour that Fenian aid lias been invoked, through the agency of
Donaldson probably. The company are at a non plus regarding your determination to
remain at Pembina. A meeting of Council held this afternoon, which the Archdeacon
informed us this evening, resulted, he understood, in nothing.

" The Pointe au Ch6ne half-breeds are opposed to the stoppage of the road, which is
a great benefit to them, but have made their boast that they will only allow it to be
built, so long as matters go on to suit them. Mr. Snow thinks it would have a good
effect, to stop the works for a time, to bring want as a pressure upon them. They are
all off the works, you may say, and it would be folly to hire one half of them to feed the
other half.

" If the company shut down upon the insurgents, which they can do at any moment,
they cannot subsist for any length of time upon their own means. I think with many
others that your best course is to remain at Pembina until further developments."

("i>.")

Fort Garry, November 11th.
My Dear Begg, — I write you these few lines, hearing that you are still on the
borders of this pleasant land. I got in all right, thanks to * ''^ and am rather pleased
with the place. The Government now established is a Republic, with, of course, French
half-breeds for its officers. The English half-breeds are perfectly loyal, and will continue
so if there is any chance of the Government coming in. I believe that as soon as the
Proclamation is received, that they yrill rise and " lick " the French. Of course we shall
all " go in," that is tha Canadians and English now in the settlement. The French have
the Fort guarded by 140 men, and have taken possession of the artillery and other arms
atored there. They are making the Hudson Bay Company Ji/tid them without pay,
which serves them right, as when they had cash they did not mind letting them into the
fort, which, with the help of the loyal, they might easily have held ; but it is evident that
between you and me that they at first were well pleased at the way things were working ;
and even since I was here, when the half-breeds heard that Mr. McDougall left for
Of sra, they gave up the Fort, but returned next day and got it again. My firm opinion
is, that the affair wiU not be settled until forces are brought from Canada. No blood has
yet been shed, but it is impossible to say the day that it may be. All property is
respected at present but the Hudson's Bay Company's, which is used pro bono publico.
Of course we are all doing nothing. Send me a line of what you are doing, and
what is being done to bring this miserable affair to a conclusion.

Believe me, &o.

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Town of Winnipeg, Friday, 12th November, 1869.
Colonel Dennis,

Dear Sir, — ^The communication to " friends of the Canadian Government, Town
of Winnipeg," and to Governor McTavish, under cover to Mr. jGrant, arrived this
morning, and were at once delivered by Mr. Grant. The mail of Tuesday contained
letters for His Excellency, and for yourself, under cover to Charles Caviller and ;i
Colonel Stutzman respectively, but we believe they have been taken out, as the mail
bag was brought back to the pop*^^ office and there examined. In future all mail
matter is to be examined both ways. River Sale is now guarded by half a dozen,
Fort Garry being head quarter, and particular pains are taken to see that no communi-
cation reaches the Governor, who is still said (I) to be very sick. Reports of yesterday
fpeak of a split between Riel and Bruce, and a determination on the part of the
former to oust the latter. Apart from the mission influence^ Bruce has the largest
personal following, and the result will of course be good.

In(Ucatiou3 sliow things t(j be shaky in thoir canip, more especially since they
have licard that the JCugli.sh halM rct'ls have taken all the ainuamition from the
mugazint's at Lower Fort and Kecreted it. This information led to a demand, day
licforo yesterday, frum Ilu-l for tli(i keys of thu l>;istions ut Fort Garry, where the
>;una are, and thoy have since been guarded ut night. Tho shot and shell, however,
iK'longing to Qn'\n were at the Lower Furt.

Indiuiis to rhe ininiber of fifty, had a griind meeting in this neighliorhood day befoi-o
ye.sterday. "Pegwi.s," (P;-ince) presiding- -highly indignant with the half-breeds — r«sult,
a letter from them to the (rovernor, entrusttnl to Mr. Grant, to forward their interests in
this matter, lieing so directly untagcmi.stio to the claims of the half-I)reeds, that, coupled
with the fact that Indians as a ndo are on tlie side of the provisions and pay, there is not
the slightest ciuise to api)rp]jend danger fruui them, but rather |)owerfui siip|)ort at any
moment, having tlie sanction of Government and the English half-breed heading.

Wo will have o strong j)rotest in to the authorities here at once against theii" inaction
and embodying the suggestions made in the letter. We believe that time — a short time —
>)ackcd by anything official from Govei-nor McDougiiU, will bring about a solution of the
dithculty, and iC something comes in the way, foiesliadowed in the letter, we will guarantee
the result.

In most of the parishes no answer will l)e made to Kiel's Proclamation, or if acted on
at all, will bo simply to send \ letter protesting against thoir past and j)resent action.
They are trying to get an election of li. and IMcJC, from thc^ town, but will, I think,
be able to frnsti-ate that if the Americans do not turn out too strong.

This method of communication may bo trusted, and is being paid for in full here.
Mr. S. is at Oak Point, and stops all contracts to Pointe au Cheno half breeds. The
effect will be to turn their iiiflxieuco against those who have rendered it necessary for
the Government to withhold its hitherto liberally spent money.

We want guidfince at once ; force if necessary is available, but we believe that
patience and })roper authority will force present Government to action. Town people
are beginning to tire of feeding and encouraging their guard, and tho guard in turn resent
the falling olf of attrmtion. One of the captains told us he was foi-ced into the affair, and
wished our good otHces to clear him when the time of examination into the affair came.

Tho cause is quietly and surely advancing with the English elemeni., and gaining
ground eve)i with the French ; and we feel suie that all ^vill be well.

[No. 1042.]

« M

[ovember, 1869.

Extracts of a letter addressed to the Secretary q/ State for the Province$, hy a Gentleman
resident at St. Paul, Minnesota, dated November 26th, 1869.

I sent your letter by mail to Mr. McDougall, under cover to a trusty friend at
PemV)ina, with uistructions to deliver it in person to that weather-bound gentleman.

I am in frequent receipt of letters by mail or private hands, three or four times a •
week from Pembina. Mails to that point are safe. Beyond it all mails both ways are
lansacked and the contents examined, and nothing is allowed to pass without the counter-
sign of some insurgent inspector. The events occurring at Red River naturally excite a
good deal of interest here, and though there is of course a general desire that the affair
may result in the annexation of the country to the United States, the main anxiety here
is that bloodshed may be averted, or anything like war, for our people are vary appre-
hensive that such a conflict would draw the Indians of both sides into it, and involve our
own border in the horrors of an Indian war. I have not of course the slightest idea
what your Government are going to do aljout it, but to us here it seems the height of
imprudence to attempt coercion.
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I'l'om what I civii Ic.ini tlifiv is at {•rfscnh very littli>, it any, aniioxatioii seutimont
in tli(» rountrr, Imt coi'irjon wuulil ho likt'ly to forco tliat alternative. There ia a little
daflli of tlip lA-nidn in tlio k'a(U'r,sliii». A yonnj,' Irisli ]>i'i(;st, nanuvl D'DonohuP, attached
to Bisliop Tache's oslaUislnncnt, V.-ing Bui<l to supply tiio Iirnins of thu moveinont.

DKl'ARTMli.NT 01-' ►SkcIICTAIIY OK StATU KOR THK PllOVINX'ES.

Ottawa, Dccoinlicr 7th, 18G9.
To fhe lluvorahle Wm. McDovgall, C.Ji.

Sir, — I harl tho honor to address to you DoHpatchoH on tho IDth and 29th
Novenibor, ■svliich, in view of tlio insi'oui-ity of tho mails, wore (uicloscl to a friend at
St. Paul, to l)t sent forward, if possible, by privat<! hand. For fear that lliey may
have nii.scarj'ied, duplicates aro annoxod to this.

Your l)e.s[)atc'h of the 13Ui ult.,Avith it;s onulo.sures, froiri ("A") to ("E,") reached uia on
the Srd inst., and was imniediatoly laid before the Council. Copies will be sent to the
Colonial Secretary this wei^k.

I have now the honor to inform you that the Vei-y Kcv. Mr. Tllibauit, acconi-
pajiied by Charles de Salaberry, Esq., jjvocceda to-morrow, vid St. Paul and Pembina
to Fort Gany, for tho purpose of assisting; in putting down tho unlawful a.ssemblago of
people on the lied lliver, and obtaining access for tlie Canadian Authorities into the
North-West.

Mr. Tllibauit has had great exporicnco in that country, having been for 37 years a
priest there, and having only left it last year.

Mr. de Salaberry has also had considerable experience in dealing with the French
Ijalf-brecds.

After consulting with you, they will take such action with these} jjeople as they
think most calculated to carry out our objects, and it may, perhaps, be politic that they
should have as little open communication with you as possible.

It is, of course, advisable not to aruuse the susj)icionH of the Insurgents, who
•would 1)0 very likely to view with disfavor any persons coming directly as agents from
you, and acting inidtit your instructions ; you will, however, l)e good enough to
strengthen their hands as much as pos.sible.

With them we send you a Proclamation issued by the (rovernor Genei'al by tho
direct command of Her Majesty. This should be widely disseminated, in such a manner
and at such a time as you think most expedient. It has also been thought well to print
copies of your Letter of Instructions, which will, of itself, show how unfounded is the
charge that the North-West is to be governed without the inteiposition or aid of the
residents, but by Canadians solely.

Messrs. Thibault and de Salaberry will be followed by Donald A. Smith, Esq., the
Hudson's Bay Agent at Montreal, who now occupies the position fonnerly held by Mr.
Hopkins. In his capacity as an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, he will obtain ready
access to the country and to Governor McTavish ; and it is hojjcd that ho will be
able to strengthen that gentleman in his attempts to restore law and order at Fort Garry.

In order to give his representations due weight and importance, Mr. Smith has been
asked to act as a Commissioner holding confidential relations with tJie Canadian Govern-
ment. In that capacity, having once reached Fort Garry, he will be able to speak
authoritatively as to the beneficent intentions of the Government.

We hope that calmer counsels will soon prevail, and that these misguided people will
disperse. So soon a*) they do so, you will, I presume, proceed to Fort Gany and carry
out your instructions.

It will be well for you to arrange for sending messages to St. Cloud, so that we may
know by telegrajjh that order has been re.itored. On receiving this intimation, Hia
Excellency will communicate the fact, by cable message, to the Colonial Office, and the
Proclamation will bg at once issued. It has }>con hitherto delayed, bo that the authority

37 vears a

of tho TTmlHon'H Tii\y Homjiany tiil;»lif runtiimn unimpm'rorl, until it was replacod Ity the
Caniulinii ({ovt-riiiiKMit, as i-i'iucscMtcd liy ynii.

T have tlio honor uIho to mpikI yon an Onlfi- in f'otincil, iinsi-ieil this day, on tho
Huhject of Customs dutios.

You will now be in a pOHitinn, in ymn' coinnmnu'ations with the rcsHidentu of the
North-Went, to ;issun thcin : —

1. That all their nil mid rtdi^.rions liln'itics and privileijcH will U Haci-ediy rMpeeted.

1*. That all their proiicrties, ri;,dits, -.aHl eipiities of eveiy kind, as enjoyeil under tlio
Crovenunent of the IhnlHon'n Hay (Jonipany, will be continued theni.

3. That in ;^nvuting titles to l.in<l, now oecujiie'l by the settlers, the most liberal
policy will be pursued,

4. That the presimt liirill" of Customs duties will l;o continued for two yoai-a, from
the 1st January next, except in the e:ise of spirituous lifjuors, as spoeified in the Order
in Council above alluded to.

T). That in formin<^ your Cotnieil, the (lovernor (Jeroral will see that not only the
Hudson's Bay Comi)any, bu.t tho other elassen of the residents, are fully and fairly
represented.

0. That your Council will have the power of estublishin'; municipal self-government
at once and in such manner as they think most beneficial to the (Country.

7. That the Country will be ^;overni*d, as in tho past, liy British law, and according
to thft spirit of British -justice.

8. That tho ])i'eseut (lovernment is to bo considered as merely provisional and
temporary, and thut the Governuiont of Canada will be prepared to submit a measure
to Parliament, granting a liliei-al constitution so soon as you, as Governor, and your
Council have had an opportunity of reporting fully oa tho wants and requLrements of
the Territory.

You had, of course, instructions <.n nil the above-mentioned points, excepting as
regards the tariff, before you left Ottawa, but it has been thought well that I should
repeat them to you in *'.iis authoritative form.

Trusting that ero long you may be in :i position to cany tlieso liberal propositions
I)ractically into the administration of the aflUiis of tho North-West,

I have, itc,
. Joseph Howe.

DEr.\r.TMENT OF Sr;au;TAuv of^ State for the Pi{ovin€i:.s.

Ottawa, Dec. 8th, 1800.
To the Honorable Wm. McDowjall, C.B.

Sib, — Enclosed you will find the origiiud Proclamation referre<l to in my letter of
yesterday's date, in English and French.

It may be as well that you should have the original Proclamation in your hands.
' I have, iVrc,

Joseph Howe.

PROCLAMATION.

"^^

By His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir J ohx Young, Baronet, a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of St, Michael and St. George, Go-vernor General of Canada.

ill

To all and every tlio Loyal SubjectD of Hor Majosty tho Queon, aad to uU to vs'hom thoso
Freaents shall conio,

Grebtino:

The Queen has charged mo, as Her roprosontiitivo, to inform you that certain misgnitled
pCJ-HOUB in Tlor Settlemonts on tho Uod llivor, havi^ l>ini(l<Ml tli.inHolvoH together to
op^xjao by force the enti y into Her >« urth-WeMtcrn TeniloiicH of tho otiicer Hohcted
to adminiHter, in Her Niimo, the (»overiimciit, when tho Territories iire nnitt-d to
the Dominion of (^ivnfida, under the authority of tho late Aetof the PuIinMient of the
United Kingdom ; :iud that those pnrticH hiive also foiriMy, and witli viole.ice,
prevented othoi-s of Her h)yal sulijectH from ingress into tho country.
Her Majesty feels assuied that she may rely upon tlie loyalty of her Huhjects in
the North-West, and believes thoso men, wlio havo thus ilU'g.ilIy joined together, havw
done BO from somo misrepresent^ition.

Tlie Queen is convinced that in sanotioning the Union of the North-West Temtories
with Canada, she is promoting the liest intei-est of the resiilents, ami nt the same time
■trengthening and consolidating her North American jiossessions as part of tho British
Empire. Yo\i may judge then of tin* sorrow and displeasure with wlacli tlie Queen viewH
the unreasonable and lawless proceedings which havo occuri-ed.

Her Majesty conmiands me to state to you, thilt she will always be loady through
me as her representative, to redress all well founded grievances, and tliatshe lia;i instructed
me to hear and consider any com])laints that may 1)0 made, or desires that may bo expressed
to me as Governor General. At the sanies time sJie has chai-ged uw to exeroiso all tho
powers and authority with which she has entrusted me in the HU])porL of order, and tho
suppression of unlawfid disturbances.

By Her Majesty's authority I do therefore assure you, tliat on this union with Canada
all your civil and i-eligious riglits and privileges will bo res[>ected, your properties
secured to you, and that your Country will bo governod, as in tho ])tist, under Hritish
laws, and in the spirit of British justice. *

I do, further, under her authority, entreat and conniuuid those of yon who are still
assembled and banded together in defiance of lav^, peaceably to dispni'se and retiirn to
your homes, under the penalties of the law in case of disobedience.

And I do lastly inform you, that in case of your immediate and peaceable oltedienco
and dispersion, I shall order that no legal pi-oceeding ba taken agaiyst any parties
implicated in these unfortunate breaches of the law.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Ottawa, this Sixth day of December, in
the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty -nine, and in tlio Thirty-
thii'd ydar of Her Majesty's Keign.

[SEAL.]

By Command.

JoHK YouNO.
ff. L. Langevin,

Secretary of State.

Copy of the Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Pnvy Council, approved by His
Excellencyjhe Governor General in Council on the 7th December, 1S69.

The Honorable t/te Secretary of State for the Provinces, dr.

On a memorandum dated 3rd December, 1869, from the Honorable the Minister of
Finance, submitting that it is expedient to come to aii immediate decision as to the final
policy to be adopt'^d on Rupert's Land, in the event of that Territory being added to the
Dominion of Canada.

Jbeetinu:

Tlmt it would, 111 liiH opinion, 1m> iufxpodiciit to malto iiuy iimt^riivl rlian^es in th«
CuHtoni8 (luticH in lliipcrt's I-auil, until llii- tni.'iins of ucf-usi to tln> T<'iritorji' ,slmll Imvo
hoon greatly iui|iiovp(l.

ifc tlu'rcfoic Hu<,'i^('sls tli.'vt tlio pnwnt turill' sliould rctnnin iu forcf for at IciiHt two
Vfiii-M from tiiti Ist .lanuiiry noxt.

'I'liiit it iiiii>, liowovor, 1)0 iHvi'MHary to cstaMiHli duties on spiritM. and possildy sonio
(flli«'r iirtiflt'H wliidi arc at prcscnl exempt.

'I'liat, if ;ln' aliovi! tsn^r^^t'stion lie eoncurred in, lie would fiiillier reecuniii'Mid that an
nimoiiiic;'m"'.t of the intention of tlie (jovcninient Uv matlu to the poople p'. ident in thii
Territory, who may jiossilily feel some alarm on the suhjeet of ii\ereased duties.

The ComniiLteo coueur in the report of the !''inanee .Minister, and .sulimit the sum*
for vour FiXcelleucy's approval.

(VrtKied.

\V.M, If. I,i:k,

(Jlcrk P.C.

()fku;r of thk Skcrktarv of Statk for IiIE Piiovinces,

•December tth, I8r»9.
77>« Veri/ Rev. Graw/ Vicar, ^».' •. Thihavlt,
Ottawa.

Sir, — Ileferrinf^ to tho converaation held with a Comuiittce of the Privy Council
ycHterday, and to your kind con.senfc to urnhn-tako the delicatt* tank of represduting, lu
C'onjunetion with (Vdonel de Hali;hoiry, tho views and policy of this (jovernment to tho
peojile of tho Kuilson's Bay Territory, I am commanded hy J I Is Excellency tho Governor
(lenoral to convoy to yon, in the form of instructions for your guidance, tiio grounds of
ho})e entertained hero that your mission of peace and conciliation will lie entirely
successful.

You will not fail to direct tha attention of the mixed society inhal)iting the cidtivated
iKU'ders of tho Red lUver and Assinnihoine to tho fact, which comes within your daily
knowledge and observation and is [latent to all the world, that in the four Provinces of
this Dominion, men of all oiigi'.is, creeds and comjilexions, stand u])on ono broad footing
of jierfect equality in the eye of the Government and the law, and that no administratiou
could confront tho enlightened public sentiment of this country which attempted to act
in tho North-Went upon principles more restricted and h>ss liberal than those which are
lirmly established here.

So far as you may have intercourse with the Indian chiefs and peojile, yen will be
good enough to remind them that while bloody and costly'lndiaji wars huve raged, often
for long periods, in different sections of the United States, there lias lieen no war Avith
the Indians in any of the Provinces of British America since the conquest. For moro
than a century the Micmacs of Nova Scotia have lived in jieace, while tho lights of the
Milicetes of New Brunswick liave been respected. Everywheio within the Canadas, tho
progress of settlement, while it furnished new employments to the Indians, was rendered
practicable by treaties and axrangements nuitually satisfactory, that have formed the
secure basis of the sympathy and co-ojieration which have distinguished the Canadians
and Indians, not only since the Treaty of Paris, but from the earliest exploration of the
country.

It may fairly be assumed that the just and judicious treatment of the Indian Tribes
forms the brightest pa;;e in the history of British Ameiica. Canadians cannot afford to
sully it by any ungenerous treatment of the Indians in the North-West.

That the disturbances which have taken place, at and around Winnijjeg and Fort
Garry, have grown out of vague apprehensions of danger, incident to the transition state
of things which the action of the Imperial Govei-nment and Parliament rendered

fnovtt ibln, tliovo i'h no ronsnn to rloiilit ; Init it fi quitp anppvo'it *'iiit, unfloi'lyii.;^ what in
iiatiiml unit [Minloimlilo in tliih iiinv«'iiiiMit, tlii>ri> Iidm- Ijccu iij^dumoh ut wdvU which loyal
HuhjectH cnnuot roinitiMiiuirc, iiinl thiit iiitfiil iittcinptH hiivo Uw\ iiiimIh ti» niiHlmwl the
|KM)plo li) the nuwt llaj^iiuit ami alisiiril misii'pn si'iiliitioiiM. Ifail tht) (^iujou'h (jovorn-
Mi'Tit, or tlio ( toviM'iiiiii'iit of till' hoiiiiiiioii, iiiiitati'd tin* lu di ami nrklcss cui)Jii('> of
Homo «»f thow who liavf taken jtart in this diMlnrlianci', thoru would, t'l'e this, liRvo heoii
liloodsliud and <'ivil \,nv in H\ip<'i-('i< Land, with tin* pr(iM[i('i-l of the llanio spi-mdin^ alv)lit{
th»' froiilicr, as Uic lir;' Hpi( ads omt tli<" pniirii'. l''oi(un.iltly, calinrr coiiiiciL have
jH'ovailod hoth in Kufdund and at Ottawa. Thw Pr(>clainati"n of tho <2"*'*'"'" K«'pi«Hi>n-
tativf, with copies of which yon will he fnrnishcd in !•' ench and Kn;,diHh, will convey to
her people tho Holonni words of their Soven i;;n, who, poHficssed of ani|d<! power to enforce
hor authority, yet confldodi in their loyalty and idleetiouate attachniont to her throne.

The instrnetiotiH issued to IMr. McDoujjall on the twenty ei;4hth of Hf^ptomher, long
before tlieui was any reason to appreheml serious opposition on the Red lUver, will show
how utterly jjroundless were the suspicions niwl iip|)rehensions of unfair treatment which
have been widely cinndated in the Noil h- West, and to which, unfortunately, some of tljo
C-anadian newspapers, Tor paity puip(tses, at times jtfaxe the nnschievous color of their
authority.

You will perceive that at no time was the absurd idea enlcitaiiaid of i),'noiing tho
niuniei])al and polititsil riudits of the people of the North West. That tho only two
jMMSons that Mr. J\Icl)ou;,'ull was formally instructcil to call to his aid were (fovernor
McTavish and Judi^o IMack, who were known to bo universally respected, and that any
Hubs(Hjiu.'nfc selections were to be first roported here, witli the jjrounds of his Ixdief that
they stood etpially hly;h in the coididenco ami alfecLions of (ho peo[>le.

All tho Pi- )vinoeH of the British Kmpiro which now enjoy Representative Institutions
and "Resjionsilile (invernnicnt have jiassed thi'oii<;h a prtibationary period, till tho growth
of [lopulaiion, and some political trainin;^', jieparcjd them for s(^lf-;,'overnment.

la tho United States, tho Territories are ruled fi'om Wnshinjiton till the time arrives
when they can prove their litness to be incbided in tho family of States, and, in the Hulls
(f Coni^ress, challenge the full meaaure of jiowor and free development which American
CitiiienHldp includes.

Tt is fair to assume that some fuch traiidiij^ as himi.an society retpiii'ea in all free
countries nuiy be usefid, if not indispensable, at Red River; but of this you may be
assured, tliat the 01ov»i-noi' General and his Coun^-il will gladly wfdcomo the period when
the Queen can confer, with their entiie ai>pvobatioii, tho largest measure of self-govern-
mont on hrr subjects in that region, comjiutiblo with tho pieservation of British interests
on this Continent, and tho integrity of tho Kmpire.

I think it unnecessary to niake moie Ihan a passing reference to the acts of folly and
indiscretion, attributed to ]k rsons who have a.ssumed to rejiresent the Dominion, and to
speak in its natne, but wln> have acted on their own responsibility, and without tho
knowledge or the tianction of tins Oovernnuiut.

[n uiidei*i;aking, at this inclement season of the year, so long a journey in tho public
•service, you dispiay, venerable sir, a spirit of j)atrioti8m, which I am commanded to
assure you is fully appreciated by the Quecji's Representative and by tho Privy Council.

I have tho honor to bo.

Your most obedient Servunt,

Joseph Howe,
Secretary of State.

Hudson's Bay Company Office,

Mo?JTREAL, 24th November, 1869.
The Honorable the Secretari/ of State for Caurtrfa,

Ottaicn.

Sib, — I have to-day received fi*om tho Hudson's Bay House, London, an extract A a,

rember, 1869.

an extract >f a

Iftttor froi.' (Ji)voriior AIuTuvi^Ii, iliitf«»J b'ort (Jiii-y, 1-tli (Ktnln'r, lunl Imvo now tlif« honor
of tranMiiiittiii^ it to yoii. In (inin^ ;(<), 1 tun diroctft by tlit> (tovrniot' nnd ('oiiiiiiitt«M« to
Hhitf lli.it till' ('i>'ti|>itiiy Hi'<' iitixiouK t'l jitronl nil llit> iisHiHtiiixc in tlicii' jxiwitr in iiiilucin^
the Ivoil l{i\(>r |) -opln to allow tho hiu'Vcvm to lit* |iro(!iiHli'(l with, utid lu iih<> thi>ir ir.lluoiu'o
ilk Any othor tniiiui»T with tiio viow ot' ansiNtitif^ ihu aiithoritit'H at Kcil lliv«>r to nmko
tlifir anaimonn'iits for llif xovt'ninimt of tin- (.'oniitrv.

And, in ♦iow of ilir nion< wrions uspcrt wlii»li allaiiH at llctl KivtT huvr nr««ntly
ftfisumcd, r \ic}i fiirthtM", on hohalf'of the (Joinpany, to oH'rr tho nsinnrunco that thiir
(lovfcTiior, KiutorH, innl tXhn is ^mmi'tiiHv will use (hi'ii iiiMiicin-i' nnd lit-st i-lVorts to roHtoio
Hnd niaint.ii'i oidor tliroii/liuut the Territory.

J have, iic,

DoNAt.ii A. Smith.

K.\TnA('T r</ n frffrr/rohi (ionrnoi' .\f<:7\iiHi/i to IT. (!. Smith, h'nf/., Senrfori/, dntoil

IWl <imr;i, Ui:il Uin.,; I.Uh OctoUr, IStiU.

1 am Korry to Hay that Mr. Snow, tlm Snitorinti'ndcnt on tlio Canadian road to tlio
fiako of tho Woods, hna had a scrioiiH distiirlmnto with (he |if'i(|(It' (in|iloycd on tin' n)ad,
tlin most of whom arc, however, Hlnin'^ers in the Settlenn'iii. The men comjthiin hittorly
of their treatment, hnt are, no donlit, in tint wron^', an tlwy used eonsideralilo violenee in
(Uaj,';,dng Mr. Siiow lo a creek, into whieli thoy tlireiit(Mn'd to thiow hini if he did not
pay them some few days* vaj;eH whieli they ehiimed, Imt whieh Mr. Snow eonnidert'd not
to he due them. The Hnm in (jnehtion ho evcnlmilly |>:iid them >nider proteHt. Mr. Snow
laid a char;^o of rohhery a,%'ainst tho men, hot the ma!i:fiHtriiicH did not consider that tho
facts justified such a elinrge, and committed tlu' men for trial at the November (^rnirtcrly
Ooiirt for a.s.saulL

1 am also sorry to inform you tlnit some of tho pt'Ofile hern hav(t sto])ped «me of
Colonel Dennis's survey in;5 p.irties and as usual, ofeour.se, tla* Colonel came tons for
redrenH. The men, who have thus inttu-fered, say they know the survey coidd proeeed
without any injury to anyone : lait stopping; it is always a befjinnin^, and they aro
desirous to ht the Cnnadi.in (loveniment know thnt it is not wanted l>y tla ni ; (hat they
c(msidor if (ho Canadians wish to come here, tlu! terms on whieh they were, to enter
should have been arran;?ed with the local G«)vem»ment here, as it is acknowlodfjed by th«5
j»eoj)le •" I the country. l>r. Cowan is at piesent doing his utmost to ptusuade the mal-
contents to withdraw their resistance lo the hurvoy as the easiest mode of getting over
the difticidly. I regret to say that I hive been so ill for some time as to l)c tinable to
go about, and am cpiite iincijtial to the .slightest exertion.

The Honorable Joseph How(t is at present here on a visit, but inctans to leave again
in a few days. The Honorable Mr. McDougall, it is sai<l, will be here sometime during
the current' month.

Office of Skcrktary of Statk fou Canada,

Ottawa, 2Gth November, 1809.
Doiifihl A. Smith, E»q.,

A(/H)U J/iufaoiiH JJa>/ Couipfui,)/, .^nnitreaf.

SiH, — I have the Inmor to acknowledge your letter of the 24th instant and enclosure,
and I am directed at the same time to ox])re,ss the aeknowledgnu'iit of the Dominion
Government, for the assurance therein contained, that the Covernor, Factoi-s and Officers
generally of the Hudson's Bay Comjjany, will use their influence and best efforts to restore
and maintain order throughout the Noi-thAVest Territory.

I have, die,

E. Pakent,
» Under Secretary.

•n

Ori'H'K or THE HKltttTAKV OK HTATC KoR TIIi; I'ltoVINCKM.

On-AWA, l)<MM'iiiJ..T \Oth, IH60.
.Donn/il A. Smith, /.'Mf/,,

MdhIi'vuI,

BiH, — I haw tttu lioiiof to iiit'oriii yuii tliiit IliM K\<'i>IU<noy tlii) (lovfiiioi* (lotifi-ul
litis liiTii pliMNi'il to iiji|iuiMl you S|>iMiit| ( (iiiiiiiisMiiiiit r, to ciiiiiiiiK into nihl ii'iiort U|>oii
till! I'lium'H mill cxU'iit 1)1' lliii uriiK'il itliMtiucliiiii ollori'U iit tin* Kml Kt\«<i-, in tliu Noi'tii
W't'hl Tnritni'ii'H, tn till* |iruei>i'ii! iii^rchH of tin* llmi. Win. Mc|)i)iiji;all, tlio ^oiitli'iiinii
nrlccti'il to lilt till' i.iciili'ii.iiit (iovi'i'iioi- of til, it Coiiiili V, oil its union with <':iiiiiilii.

Also, to ciiiinii'i' into uiiij ri'|>oi't n|»in tlni ciuihimi of tin' ilisronti'iit iiinl ilissutisfiu'lioii
at tht' iii'o|iosril rliiiii^'K tliat now i xiMls tlinn.

AiHo, to i-x[iliiiii to iIm' inliiiliitiints tin* |ii'itiri|ili>t on which tho (Hivirnniont of
Cnnudii intriulN to ){ov«>'-n tlm roiinli y, iiml to i-mnovi- uny iiiis!i|i;ir<'lii>nsii)ns thiit iiiiiy
exist on tlir snlijcct.

Ami iilso to tiiki> Hiu'li sti'im, in concort with Mr. .Mchon^'ull mnl (ioviTnor MfTiiviHli,
aH iniiy Hi'i'in uuist |iio|ii'r for ('l!rctin;^ tho |i;Mri'alili> tninsfiT of tin* I'omitry iiml tliii
guvnnnu'iit fi'oni the lliulson's jtay iiiilhoritii s to the < ioM'i'niiiciit of tin- Dominion.
You will cuiisiiliT this coniinuninition as yoiii- Iriin- of ii|i|iointiiiiMit us (>ovt>niiiii>nt
ComniisHionir.

AVith this httt-r yon will nri-ivu;--

A copy of tli« h'ttir of inntriictioiis j,'iMii to Mr, ^rcl)ouj,'all mi h'a\in^ Ottawa.
uaUul 'J8lh ScjitcinlMT last ;

Copy of a fiirtlici' letter of insUiicLions to Mr. .MclJou^ull, thitoil 7lh instant ;

Copy of the Proclamation is,<mi<il hy His Kxocllcncy tlu) (Jovenior (h'lU'ral, aihlroKscil
to the inlialiilaiils of the North Weil 'reriitorics li\ the express ile.sire of jjer Maji'sty.

'I'licHe will enalih' yon to speak anthorilatively on the siiliject of your nii.ssion.

\o\\ will jiroceed with all »leH|iatcli to Pemhiua, iiiiil arriin;;e with Mr McDoii'^'all as
to yonr future course of action ; ami then jjo on to Fort Carry ami take such steps as
after such consultation may seem most exiuili'.nl. ^ on will, of coiii.sc, consult (ioveriior
Alc'ravish, ami • mleaviair to airan;,'e one system of conciu'teil action in the pacilication of
th« country, with Mr. Mel)ou;,'all, the liiiilson's I'.ny aiithoritics and yourself.

As the informalion received liy the (,!overiimenl here is neccKsaiily imperfect, and
U8 tile circu instances at tlu' lied Kiver are continually clian;.iiii);, it is not considcMwl
ex|MMlient to haiupei' you with more specillc instructums. You will, therefore, act
according to the hest of your judj(meiit in concert with Mr. McDougall, and you will
keep mo fully informed hy every mail of th(* progress of »!veiits.

In addition to thi' more imniediate ol)ject of your iiiiHsion, you aio renuehted to
rejioi-t ou the hest mode of dealing with the Indian Trihes in the country, and generally
to make such snggeistioiis as may occur to you as to the reipiirenuuits of the fcouutry for
the future.

I have, ttc.

JOSKI'H lloWK,

8i!cretary.

Oprif'K OK TiiK Skc'uetakv or Stati: vow. thk Piiovincks,

10th Decemher. iStiO.
TliC IJoaomble W. McDowjall, (J. 11.,

J^mbliut, Uiiited tSfides.

Sib, — Tills will lie liamh'd to you by Donald A. Smith, Esq., who goe.s to Pcnibinfti
on liis way to Fort Garry, at the special request of this CTOVcrnmeiit.

I have the hone" to enclose a copy of a letter of insliuctioiis which hius Leon
acldre86ed to ^Vr. Si i/ . and have it in coinniand to dohire that vou will consult and

r»» ()|H'mt4i with that f(ftnt)nnmii, in onlor, thiit, If p whIIiIp, hoiiik itoim^AiI solution may \w
rtiiiiiil «»f tin' fliJllciillioH which oliiHtnict your «<uljniirc in llic iww T»'rritury.

I hiivr, skv.,

•luHKIMI IfowK,

S<>(irf»Uirv.

O.S.M.r., l»/»tii Juiimuy, l«7(i.
Du.uild A. Sinlllt, E«q., Fori (larrfj.

Siit,--Uef«irring to my lottftr of llio lOtli tiiliiiio, iiifoiiiiiiig you thai \\\h l!,;"«n«nfy
the (iovrniur (ituioral had Im^hd [ilcantMl to u]>|)oii)t you n S|><>cii<l Coi iiniHaion r forco-iuiu
liurpow^w uonntH^ted witli the North-Wont TwritorioH, I Jmvo now the honor, in uo(H)rdanc«t
with tho v»-rhid coinnniiiiaition made to yoti at Ottawa, to oiicUwn a ('oniniiMition und«»r
tlio (iivat Hoal, bearing dato thu 17th ultimo, appointing you a Hpnciul ronnniaaionci'
for tho purpoii«»s ntatod in my lottor al)ove ri-forrrd to, and ujore fully not forth in
the ('omniifision itrolf.

I have, im.,

JosF-rn llowr,

H^iTPtarj.

^'h^

'\\\)l < Utawa,

CANADA.

ViCTOUIA, IIY THK (IrACK (»K OoJ), iiv.

To Donald A, Smitli^of the City of jyfontrml, in the Provinrn of Quebec, nml Dominion
of Cannila, Kn(]uire, and to »ll ofhrrn to vdiom the name mm/ in nvy %ihhh concern,

to rcuibinn,

WIIEUEAB, by an Act of tho railiumont of (Jaiuuhi, pasaod in ti.:« thirty-scjond
and thirty-third yer.rs cf Our Reign, intituled, " An Act for tho tompomry
dovonimentof Ruport'H Land . ■■ i the North-WeHt Territory, when united to Caimda,"
it is recited that it is prohoble that we may be pleased to admit Rin>ort'8 Land and tho
North-West Territory into tho Union of tlie Dominion of Canada, before tlm then next
Session of tho Canadian Parliament, and that it is expedient to prepare for tho transfer
of the said Territories from the Local Authorities to the Covcniment of Canada, at tho
time appointed by us for the Civil Government of such Tei'ritories, until more pornianonl
arrangements can Ix) made by tho Government and Legislature of Canada, and it is by
tho said Act in effect enacted that our Govornor may authorize and empowoi* such ofliooi-
us ho may appoint as Lieutenant Governor of tho North-West Territories, and who shall
administer the Government as by the said Act contemplatetl.

And, whereas, in the preparation for the transfer of tho said Territories, Our Govornor
• if Canada was pleased to send the Honorable Wm. McDougall, the gentleman selected
to bo tlie Lieutenant Governor as aforesaid, on its union with Canada, in advance and in
anticipation of the union, and his entry into the said Territories was obstructed and
prevented by certain armed parties who have declared their discontent and dissatisfaction
at tho proposed union, and their intention to resist the lame by force.

And, whereas, it is expedient that inquiry should be had into ilic cau.se.H and extent
of such obstruction, opposition, and discontent, as aforesaid.

Now know ye, that having confidence in yoiu- honesty, fidelity, and integrity, we ' >,
by these presents, nominate, constitute, and appoint you, the said Donald A. Smith, to b<«
our Special Commissioner, to enqiiiro into the causes, nature, and extent of tlio ol'strii
12n— 7

iP^

tion offered at the Red Ilivor, in tho North-West Torritorios, to the peaceable ingress of
the Honorable William McDongall, and other parties, authorized by our Governor
General of Canada to procoud into tho same ; and also to enquire into the causes and
discontent and dissatisfaction alle;j;ed to exist in respect to the proposed union of the said
North- Wes* lerritoriea with tho Dominion of Canada ; and further to explain to tlu^
inhabitants of tho said Country, the [triuciplos on which the (Jovernrnont of Canada intends
to administer the Govornmont of tho Cojintry, according to such instructions as may U
given to you by Jur Governor in Council in this behalf ; and to take steps to remove any
iniatipprehensions which may exist in respect to tho mode of (Government of the same, and
to report to Our Governor General the result of such enquiries; and on the best mode of
ciuieting p"d removing such discontent and dissatisfaction ; and also to report on tho
most pmpor and fitting mode for oflocting the speedy transfer of the Country and Govern-
ment from the authority of the Hudson's Bay Company to the Government of Canada,
with the general assent of the inhabitants.

And further, to consider and report on the most advisable mode of dealing with ti»e
fndian Tribes in the North- West Territories,

To have and to hold the said oflice of Commisaionor, for tho purposes aforesaid unto
you tho said Donald A. Smith, during pleasure.

In toslimonv whereof, drc.

(Groat Seal.)

The Honorable Joseph Howe,

Secretary of State, <i'c.,

Oitatoa, Canada.

L.\kose'8 Faum, Pembina, U. S.

20th Nov., 1869.

R e c J i V e d bjr Sir^ — I have the honor to enclose, for the information of His Excellency, the
State for the

ecretaryoi j-eply of Governor McTavish to my communications of the 2nd and 4th

Provinces, 7th instant, which only reached me last night. (Copy " A.")
Deo., 1869. Also, copy of correspondence which has passed betv/een certain

" Loyalists " in the town of Winnipeg and Col. Dennis, who is still Avith ray, and writes
under my direction. (Copy " B.")

Also a printed copy of " a protest " or " appeal " of these Loyali'its to Governor
McTavish, and of tho "Proclamation" which at last he was induced to issue. (Paper " C")

I have not yet made any reply to the lengthy and somewhat extraordinary communi-
cation which the representative of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Garry have thought
themselves called upen to address to me, nor have I made any arrangement with a view
to the " movement " which they have recommended in its concluding paragraph. As the
main object of my correspondence with them has been accomplished, to wit, the issue of a
Proclamation against the insurgents, I shall await, for a few days, the effect of this
proceeding before determining upon the ooui-se of action which I ought to adopt myself or
recommend to others. I am sure His Excellency will acquit me of indifference to the just
claims of Canada, and the reputation of its Government, or to the duties of the ^'"osition 1
have the honor to hold as its representative, if I abstain, in tho presence of the grave
events now transpiring from all controversy with Governor McTavish, or any other emplovec
of the Hudson's Bay Company, as to the propriety of the political arrangoments with respect
to the North- West Territory, which the Imperial Government has authorized and |
.sanctioned, and the Government of Canada imdertaken to carry out. With respect to ;
Governor McTavish, I may observe tha^ the report is current that he is still seriously ill, j
and that Mr. Black is the -writer of the communications which have reached me over tlie
signature of the Governor. How far the personal views and private feelings of Mr
Black — who lately informed Col. Dennis that ho was about to quit the territory — may ■

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liavo iuflnoiiccil tho policy of the local nuthoritiua, and found oxprcssion in thoir official
corroBpondenco, may horuafUr u|)pear ; but I nhall not asHuine tliat either tlio policy adopted
by theae gentlemen, or the opinions ontertainod by thorn of tlu) acts of Jlcr Mnjesty'b
Government in England as well as in Canada, has; rocoivod, or is likely to rooeivo the
sanction of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Except the supply of a few articlcis of food and clothing, for which the prices charged
are on the average higher than those of the American traderu in the neighbourhood, and
the two letters from Governor McTavish, of which cojues havo been forwarded, I have
received no assistivncc, or suggestion, or communication of any kind from the Company's
Agents in the Territory since my anival at this place. I have been obliged to organize
an independent private moans of communication with the Sottlenient in order to ascertain
the movements of tlio rebels, as well as of the loyalists, and I raay add, of the Government
itself Even the protest or Proclamation issued by the Gove -nor, has not yet been for-
warde4l to me by him, or any of his agents, Although for the List five days it has been in
the hands of the public at Fort Gan-) . But for the private channel of communication
referred to, of the existence of wliich the Company's OtKcers have not been made aware, T
would not have been able to forward this document by the present mail.

I have felt it my duty to mention these circumstances, to enable His Excellency to
luidorstand the difficulty that meets me in attempting to organize, in connection with the
authorities, any i-esistanco to the conspiracy which has already made such head in the
Hottlement. The confirmed belief of every perso-n I liavo seen, or whoso testimony has
reached mo (whether in the confidence of the rebels, or friendly to Canada), i»r that
the Hudson's Bay Company's employees, with scarcely an exception, are either actively or
tacitly encouraging the insuirection, It was the prevalence of this belief that determined
Tuo to force the authorities into a public declaration of some kind that would dispel this
illusion — if such it should prove to be — or compel them to show their hand as abettors
of the insurrection. The "appeal" of the loyal inhabitants (.see paper "0"), who had
previously opened correspondence with me, was the last screw applied, and seems to have
accomplished the purpose, notwithstanding the "peculiar circumstances," so strongly
insisted upon in the enclosed letter, to show that the issue of ouch a Proclamation
" might affect injuriously the future as well as the present Government."

I feel also bound to state, with reference to the "serious occurrence" detailed in the
10th and 11th paragraphs of Governor McTavish's letter, that I have the positive assurance
of Major Wallace, who has just returned from Fort Garry, as well as the statements of the
"Friends of Canada," that the Company's Officers in charge of Fort Garry, were told of the
intention of the Rebels to take the Fort, the day before it occurred, and that the Chief
Constable, Mulligan, who is an old soldier, offered to raise a force, partly composed of
"pensioners," with which he declared he could hold the Fort n gainst all the Rebels who
would be likely to attack it ; but he was told by Dr. Cowan, the officer in chai'ge, that his
sei-vices were not wanted.

The communication from Winnipeg, of the 17th inst., (marked B.), is from a well
informed correspondent, who has access to the Council Room of the malcontents, and is
in confidential relations with certain members of the Convention opposed to the aims of
the French half-breeds. I thought it prudent to sti'engthen the hands of the loyal portion
of the community by enabling them to deny, on the authority of Col. Dennis, known to
be with me and in my confidence, the story about my Council, which is still industriously
circulated in the Settlement. Canadian newspapers are quoted to prove that all the
members of the new Government have been chosen from Canada, and Mr. Howe's
remarks, while at Fort GaiTy, are repeated from mouth to mouth, amd construed into an
approval of their present attitude of "resistance to tyranny," and "defence of their rights."
The best way, as it appeared to me, to contradict these false and pernicious reports, was
to authorize the statement contained in the "reply" of Col. Dennis. I have thus far
avoided direct communication with unofiicial persons, but the extraordinary policy adopted
by the local authorities, and the difficulty and delay which I have experienced in my
attempts to communicate mth them, compel me to seek the aid of loyal men wherever I

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can find thoin. It will not surprise the Government to hear that I have had to incur
considerable expense that was unforeseen when I left Ottawa, and that ])rivate persona
will not risk their lives and property in the service of a Governnieiit unable to a.ssort its
existence, eitlier de jure or de facto, without immediate and adequate remuneration, and
a very unequivocal promise of indemnity. I^have, hitherto, exercised great caution on this
point ; but I can foresee that affaii*8 may soon take such a tuni, as to render a bolder an<l
more costly policy'indisjjensable for the protection of life and property, as well as for i}w.
establishment and maintenance of authority.

Messrs. Richards a;. 1 Provencher are still in the neighbourhood, and see mo daily.
As soon as the result of the meeting of so-called "Representatives" is known, we shall
take counsel togctlier and determine upon the courae which prudence and duty iimy then
point out.

I have, ito.,

\Vm. Mc'DoicALr ,

(A.)

Fort Garry,

lUU) lllVER,

November 9tli,

1801).

The Honorable W. McDougall, C. B.,
Fembina.

My Dear Sir, — i'esterday, about ten a.ji., I had the honor to rccoivc your two letters,
dated respectively the 2nd and 4th instant ; aud deeming it advisable that, in answering these
important communications, I should be advised by the Council of Assiuniboine, I at ouce
called a meeting of that body for to-day, and, with their concurrence, have now to forward
you this reply.

lu the tiret of your lettens you mention that, in conformity with the suggestion of Col.
Dennis, and the opinion of the Council, you have decided ui?..n remaining a few days at
Pembina, in hope of the withdrawal of the disaffected parties from their positions ; and we
cannot but think that, in the circumstances, your decision in that respect must be considered
wise. But it has not been without feelings to which we should find it difficult to give
adequate expression, that we have heard of your having been disturbed at the CompanyH
Post, while you were there waiting the couro of events, and of your having been compelled to
retire beyond the International line.

It appears you are under the belie F t'lat a Proclamation from this Govenimeut, explainiii;:-
the late Imperial Act regarding the Territoiy, and warning the people of the consecjuenccs (if
steps tending to impede any action that might be taken under it provisions, would have a
salutary effect in cheeking the present unlawful movement on the part of the French population.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to say, with any degree of certainty, how far that measure
might have produced such a i-esult ; but, if due consideration be given to the peculiar
circumstances in which the local authorities here stood, there will perhaps appear to be but
little ground for surprise at a measure of that kind not having been adopted.

The Act in question referred to the prospective transfer of the TemLory ; but up to thi.s
moment we have no official intimation from England, or the Dominion of Canada, of the
fact of the transfer, or of its conditions, or of the date at which they were to take practical
effect upon the Govcrunicnt of this Coiuitry. In such a state of mutter.'?, we think it is
evident that any such act on the part of the Red River authorities as that to which you point,
would necessarily hf!\-e bc^cu mnrkcd by a great degree of vagueness and uncertainty ; it win--
felt that it might affect injuriously the future, as well as the present Government ; and we
therefore deemed it advisable to await the receipt of official intelligence of the actual transfei-
of the Country, and of all the details which it concerned us to know

But having every reason to believe, from semi-official sources of information, that the
transfer of the TeiTitory wouid soon take place, I have not failed to take every proper
opportunity of putting the matter before the public in that light ; and, although we have not
seen the expediency of issuing any such Proclamation as that suggested, yet we have been
incessant in our efforts to impress upon the leaders of these disaffected people a just sense of

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the illcpfnlity and danj^cr of the course upon which they had entered, nnd to disHuade thcni
from the fiuther prosecution of their unlawful purposes. jMcaaurcs, it i»true, of a positively
coercive nature have not been resorted to, for the simple reason that we have liad no reliable force to
insure their safety and success ; and wo arc strongly impressed with the belief that there in
f^-eat, if not overwhelming weight in the reasons given in my fonuer letter for the authorities
hesitating to adopt the perilous step of deliberately callinir iijion one |)ortion of ho |)oculiiir a
connnunity as this to confront the other In an attitude of detenninod hostility.

With regard to that part of your letter in which you make such exprci^s reforonee to my
position as the present legal ruler of the Country, and to my responsibility for the preservation
of the public peace, permit me to say it is because I so deeply feel that resjxjnsibility, that I
have hithei'to been restrained from sanctioning a coui"se so likely, I may almost say, so certain,
to engender a strife which, for years to come, might prove fatal to the peace and prosperty of
the whole country, and make all government impossible. It is un(|ue8tionablc that the
preservation of the public peace is tlie paramount duty of every ( Jovcrnment ; but while in
ordinaiy circumstances it might be reasonable enough to cast upon us the exclusive rcsixinsibility
of preserving the public peace, it may, perhaps, at the same time, admit of doubt whether
some degree of responsibility did not also rest upon others in a ca.se of so exceptional a
character as this, — a case in which not merely a whole country in transferred, but al.so, in a
certain sense, a whole people, or, where at least the political condition of the people undergoes
such a great change ; and it may moreover bo a question whether, on the part of the Dominion,
the preliminary arrangements for introducing that change have proceeded upon such a just and
accurate appreciation of the condition of the country, and the peculiar feelings and habits of
its people, as, on such an occasion, was desirable, if not absolutely egsential ; and whether the
complication by which we are now surrounded, may not, to a great extent, be owing to that
circumstance. But, at a time like this, when it is felt tliat all our energies ought to bo
directed to the possible removal of the obstacles that oppose the peaceable inauguration of your
Government, it would be out of place here to go into the discussion of such points as relate to
the responsibility of those concerned in the introduction of the new order (,f things; and I
.^hall therefore proceed to deal with mattera of a more practical as well as more pressing nature.

What the ultimate object of the malcontents may be, it is difficult to astei-tain, but if
they are aiming at establishing a Government of their own, as the leaders whom you met on
the 2nd inst, rather prematurely said they had already done, I doubt very nmch whether the
rest of the Settlement are at all likely to submit to such a destination ; but whether they may
tliiuk it best tactily to ignore such a usurpation of power, while it consisted merely in a name,
f»r actively resist it, or take part in the movement in the hope of moderating and directing it,
will, I apprehend, greatly depend upon circumstances.

It seems by no means improbable that on both sides of the line there may be personswho
are looking with a degree of sympa thy upon this movement of the French population ; their
motives, it is not difficult to imagine, but it seems to be nothing more but infatuation for the
leaders of those disturbances to encourage the idea of annexation to the States, for it is highly
improbable that, whatever might be the influence of such a change upon the community, its
effect upon the French population generally, could hardly fail to prove unfavorable to them.

Excepting in one respect — but that I am sorry to say, a serious if not in a formidable senst;
— little change, so far as we can learn, has, since my la.st, come over the arrangements or the spirit
of these people. The prevention of your entrance into the Settlement was the object they first
proposed to themselves, and upon that object they appear to be as fully bent as ever, being still,
;is I am informed, collected at several points, in numerous armed bands, in readiness, as we may
l)resume, to obstruct your approach to the Settlement, should that be attempted; and they arc,
of course, aware that so long as you remain in the neighbourhood, such an attempt is always
[wssible.

The occurrence to which I have :illudcd in the preceding paragraph as being serious, is
this, that on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2nd inst., a number of these daring people,
suddenly, and without the least intimation of their intention to make such a move, took
possession of the Gates of Fort Garry, where they placed themselves inside and outside the
Gates, to the number in all of about one hundred and twenty, and where, night and day,
they have constantly kept a pretty strong armed guard. On being asked what they meant by

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Huoh a movement upon tlio Fort, tluiy mu\ their object wu« to protect it. Protect it from
what? they were unked. Tlicir aiiHwcr wiib — from danger. Aguinst what danger, they wore
asked ? To this (jiicntion, they replied that they could i.ot now H|K'cify the danger, but that
(hey wouUl do m hereafter, and obHtinatcly took up the positions they have wnco kept in Hpite
all om- protoHt.s and n'mouHtrnneos, at such u l)ol<l nnd hi^h-handed proceeding.

On eoniing into the Fort, they (inrnestly diHcluimed all intention of injuring either
person or property within it, and it must bo allowed that in that respect they have kept their
word ; but it is an inconvenience and a danger next to intolerable, to have a body of armed
men, even with profosttions of peace towards ourselves, I'oreibly billeted upon an establishment
Hueh as this. Their intentions in ccmiing to the Fort they have never definitely expressed, nc
have they yet specified the danger from which their presence was meant to protect the place.
\Ve aiv, tiierefore, loft in some measure to conjectures, and by these we are strongly led to
iH'lievc that you were! expected to come to the Fort, and that by thus hiiving pnn'ious possessiop
of the gates, they felt that they wtmld be sure of keeping you o»it.

It is nec'dlcss to ask why their presence was submitted to, for I presume you already know
enough of the circumstances fully to understiuid thi.t it was only borne a« being apparently,
with nwpeet to innnediate results, the less formidablo of two very serious evils.

Towards the end of your last letter, you desire my opinion as to whether any useful
jiurpo3t5 is likely to be served by your remaining for any length of time at Pembina, and feeling
the iuiportancT that may bo attached to any expression from me on that point, I have taken
care to test my own ideas very closely by the opinions of the Council.

In compliance with your wishes, let me say, as the substance of our opinion on this point,
that wo jjcreeive there is as 'ittle chance as ever of these people rcceding from opposition to
your coming into the Hottlement ; that the attempt might bo productive of the most disastrous
conse(]uences, and that while you remain at Pentbina, the effect, so far as tlie Settlement is
concerned, is likely to bo the perpetuation, and possibly even the aggravation of this state of
disturbance and danger. You can, therefo.'c, yourself judge whether any good purpose would bo
likely to be answered by your remaining at Pembina, and perhaps your owt view of the matter
will be such as to prepare you for my adding, as I assure, I do with a feermg of inexpressible
regret, that to the (^ouneil and myself it appeaif that your early return to Canada is not only
essential for the jioaco of the country, but also advisable in the interest ot the cstablisliment in
tlio future of the Canadian Government.

It is no doubt possible that u little more time may change the minds of tho men, and
public meetings are notified which may v«*niewhat alter the j)re8ent state of affairs. Your
immediate departure ought not therefore, perhaps, to bo at once determined upon. It might be
advisible, a few days longer, to wait the coui-so of events, or at any rate until I can again
communicate with you ; but at present, I confess, I sec but little reason to expect the
occurrence of anything that is likely materially to change the opinion I have expressed with
regard to your movements.

I remain, &c.,

W. BIcTavisii.

(B.J

WiNSiPEO, Wednesday Evenmg,

11 P.M., 17th J^ov., 1869.

('ouncil met at 12 yesterday. English delegates all staunch except the two from the
town of ^\ .nnincg. The English parishes considering such a meeting, as proposed by the
French , illegal, sent represent:' Hvcs with written instructions, and these were to explain first, that
they disapproved of all the acts committed, and, secondly, that they would not join in forming
an independent Government. The French delegation consisted of the council of 12 before
t'orniod, 'aid their president and .'Kcrotary. Kiel caused a salute of a number of field pieces to
be fired, and the mooting took place in the Court House, which was at the time and since,
guarded. Yesterday was consumed in the expression of the views of the English del^ates, and
it was expected that to-day the French were to jhow their hand. Late in the afternoon of

ycfltcrday, the MSS ot'Oovomor MoTaviHli'n Pmclaiimtioii wuh hiindod into the nHScnibly, and
much discufieion ns to the propriety of doin/; ho preceded itH reading. The English delegation,
with the exception of the two from the town, worked well together, and wished to make Hpceial
uflo of this document, but its want of gmieral publication and trimslation into French prevented.
An interview with three of the principal Knglish delegates just before this writing, infonnn us
that they, this morning, demanded of the French delegates their policy^ but they refused to
give it. Kiel argued that the Hudson's Buy Company's (Joveniment was a very weak one, and
that a better one was neceKsary. Tins was met by the counter argiinu'ut of the consequent
necessity of a strong (3 ovenuuent, and shown by rercrcneo to tlu; different publislKul papers that
the Canadian one was the only one possiblo, Kiel evidently pointed to a Republic, but would
not say so directly. Priest O'Donohue at one time became v y much excited, mid (piot^^d the
wrongs of Ireland, and stated that the Dritisli tiovernment was now shaking to its foundation,
&c. They affect to despise the Proclamation of CJovenior IMcTavi.^li, herewith enclosed. We
have no faith in the sincerity of that Proclamation, but believe that the prc.s,sure brought to
bear upon them here by the loyal party, was such that they could no longer resist, and their
own conviction of the utter helplessness and impossibility of further resistance, compelled them
to issue it as nmch for their o.,n safety as for the continuance of their authority, if any portion
remains. Delegates thanked Governor in writing for the Proclamation. General Court of
Assinniboino is to bo held to-morrow as usual, and, in consequence, the meeting of delegates and
French put off till Monday, when English insist on knowing the French policy. English
delegates, except those from town, very determined, and will have meetings of their people in
the interim. A report reached hero yesterday of 2,000 troops being on the way, and i.s
believed by the French, hence the quietude of to-day in comparison with yesterday. Kiel
alluded indirectly to it, and said all routes were alike impossible. The three principal delegates
we have just conversed with, say '' that they think that as it is believed that the Governor has
it in his power to increase the number of Councillors to liy, and that only six are said yet to be
appointed, the concession of the remainder to the people will bo what the claims may b i whittled
down to." Result of Monday's meeting of Council will be duly reported. We thmk that the
insurgents will back down. Probably, a cleputation to you will be decided upon at next meeting ;
any concession made will do good. Can we inspire delegates in regard to what is possible (
Reply by bearer.

To whtiii, the foUovniuj reply was sint.

Pemblna, 19th Nov., IHG'J.

'• The information given in yours of Wednesday is very satisfactory. Monday's proceedings
will bo looked for with much anxiety. The efferts of the Loyalists to maintain order and the
authority of the Crown, in a difficult crisis, will not bo forgotten or go unrewarded. The
Proclamation of Governor McTavish seems judicious, and ought to impress all but the leaders
of the conspiracy, who must know the nature of the crime they have committed, and cannot be
expected to listen to his admonitions. Labor to detach the ignorant, and so far, the innocent
dupes of these men from their treasonable a&sociation. It is thought here that if the majority,
now deliberating, decides for a Republic or other illegal form of Government, the loyal
inhabitants should withdraw from all association and discussion with the in.surgents, and bt;
prepared to rc.lly in support of law and order, and the rights of the British Crown in this part
of the Dominion, the moment a call is made by competent authority.

Most of the stories told to deceive and excite the half-breeds and others against the
Government which the highest .luthority in the Empire has ordered to be established, and will
support with all its force, are known to be false by many persons now in the Territory,
especially by those wli^ are still its legal rulers. One statement that seems to be believed by
many, and may have tended to abate the loyal zeal of some otherwise well disposed persons, is,
ih&f all the members of the New Couiicil are to be sent from Canada." This may be
contradicted at once. Tuo only persons mentioned in the Governor's instructions, to whom
he is f^''rected to offer f-cits in his Council, arc residents, and have long been residents within
the Territory.

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Three gcntlen.on only, havo come from Canada with tlio expectation of nppointmcnt in
or imdcr the Governnont, but the (lov<'mor'.s handu are m far untied, except as above stated,
in the matter of hie Council.

This is not an officiil announcement, or for use in any public way, but to enable you to
correct the false statemciitH which are current, and to assure the loyal and well disjMjscd.
The riovcmor romnms hero for the present.

.T. S. D.

Thk Cuisls. — Loyalty Tna-,Mrn.\NT. — The OovEiiNon'a ^'uoclamatiox.

On tho 12th iustaiit tho following address was presoutod to Governor McTaviah,
signed by a largo number of our most reapostable inhabitantfl, and, on the 17th, a reply
was issued, which w'll be found below.

Town op Winnipeg,

NoTeml)er 12th, 180U
To William McTavish, Esq.,

Governor Iludaon^a Jlay 'Company, Fort Garry.

We, the undesigned residents of the Town of Winnipeg, and loyal subjects of Her
!Majesty tho Queen of Grflat Britain and Ireland,

Beholding, with great alarm, the unsettled state of feeling existing in this Teiritory,
and the threatening position assumed by a poition of its French speaking population
towards the Ci'own, in the person of Her Majesty's representative, the future Governor of
this Territory ; and, believing, as we do, that this disaffection or dissatisfaction is tho result
of various slanderous interpretations lir.vi":ig been (rom time to time dissominattd among
tho people by parsons unknown :

We do, Llierefore, now demand that you, as the representative of Her Majesty in
this Territory, do proclaim among tlie people, either by convening a public meeting for
that purpose, or posting in conspicuous places throughout the Country, o, full and correct
exposition of tho nature of the transfer of this Territory to the Dominion of Canada.

We also request that you will explain, so far as lies in your power, the policy likely
to be adopted by the Canadian authorities relative to the governing of the Territory.

Also, that you deny the numerous libellous slanders which aj:£ in circulation regarding
the purposes for which the Territory was acquiied. That you warn them of the danger
they are incurring to themselves by persistence in their present violent course, thereby
impei'illing the future welfare of the Country ; and that you do entreat them to lay down
their <^ -.xS, and return peaceably to their homes.

Here is the Proclamation drawn from Governor McTavish on the present state of
affairs : —

Wlicreas, I, William McTavish, Governor of Assinniboine, have been informed that a
meeting is to be held to-day of persons from the different districts of the Settlement, for
th« ostensible purpose of taking injbo consideration the present political condition of the
Colony, and for suggesting such measures as may appear to be best adapted for meeting
the difficulties and dangers connected with the existing state of public affairs.

And, whereas, I deem it advisable, at this juncture, to place before that meeting, as
well as before the whole body of the people, what it appears to be necessary foi me to
declare in the interest of public order, and of tho safety and welfare of the Settlement.

Therefore, I notify all Avhom it concerns that, during the last few weeks, large bodies
of armed men have taken positions on the public high-i-oad to Pembina, and, contrary to
the remonstrances and protests of the public authorities, have committed the foUovTing
unlawful acts : —

First. — They havo forcibly obslnicted the movements of various persons travelling

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on tho public higliway in jteuceablo ])rosecution of thoir lawful business, and have thus
violated that peracnal liborty which in tho undoubted ri^ht of all Hor Majesty'^ subjects.

Secondhj. — Taoy havo uula\<ffully Koizod and dotainnl, on tlio r<jad at La Rivi6re
Sale, in tho parish of St. Norburt, goods and morchandize, of vanous descriptions, and of
very cousidcrabh* value, bolonging as well to pcwons coining into tho Colony as to pcjrsons
already settled hv^ro and carrying on thoir business in the Settlement, thereby causing
great loss and inccnvonienco not only to tlio owners of these goods, but, as has fonnally
been complained of, also to the carriers of tlio same, and possibly involving tho whole
Colony in a ruinous responsibility.

Thirdli/. — They have unlawfully iitterferetl with tho public mails, both outgoing and
incoming, and by that tami)oring with the established means of communication between
the Settlement and tiio out&ide world, have shaken public confidence in tho secvirity of
tho mails, and given a shock to the trado and commerce of the Colony, of which tho
mischievous effects cannot now be fully estimated.

Fourthly. — Not only without permis.sion, but in tho face of repeated remonstrances
on the part of the Hudson Bay's Company's officer in immediate charge of Fort Garry,
they have, in uumbtu'S varying from a\)out sixty to one hundred and twenty, billeti^d
themselves on that establishment, \inder tho plea of protecting it from a danger which
they alleged was known by themselves to bo imminent, but of which they havo no-^'er yet
disclosed the jmrticular nature. They have placed armed guards at tho givtes of an
establishment, which every stick and stone of it is private property ; in spite of tho most
distinct pi-otestations against such a disregai-d of the rights of pro])orty, tliey have taken
possession of rooms within the Fort ; and, although they have there as yet committed no
direct act of violence to pei-son or pi-operty l)eyond what has been enumerated, yet, by
their presence in such numbers, with arms for no legitimate purpose thnt can be assigned,
they havo created a state of excitement and alarm within and around the Fort which
seriously interferes with the regular business of tho establishment.

Fifthly. — A body of armed men have entered t) Hudson Bay's Compa. r's Post at
Pembina, where certain gentlemen from Canada, \, ii.ii their families, were peaceably
living ; and, under threats of violence, have compelled them to quit the establishment at
a season of the year when the rigors of wititor were at hand, and forced them to retire
within American Territory.

And, in the last place, they have avowed it as their intention, in all those unlawful
proceedings, to resist arrangements for tho transfer of the government of this Country,
which have been made under the sanction of the Imperial Pyrliament, and of virtually
setting at defiance t)\e royal authoiity, instead of adopting those lawful and con.,titutional
means which, under the enlightened rule of Her Most Gracious Majesty our Queen, are
sufficient for the ultimate attainment of every object that rests upon reason and justice ;
the pei-sons who have been engaged in committing those unlawful deeds, have resorted to
acts which dii*ectly tend to involve themselves in consequences of the gi'avest natui-e,
and to bring upon the Colony and the Country at large, the evils of anarchy and the
horroi's of war.

Therefore, in the interests of law and order, in behalf of all the securities you have
for life and property, and, in a word, for the sake of the present and future welfare of th«
Settlement and its Inhabitants, I again earnestly and emphatically protest against each
and all of these unlawful acts.

I charge those engaged in them, before they are irretrievably and hopelessly involved
immediately to disperse themselves and peaceably to depart to their habitations,
or to their lawful business, under the pains and penalties of law ; and whatever in other
respects may be the conclusions of those who meet to deliberate upon the present critical
and distracted state of public aflairs, I adjure you as citizens, having the interests of your
country and your kindred at heart, to ratify and proclaim, with all the miglit of your
united voices, this public notice and protest, and so avert from the Country a succession
of evils, of which those who sees the beginning may never see the end.

You are dealing with a crisis out of which may come incalculable good or
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nuiieasurablo evil, and with all tlio weifjht of my oflicial authority, and all the influenc*
of my indiviihuil poHition, let mo finally charge you to adopt only such means as are
lawful and constitutional, rational and safe.

Given under myjiand and seal, at Fort Garry, this 16th day of November, 18G9.

W. McTavwh,

Governor of Aasinniboine.

Ottawa, December 7th, 1869.
1611.
The Hon. W. McDougall, C.B.}

Pembina.

Sill. — I had the honor to rcceivo thi.s morning, your Despatch of the 20th November,
coverinjj; enclosures from the Hudson 'h Bay Company. These papers have betn laid before
the Privy Council, and will be i'orwardod,by His Excellency the Governor General, to England.

I have, &c.,

Joseph Howe,

Secretary of State for the Proviiioefl.

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Office of Secretary of State for the Provinces,

Ottawa, 10th December, 1869^
The Honorable Wm. McDougall, C.B.,

Pembina,

Sir, — I am commanded to call your attention to the exposed situation in which the arms,
purchased for Government service at the Red River, have been placed. Georgetown, where
it is understood here they are stored, could so easily be surrounded and forced by any roving
band of half-breeds or Ir ^ians, or by persons quite as unscrupulous coming in from the United
States, that they can hardly be considered secure.

If matters are to remain for any length of time on their present footing, they would
perhaps be safer at St. Cloud or St. Paul.

I have, &c.,

Joseph Howe,

Secretary of State for the Provinces.

Ottawa, 11th December, 1869.
The Honorable W. McDougall, G.B.,

Pembina.

Sir, — I notice in the reports of several persons, made to you and forwarded to this oflSee,
references to expressions said to have been used by me in conversations with inhabitants of the
Hudson's Bay Territory, and I think it proper that you should be authorized to contradict
all such statements, so far as the inference can be drawn from them, that any thing said by
me at Winnipeg, or anywhere else, gave countenance or sanction, to breaches of the law and
order or to resistance to the peaceable establishment of the authority of the Dominion in the
Territory, under the sanction of Imperial Legislation.

During my visit to the Red River I never saw Riel, Bruce, Father Ritehot, or any persons
said to be the leaders of the insurrectionary movement, but I conversed freely with all classes
and orders of people, from Governor McTavish downwards, and to them all held the same
language — That the same constitution as the other Provinces possessed would ultimately be
conferred upon the country ; that in the provisional arrangements to be made, the feeling and
interests of the resident population would be considered — that leading men enjoying their
confidence, would be at onoe taken into the Government, and that the young men, without

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distinction of blood, would bo drawn into thn public norvioo an thoy wero fitted by education
to fill places of trust and emolument

I have, &o.,

Joseph Howt:,

Secretary of State for the Provinoca.

Pembina, U.S., 25th November, 18G9.
Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary oj 'vrte

/or the Pn. \ceg, d;e.

Received by SiR, — T have the honor to forward a confidential Report by Miijor J«

tha8ecr«taryof ^aHjigo of Wliiiby, Ontario, who was sent from tliis plaei? on tlio 4th Novoml)er,
rmvinces, lltli on a special niisHion to Fort Garry, and who returned on tho 22nd instant. IIo
,T)oc., 1809. iH the person mentioned in my report of the 5th instant, as beinjj; in the confi-
dence of some of the Conspirators hero, so fir as to obtain a '• I'ass " from them. Major
Wallace was employed by Colonel Dennis in his surveyinn; operations last summer. Flu is u
shrewd Scotchman, has boon many years a resident of Canada, and though a little hot-temjwred,
may bo regarded as a trustwortliy reporter of what ho saw and heard.

I received throtigh an employee of tho Hudson's Bay Company, sent by Q^overnor McTavish,
inform > ' ♦hat the rebels had resolved to send an expedition (of horsemen) to Goor^citown
to hvT': tl' ludson's Bay Storehou-sc there, in order to destroy the arms and amnmnition
hi ored at that place. This was to bo done at once, if tho results of the " Con-
' iviir in favour of tho insurrection. As there was no time to loose, I took immediate
\vrc them removed to Fort Abercrombio, some 40 miles distant. I wrote to General
.'ofi/ A), requesting him to allow them to bo stored in tho Fort, which I have no
dr ibt he will readily comply with. I caused it to bo announced, or rather stated as a fact
I !'• ^ arty, in their conversation with tho conspirators at Pembina, that the arms, Ac, had
bev..i removed to Fort Abercrombie. This will bo reported at hcad-riuartcrs, und will prob.ibly
put a stop to tho " raid." But in any event, the arms, &c., will bo at Fort Abercrombie
before the raiders can overtake them.

I have received a private note from Governor McTavish, informing mo of his having
issued a Proclamation, more, he observes, in deference to my opinion, than from any expecta-
tion of a favourable result, and at the same time he expresses his .«atisfaction that I have
remained here. He enclosed to me letters he had received for me from Sir Curtis Lampson
and the Secretary of tiie liuJ.son's Bay Company, and expressed his desire to bo of service.
I infer that he had received instructions from the Company, and notice of the date of transfer.
I am still without any oflaeial notice of the Imperial Order in Council, and must act, if at all,
upon the information contained in the private letters from Sir Curtis Lauipson, which an-
nounces the date of transfer agreed to by the Imperial Government to be 1st IJecember next.

There is a rumor among the rebel sympatliizers here this afternoon, that the French
half-breeds have demanded the " Public Money " from the Treasurer at Fort Garry, and that
he had refused, and was thereupon made prisoner. — That English and Scotch half-breeds
and the Canadians were arming, and that a roio was expected. Tho " Convention," the game
rumor informs us, has been adjourned for some duy;*, I expected a private message from
the settlement, of the result of Monday's and Tuesday's deliberations, in time for this post,
but it has not yet reached me.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Wai. MoDouqall.

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Notes hy J. W. between ith and 22nd Novemhsr, 1869.

To the Honorable Wm. McDougall, G.B.,

Pembina.
I left FortPembina. for Fort Garry on Ith November, 1869, with a despatch for

<«ovi<rnor MfTiiviMli. I wnn fiiiiuiiliMi willi n li'Hor of " Wifi' conduct " from nn Anim-iriui
){(<i)tli<tniiii of tliin |>litco. Ani\ill^ nt (Im« liiirritiidc, Kivor Hnlc, I wim (■Dtiiliiriitd \>y
nriDOii iDoii to (ho Calliolio Clinrrli, widcli I iiiidt^islood to lio lii<Mdi|iiiii'l<'iM uf tlio
iiiMuijji'iitM, li\ nil ii|i|it'r room I found I'lcsidoiit Unii-o, Sccit^liirv Loiiin |{i««l, M
O'lioiiii, Mr. Mi'Kinnoy, Jr., niid livo liulf ItroiMU wlioiii I ilid not know. Hn |ii'i<Hrniing
my " piinn " to Ivitd, lio i-cud il in IVtMicli to l''iillH'r l!il<'liol nnd Miid, " ll is nil ii);lil, Imt
altlioii^li norrv lo troiilijo mo, niiisl lotjiioMl mo to mIiow iiiiy dociiinontM I niif^lit liiivn in
my jxiHfloMHion." Nono wimo in viow. Sovrral i|iioNtionH woio tlirn nH^od Mid |)rom|»tly
an«>v^i(«d iiM to tlio poNition nnd dosiirn of tiovcnior McDon^all niiil liis jmrfy. I then
|)nHN<<d to l''ort (iiu'iy, \> horo I found mi'iiiiH to hav(« the di>s|ial<<li |»lan'd in tho liniidH of
Oovonior llcTiiviRh. On tho NtioiiKtii of it,th«i ('ouiicil uf AsNitinilioinn wnn ndlod for
TiU'Hihiy tho Sill. Mr. ItMiiiiiilyno is ii nionilior of that Council, tiiid wiih present at that
moctin^f. lie told mo thai wlu'ii Mr. McDon^all'M Ultcr wiih rend, Mc'l'iivi'di {iiIlhon;^h
nick) ra^'cd fiirionnly, and nuked what rJcl>oiigull meant that u|i to thai nionicnt ni|
oHicial int'ormiition had rcmhiMJ IIkmii of nny change haviiif; liecn niiide in the owiiei-Hliip
of liiiperlH l.nnd, nnd that he would let Mr. McDoii^all know llial no hucIi dii'tution an
that indicHted liy the letter would for a moment he toleraled.

Mr. Mulligan, a |ienNioni>r, and a |iolice «ion!stahh> in Winiii|iei,r, told ine Ihnt he htul
warned the HndHon's Hay Company, on aevernl occa.'^ionN, tlinl (he hall" ItoimIh were to rise.
Tliia lie di«l through •lndg<< lUack iiiul Dr. Cowan, and Hiiggeslcd thni the peiiNionerN bu
oalh^l out to guiinl (lie fort, bu( thn( (ht>y declined doing nnydiing in the mattur.
Mulligan iUro informed me, that on tho Sih insi,, af(«<r tlu; fort had hecii in poNHCNsion of
the ii\snrgentn for wncial day«, (hal he licmd frtnu one of (he reiieh whom he (totild
rely upon, that the arsenal w-a.s to ho hi'okon open and the iirnis taken poKscMHion of in u
dny or two. and informed Dr. (\iwnii, who ri>plied. "What can wo do I" Mulligan
answertvl, " Call ttui the pensioners, and others willing to join them, antl let (hem tuko
possession of the fort." The .liidge who was pivsont said, "A Council will be ciillmi,
and nn answer given to you at '.\ o'clock (o morrow." Noxt ihiy Arulligan waH told that
hit nervices woiv not rcipiired, and that »>vening (he arniH were taken posHcssiou of.

1 linti soveral converaaations with Mr. M<'Kinney, Honr. At lirHt he wan somowhat
ahy — at«ted that as yet he had nothing to do with the insurgents, liul tliathe might have ;
- that tho United States was the natural outlet for the Settlement, and tho people wanted
nothing else «*» ho believed ; and that they would never submit to tho injiiHticu about to
Ix* forced tipon them by (he Canadian (!overnmi>nt in appointing a. Council Ironi (y'lvnada,
Ac, -viiiually ignoring tho people of l\etl Hiver- that if tJovernor McDougall had come
alone he woiild have got in anfl would liavti been hoard, an.i if his vi(>WH did not suit they
would hare told him to go. Again, on another occasion, he corroborated what Hannntyno
■aid about the want of othcinl notice, <fee.. that the people would not submit to taxes —
that they wnntod control of their own atlairs, and that ho apjiroved of tho course tho lialf-
broeds had taken in keeping the (Jovonior out — and that tliov had about 700 nicti under
arnia. — Our other convei-sntions wei*o something similar until T went in on the Saturday
morning befon^ T loft, and liad about an hour with him. He was reading the lm{)orial
Act ceding the North- West Territory. Ho o]»ened out frankly, nnd stated that a blank
ho saw in the Act meant neither inoro nor lesg than that aft(>r a certain time, CRiiadians
could fill it up as tliey wished — that ho was a tlelogate of Fort (Jarry, but that very little
would be done bv the Convention, \inless to draw the two p.arties closer together — that he
would like to see the country at poaco, so that trade might go on as usual, but that he
had no hoi>es as long as the OovtM-uor and suite remained at Pembina. What tho jieoplo
ntnv wanted, he said, was coin]ilete control over their own aftairs, and that as soon as the
Delegates had closed tlieir work, he "nclieved that orders would be given to have the census
of the people taken. — Elections to be held and a Parliament establislied, that the Canadian
Government must respect. Why? he asked, should we be any worse dealt with than British
Columbia. Newfoundlaml, or Prince Edwaixl Island ] Mr. Howe, lie said, told us plainly
that we wei-e entitleii to the same rights, r.nd that by iierscvcrance wo would get them.
He fmther remarked that, '*ifwe fail in o-ir etibrts to arrange with Canada, another

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•IiMiinnt wmiM 1)^ ('ntti><t in, anil llin iniii) hI. Ilin li(«A«l of lliU iitovftmnnt. Jiiat knnw how to
g(<t lliiMii, Hiiil llial In lliit KiMiiiiiiH."

I ooiivoi-mmI with llii^li hotmlilMoii, nf ii'ort. (inriy, wIki wiin vory vinliiiit, ami xUtiMl
willi uii (iiitli, lliiil a < 'iiimdiiin Oinnrnur nIkmiIiI iii-vrr riilo (In' Si-llli iiinnl,, and tliiow out
liinU what ihvy could do in H\u'm^',. Mr. 0'|,oan, Mr. (Jror^f livrlyn, ltulnlkr()|ii'r, »ud
Hnvrrnl otlini'M «x|>rcHH<d vii'WM Hiniilnr to Mr, M«-Kitiimy. I (wlki-d with manv olhni«
oil that Midi) (I iiM'iwi ih(« P'rcnch half hii'fKh), and th'ty iiuarly all Hpoko to tint 'haiiia
|aii'|)ort. A xnat [lait of tJin lorr^oiiiK waH drawn out l>y i|ur'ilioiiM cari'fully put by
inyH(>lf.

Mr. * ♦ • KaVH, that tic |<)n^|iNh and Hcotfh half hrrtih an' with th«» Caiiiuliitn
Oovi'rniiionI, hut docH not think thai tln-y would takit up ariiiN, until th'^y havn nii
ariMV to i'nll hark u|ion, ami Hoinu HiuMirity from iho i^ivcrninnit that th«ty would ho paid
for tlif di'Ht ruction of ili»it pnipKrly hy liri^ or oIlHiwim', that Im ha« tin- proniido of
:i(lt) Siiai.x IndiaiiH at iiny tiiiio th(<y aro ri<i|uir*'d, hut I hit p'topic ^i-nurally do not think
well of httliiij^ tli(t IndiiinH looao until other iiH-atr't aro cxhauHtt'd.

Mr. 'rayior, a wndthy inriohant, 1 1! inih-s up AHHinnihoini' Ilivi-r, piT'iontcd inn with
th«' <i'/i>l/f nt'Wivpapcr, ami naid that piipor 7-ond)tiiinH what you Kay. I inunt <M>nfoHN that
pupor liaH done inlinito harm to Canadian intorestH in the HettliMneiit.

Colonel lioliiiiHon In in favor of Oovernnient ((/'ana<lian) hut morn ho, 1 thirk in
fnvur of the UniU^d Mtati's. II** In an Aiiieriean.

* * * * wlioHe hrothor * # # j^op^ fully with li\nur'^imi», \h ((rnatly
atUudiod to (Canadian (lovnrnment, and han very unmi inlluenco amon^Ht indiann would
!»(• u inoHl UHofnl man in any treaty with thein lie has put # * * fr<im the Iioumi
hn livtxl in. Ilennid he wan a halfhreed, and ^doried in the luuno and raeu, And Would
nevor |<ivn up tlu< ri;»htH ho had in tho landH. lie wanted to hoo the (Jovornor and how
what he h*< I to Hay. lie waa Kure tho (Canadian (iovernnaont would nevrr tako tlioir
rights away.

Mr. William Tait waa thouj^ht to ho favorahlo to Catia«lu, lait from what ho anid in
IfudHon'H Hay Coinpaiiy'H Oillee to mysflf nnd Mr. (Jraiit, we were ofopinioti that liA waH
rhan^in!^, as a ;;reat many aro in danj^er of doin^, who visit tlie Company'H < )fri(e, and
hoar the HontimentH of John McTavirtli ami Mr. Ilarj^rave. Mr. Tait Haid, " you may talk,
hut in that cuuvsntion we sit oppohitd to thoHO who have ijer;n horn and hivai^ht u|>
among um, ato with us, Hh>pt with uh, hunted with u.s, traded with uh, and aro of our own
IIohIi and blood- -gentlemen, Haid ho, I for uno uaimut fight thom. J will not imhuo my
hand.H in their Mood."

ilamos KoHM, anothor delogato, ohai'god mo with Hpeaking againat tho (iovernor. Ho
is believed by most j)eople to be Htauiudi in favor of Canadians. He thinks Homo arrango
inoiit may yet bo como to by Convention, by wliich the Governor can Hafely bo brought in.
lli.s viowH do not ooinoido with a groat majority of Conn(;il.

Mr. Lorrman, another delegate, thinks tho present Convention will appea.so tho
French half breeds soni(!w}iat. We have met them, ho says, treatcid them kindly, and by
continuing to do ho, may win them ovisr, but it will take* time.

Mr. *** thinks no good will come out of tho <,'oiivention — that nothing but troops,
and that immediately, will bo of any use, and that if tho Canadian Covernmciiit will send
trooi)3 by middle of January, tho English and Scotch will no doubt organize. If troojiH
are not sent, I, for one, ho said, will at any time hign a UK^morial to tho United Htatija
Uovornment, asking their pormissioii to aiuuix oursfjlves to them. Mr. *** is of opinion
that the Indians (Chippawa) will act with tho (Janadiiuis, but that .some steps should be
taken at once to have a treaty with them. Trade, he says, is gone, and everytiiing
unsatisfactoiy inider th(( present state of things.

Mr. *** a wealthy half-breed, and strongly oj)0.sed to tho Priests, says, that aoldiera
should be sent in immediately to save the Country — that the Kngliah and Scotcii half-
breeds cannot stand this reign of terror much longer, but from want of a leader they are
very unwilling to take any ste}! igaui.st their opponents the French half-breedn, and that
500 or 1,000 meu now would bring the Governor in, and when once into the Settlement,

our p«»npl^, ho najt, woulfl rally round him, but until i\\f> Pmrlumation wiw Umi«H thrrn

wniiiil In* iinliiiii^ <l<iii^. Ilo liiiil no iMilli iit llin working of ( '<iiiv«>niii>nH m ion^ mi
McKiimry, (>'|,onii, Hinl, rvtiil Mi^ PrifsHlH ItiN'Imt kihI O'Dniioliuii wm< iitnorij^ thoin, ami
Ro loiiK nn Hftimutyiw nn\n tliein I'tirnuni^'cincnt, an li« now iIdon. TIio luttor Iiuh inctra
intliKMiro amiingHt (ho KroncU liiilf lirccils tliiiu any ono, or ixrhapN »uytlozi>n mun in Fort
(Jnrry.

I>r. HchiiHz HavH ho iloon not approvo of Ni>OAkinc( anything of tronp« roming In, until
all tlio (^madiaiiH have tintico, no tliiif tlioy nm htavo tlin Hcttli'inonl. Ilo tliitiliH iilfo that
tho ("onvtMJtiou may n^tult in •oniliM^ili<l(>^nt«>N to «oo tlioOovonior at I*cinliiiia ; in rloarly
of opinion tliiit, had proper inoasuron lioon tiikoii hy Iho Ifufhon'M Hay ( 'oripiiriy on tliotlrHt
nign of tlio onthroiik, of which tlu>y had dno nntioo, no inHnrnM-tion.irj' niovrnuMit would
havo t«kon plictv Ho naya thn ( 'hippawn and 8ioux IndianN are witii tho (^ovurnniont,
willing; to dXHisI in MnppiTMMin)» (lie lovolt at any tiino tliiit if thn p(« )p!o then' know thoy
woro to 1)0 protected Ity tho Cnniidian ({ovorninont, tlwro would Ito no want of loadom
amon^^Ht tho Kn^liNh and S<-ot<>h half lirci'dH, that ho thinka on tho lirHt Hi^n of troopa
oomiiii; ii\, th<< ('anadiaiiH will ho niurdcrod.

IMr. Hnow ciiinoidcH in every part icidar witli Dr. S<'linltz was v«(ry active and willing
to assiHt nio in carry inji out tho few litth* inatterH I had to atteuil to nt IA>rt Oarry, could
not hnvo )»ot on well without him.

* * * HavN, if (lovernnr would ^ivo him authority, ho woidd or^anizo tho Kup^linh
and Heotch lialfhreedH at onro — that th(>y could take Kort any day, and ko>pittoo -is
not afraid of tho report of troops heing Kont would rather like to hear of it -is very
nuich afraid of delay, as ho in HatinfuMl a numher of TonianH aro hoin-.^ raised to conio into
tho Rcttlemont in tho spring-could not give ni« any roliahlo authority, hut iuHisttMl it
was a fact.

IMr. # # # wanted to BOO troops in at once, and tho whole thing wouhl
Iw crushed — Tho French were a noisy, hrawling crowd, and wouM not staml lire — that
1,000 men would bo n sutHciont numher to settle tho dis[)ute, and in aftortimoa push
hack hostile Indians, if any should turn up -that too nnich (h'lay would or mi;!;ht cause
a deal of hloodsheil. and prohahly the loss of the whole comity.

Mr. Mannatyne is a gentleman with whom, with tho exceptioti of Mr. Mi'lvinnoy, I
have had more conversation than any other in the settlement. Ho is clearly in favor of
tho measures t.\ken hy French luilf-hreeds, although he told mo one »lay " that ho wouhl
rather have jmid .£50 than have had that rising take phico ! * ( )n every occiuiion he had some
excuse for the half hreeth, and a word of sympathy at liines for Governor McDougall and
his family, hut that the sooner \w left Pemhina the bettor if wouhl be for himself and the
settlement, and he hoped 1 would advise Oolonel ^)onnis to leave, which I ]»romised to
do, I insisted on him goiiig down with me to .see the Governor, nnd tuke Jliel, or
McKinney, or O'Loan with him, but he wouh! n'.)t consent. By-the-bye, McKinney told
me that no delegates would bo sent from the Co ivention to tho (rovornor, for a jwrticular
reason that he wr.s not at liberty to tell mo at present. T could give nany other conversa-
tions with otiitn- j>arties, but they v/ere all of the same substance, and Tiow, as you desire,
I will give you my o))inion of the whole as concisely as possible.

The movement from the first has be;>n of a llepubli'-xn-Fcnian kind. I am fully
convinced that no offer that could bo made by the Can,, lian (jrovornmont would be
accepted by the French half-breeds and their fricnd.s the Amer 'cans, and that unless they
are forced into it by this Convention and the threatenings of the English half-breeds and
whites, or perhapsj troops, they will not accept a Governor from the Dominion on any
terms.

Further, I believe tho English and Scotch will take no steps to bring the Governor
into the settlement, but that if once thei'e they will protect him. This has been expressed
to me by many of them. I endeavorfnl on every occasion to impress on parties, where I could
do 80 with safety, that the present Government or Council was only a provisional one — that
as soon as a fianchiso was decided upon a re^^ponsible Government would be formed as
understood in Canada, that I understood the (lovemor had it in his power to appoint 6 of

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tliA roiiiifll nl II«m1 Uivrr, Hftunfttyno »ml otlmm ompilrod, " how iIiih wnn not known
iMifon*! 'I'lin rnrnicr miid, " I woiilii givit an^tiiiiig ratliur thun^thiH line iHtiinlry ahouM
fall into t'tn hamin of AniuriciiMH."

I furtlnT think, fiDiii conviTHinj? with llio friontlH and Tooh «»r tlm ffoiliton'M Buy
(jonipiinv, tlifit tlicy ooiiM, in tin* tmm*. luisy niunnitr, luivtt hI<i|i|m'iI tlit* wluilc ull'iiir Sy
iMMning tlifiir IVorlantutiun- -calling npon alt to oUty tin* lawH ; that any riNinx of (ho kind
Mpokrn of w iiild ht viHitod l>y tint N(<viM-*>Ht [KWialty tlii> law rnuld inllii;t, and that tlin
wholo avaihihle civil fnrcn wnuhl Imi calh'd out to Hiintain law and ordiT. Thoy did not
do thin, not- inHnif any Fru<!lannition, until in a manner forcfid into it iiy tint nioniorial of
tho inhal)itantH of Kurt (larry who woru loyal. On thin C'unipuny'H huad liuH a full
UiCiiMuru of lilanin.

Tlifl IndiatiN, from what I can lourn from # # # # ^,,,1 „therM, aro

with tliH ( -anadian ()ov<>rnini>nt, lait tlinrtt is no truNtin^ them witluiut a treaty. At
lU^Hont I think Honm of thorn ant ond«Mivorin^' to ^<>t NuhNidiuH from both partioM. "Chief,
ilonry I'rinoo," I know, Iuih Itcon takinf( from hoth.

In conclusion, I would nay, if thiH (!')nv<«ntion dors not do Homcthin^ towurdn a
HettlpuKMit in a f*>w dayii, tho chcapcHl and HafcsL courmt, and tho ono lik<dy to prtucnt tho
doHtruction 4)f liftiand pro|H*rty, iH for tho Catiadian Oovornmcnt to m'lid a HutHcii)nt force
to takn tho (iovornor in — by '* at onco" I moan, to havo thum at I'ondMna by tho niiddio
or ond of January, for thuro is groat dangor of i*'unian hordi^H early in thu Hprin^;.

NuVEMUKK 22nd, 1869.

PiMBiwA, U. S., Nov. 22nd, 18C9.
To General Hunt, or the ()J/icer commanding
at Fort Abcrcrombie.

HiR, I havo tho honor to inform you that certain French half-broedH of thn Red
Rivor Sottlomont havo nssumhhtd with arms and in HuMi<'iont form to ovctrawo for thotiuio,
tho authorities at Fort (J.irry. Thoy havo aho (tntctod a harricado to provont mo from
proceeding to that place to auHumo the (U)V(;rnment on tho trauHfei' of authority from tho
Hudson's liny Ccmipany to tho Dominion of Canada. A small band of men met mo at
tho Hudson's Hay Company's post near Pembina, and onlorrd mo to niturn beyond the
l)ounilary lino. As I had no force to resist them I was obliged to obey the (U'der and ain
now at Pembina in American Territory.

I have just had infoi-mntion from Fort Garry that the.se outlaws hav? decided to send
a party of men to Georgetown in Minnesota, for the purpose of burning the Hudson's
Bay (/ompany's Storehouse at that place. Tho avowed objcsot of this " raid " is to destroy
certain projierty of the Government of Canada now stored there, consisting of arms and
ammunition, and also clothing and goods belonging to me an<l members of my party.

I havo the honor to request that you will take sui-h means as may bo in your power
to prevent this iinlawful destruction of pr(jj)Prty. 1 have dircted the removal of the
anna and other proj)erty to Fort Abercrombie in tho hope that you will allow storage in
tho Fort until this emeute is supi)res8ed,

Any expense which may be incurred in tho removal, protection, or storage of this
property I shall be ready to make good as soon as I am advised of the amount.

I have tho honor to bo,

Sir, your obedient servant,

Wm. McDouqall.

«n

Depautmknt of the Seciietary of State for the Provinces,

Ottawa, December 15tL, 1869.
To the lion. )Vm. McDotujali, C.B., Pembina.

^o-lW4. 2r.t;i SiR^ — I V.a-o the honor to acknowledge the receipt, on tho 11th inst.

22nd of K.V. ^^ 1^^^ letter of the 25th ultimo, covering a confidential Report made to
vember you by Major J. Wallace, of the result of the special misbion to Fort Garry,

Hiii

on which you liad employed him, together -with a copy of your letter, addressed to General
Hunt, the United States ofEcer commanding at Fort Ahercrombie, with reference to the
removal to that pl.vco of the arms and ammunition which yon had stored at Georgetown.

I have, &c.,
' Joseph Howe,

Secretary of State for the Provinces.

Larosk's Farm, Pkmbina, U.S,, 29th November, 1869.

The Honorable Joueph Howe, /Secretary of State, &c.,

Ottawa.

Received by SlR, — I have the honor to report, that I am still at Pembina in the

St*te'^ fo/^ the Territory of the United States (Messrs. Richards, Provencher, and Begg
Provinces, 15th being with me), antl unable, in consequence of the continued occupation
December, 1869. of the road by armed men, to proceed to Fort Garry.

I have further to report that I have not received any instructions for my guidance
on and after the day of the transfer of the Territory to Canada, nor any notice of the Order
in Council, which has no doubt been passed to eflfect it.

In these circumstances, I am compelled to act u\)q\\ the general powers and
directions of my Commission, and of the Acts of Parliament, Canadian and Imperial,
which seem to bear upon the case.

I have accordingly prepared a Proclamation to be issued on the firat day of
December, reciting so much of the several Acts of Parliament as seemed necessary
to disclose the requisite authority, and stating by way of recital the fact of surrender
by the Hudson's Bay Comj)any, acceptance by Her Majesty, and Transfer to Canada,
from and after the 1st December, A.D., 1869. These facts I gather from the newspapers,
from a private lett9r to me of the Deputy Governor of the Company, and my own
knowledge before I left Ottawa, that the 1st of December had been agi'eed upon as the
date of the transfers.

In the present state of affairs in the settlement it is of the utmost importance
to announce the transfer of authority in the most authentic and solemn manner
possible, in order to give confidence and the protection of legality to the acts of the
loyal and well disposed, and to put the mal-contents and their American advisers
and sympathizeiTS publicly and technically in the wi-ong. Several messages have been
sent, urging me to assume authority and to authorize actifm ut once against the
E'rench half-breeds, but as my pi-evious reports will show, I decided to keep strictly
within my commission, and referred those persons to the local authority for advice
and direction. On the 24th inst., however, Kiel and his party took possession, with-
out resistance, of the public offices in the Fort, seized the public rscords and papera,
and made prisoners of the Treasurer and Officers in charge of the public funds. I
have not heard whether they have removed Governor McTavish from his official
residence, but he is evidently hnrs Je combat personally and officially. I have had
no communication from him since the 19tli inst., directly or indirectly, although in
his last note he promised to communicate further immediately. As I have found no
serious difficulty in sending and receiving from the settlement communications of a
private character, I infer that the rebels have imprisoned the Governor so closely that
nothing is allowed to reach him or proceed from him of which they disapprove.

On the evening of the same day, Riel made a demonstration upon the Government
provisions under the charge of Mr. Snow, pretending that he only wanted to make an
inventory of them. Some Canadians employed on the survey, being in the neighbourhood
and indignant at this move of the rebels, as well as apprehensive that the possession of these
provisions by them would greatly strengthen their position, determined to remove them
by force, if necessary, to the Lower Fort of the Hudson's Bay Company ; but, on con-

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her, and Begg
led occupation

r my guidance
ce of the Order

,1 powers and
and Imperial,

e first day of
smed necessary
it of surrender
fer to Canada,
he newspapers,
, and my own
d upon as the

ost importance

olemn manner'

10 acts of the

erican advisers

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keep strictly

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issession, with-

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Aic funds. I

his official

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although in

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id to make an
neighbourhood
session of these
remove them
but, on con-

sideration, they felt that to bring on a collision at that moment, and on such a question,
micht be impolitic, and as the local authorities coidd not or would not act, they desp-^t^hod
Mr. Newcombo, a young Canadian, to me the same night, with the letter marked A. lie
got safely through, having run alwut half the way on foot, making the whole distance of
G7 miles in 20 hours. He was ready to return on foot or ori horseback after an hour's rest,
if I had deemed it necessary. His energy, courage, and zeal, and his account of the feelings
of the loyal portion of the inliabitants, inspired us all with the hope that a reaction had set in,
and that as soon as the incubus of a moribund and inactive Government was removed, a call
might safely be made upon the loyal and well-disposed to rally in defence of law and order.
But in view of the peculiar relations existing between the Frer^ch half-breeds and the rest
of the native population, I thought it vei'y undesirable to allow a " fight " to take place
about Government property, until some collision had occuiTed which would excite the
feelings of the English and Scotch half-breeds and exasperate them against the insurgents.
The interruption to business, reducing thereby the price of grain and enliancing the price;
of merchandize ; the arrest of men like Hallett, of local influence and extensive family
connection ; the taking of provisions witi »ut pay from the settlers, and occupying their
houses without their consent; and a <\ ance of a ymy springing out of some of these
circumstances seems to justify delay in organizing opposition to Kiel's designs upon the
Government pork and flour, which, if seized by him, would not strike the half-breed
settlers as a very heinous ofi'ence, or one which they ought to l-isk their lives to
prevent or punish. Moreover, the Hudson's Bay Company officers were still the
nominal nilei-s of the settlement, and as their Sheriff" (McKenny) was notoriously in
the interests of the rebels, advising, aiding, and abetting them, it api)eared to me
better that none of my agents or avowed suppoi-ters should provoke or be parties to
a collision before the 1st of December, and run the risk of finding the Sheriff" and
other authorities on the side of the rebels, or^ what would amount to the same thing,
issuing warrants against Canadians,

Accordingly I detained Mr. Nowcombc for future service, and despatched by a loyal
French half-breed the answer B, and by the sr.me hand the letter C, to Governor
McTavish. My plan was to hold the authorities to their duties and i-esponsibilities as
long as possible, and to delay, without wholly ^prohibiting the resistance of the employees
and frie:.ds of the new Government. How far this plan has succeeded I am not yet aware,
but I suspect that Kiel will have seized the provisions before my directions reached Fort
GaiTy, or, at all events, before the action recommended by mo has been taken. I <lo not
regard tLe possession of these Government Stores by Riol and his party as of very much
consequence. They cannot eat them up at once, and if the measures I have taken to
organize an armed force to seize Riel and his colleagues, and disperse the rank and file of
his followers, should prove successful, the provisions will soon be again in our i)ossession.

The last two mails brought me only newsjiapers and two or three small private loiters.
I am much afraid that official lettei-s are detained at some point between St. Paul and
this place purposely, and perhaps read «nd destroyed. J- 4 the , postmaster hero openly
avows his sympathy with th*^ half-breeds and permits one Stuttsman, referred to in a
former Report, to distribute and handle the postal ii.attcr in his office. T have no great faith
that my letters to Ottawa have been forwarded, if at all, without being first i-ead. I shall
therefore abstain from all details as to the operations contemplated after the lat December.
Their discovery and publication hero would be sure ; > defeat them.

I have ruceived a friendly letter from the Indian chief, " Pegwis," who lives at
Winnipeg, in wliich he strongly condemns the conduct of the Fre oh half-breeds. He
reminds me that they come from my own country, a:ul are " very bad men." He wishes
to see me, to shake hands and bargain about his land. He lias offered lus services to
the Canadians in the Settlement to put down Kiel and his party, evidently foreseeing
that if they got the mast«ry, the Indian title to the land in Assinniboino will not bo
treated with much respect or realize much profit.

I have returned a verbal answer to his letter, expressing the mobL friendly feelings
towards him and his people, and mv desiro to see them at Fort Garry as soon as iwssibh^
12o— 9

li;

't-

T thought it better to put nothing in writing, anil indeijd to say nothing that coukl bo
construed into an invitation to the Indians to arn\ or atvack any class of the inhabitants,
not even those now under avni.s and in a state of insurrection. It is very satisfactory to
find that the Indians in all directions, and under different chiefs, are well disposed, and
unwilling to give any aid to the French half-breeds. I have taken pains, through the
agency of loyal persons having influence with them, to arouse the apprehensions of the
Indians in reference to the ainiexation features of th<* half-broed movement, and its effect
upon them and their land clainm. They have been quick to perceive that the outbreak
bodes no good to them, and they cannot therefore be seduced into any kind of sympathy
with it. Thin /a<'t is already producing a marked effect upon the plans and operations of
the Insurgents.

A lettc appeared in a newspaper published in Yankton, Dakotah, purporting to
have been written and delivered to me by two Indian chiefs, making peremptory demands
for a settlement with them before entering the Territory. This letter was concocted by
American schemers at Pembina, and read to the Indians who were waiting to see me. At
first they consented to it, l)Ut the next day went to the village, asked to see it, and tore
it up, The veracious correspondent of the Yankton newspaper, allowed it nevertheless
to apjjear as a bond fide conim\inication to me.

In the same newspaper, a communication tuider date 23rd September, detailing the
plans, grievances and demands of the half-breeds, with such particularity as to show that
the plot has its chief counsellor, if not its originator, in this Village. One of these
conspirators the man Stuttsman, lately visited Fort Garry, and is known to bo consulting
and aiding the Insurgents at that place.

As far as I can learn, the priests have withdrawn latterly from active co-operation
and begin to shake tlieir heads, and sjieak doubtfully of the consequences likely to result
from the outbreak.

Until I have received more specific instructions for my guidance aft'^r assuming the
Government, and leami the view Avhich His Excellency and Council are likely to take of
the events detailed in my Ixeports, I do not feel myself in a position to make any special
recommendation as to the measures which oi'ght to be adopted by the Government of
Canada. I have taken, and must continue to take, a lai-ge discretion and rasponsibility in
regard to measures which must be initiated and executed within the Territory. I have
hesitated to call for tx'oops or volunteers from Canada in mid-wii.l;er. The difficidties in
the way are enormous, and the chance of disaster with the pi'esent means of transportation
is almost reduced to a certainty. But ]>reparations should \;ndoubtedly be made for a
large emigration in the eai'ly spring, of such settlers as were offered last fall by Colonel
Barivis, of the Township of Halifax, and bj o,if .ther gentleman in the County of Bnice.
Settlers of this class will be a valuable, almost o necessary addition to the population of
the Territory, and any expense which their tiansportatiou hither may involve ought to be
readily furnished.

I have, &c..

\Vm. McDoucall.

(A.)

Winnipeg, "Wednesday, 24th November, 18G9.

Dear Colonel, — ^We require definite instructions Ifow to act under the following
circumstances : — To-day, about 4 p.m., we got information that the Government store.=!, in
Dr. Schultz's, were being seized. Captain Boulton, Mr. Codd, and self, proceeded immediately
to ascertain the truth of the matter. We found Riel and an armed guard coming out of
the back store with Dr. Schultz. I went up and asked what particiilar business was
going on. The Doctor said, " Mr. lUel is taking an inventory of tlio stores." I replied,
looking at Riel, " They are the Queen's property." He turned about and stamped,
exclaiming angrily, " The devil's property" moving away i!.t tht same time. On enquiring
about the matter, the Doctor told us that his cai'ts had been stopped at tlio Fort, and

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inhabitants,
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by Colonel
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he went down to sec about tluun. Haw lliol, who said tliat it was " merely a matter of
form," but he wished to know " if the duties had been paid," and " there wort; no arms in
the cases." The Doctor answered, " No, there were no arms." Kiel, hi)W(!v<!r, accompanied
the Doctor to his store, for tho purpose of examining them. Ou entering the store, Kiel
said, " Are the.se all your goods <" Doctor replied, " No, Government property," Hie!
then said, " By-the-bye, that roniinds mo I may as well take an inventory of them in
case any parties should remove any portion, and it would be laid to us." In tho mean-
time, an armed guard of four men had come up (as Dr. S. says, "a sly mode of getting
access to the store.") Riel put two of them in charge, and went off intending to return.
While he was away, the Doctor /aVerf the guard, for sixpence apitce, to assist in carrying
the cases into tho house. They left their arms in the store, and accordingly went to
work for the Doctor. Whilo they were so deployed, the Doctor sent Smith, who removed
the arms and locked up the store, lliel returned some couple of hours afterwards, and
found his guard " shouldering cases." He demanded entrance to the store, after soundly
rating his men. The Doctor refused, and told them he would have to use force : — this he
repeated. Finally, tho key was obtained by them from Smith. Tho Doctor then p\it his
back to tlie door, and refused entrance unless Riel px-omised, upon his honor, not to I'emovo
anything, — wliich Riel did. The Doctor further says that, at this moment (that is after
they had entered the store), Jfdllpit .showed his nose round the corner, when Riel, all at
once, came to the conclusion that it was rather late to take the inventory, and left an
armed guard on tho door. It was at this time, whilo they were coming out of the
Doctor's store, that we arrived on Mie scene.

Now, there are Canadians here willing to ]M'otect the properly of Canada, and remove
the stores to the Stone Fort for safe keeping. Wo propose the following plan : — We (tho
Canadians) to proceed in a i)arty of twenty or thirty with hired sleighs, to be i)iocured
in the Scotch Settlement, and go to Schultz's .store about noon and remove them (the
stores) down to tho Stone Fort, and leave (armed of course), in cliarge. If wo

moot opposition, we will defend tho stores and remove them against all comenj. This
will have tho effect, perhaps, of precipitating matters. On tho other hand, if thaj remove
theso provisions, which no c^oubt is their intention, you will at once see that they have
gained i very ini])ortant advantage over the loyal inhabitants by the possession of these
stores. Hallett says, that he, imlividuaUi/, will^stand by us and assist. We await the
advice and instructions of the Governor to act. This will also give us an excuse to occupy
tlie Stone Fort, where a large amount of ammunition is stored.

Your most obedient Servant,

D. A Gramt.

P.S. — It is understood that, if we act in this matter, wo act upon our own respon-
sibility. Not wishing to compromise authority, we only desire to have advice,

>oueALL.

iber, 18G9.

the following
ent stores, in
I immediately
)ming out of
business was
" I replied,
,nd stamped.
On enquiring
ho Fort, and

(B.)

Pembina, 25th November, 18G9.
JJ. A. Grant, Esq., Fort Garry.

My Dear Sir, — I trust this will reach you safely and in good time. Tho Governor
lias determined to retain the bearer of your letter for reasons which will be apparent soon.
I should have been with you again long before now, but that the Governor required mo
to remain here for a purpose of which you will soon also be aware. With regard to the
provisions and public property which you say are in danger of being seized by a band of
lawless men, and removed from the custody of those who have been intrusted with them,
I am instructed to convey Mr. McDougall's orders, as follows : —

Ist. Apply to the local authorities for a sufficient jiolice or other force to prevent it.

2nd. If this is refused, or if no such force can be had, apply to Governor McTavish,
or the officer in charge of .^ixe Stone Fort, for permission to store the property there for

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Hiifti kpfping, and iisk liiiii to givo you aiithority to guunl and dofoud it liy the voluntary
aid of tho law-abiding inliabitivntH.

3rd. If this ])('rnn8Hion to Htoi'o in tlin Fort Ih granted, romove tho pi-oviHions, «fec.,
there, and hire a HulUi'icnit nuniltor of i<erHon8 to remove and defend it againut all illegal
attcin]»t.s at appropriation,

4th. IJiit in the event of a Hoizure, or attempt at seizure, by a conKiderablo force of
armed men, eitlier before or during the removal above suggesthd and authoriHod, you aro
advised not to risk a collision which nuvy 4;au80 bloo(lBhed, unless tho local authoritioH
shall have sanctionotl iho organization of an armed force for tho purpose of protecting tho
proj)orty.

Mr. McDougnll has written to Governor McTavish on tlio subject, and asked his
intorfcrcnco on your written demand.

Believe mo, dear Mr. Grant, truly yoiirs,

J. S. Dennis.

(G.)

Pembina, November 24th, 18G9.
Win. McTavish, Esq.,

(r'aoernor, <C'f., Uiulsons Hay Company.

Mv Pkar Sir, — The agents of tho Dominion Government, in charge of the pro-
visions and other public property of tho Government, now at Winnipeg, have represented
to aie that an armed pa. t\ . f lawless jiersons have attempted to seize and appropriate! it.
They hnve asked fe>r inst .li'^fions from me, and have suggested that this property be
r(>moved, uinier eacuiC if i;( :" isary, to the Stone Fort for safe keeping.

I have instituted Co? jn. 1 Dennis to communicate the foUowi'ig as my directions (see
letter to Blr. C'ran*. U;, 2nd, 3rd, and 4tli).

May I recjucsl tb;'' you will give Mr. Grant and Mr. Snow, and any other persons
who \\\iO 3i;ive in lavtir custody any of this proi)erty, such assistance aa you can command
to protect it fron\ iU'le.«.a'iou by tho lawless persons referreii- to. If in your judgment
the jMOj)osal to ■ emove .t .o tho Stone Fort, and to protect it there in the way proposed
by tho pei.soiiP .vlio will apply to you, is feasible and under tho cix'cumstances advisabh^ I
should feel obliged if yon would give them the desired authority.

I leave the matter for the piesent entirely in your hands.

I have the honor, «tc.,

Wm. McDougall.

{Telegram.)

Toronto, 15th December, 1869.
Hon. Sir J. A. Mncdonald.

St^Paul, Minn. ir)th.— Private letterjust received from Pembina, gives the following
information : —

The Rebels have placed Governor McTavish under close guard, on account of his
recent Proclamation, advising them to lay down their arms and submit to the Government.
In meantime they continue to issue rations with a regularity -wiiich is making serious
inroofls upon the Hud.son Bay goods at Fort Garry and outposts.

Captain Cameron, of Governor McDougallls party, attemp^d to go into Fort Garry,
but was confronted at the gate by a sentinel, who, with the assistance of a sergeant, forced
him baek \ipon American soil, and upoji pain of being shot, was forbidden to re-enter the
lines.

H. P. DWIGHT.

0!)

id asked his

Dki'Artmknt ok Bkcukt .uy ok State fou tiii: riioviNCFJ.

Ottawa, 17th December, 1809.
The Ilonorahlo Wiyi. McOoiigaU, CJi, Pembliia.

Siu, — Your doHpatdi of tlio 29th November leeched tluH oflico on the
tlHi^Hoiim-Hhlu I'^fc'' i"Htant, find created some a)>j»relieiision, that you were al)out to ismio
Win. Mcl)iiu- a Proehvniation, announcing tlio formal tranHfer of the Territory, wliich lias
fjdll, 2r)th De- j^yj. yjjj. taken place, and to orga'iize or countenance uiovenumts, which,
however well intended, would have been, without the Hanction of law.
The receipt of the papers, A. B. (.'., which did not come to hand till i.ho following day,
relieved this anxiety, and I liavo now toconvey to you the satisfact'jn with which the
numbered paragraphs in the paper marked " B " were read by the Governor Gciieral
and Council.

The despatches sent to you en the 19th and 29th November, and 7th, 8th, 10th, and
11th of Bocomber, will, before this roaches you, have explained the views taken by this
Government of the situation of affairs in the North-West, and the natui-o of the
correspondence with the Imperial Government which has not y«t closed. No notice has
yet been i-eceived hero of the issue of the Queen's Proclamation annexing tluj country to
Canada, or of the payment of the pur"haso money. By this day's mail an olaborat(j
Minute of Council goes to England.

You will, until further advised, al^itain from all movements in excess of your
au-'iority, and do nothing by which the 'Jovernor and ofHcers of the Hudson's Bay Company
may be relieved of the roHponsibility which now rests upon them.

Should any tclegrrphic notico of ihe issue of the Queen's Proclamation reacJi you, I
am commanded to desire that you will refrain fr^m any action thereuj)on un ' il you receive
.1 copy of tlie Proclamation throu<'h this office.

I have, &c.,

Jush?n 'lov,!:,

Secretary of StHc i r the Province.*.

Larose's Faiim, Peml'na, U S.

December ^nd, 18(19.
77jc Ilcnorable Jo.}eph '/nw;, Hcc'dury of State, d-c, Ottawa.

SlK, By the last mail, under date 29tli November, I reported that I

was bt.'ll at > uis placo, and that I had neither received official instruction for

my guidaiKO aftc assuming the Government of the North-West Ter'itories

nor any notice <y ! lie passing of the Order of Her ?'^J08ty in Council for

the transfer of the North-West Territory to the j>ominion. I a'so (ir tailed at

tenj^h the eventa which I' i<l occiirred during my previous rejiort, and indicated some

1 measures I haJ prepared and proposed to adopt, on and after tlie 1st Do;- inber. I

enclosed, in a separate letter, copies of correspondence respecting tlivj iUn'emment

Recoived by
the Sifretary
of Stat <T the
Prov ■ , 18th
Deer -69,

son

als

•es at Fort Garry, and the steps I recommended to be taken fo'-

tJi^-r m'ote'ction. I
.'ed to detail.

ipe thede letters have reached Ottawa safely, and assuming they hav
\iriefly what has since occurred.

Fearing, from information I received, that my messenger wuli copies of the
Proclamation announcing the first of December, as tlie date of transfer of authority fro? a
the Hudson's Bay Company to the Domiiiioi! had been intercepted, I entrust.Hl additional
copies in English and French to Colonel Dennis, who, with a trusty g^iide, started on the
night of the 5;9th ultimo (the coldest niglit we liavc yet experienced), f< r Fort Gany. I
also commissioned him to aet as my " Lieutenant,"' and as a ' (^/onservator of the Peace," in
arraxxng the loyal inhabitants in defence of law r'ld order. I gave him large powers and
as he is fully aware of my -views and plans, and the nature of the authority under which

ho is to ivct, and is, morever, acquainted with tho loading men of tho Settlement, — ntatidH
•well in thoir estimation, and knows tho country. I have every confidonce that ho will
execute his orders with promptitude, discretion, and succosh. I do not deem it prudent
to forward by this mail a copy of my Commission to him, as there is some danger that it
might go in a wrong direction.

It will bo soon from tho paper "A" herewith, tliat the English and Scotch settlers
and half-breeds, have at last discovered that thoy must choose between Riel and his
American allies and advhsers, and tho authority L)f Her Majesty and the Canadian
Government. Meetings liave been hold, with more or less secrecy in all the parishes,
except thoao exclusively French, and a " Committee of Publin Safety " organized. Tho
movement has been much aided by the Canadians connected wi^h the road and survey,
the only persons of intelligence and apparent auUiority to whom tho poor b\it well
disposed settlers could look for advice. Mr Jan os Ross, a Scotch half-breod, recently
from Canada, and mentioned im a previous report, as apparently in tho confidence of tho
m&lcontents, has boon exceedingly active in refuting tho false .stoj-ies that certain
influential traders and other traitors have boon busy in circulating. Captain Boulton, who
was present at the meeting of tho representatives of three parishes when tho enclosed
letter to me was agreed upon, has also shown zeal and discretion, as well as covu'ago in his
efforts to arouse the loyal peujilo of tho Settlement. Colonel Dennis wa.s charged with
my answer to those people, in the shape of a Commissionj which on and after the first
December, he could make known to them. The Proclamation itself, so anxiously looked
for by tho friends of Canada, will, I trust, settle all doubts in tho minds of tho well-
disposed, and dispel tho false, preposterous, but nevertheless dangerous nimours, sont out
from day to day by the conspirators. One point of considerable importance in the minds
of tho English and Scotch settlers — hintrd at in the enclosed paper, but more explicitly
stated in other messages which have reached me — is the view which will be taken by
Govvnment of tho claims of Loyalists serving against the Rebels for aiiy losses to person
and property which may result. I have not ventured to make a specific answer to this
question, as any rule on tho subject would be liable to abuse, but I have told Colonel
Dennis to assure those who agree to serve under his order, that the Government will
treat thorn in tho same way, and with the same liberality as in Canada, or iu^^ other pai"ts
of the empire, I have, morever, authorized him to allow the same rates of paj', «fec., as
are allowed under the Canf,da Militia Act, to Volunteers called out in aid of tlie civil
power.

Yesterday evening, after finding that tho road was clear, I took with me Messrs.
Richards and Provencher and four others of my party, and proceeded to the Hudson's Bay
Company's Post near Pembina, and in order to execute on British soil, and so far in a
public manner, the Proclamation an<t other documents which are to take effect within the
Territory. I have resolved to do no official act on American soil, and have made arrange-
ments to occupy the Hudson Bay Company's Post, and if necessary repel by force the attack
of any such party as the one that drove us from it on the 3rd of November. It is surround-
ed by a high fence, and witW a little improvement may be defended against a considerable
force, by a few resolute men with breech-loading rifles. Foi-tunately wo have with us a
few such rifles and a small supply of ammunition. We number about a dozen, and are
all good shots. I shall not openly take this position and attitude unless I hear from
Colonel Dennis that he has a force in the field and is thus given Riel and his party some-
thing to do at Fort Garry. In the meantime we go to and from the '• Post" well armed
and prepared againt surprise. The American ofi^cials and ex-oflicials hero are a little less
jubilant and swaggering in their tone since they have found that the English, Scotch, and
Indians have refused to join Riel, and that resistance is being organized. I enclose a
slip, cut from a St. Paul's newspaper, which shews the feelings and designs of these people.
They anHume in their coiTespi^udence the air of lookers-on merely, but they are in truth
the chief counsellors and directors of the movement, Stuttsman is still at Fort Garry,
but v/ill probably move south very speedily when the loyal settlers with Colonel Dennis
at their head come upon the scene.

I have heard from Fort Garry, of the safo arrival of tho lotterH conveying my
instructions in regard to tho Government provisions. Riol Imd made two or threci
attempts to remove therti, and had pointed two of tho guns of tho Fort on Dr. Schultz's
warehouse, in which a portion of them are stored, in anticipation of resistance, but the
firm attitude of the Canadians and othei-s in tho vicinity seems to have induced Kiel
to j)osti)ono his threatened seizure. I hope no collision 1ms taken place over these
stores, as such an event might prejudice the movement progressing so favorably in tho
English and Scotch Parishes.

I enclose (paper "B") copy of a second Proclamation whicli T deemed it my
duty to is.sue. 1 hope [ am right in using the name of Her Majesty as prominently
as I have done. The leaders of this movement have studiously represented that they
w(>re only resisting the aggressions of Canada and not the authority of tho Crown.
It is necessary to meet thom on this point e.xplicity and jjromptly.

Anxiously awaiting some official directions and information from you,

I have the honor to bo. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Wm. Mc'DoiroALL.

("A.")

2'o the Honorable Mr. McDougall.

Sir, — "We, influential members of tho English speaking pop ;li5'i< and loyal siibjocta
of the British Crown, have heard that you are appointed Governor of this Territory, but
we have had no certain or official information that such is the case, in fact wo don't know
officially that any change has taken place in tho constitution of this country. Und<»i
these circumstaiices, there is no certainty of movement or any chance of co-operiition.
"^"6 will be glad to be informed, officially, what is the position of aft'aii-s ; what are the
j'U-cntions of the Canadian Government, and what support will be given by GoveruMent.

Circumstances are such that names cannot be given; at least it is not advisabh?, but
■* * * * will testify to the genuineness of this communic/ition.

ISTov. 27tli.
To the JIoKorable Mr. McBougall.

Sir, — I am requested to certify and sign this to the effect that it is a communication
from tho representatives of three parishes in this settlement.

("B.")

[L.S.]

The Noutii-Wkst Tkbritories.

By His Excellency, the Honorable William McBowjaU, a Member of Her Majesty s Privy
Council for Canada, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Lieuteiuxnt Governor of the North-West Tta-riivrits, kc, d'c, d'c.

To all tohom these Presents hImII .wMf— Greeting / —

A Proclamation ! ! !

Whkreas, Her Majesty The Queen, by Letters I^itent, under the Great Seal of the
t)o7mnion of Canada, bearing date the twenty-ninth day yi September, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty- third year of Her Majesty's
Reign, has been graciously pleased to constitute and appoint me, on, from and after the
day to be named by Her Majesty, for tho admi.ssion of Rupert's Land and the North-
western Territory into the Union or Dominion of Canada, tA> he TiiEi:TEirANT Governor
in and over The North-West Territories, during Her Majesty s pleasure, and did thereby
authorize and empower and require and command me, on, from and afU^'r the day afoi-es id,

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to do nnd execute all thing* in duo manner that shall belong to my said command and the
trust roi)OHO(l in me, according to tlie wovoral powers and inHtructiona granted or appointed
me by that, llcr Majesty's CoiumissioM, and of tho Act of Parliament passed in the
tliirty-socond year of llor Majosty's lleign, inlitulod, "An Act for th« Temporary Oovern-
ini-nt of Itnjiert's Land and the Noi-th-Wostorn Territory wlien united with Canada," und
the instructions given mo with siicli Commission, or by such further instructions as may
hcMoaftcr bo givon uid in respect of the North-West Territories and the Government
thereof, by Her Mnjeatyg Cuvenior O'eneral in Council, under liis sign manual, or through
on(! of I/er Majcatys I'rivy Council of Canada, and according to such laws as are now, and
shall hereafter Ik* in force in the said Norih-We$t Territoriea.

And Whereas, Her Majeaty lias declared and named iXio first day of December instant,
ar» the (lay for the admission of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into the
Union and Dominion of Canada; And Whereas, by virtue and in pursuance of "Tiit^
British North America Act, 18G7"; "The Rupert's Land Act, 1868," tho said "Act Un-
the Temporary (lovernmeut of Rupert's Land and tho North-Western Territory, when
united witli Canada," and tho said Declaration and Order of Her Majesty, Rupert's Land
and tho North-Westorn Territory ha^•o been admitted into Union with, and have become
and ai'o now part of tho Dominion of Canada, and are henceforth to be styled and known
as ''The North-West Terrilwies."

Now Know Y«, that I have thought fit to issue this Proclamation, to make known
Her Majesty's said appointment to all ollicers, magistrates, subjects of Her Majesty, and
others within tho said "2V/e North-West Territories"; — and I do hereby requir6 and
command that all and singular, tho public otticers and functionaries, holding office in
"Rupert's Land, and tho North-Western Territory, at the time of their admission into tho
Union as aforenaid, excej)ting the public officer or functionary at the head of tho Admin-
istration of affiiirs, do continue in the execution of their several and respective offices,
duties, places and employments, until otherwise ordered by vie, under the authorit}' of tho
said last mentioned Act ; and I do hereby further require and command that all Her
Majesty's loving subjects, and all others whom it may concern, do take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.

Given binder my hand and tSeal-at-arms, at Red River, in the said Territories, thin
Second day of December, in tho year of Our Lord, Ono thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, and in tho Thirty-third year of Her Majesty's Reign.

Wm. McDouaALL.
JJy Command.

J. A. N. Provexcher,

Secretary.

(I have asked Mr. Provcncher to sign as Secretary, his formal appointment depend
ing upon the course of events, and tho requirements of tho Act.)

Wm. McDouoall.

'¥

Extracts from St. Paid '^ Daily Press," November 21st, referred to in Mr. McDougaU's

letter of 2iul December.

(1)

(Letter from Fort Garry).

WiNNi.'EG, November 6th, 1869.

Stirring events are in })rogres here. This settlement is resolved to be independent of
the Canadian Dominion, and the Revolution has begun. The French settlors took the
initiative ; but are in full accord, in this respect, with tlie rest of the settlers. On October
20th and 21st, about two hundred armed men were sworn in to liberate, as their expres
sion is, the coiintry. At present tlu'ro are six hundred men in arms and sworn in, whicli
number Avill not be increased till next spring, when they will muster in about throp

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thoujial ti'oj;)!. Oa No*'0 Jibor 2iid a doLmhni'-v.it ooc\ipijj Fo. t Oarry, which ihoy now
hold. Ta/.r disjiihiiij is o^tanpUry, na I in iiot .Hiiri),ii3) I or 04U1II0.I by any troopa T over
saw. To jud(;;o from present appouranccs, tlie whole fSettlomcnt will soon wheel into lino
to koop tho Canadians out. I think thoy muy Lo Huccesssful The country is very easily
defended, except acjaimst troops coming through Minnebota and Dukutn. But it is not
believed possible that our Government will iillow Canadian troopa to pass over that rcute.
The consaquoTicos would bo foirfiil. The Froncli half-baeods, seven tJ'ousand in number,
that is, ono half of tho p.ipulation of tho Heltl<>iuont, would desart their home-steads, join
tho Indians on tho plains, and carry on a war that wouhl annihilate this setthnHnt. Any
attempt ot CDorcion would occasion a wiihi-spro.ul destruction of life and property; and
such aa act^f hojtili'y to tho hilf-nomiuUc p();»ulation of this region on tho part of our
Govornmont as would be iin[)lie(l in passiu!,' a Canadian army 0Vi>r American soil to make
war on this poopln, would draw tlown their vengeance, and all tho horrors of an Indian and
a half-breed war upon tin frontier sottlomunis of Minnesota and Dakota. It is, therefore,
of grave consequence to tho safety of tho American border, that our Government shoi^ld not
league itself with tho Canadian Government in tlio attempt to sulijugato thi« people. Lei;
no such concession lio mado to Canada, and all will be riyht. At iho next Srssion of tho
Canadian Parliament, tho oppoution is likely to be in tho nmjoi-ity, and will probably
repeal tho act purchasing this Territory^ At any rate, thoy Will vote neither men nor
money to cavry on a war or conquest a'^aiust its inhxbitauts. Events of vast impor-
tance dcp^n I 0:1 tho policy of tho United States G jvornmont in this matter. These
oven's will disclosj thomsclves in tho near future. It is not ray business to predict, but
to record, and I leave them to your best conjectures.

Femuica.

(2)

('Letter from rcmhina.J

Pembin'a, November 8th, 18G9.

On Tuesday, tho 2nd instant, tho Red River troops took qnito possession of Fort
Garry and tho Government House. "Winnipeg is under martial hiw. No soldijr is per-
mitted to tUce a drop 0/ spirits. The most st;ini;enL di'sciplinc u (d)sc-.'ved. If a citizen
or outsider is found drunk or disorderly he is pi-ompjy aivcitod and confined until sober
and quiet.

Never before has th^ro boan such coraploto ord^r, and ncvor beforo has tliero been
such parfect S3cui-ity to person and prop.-^rty in tho llud llivor sjttlem Mits, as at tlio pre33nt
time. Tho oxpdled Cmxilian o.1ic' ils ar.? still encamped n3av P.Mibini. Ta.iy are
building, an I scjui detoi-minjl to go into winter quT,rt3r.i ho.-e. Tiio Hoa. J. A. N. Pro-
vencher, Mjmbsr of thj Council, aa.l Territorial Saor.^tar/, is disp^sjd to gq, homo in
disgust ; but His E.xao!loa3y Govjrnoi- j\IcDo.igall will not coanat thoreto. Tho
Governor has calle 1 upjn t!io Cmadiaa Govornannt for troo,)3, .kc, aal, iiiiniudi as it is
impossible to import t'nm i>»t any otlior route, pjrmisjion to pass tacai throu^di Unitod
States territory will be requos':ed.

But it is to b3 hopo'd tha'; oar goverarnoat will not dls^rac: itself, anJ bring civil
war upon tho RjJ R'.vor pjopio by gi-.i itia j sac'i aa uaro.uoia ile roquo^.t.

Th3 p30p'.o WA\y uaitjl, no civil wir ova oiij; u itil coorjioa 1)0 a:';onp!;el ; aal, if
our Govoranioat vory wiijly do-Unas said roquoit, cooroioa is oui of too qaosliio.i, and, so
long as civil war dojs not o.cist, tao ri.^hts of porsoa aa.l proper:/ will bo rospactod.

The Amoricvn residents remain noa-comaiittal ; buu, saould it unfortaaatoly com3to
blows, thay, to a m in, will bo foua I ia tho fro it raa'cs of t'a? citizia tDops.

Cai)bain Cimjroa, oao of tho Govorao.-'s law-makors, a half-wit':ed uiforfcunata, pro-
pos3s to Itmd 400 C.iaadiaas (wacn t'aoy arrivo) aad ponotrato t'ao tarriboiTas far as Lake
Winnipog 1 Saouli tioio 400 soldiara bo aa braialasi as tao propoaoi **he.id," the De«<-
(ration would not be great

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The following ftrfl tho namoH and < (liriiil charftctor of tlio oxpoUotl oflicial« :
Ilia KxcoUency Win. McDongall, (Jov«rnor.
A. N. Uichanla, Attornoy-donHml ami Moml>nr of tb« OouuoiJ.
Cttpt. Carnoron, MoniUir of Council and Pemtrator.
Alexandor Bogg, Collector of (Jimtonis.
Col. DenniH, Hurvoyor Uencml.
Dr. JackcH, Councilman and Pill Driver.

Frank McDougall, John Connor, J. V, Hnow, and others, subordinaton.
I am sorry to inform you tliat (Jovornor McTavish i« very ill, and not expootod to
recover.

SrOCTATQB.

(3) ( Further from Pembina. J

Pembina, Nov. 6th, 1869.

As your readers may not get iirod of heanng news about the insurrection of the Rod
River Sottlcmont, B. N. A., I will inform thom that it is now in full vigor. Wo received
information this morning, by the mail-carrior, tkut tho InBurnictionary forces took pos-
session of Fort Garry, without any resistance, last Tuesday, the 2nd inst., and are now
completing tho organization of their provisional Governiaont, to supercede the Government
d« facto of the Hudson's Bay Company.

I stated, in my last correspondence, that Mr. McDougall and suite wero to leave
Pembina on that day, for tho Dominion of Canada, but T would inform you now that his
horses, needing rest, ho concluded to take his quarters in our peaceable locality, until the
troubles at Garry have subsided, or his quadrupeds get able to carry his future Excellency
further on. The prevailing opinion, however, is that he will have to winter, not in tho
land of pommican, but breathe tho air of freedom, liberty and independence, our good
country has been endowed with, till next spring.

The other day His Excellency, to be, was at Frank Rose's, one mile above this point,
examining claims lying on the west side of tho Red River of the Noi'th, making, in th«
meantime, many inquiries about our Government surveys, leaving our citizens to infer
that he is going to take a homestead in our blessed territory of liberty.

It might be well to observe also that, so far, the Insurrectionists have behaved in an
exemplary manner. Life, property, decorum, moral discipline, sobriety, and eveiything
desirable, have been strictly observed. When Mr. McDougall and suite wore driven out
of their country, boys attached to his party, exchanged words rather harsh, but the guard
took them oonlly, and replied very politely. The Insurrectionary forces number now
between five and six hundred.

> PlMBINA.

C Telegram. J I

St. Paul, Minnesota,

17th December, 1869.
Ifon. Joseph Howe.

Secretary of State.

I have just received news that Colonel Dennis, Surveyor General, has succeeded in
raising and arming some two hundred (200) Swampy Indians, and a number of their
English half-breed relations — that they have garrisoned the Stone Foi"t — that McDougall
has organized another force of tho hostile Sioux of Portage la Prairie, nnder the lead of
Canadians, and that as soon as these forces form a junction, ;hey will march on the In-
surgent's force at and near Fort Gaa-ry. General Riel han called in liis reserve of French

ixpootod to

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k» the d«te of my advice.

J. A. WaiLOCK.

(TtUgram. )

Toronto, 18th Doccmbor, 18(59.
To Sir John Macdonald,

Letter dutod Pombins, Deceml)Or Cth. says : Tho Rnd Hivor mail, just in, brings the
most exciting news, Oovornor McDaugall lias]succeiM|od in raining a body of IndiHiin who
are marching to tiie Stono Fort under Colbnol Dennis, and it's feared (I) colliHion has al-
ready taken place. The ^ ritor Hays, mail in just closing, and no tinio to write further
partirulai-H. A litter, hhiiio dato, fronj Governor McDoiigall, says, on l)e« ember tlio first
the Government of the Qucpu was annoiincod through its ('uuadian reprosoutatives. Oq
same day a force of loyal men occupied Htoue Fort, and the loyal white and half breeds
began rapidly to rally and organize. The iuHiirgontH were l)egiuning to disperse, and had
withdrawn their forces from the printing ollico and other places in tho Wiimipeg. Riel,
tho chief of insurgents, still remained in possession of Fort Garry with four h\m<lred of
his folio weiu Another letter says : mail just in from Garry, brings news that Colonel
Dennis has a force of .300 men, consisting of Swampy Tmlians and their half-ltreeds rela-
tions, that they have garrisonetl the Stono Fort, and are expected to form junction with
Canadians and Sioux of Portage la Pi-airie, and march against insui-gents at Fort Garry.
Riel had called in his reserves who were temporarily absent, and three humlrod (.'JOG) men
reported at his heail-quarters in few hourfi after issuing the call. A collision was soon
looked for. The reports current that McTavish had been taken by insurgents from hi.H
sick bed, and togetlier with hi.-i subordinates, conlinod in pri.son, and that Insurgents had
helped themselves to property of Hudson's Bay Company, was not generally believed. The
St. Paul's Press of this morning, editorial, on Rod River trouble, says : " Governor Mc-
Dougall has assumed a fearful responsibility in thus subjecting tho Settlement to tho
terrible risk involved in Indian war. It is but just to say that, as our correspondents at
Pembiaa evinces a natural sympathy for the Insurgents, and obtains their infi»rmation
doubtless from Insurgent'H side, it is possible they may bo to some extent misled. Wo
publish, of course, only such information as we gist, and must necessarily base our remarks
on the state of affairs as presented to us. There are gi-oun<ls for belief that McDougall is
entering into Indian trouble without consultation with Canadian Government, as it is
stated in Ottawa despatch of yesterday, that Dominion Governmwi.t may not complete
purchase of North- West till Spring."

H. P. DwioiiT.

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PEMBiyA, 6th December, 18f .
The Honorable Joseph Hovse, Secretary of State, d-a.,

Ottawa.,

Sir, — I have tho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of
tlie 19th November, transmitted under cover from St. Paul to tho Deputy
Collector of this Port.

It is very satisfactory to rae to find that tho Privy Council entirely
approves of my conduct under the trying circumstances in which I was
placed, on my entrance into the North-West Territories. The events and the difficulties
with which I have had to deal since the date of the letter to which your despatch is a
reply, have been very fully detailed iu the reports I have had tho honor to forward to
you, and I hope my conduct may, in all these difficult circumstances, bo found to have

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(jqually d3SorvG;l the apjiroba^ion of Ili.s Excellency in Coun'iil. Tin large disjrotion and
'* freedom of action," which almost of iie'^oasity have bo3n allowed to ma, I h*vo ondea-
voureJ to oxsrcLi.^ tJ th3 hoi': of m/ n'uli'; in tho iat?i'o^t3 of the Cmadian Government,
and for tho miintenamfe of th3 authority of the Crown in this i>'ivt of the Dominion.

lb is not oaiy, amid tho confusion and discomforts of ca'.up life, and the building of
winter quarters on the Prairie in November, to make a clear and al equate statement of
all the facts and circumstances which have, from day to day, formed tho basis of judgment,
or supplied the motives for action. I trust, however, that the papers, letters and reports
I have forwawbd. with ra/ own ob33rvationa, havct ona')l3d tho Pi'ivy Council to
understand the diflijultiea of tho situation, if not in every case to pronounce as to the best
means available for overcoming them.

I enclose herewith (mxvke 1 " 2 A,") Colonel Dennis's first report, from his Head
Quarters, at tho Stone Fort, 15 miles bo'.ow Fort Garry. A reference to one of Mr.
Dawson's map3 will show his position, and its relation to the other places mentioned in his
report. In my deipatch of the 2nd inst., I stated the purpose for which he was sent, and
in general termi, tho p-)Wii's I had given him. It appoars he found tliat tho English and
Scotch half-breeds, and tho Indians of the mission, as well as a considerable number of
the French half-breeds were ripe for a movement in support of order and authority.
From a confidential report, by a person who had access to Kiel's Ci^uncil, I learn that the
news of this movo.uont at tho Sjono FjL't, and the i-ea ling of my Proclamition (.trhich
was opportunely produced and read in thoir meeting on Wednesday) had a most tran-
quillizing effect. Pioil said "this puts a dilFercntfaco on tha aiatter," and, as my informant
Bays, "expressed much Joyalty." He appealed to the English delegates (some of whom
still remained in his convention to Avatch its proceedings) to "help them peaceably to get
their rights." The English domanded a statement in writin; of "what theso rights were."
The French said they must have an hour to consijler. At the expiration of the hour they ,
presented a papor, of which a copy is enclosed, marked "2 B." The English I'efused to
•be parties to this demand, alleging that the Proclamation showed they had no right to
make it — that they must accept the now Government, and trust that all they could justly
ask would be granted. Iliel was indignant at their refusal to join in a deputation to mo,
with his ultimatum, and declared he would bear it himself. Nothing, however, was
decided up to Thursday at noon. Riel's armed guards were withdraw from the town after
the pasting of tlxe Proclamation, and also from the store house containing the Government
provisions. Fort Gairy was still held by a force of 30 or 40 men.

I enclose (papor "2 C") a letter of a private character, from Mr. Mair, which men-
tions some furt!ier particulars ; it also confirms som.. of tho statements I have dctaibd on
the authority of their correspondents.

I feel very confident that this prompt display of vigour, and the determination to
assist, an 1 maintain by for^e, if need be, the authority ot tho now Gjvernmont, from the
day and hour of its expected birth, will inspire all the inhabitants of the Territory with
respect for your representative, and compel the traitors and conspirators to cry " God save
the Queen," or beat a hasty retreat. The " Prime Conspirator" Stuttsman, as I anticipated
in my last despatch, did not wait for Col. Dennis to get his hands upon him, but n^ide his
appearanco here the day af or the Proclamation was issued, very subdued and crestfallen,

I notice the remark in your despatch that I can "claim or assert no authority in the
Hudson's Bay Territory, until the Queen's Proclamation reaohes me through this (your)
office." If I had so read my Commission and the Acts of Parliament, the liebel Govern-
ment would have lieen formally inaugurated during the interregnum which must have
occurred betwoen tha 1st Docembor (which tho Rebels as well as tho Hudson's Bay
Ogtmpa.iy's agents know and believe! to be tho date of the transfer), and the tims when
your messenger could x'oach me. He, probably, would have met me at St. Cloud or St.
Paul, if I had live.l to get so far, with no disposition or power to return without an ariny
at m/ back. You can julgo from the tone of tho Amorican new3paj)3rs, and tho aotipn
of t^o Legislature of Minnesota at its last Sessipn, (extract "2 D") to say nothing of the
Femaiis^ who kave their dnilssaries here aiid at Fort Garry^ what facilities would bi j^iven

for the ti ansportation of a Canadian fofce in such an evont as that stated. My conviction
is, that wd would have had to fight at a much later data, and at a gi'eat disadvantage, a
very different enemy from that which now melts away Leforo a Prockniation, and a
"Conservator of the Peace,"

I shall await the arrival of your messenger, before taking the oaths of office, or
performing any but necessary acts for the protection of life and property. I must trust
that tha same necessity will be my justification, if I have committed an error, in assuming
that the transfer of the Tenitory to the Dominion, did autnally take place on the 1st
December, and that my Commission, came into forc3 at the same time.

I have, iic,

V Wu. McDouoALL.

("2 A.")

Stoxe Fort, Loweii Settlement,

December 2nd, 5 p.m.
Honorable William McDougall, C. B., Lieut-Governor, Pembina.

My Dear Mr. McDougall, — I arrived at William Halleti's on the Assinniboine at
6 a.m. yastarJay morning, aftar a more than usually disagreaable trip. I immediately
sent up for * » « ^mj # * # ^ ^y^^ came down shortly afl«i'. T
gathered, from their conversation, that there was little doubt that public sentiment would
nov/ sustain a movement to put pown by force of arm? the refractory French. At the
same time, it was clear that, personally, they deprecated a movement in that direction,
fearing that people like themselves, of large property, would sufTjr much 'injiiry, should
hostilities ensue. * # I found, of opinion, that th3 public would now raspond to a call.

I road my Coaimisrioa, as also the Proclamation, ono of th'j English copies of which
I gave to Mr. * * to ba produced at the meating with the Insurgents, and then came
to the village.

On my way up, I should have mentioned, I spent a couple of hours with Mr, * * ,
and was pleased to find that his views of the situation, as regards the feelings of his people,
had undergone considerable changes, so much so that he had been busying himself, for the
last few days, in visiting among his | eople, and making a list of those who were willing
to take up arms against Kiel's party. These, he told me, amounted to ninety-six. I
arranged with him that, should I fincl the same feeling to exist among the Scotch and
English, I would let him know when he was to organiza his men, and hold himself in
readiness for orders.

I found an uneasy and eitcited state of feeling in the village. Dr. Schultz felt that
himself, and family, and property, so he told me, were in imminent danger, and advised
me not to be seen about the vilK.ge, and to get out of it as soon as possible, or I would
assuredly be made a prisoner. Al\(?r seeing Mr. * * and other Canadians, and showing
them my Commission, I left for the purpose of satisfying myself further as to public opinion
in the Settlement.

By this time it was 6 o'clock p.m., and I came on, introduced myself to Mr. Flett,
the master of th?s Fort, showed him my Commission, and took possession. He was very
kind, and show* id every desii'e to further the object in view; placed one large building
entirely at my disposal, and undertook at once to see to the lighting and heating of it.

By eight o'clock there were some 70 young men assembled in a lai*ge room in an
uj)p6r part of this building, and one of the gentlemen gave them an hour's o-ill.

I read the Queen's Proclamation to them, which was enthusiastically received. A
guard for the Fort volunteered for the night from those present, which, was increased by
a reinforcament from Chief Prince's band of some 70 men to 1 20 men. I have sent the
Indians ho ne, all but 50, who, with the chief, I have retained for the present, to serve as
a permaheht ^u&rd to the Fort I proposed to avail myself of their services in that way,

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.; .Situ

I'ather thiin by allowing Uio Indian olcmout to be mixod ii[) in uny actual fighting juit kt
present.

There was an oxccllont fooling exhibited by thoso poor mon. Thoy cheered, and lirod
off their guns enthusiastically, on i)oing called upon to choor the Queen, and a distribution
of provisions and tobticco sent them away happy.

The chief j-elioves his guard without the imposing ceremony observable among roguUr
■oU'.ioi's; but I doubt not, novorthelc.is, it will take a very active enemy to got into the Fort,
without the knowledge of the red-skinned sentries.

This place is capable of easy defence Against anything but artillery, and it must hare
been nothing but fear of arousing the English half-breeds that prevented its being Hoizod
and occupied by the Insurgents.

I have taken pains to make known to-day, through the Settlement, my pi-osenco hero ;
and that my intontion is to raise a foi-ce from among the jwoplo with which to enforce a
restoration of public order, and 1 expect a resjwnso of from one to two uundred people
this evening, when I sh^ll commence to enrol and organize.

I find Major Boulton ot great service, and have called in Mr. Hai-t's party,
with a view to using himself and other members of his party, who are all cadets, in drilling
and otherwise assisting.

I have oi-dered 20 fat cattle, which will be ready for use by Monday next, and will
littve no diflicidty in pi-ocuriug other necessary supplies.

I have sent Mr. Webb, who is stirveying up the Asainniboine, who is a volunteer
officer of very considerable experience, full instructions to proceed to the Portage without
delay, and there to organize four companies of 50 men each, equip and provision them, and
then reiKnii to me, drilling them, in the meantime, industriously. The other gentlemen
in his party, including Mr. Newcomb, are all cadets of the Military Schools, and I have,
therefoi*e, dii-ected him to take them up to assist him in di'illing and organizing the
companies. I shall, foi-tunately, have a Military School man to command each of the
comimnies in the whole force. The other and subordinate officers, I will let the men
select from among themselves.

The companies will be thrown into one battalion, of which I shall take the immediate
command, with Major Boulton as second.

I hope, and l^elieve, your delivery from the humiliating situation you are now in,
is a mere matter of a very short time. You had, therefore, better get things in
readiness to move in whei-e you may be advised.

T sent Judge Black a request last evening that he would call upon me, and h«
has accordingly been hei*e a good part of the day. I wished to consult him as to the
expeiliency of my proclaiming Martial Law in the Temtory, so as to enable me to
seize upqu Stuttsman, who still i*emains at Winnipeg, no doubt aiding and abetting the
Rioters. The idea of such a thing seemed to frighten him, and he begged of me to
delay it for a day or two, as he thought there was a strong hope of the Council, still,
I suppose, in S(^ion (as we have not heard the result) taking steps to dissolve the whole
thing. I agreed to the suggestion ; but so soon as I may have a force to back me up,
without I am satisfieil on consulting Mr. Boss that it would be undesirable, I shall take
that course.

Should we succeed in getting hold of the prime conspirator named, I shall put him
in a strong room in this place, under the charge of my friend Pima, the Indian Chief, and
his warriors, until he may be delivered by some due, but we shall hope, tedious course of
Law. ,

I should like to have ascertained the result of the Council referred to, befoi-e closing
this letter, but it is now six p.m. of the 2nd, and I am loth to detain the messenger
longer, as I know your anxiety to hear from me.

B«IieTe me, dear Sir,

Sincerely yours,

J. S, Dennis,

r»

P.S. — I have written Mr. **** by this mossonger, to notify his men, and then
come to mo for orders; havo also roi)orto(l my arrival and intentions to Governor MoTavish,
and sent him a copy of roy Commission.

J. S. D.

(2"B.")

WiNKiPEO, December i, 1869.
The Hon. Mr. ifeDougall,

Sib, — Having recoivod a letter from Colonel Dennis, from the Stone Fort, where
ho arrived last night, instructing mo to forward a report of the proceedings of Riei'a
Council, I enclose the Rosolutions passed by the French delegates, without any con-
currence from the English-speaking |)ortion of the Council.

#### came up this afternoon for voluntoors, and colloctod all the Canadians, to the
number of about 22. Riel got wind of the movement, and has guards on the road
to Pembina, believing it to be an arrangement to bring yourself in. I am in hopes
tliey will reach the Stone Fort in safety.

Mr. Caldwell states that lliol's Council were deserting him, and that Twenty-four
hours would settle the thing, if no blood was spilled to-night.

The Rebels seized both of the printing offices, and the Proclamation had to 1)6
written.

I havo the honor to be, in great haste,

Your obedient Servant,

D. S. MuSKixs.

he immediate

u are now in,
3t things in

(2 " C.")— Wanting.

Copy of Resolutions referred to in the preceding.

1. The right to elect our own Legislature.

2. The Legislature to have the power to pass all laws local to the Territory over the
veto of the Executive, by a two-third vote.

3. No act of the Dominion Parliament (local to the Ten*itory) to be binding upon
the people, until sanctioned by their representatives.

4. All sheriffs, magistrates, and school trustees, to be elected by the i)eople.
o. A free homestead, and freehold law.

6. A portion of the public lands to be appropriated to the benefit of schools, the
building of roads, and parish buildings.

7. A guarantee to connect Winnipeg by Rail with the nearest line of Railroad ; the
land grant for such road or roads to be subject to the Legislature of the Territory.

8. For a given number of years, all public expenses of the Tenritory, Civil, Military
and Municipal, to be paid out of the Dominion Treasury.

9. The Military to be composed of the people now existing in the Territory.

10. That the French and English languages be common in the Legislature and Courts,
and all public documents, and Acts of Legislature, be printed in both languages.

11. That the Judge of the Supreme Court speak French and English.

12.' ^|5%aties to be concluded and ratified between the Government and the several
Tribes of Indians of the Territory, calculated to ensure peace on the Frontier.

11. That these rights be granted to us by Mr. McDougall before he be admitted into
the Country. If he have not the power himself to grant them, he must get an Act of
Parliament passed, expressly securing us those rights, and until such Act be obtained, stajr
outside the boundary line of the Territory.

Iki

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^.'

A PROPOSITION TO MR. McDOUGALL.

■Y. PAUL "DAILY PIONEEB/' KOV. 2l8T.

[2. D.]

The disting^iishod Canadian gentleman, now sojourning at Pembina, xviU probablj
have leisure in his winter quarters to consider thd best means of establishing bis authority
at Selkirk, upon sure foundations. And it must now be apparent to a prtUticictn of hlb
a3tut3ne93, thut it would hiive bean wisor, simultaneously with the negotiation between
the Hudson's Bay Comjiany and tho Eai*l of Granville, to have consulted in some form the
wislies and fe^lingi of the party most intoraated — namaly, the people Avho have occupied
the Red River country for the last fifty years. Such a plebiaoUe would have had only one
result : the declaration woitld hove bean almost unanimous for the Canadian connection ;
and, in that case, Mu. McDouoall would have gone forward with all the sanction and
prestigo of the popular voioe.

The Lagi^latura of JMinnosota wero not wanting with a word of excellent advice on
this point. We find, by referance to the General Laws of the Tenth Session, under date
cf Match 8, 186S, that the following Rasolutions wore adopted and communicated to the
Government at Washington :

Iteaolved, By the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, # # # ThsX

we regret tj be informed of a purpoia to transfer tho Territories between Minnesota and
Alaska to the Do ninion of Canada, by an order in Council at London, without a vote of
the people of Salkirk and the settlers upan the sources of the Saskatchawan River, who
largely consist of emigrants from the United States, and we would respastfuliy urge that
the President and Consjress of the United States shall represent to the Government of
Great Britain that such action shall be an unwarrantable interferenca with the principle
of self government, and cannot be regarded with indifierence by the pq^ple of the United
States.

" That the Legislature of Minnesota would rejoice to ba assured that the cession of
North- We.st British America to the United States, accompanied by the construction of a
Northern Pticific Railroad, are regardad by Great Britain and Canada as satisfactory
pi'ovisions of a treaty, which shall remove all grounds of conti'oversy between tha respective
countries."

These friendly suggastions failed to change the Anglo-Canadian policy, and it now
remains for the Ottawa Ministry to datarmine whethar it is not still expedient to authorize
soma foi'mal exprassion by tha inhabitants of Selkirk. Perhaps, also, the Canalians
might find in tha proposition of a cession of the North-Wesb Territory to the United States,
a potent agency to sacurc! access to Amarican Markets, on tarms even more satisfactory
than by the abrogated traabv of June, I85t. At presant, even if Mr. McDouoall makes
his way to Fort G.vrry, this North- West acqusition, with its half-bread and Indian
incumbrances, will be a burden and a snare lo Canada j but if its transfer to the United
States, will assist to a commercial union with the United SLates, will it not be better, not
only for Canada, but even for the Honorable William McDouoall himsalf, whom we
hereby nominate as the first United States Sanator from Salkirk.

{Telegram.)

St. Paul, Mxkkesota, December Ttb, 18 39.

To Sir John A. Macdotiald.

Report credited here. Governor MoTavish under arrest ; situation grave, if not
critical ; sympathy here wholly with insurgents not at all probable. Can take in my
trritten documents from Ottawa; to meat this would strengthen my hands considerabl/i
tad not clash with McDougall's Conunission; if appointed to Privy Councili s&y eight

iU probably
his authority
ticidn of hli
ion between
oma form the
ave occupied
had only one
, connection ;
sanction (ind

jnt advice on
I, under date
icated to the

# That
linncjota and
lOut a vote of
a River, who
'uUy xirge that
fovernment of
the principle
of the United

tb.9 cession of

astruction of a

us satisfactory

th3 respective

and it now
nt to authorize
lie Canalians
United States,
ire satisfactory
>ouoALL makes
an A Indian
to the United
be better, not
jslf, whom we

(8) days honco. Tliin I svC.i not on porsoniil cjronn'lH, bu'r, nsf^ivin'jf juiHuranco to malcontents
that pfomiHjy male on the pivt of Gjvji-inmii wouM U» p,'i-fo:Mu; 1 iu ^oo I I'uith. B»
assured will not comproniiHH Govornniont ; will be in aJvunci^ of Thibault and De
Salaberry ; answer imme liately telegram to Kittson ; assjnt or dissant. Operator,
mark on the envelope. Private and confidential.

^ Donald A. Smitb.

Ottawa, December 17th, lB69.

TRIVATE.

To y. W. Kittson, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Smith can state his appointment as one of the Council of Territory, and infbrtti
McDougall to that effect.

JonN A. Macdonald.

(Telegram.)

Toronto, 20th December, 1869.

To Sir John A. MacdonalJ.

I have just raceived the following mo^sa-^o frou St. Paul, just as rrc?lved, and am
informed, at same time, that the nc^va is from Insurgent source.^, wliicli it is quite evideut
is the case.

H. P. DWIOHT.

St. Pa'jl, Minnesota, 20th December.

" News just received that a coTipany of monntel Insur^jati avrivoj at the Hudson's
Bay Company's Fort, near Pembina on tha night of the 9ih instant, and took
po3S3ssion on the 10th. The grea'^or part of MjDoagtU's a^jnts ani emissaries,
including Schultz, Bowan, ani Hallet, havo b3:^a capture I. Cjljnel Donnis is
skulking about until he can reach Am'jrioan Torritor/, McDougall is absolutely
without even a faotioii save so-no fifty Swauip la'Uans, tli3 Balanso having desartai
Another correspondent says : ElTorts of Colonel D^nals to orgauis ) a countsr revolution
have failed. The whole population is a unit. Schultz, Bowen, Ma-oi* Wallace, and fifty
others, are prisoners ; no bloo 1 she J. Tho Frenoh unlar Riel arc iu u'ldisp.iteJ possssnian
of the whole country. There are sixty Swamp Indians yet in tho Lower Fort who are
not intrefered with because considered harmless. It in said McDougall is preparing to
come back. Another says^ James McKay and family have flj.l to St. Joseph, on the
seventh (7th) instant, when the pvisonsrs wore takin, more than 600 insurgents were
occupying Fort Garry. The prisoners were all tak3n at Dt:. Sjhultz's and armed for ft
fight. Colonel Dennis has fled.

•l.tb,l859.

grave, if no*
an take in my
Is eonsideirablyi
Hncil, B&y eight

(Telegraph.)

Toronto, Dccombsr 20th, 1869.

To Sir John A. Mazionald.

I havo just rccived the followin:: from St. Piul. Rod River mnh arrive at Pembina tcom
Fort Garry by Bri1i^Il m il C rrier from Pembint to Ab:rcrombb, twice a wmI- by masaen^er,
»nd from Absrcrombi^ to St. Cloud, twisj a wyek by st };c, and thenci by r.ilroid, arriving
Lore every Wednjsd y and S iturd y. R Jturnin:;, it soai3timM h ippias m ih f il to connout
at Pembinj, throwing them over three days. Moil leaves St. Paul for Abercrombie vrwj
120—11

1 1

Moudiy und Wodnj cliy and Frid ly moniiii,:,^ llioiic.' N«)rt!i. I liivn h:id nn intcrvl'jw with
* " '* ' *' '' '* cimojmiii,' tlio troubh. Hj his no f.dth mi

reports thit McDju.!;i11 U r li-^iii.: ::ii Iiidi in fuix';, or t!i it lie i.i nltcniptiii}:; to cntortlio country
by force' Iliisiyj tlio miss of t!io iatclli.;ont 11 ;d llivor inhibit mts loci that Cinudiin
G3vornni.)nt his i,u;norcd thorn to pro:t extent, and th it the rccjnt nctiuns of tlioso reproscnting
Cmadi horo, t'.mdjd to Htroii!;thcn tlic f.jciiiijr, and thit tliis u tho roifon there is so little
cnthusi;isra or fitronu,th in inilostod by pirty who fivor jMcDdiig.iil. Ho thinks reisonablo
concessions on the j)irt of Cinidi Oovornm 'ut would quiot tho llubvl', and, ho believes if
Governor McDou^^iU w«ro given Jin opportunity to cxphiu hii misbion and stito his cise, the
opposition to him would co:iwo and bloodshed bj prevented; but at present tho insurgents,
who arc chiefly biifTalo hunters in tho tsuinnvr, and out of employment durin*:; greater pirt of
winter, are not in ri,;,'ht mood to listen to (jDvornor McDoug ill or hold interview with him.
Ho believes gro it m iHs of Ijttors publi-ihed hero are from friends of insurrection, and duo
allowrtnco should bo therefore ni ido. General Hincock, I understand, will send no troops to
Pembin I unless he recL'ives positive inform ition th.it hojtilitios h ive broken out, and that tho
Am3ric m settlors on frontier are in dinger of b;iu? troubled bylndiins. It is generally
belioved hcrj tint tho mills at Pomblni are timporod with, und suspicion that tho Postmaster
at that place sympatliizes with, and favors the insurgents.

H. P DwiQHTj

(Telegraph.)

To Sir John A. Macdonald.

Toronto, 21et December, 1869.

When news of difficulty first reached us, I sent a telegram to Governor McDougall,
Pembina, via St. Paul, suggesting that he should miil to St. Paul or St. Cloud, to bo
telegraphed me, any inform ition which might bo of public interest. I have just received tho

following ;

sig-ned, W. M. D.

Pembina, December 9th, vi& St. Cloud, Minn.

The Governor and party are still here ; Colonel Dennis is at Stone Fort, below Fort
Garry, it is siid ho has seven hundred (700) men and fifty (50) Indians. Kiel said to have
two or three hundred (200 or 80')) m^n, Frencli, in Fort Girry; no actual ccllision yet.
Governor does not bolieve will be any fighting. E-iglish and Scotch Canadians and Indians
are all loyal, and will fight if necessary to put down Riel. Americins here frightened at
prospects of Indi in war. Story that Sioui. are on tho war pith. The same persons who
advised half-breeds to keep out Governor, now urge him to stop Indian war, and threaten him
if he don't. Ho has had interview with those persons, and told them he had not authorised
Indians, but those who kindled the fire must help to put it out. Charged them with inter-
cepting Lis messages and thus preventing people knowing his wishes. Weather, fine, snow
fafling to day about eight inches deep.

H. P. DWIGHT.

(Telegraph.)

Toronto, December 21st, 1869.

To Sir John A. Macdonald.

Further reports through .insurgent sources f ora Pembina say, that P^hultz, Bown, Mair,
and Ross were arrested, that Dennis was getting out of the way witi .is force, and that
insurgents were to watch McDougull's movements from the Fort, opposite Pembina.

" H. P. DwiGHT.

•8

Toronto, PocrmbiT 23rtl, 18C9.
To Sir John A. Mncilon:il(f.

There is a letter published this monii;i'; in tlio BujVilo Kxpyat', Hi;j;iicil John B innistor,
U.S.A., Fort Abarcrombie, D.cenib"^r Ihurtjcnth, in wliicli the writer snya : " I uui expecting
orders every d.iy to proceed lo Pombln i, with a dot clniii-nt of hoMi'Ts to protect (J oven acnt
property at that phico, and to look iil'tcr Oovonior MeDougall. It liuviiij,' been reported hero
that be has boon enlisting troops on Americm ^^oil I'or the purpose of Ibrcing \m way to Fort
Garry, which ia to ba the head quarters of lii.s Government. If he can get tlicre."

H. P. Dwiaax.

(Telegraph.)

SiMCoi:, December 20th, 1869.
To Sir John A. Macdonald.

Beware, Sioux hereditary enemy of the Chippewas, Crccs, Red River scttlern, and tho
Assinniboine. McDjUj;iil entcringthat country under Sioux auspices, pi ices tho Government
against those tliey would coiicili.tc. Complicition arising of a disistrous nature, and fiuch as
I WIS afr lid would occur, bvying unauthorised w;ir ou;^lit to bs put a stop to at once, if
success atteud.s Mr. McDoug.ill, in tho firdt instance, the hostile feeling will ren) lin.

James Ermatinqer.

Ottawa, Dccembor 27th, 1869.
James Ermatinjer, Esq., Simcoe.

My Dear Sir, — Nobody horo has any idea of employing" tho Sioux in tho Red River
country.

Yours truly,

jr^cTjpn Howe.

( Telegraph.)

Toronto, January 14th, 1870,

To Sir John A. Maedon:il(f.

Georgetown, Minnesota, 7th, St. Cloud, 13th, Dr. Tupp3r, Ciptain Oamoron and Mrs.
Ciraoron roturnod hero 1 ist p.m. Father Thib luU and Dj S il ibjrry wore to have an audience
with the Counoi' to oxpl lin m ittors. Dr. Tupp^T was two (2) d lys in Fort Garry. 800
hulf-brceds had joined Riel's St ind ird. Rumored thit lirgo number Sioux on way to Fort
Garry. All Canadian pa'.tics still imprisoned, and no iiji of their being released.

H. P. DWIOHT.

Department o? Secretary of State for the Provinc-s,

Ottawa, 24th Docembor, 1869.
To the lion. Wm. McDoujall, C.B.,

Femohia.

Sir, — Your dagpatch, date! Pambina, 2n'l DasDoibsr, and il;3 enolosuraa A and B,
reached this oliico on tho ISth instant, and wore promptly laid before the Governor
General in Council.

As it would appoar from theso documcint'? that you have usi^d- tho Queen's name
without her authority — attributed to Her Majesty acts which she has not yet performed —

?^.f

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f M

•nd ovganijod an armil forPT within Uio Territory of tlir TT.kIbmi's Tlav Company,
without warmnr or i;ntiU';ti"iH, f :iin conuimiidoil to uhsuio you that tlu^ grave occuru'nces
wlucb you roport htvvo o:;ca'iij!i«'U licio grcU aaxicty.

Th* exa.'tioi of ra liMry for jo a;a"n' t'ao raUjuilHl pj^ph no^ ii Br;m, oven if
undtr the lanction of li».w, w n mt t j be h vstily rivoJ, ooaHitloring the fturfiil coinoquenoM
whioh might ensuo, wore tho Indiana, nmny of tliom lut rori-iitiy in contact with tho
Wiiita inhibit.n's of th< m! jh'»a iriii,' Stv^•l, diMw.i intJ tin cji'lioi. Bii ai tin
organizxtion and \n:< of «ii"li a Cn•c^ by you wjlh, un lar tho ciroutnitivnoos, entirely
illegal, the Governor G.inoral ami Council cannot di<;^ui.»j fro.n you tho woijhb of
reeponsibility yon have inourrod.

Acting on tho belief that tho country would bo quietly transferred, with the gonoral
assent of tho inhabitants, all tho preparatory arran'^emants were made, M you were aware,
in anticipation that, on or about tho Ist D^Jcombor, tho Territory would bo surrendered by
the Company to tho Quean, and that thorou[)oti, Hor Majesty would issue Her Proclamation,
fixinj a day for lh« Union of tin country with Canadi.

Tho Proclamation, when ofll •uvlly oommu'iicatol to you, would enable you, under tho
OommiMion an I authority givon in auti?ip;vtion of that event, to enter legally, upon the
aj^ointeJ da//, on tho discharge of your oflioial duties as Governor of the North West.

In tho Cjmnis'.io'.i isHurl on tln-'S'Ji S 'plonbj!', you w.?ro enpDWorjJ toenb3rupon
the dutioii of Government, only •' on, from, and aftor tho diiy to bo named " in the Queen's
Proclamation ; and in tho instructions hund'Hl to you with tlio Commission, you are
directed to procjo.l to Fort Giri-y, an.l " bj ready to asiuan tha Gjverninout of tho
Territories on their actual transfer to C inada."

That you clearly undcritood this limitation of authority was hoped from your letter
from Pembina, of tho 7th November, aldr.'ssyd to Go vornorMcTavish, and communicated
to this Department, in which you say " I shall remain here until I hear officially of tho
transfer of authority, and shall then bo guided by circumstances as to what I shall say and
do," and because, in your letter of tho 1 tth Novemb:;r, addrossod to this Department, you
thus refer to some injudicious proposal made by your friends : "tho recommendation that
I should issue a Proclamation, is not made for the first time, but I have uniformly replied
that until the transfer of tho Territory h:v3 taken place, and I am notified of the fact, I
shall not assume any of the respousil.ilitios of Government."

The peaceful surrender of tlie country was assumed throughout the negotiations, and
this Government never cluimo 1 or protended to oxerciseany authority within North West,
u\>til invested with the Savorsignty by tho terms of tho Queen's Proclamation.

The transfer of lln Ten-it jri-33 would, no doubt, have b3en proclaimed on or about
the 1st Decemlor, l;al not your rejwrt of the 31st October, and the documents which
accompanied it, changed tho whole posntion of affairs, and thrown upon this Government
grave responsibilities of a very novel character. In thosj papors you represented that
seiious obstruction had been o\ posed to your entrance into the country, that a large mumber
of persons wex'o opposod to the estallishmont of tho authority of tho Dominion, that
a Provisional Government had bce-ifoniied, and the roads barricaded and guarded. That
some of the Catholic Clergy were openly abetting these movements, and that the officers
of the Hudson's Bay Company, if not aiding tho revolutionists, were unable to control
them.

Your despal^h was received here on the 19th November, and on the 26th those of the
6t^ and 17th camo to hand, from which it appeared that tho insurn^ct: jnary movement
hid still continuad without check, and that the Hudson's Bay Officers were powerless, and
that you had been driven out of the country.

Tho facts disclosad in the^s djapatches entirely changed tho basis upon which tho
aegotiations, in p3rfect good faith on the part of the Dominion, had, up to that time,
been conducted with Iho Hudson's Fay Coropan>, and with the Imperial Government.

If, with the facts before tl em, the Canadian Government acc3pted tho responsibility
of governing, or I'ather, assuniin'? the Govornmont of a countiy that could only be
recovered by conquest, at a vast distance from the base of operations, and whioh, for many

ve occun t'nccs

monti.s, couM oiilyl)0 ftpproachofl tlirouijh thi^ TTnitol Statoi, t!ny conld Inrdiy Jtintlfy nn
rw;t of sin;h |)n'<*i|»itii!ioy to PniMiimcut itinl (li.i coiiutiy ; wliil i it is •.'iim.'lv olo.ir that If
you woi'o iiivoalocl wiih tho 1 j;^;il titio to govern without bi.'iiig ublu to gf<t into Huj)'>rt'« Land,
or exorciso aiy autliority, tho j-jvohiiionnry Oovoruinont would ho stroug hmod by your
xreaknes^, and wouhl, in fact, (tho Proclamntion having snporsftdnd Governor MoTavith)
bo tho only (loveriuupnt in tho Ttirritory until put d(-wn by force of nrniH.

It was a luittt'r of uxossity t'lon, ru'-hur tluu oh jic j, to d ilay th^ ism 3 of th^ Qaoon'i
Procliitnation, and it wiih asHinnod horu that; tho nocoHjity would be as apparent to you as
it wan to the Privy Council.

To postpone tho lur-oudor by tho Company until it wai ablo to transfer, not only its
own riglitH, but the Territory itsolf, to Ifor Majoity ; to Htay the issuo of tho Queen's
Proclamation, and to leave with tho Hudson's Bay Company and the Imporial Uovornmont
the obligation of enforcing order, and assorting tho rights of the Sovereign, was tha
first duty of this Oovornmont ; and the Governor Gononvl and Council had ho{)od that this
would 1)0 as obvious to you as to them.

They had another duty, and to that they addressed themsolvfts without delay. It
was to disabuse tho minds of tho |)eoplo of Rupert's Land of tho erroneus imjjres^ions
under which, there was too much reason to fear, that they had acted, and to restore tran-
quillity by |>eaceful moans. The measures taken with this view wero nxplained to yoti in
my dispatches of the lOth and 29th Novemiior, and of the 7th, Sth, 10th, llth, and 17th
December. In none of these despatches will thei-e bo found any warrant or aatho.iity for
the prooeeJings reported in your despatch of tho 2nd Docemhor. It is to be ragratted
that they had not re»ohed you sooner ; but the sanguine hope is entertained here that, if
no collisions have takv>n [)laoe, or blood boen shed til' yon have read those despatches, and
conferred with tho gontlennn who have been sent to Rod Uiver, matter;- may yet wear a
more cheerful aspect, and the Government of the Territory be assumed with some guarantee
for order, and with all the formalities of law. Whether this hopo is realised or not, your
duty is plain ; and I am commanded by his Excellency to instruct you to remain at
Pembina until you can get peaceable access to Fort Garry, with tho assent, and under the
protaslion of tho Hudaon's Bay Company authori -ies ; that you are to take every means
of removing the misapprehensions that exist in tho minds of the residents, by explanations
and otherwise ; and that you are to exercise no acts of authority on behalf, or in the
name, of the Government of Canada, until otRcially informed thai the Queen's Proclama-
tion has issued, and until you shall have assumed tho Government, and taken the oaths
of office, on or after the day fixed in it for tho union of the countries.

As t!io coursa of action proposed by yon in your despetch of the 2nd December was
to be cairied out before an answer could possibly i-each you. I have delayed replying for
8om3 days, in ord?r to learn, if possible, the result of your policy ; but the receipt of your
despatch of the 6th instant, which reached ms on the 23rd with its enclosures, 2a, 2b, and
2c ; an 1 t!ie couraa taken by Col. Dennis, as described in those papers, make it necessary,
without further delay, to send this despatch by a special messenger.

I wish I could inform you, that this report hid entirely relieved the Governor Goneral and
Council from the anxiety alre:idy expressed. It is true that no blood had baen shed up to
the 6th, and you had not cirried out your intention of occupying the Stocktde near Pembina
with an armod p.irty, but the proceedings of Colonel Dennis, as reported by himself, are so
rockhss and extraordin iry, that there cm ba no relief from sclicitude hero while an officer so
imprudent is ncling under your authority.

Hid the inhabitants of Rupert's Land, on the brenking out of the disturbances, risen and
put an end to them, or hid Governor McTavish orgmized a f<^rce to occupy his Forts, and
miiint i'l hio authority, nil would have been well, and Ri'^1 and his people would have b3en
responsible for any bloodshed or property destroyed. But Colonel Dennis, with no legsl
authority, proceeds to seiza the Fort, then in poascfsion, not of the insurgents, but of the
Hudson's B;y Compmy, and to girrison it with a niixod forca of Whites snd Indims, and
proposes to give b Atle to the insurgents, should a junction be formed with some forces which
he has ordered to be drilled on the Assiiuiboine. He appears never to have thought that

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(he iiinniput w.'ir coniini'iicd, nil the white in'i 'l»!t »ii(« wmiM h> nf fhn ni iroy of tlui Ttidiin^,
by wliom tlioy niv I irj^'i'ly ouftiuiub Ti'il, iiiiil, divulul iih they woull b', lui^lit bio.iftily ovor-
powered .

It in itiipo«Kilil ' to rcid tho QoVmA'n rcomint of bi* (ittiiiipt to p t-iu ido Jud^'o Bl ck to
Aid bini in procl iniin'i iinriiil I i\v, wifliout ftnni:,' f(H>lin;,M of ri'i^n-t, that you Hliould havo
boon rcprcrt«'ntod, in tho sotll 'tni'titN, by ;\ jKivoij with ^o litll.) di-crolii>n. It i^ no wondor
thnt Jud^ Blu'k wru '• fri.rhfonod " at thf propM I, «« lio muHt Invo known tiiiit Colomd
DonniN would Invo to nnswcr, iit tho bir of juttio\ for ovory lifo lost by Huch «n nNcuuintiun
of outhority, und th.-it tho ilL>;,'d f«oizuro of mii Auicrioin citizen, would iit unco provoke intor-
forcDCO in tho qu;irrel, uud lo.id to very NoriouM couipllcilionn.

I have, Sic,

Josxpu HoWB,

Reco|vc(t by
th« Hi'cri'tnrv
of St^to forfli'
ProvinoiMi, 20tli
Dfcoinlier.

PlMniNA, Docombor 8th, 1869.
Ths lion. Joneph Howe, Sttcretitrif n/Statfi,

Ottawa.

Sill, — I hnvo tho honor to inform you thfit no uiosHiji;o or niu»»HOiip;cr from
Fort (f.irry or from (!!(donol Ibnnis, Iihh roichcd mo sincr' my doHpitch on tho
()th inst. A rnnior '\» ourront horo, bisod on ii stutomont ot tho miil oirrior
who only trivoN hnlf tho diHtiinoo to Fort (inrry), thit thoro wore (500 mon
uador Colonol D.Mini-* nt tho Sfrn i Fort, nnd 11(10 vindcr Hiol at Fort Garry. Ah Homo of
U8 rccoivcd lottors by tho lint nnil from tho north, I infer that tho rojd, or Bonio pirt of it,
was, up to Sundiy at loaHt, under the c(mtrol of lliol. I did not expect that Colonel Donnin
would move from the Lower Fort, until tho jK'oplo at tho "Portage" had joined him, which
could not well have b^cn aooomplishod before Mondny or f uonday. I am not thoroforo but-
prised to find the road still ob'^truetod between this pi loo nnd Fort Garry.

On Mondiy list, Mr. Uichard.'*, who lod;?ed with a Mr. llolotte, Deputy U.S. Marshal,
nt Pembina, rej>ortcd to me that tho officials nnd residents of tho vill.igo wcrj very much
excited, in ccmsequenco of a rumour that tho Indi;ui8 were biinp armed by tho Loy;distP, and
that tho aid of the Sioux had boon tcujjht by Komo of the C n idians at Fort G irry. Knowing
that the Indians had refused to joined Hitl's party, nnd that the Sioux would like an excuse
for att:;ckinp them, and knowin;; al.-'o that we were aware of the complicity of some of them
in the outbreak, it was ntitur.il that they should b) alirmcd by such a rumour. I had pre-
viously hoard of their attempts to organize n force for tho purpose of ntticking us in our
"winter quirters," ostensibly for the purpose of "driving us out of the country," but roiilly,
I have no doubt, with a nmrdcrous intent. T had private inform ition of the designs of two
or three desperadoes and outlaws, who Invo found it convenient to rosido in the neighbour-
hood, nnd who are concerned in the i)resent movement. They had bccom'3 aware of Colonel
Dennis's oceupition of the Stone Fort, .• nd of tlio detenninition of the English and Scotch
halPbreods to resist Kiel's p'rty, and they feared for their owu sifcty. They pretended to
believe that I had given orders to employ the Indims, und they threatened immcdiito re-
prisals unless I revoked tlic supposed order. I^Ir. Richards was much alarmed by these threats,
and suggested the immediate return to Fort Abercrombie, of tho fern des and children. While
this was humane, I felt it was not politic, and nt tho moment not n practicd euggcstion.
We had not yot constructed a RifRcient number of sleighs for the journey, although they were
in process of corstruclion. I therefore determined to go down to tlie village, and havo a con-
ference with the offiei Is, who, I knew^, would soon m:ke known the result to thoso more
deeply implicated in the contjiir. cy. I took Messrs. Richards, Provencher and my son with
me, nnd drove to the Custom House. Mik Nelson, the Deputy Collector,, is a very intelligent
and reppcct;'ble pcrfon, nnd, I have reiton to believe, hrs kept himself aloof from Stutttman
and lis CD-con?pir:;tors. I found Eorae of these in his office eviden'ly much alirmcd, and by
no me.ns in a friendly mood tow.irds me. I Nt once cxpl inod the object of my vi^it, nnd
requested thit tho Postmister nnd other offiei il persons in tho ncighbouihood should be
aescmbled. This was eoou done, and I frankly explained their eituation and my own as I

• of till' Ttiiliinn,
it b I t!.if*ily oviir-

iiti(lir'<too(I it. Tlift ('ncloctl Itf.T (":i A"), w'ii'!i I idl-rvvirth ad I.mhjiI to Mr. NuNon,
ff.'i'ntly «l«'tiiN wir t (imk 1 1 u"' at tli-t iiif' rvi -w.

i fdiiiul on <'iMjiiiry, lln' mxt il ,y, tint Mr. Njl-*o:i (tnd (n;) or two of lii lul, 'lib turn
wore ruH-iurjil by tin Mt item 'nts iin 1 ocpl m \^hm I h id Kivon tlirm, nnd cxproascd thrninolvon
pl(':i«cd with my cmdour and (irinnt'HM, MMiltMiim and Ililottc, liowovcr, vuro f\\\\ t dkin^
of t.ikin;? v('n;.'o.mcn. MofMrt". Ilicliird', IVovnchcr r.nd Uy^n hiivinj^ nniovcd to my boiiM«>,
wt! oHt.iblif'lu'd ft milit iry n'/i""*. "nd pr'priid to r.wist an utt icit tV.)m any r|ii trior. Wo
kept w.itcb by d ly and by ni;j;bt, and li ul nil our iirms rn.idy lor action. Not li:ivinj» Iio.ird
from (/oloncl O'lniis t-imw tlio ditc of bis report, I'orwardcd with my lint di'vpitcli, I dofurrcd
my projw.'KMl romovd IVom AmiMiciii Territory, but kept up duly couimunioilioti with Iho
IludMin IJiy Comp.iny'ft I'oht.

I (<nolo<'o (pipiT "U D ") n trausl:iti'd copy of ii letter rtcoivod two «>r tlirco d'iy» Hinno
by Mr I'rovcncilicr, (Vom, hm hv. hup|)om','<, tlio llonnn C'ltbolic piit-ht aw S<!iMtcliin'^ Itivcr. It
is witboiit .'i^nitnrc, and i^ cvid uily intcndiMJ to fri;.'litt!n us aw 'y. I'i»t wo frol th.it our
di'pirturo for ('.in id i at llio prr^cMit juncliin', murlt to b) a|)piov(;d on pcjvonal ^roundn, would
b) f,it;;l to tlu' rotiMition of fho Nortu ^Vt•^t an a pirt of tlu^ Dominion, and with that viow of
tlio ciHo, wo liMvo dflcrmincd at nil biz irdn, to rem lia a litllo lonj^cr, in tlio Iioiki of ii pciooful
Holution of tlu! pntM'ut difliculty.

Tlio friendly disposition of tho IndiiuH of this Torritory to us, i nd their antip-itby to the
AmcricauH, is tb« groit anchor by wliicli wo nhall hi enabl -d to hold it. Wbilo they urc with
\i<*, and propjily handlud, no enemy from tho fouth c.^n ever vonturo into theKc ^rcat pl.iinH.
Thin fact is fully comprehended by Iho military authoritiuH at Wa«hin;?ton, uh well uh hy tho
Fonims in Niw York. Grjit eff)rt.s worj mid; by tho l-idjr.s of tho prjsent conspir.cy to
Hccuro an allianoo with tho ludiann, eHpcclilty with tho b indH in the nei^hbuurhoud of Ued
llivor, b'jforo tukin;^ tho fiold. Their fiiHt step was to p'M>uido them to miko dum inds upon
mo of Huch a character that compliance would hi; iiu|)o.sisiblo, and fJnia crc.ito a ccuua belli
botween tho Now Government Jind tho Iudi;inH at tho very ou'H-t. Wilh thin viow thoy kept
Chief Kc-wi-tu-o8h, and u part of bis bind in and about lV>mbin:i for Homo week.s — much
longer than they had birgained for — to meet mo at tho bound.iry lino, and to present thcHO
dommds. I htvo already in my ro[K)rt of tho 21)th November referred to tho publicition of
tho Yankton D.koiiin of tho letter prepircd for the IndiinH by Ameriom plotters hero, but
ropudiutcd by tho Indi ms as soon as they uudorstood its purport. 1 ob«;rvc th.it ilii.s letter
his uppsared in several Canadian Ncwnp ipcru, and no doubt baa attracted tho attention of tho
Privy Council.

Tho next stop wua a sunmionsj to tho chiufs of tho lavgo bands to moot Rioi and his
confederates at lliviire Sale for conaultution and treaty, with a view to unarmed alliance
against U.S. Tho chiafs, "Fox" anil "Oro.s Okuille" o')oyeJ tho Hummona, but though
temptad by vory largo promises, tlioy wisely ami p)'oini)tly rol'u.sad to join or aid the
half-broad nmovement, but intimated to our fricnda that thoy would be ready to obey a
Hunmions from tho authorities.

In these circumstances it was felt to bo a wiso, as well as a loyal and humana policy
to threaten tho insurgents and their annoxation leaders with an Indian as well as a civil
war, if they pei-sisted ' • their I'obellious designs. The alarm, real or protended, of the
neutral and respectable people — few though tlioy ai-e — in this settlement, as well as the
exasperations and murdorous threats of the conspirators thomsalvoa, show tho power of
the engine that they believe has been worked. I boliovo they havo called for troops
from the nearest American Post (Fort Abercrombio) to protect them from tho dreaded
Sioux. I may had that small bands of the Sioux havo lately been seen, only three or
four days' journey from hei-e. Two Chipp-'wa Indiana, anl a half-bred boy, who had
gone towards Pemhina Mountain, on a hunting expedition, ware mat by six Sioux, who,
pretending friendship, suddenly rushed upon the carts of tho Ciiippewas, siiz^d their
arms, and fired upon them. One of tho Indians fell dead, t'.ie boy ran, apparently
wounded, while tho othar eieapo I unhurt, and running for his lile towarJiv this place,
came to the Hudson Bay Company's Post nearly exhausted with hunger and coH
Xhey belonged to tho Kewitaosh's band,^and, I hear, that according to Indian custom, a

war party hai started out to i-ecovor the carts nnd tlio wounded boy, nnd to avenge the
death of one of their warriors. Those attacks and riipriaals by huntinjj; parties of tlie
two tribes are not uncomuion ; Vmt the present case sliows a degree of boldness on the
paiii of the Sioux, and a propensity to travel north instead of west, which are not
pleasant to the imagination of our ftontier neighbours. I could not refrain from telling
them at our meeting, on Monday evening, when the desperate character of the Sioux
was portrayed to me, and I was urged to give immediate orders to the loyal settlers
not to accept the help of Indians— that tho possible consequancss of nn Indian war
ought to have been thought of l>y some people in the neighbourhood of Pembina a few
weeks ago. The remark was delivered in a serious tone, and with the proper emphasis,
and was I'eceived in solemn silence. The shot took effect, and seeing they could not
frighten me into issuing orders dictated by them, they expressed themselves satisfied with
my declaration, as repoi-ted in my letter to Mr. Nelson.

1 waited for two days and nights after this interview, anxiously expecting a second
report from Colonel Dennis, which I hoped would inform me of the disparsionof Kiel and
his i>arty, or of a joint deputation to me, and ar armistice in th-i mean time. But as none
eame, and as the story of the employment of the Indians might, though untrue,
except as to Prince's band, grow into truth, by its own circulaSon, I thought it well to
address a letter ("3 C") to Colonel Dennis on the subject, and entrusted it to the mail,
imder cover of Mr. Nelson's envelope. I instructed the messenger to allow Mr. Nelson
to read it before he s°>aled the letter, in order to convince him of my desii'e to avoid, as
long as possible, an appeal to the Indians.

I received a nofe from General Hunt, who commands at Fort Abercrombie,
informing me that he cculd not find storage for my goods in the foil), bub he was
informed that Mr. McCauley, a merchant there, would store then and apply to him for
protection, if (which he did not think likely), any one attempted to molest them. I have
also heard from the person sent to remove the arms, &c., from Georgetown, of their safe
arrival at Fort Abercrombie.

Thuesday, 9th.

I have just heard as 1 was closing this dispatch, that two messengers from the
Settlement have been intercepted near this, and their pa^iers taken from them, by
Stuttsman and Company, or half-breeds employed by them ; I am taking measures to
make this operation unavailing for the future.

I jiave, &c.,

"Wm. McDouoalb.

(3 A.)

Hudson Bat Company's Post, Pembina,

8th December, 1869.
If. E. Nelson, Esq., Deputy Collector of Customs,

Pembina,

Dear Sir, — I think it my duty to you as well as to myself, to put in writing, though
nirt formally or ofilcially, the principal point of our conversation on Monday evening last.
Serious events and com])lications may possibly acise out of the disturbances wMch
unfortunately still prevail at the Red River Settlement.

Exaggerated, and I fear, in some cases, wilfully false statements as to the extent^
origin, aim and tendency of these disturbances, have been spread fai and wide through
the American Press, on the alleged authority of persons living in this vicinity. I have
some apprehension that the interview of last Monday evening, and the statements made
and views expressed on both sides may be misrepresented through the same channels, and
therefore, I take the precaution, while the matter is fresh in our minds, tj set down the
material points of our conversation.

Mr. Richards having i-eported to me that you had expressed groat apprehensidafl

that an ludiam wax* and consequent danger to the Uvea and property of American citizens
in this Territory would grow out of the efforts of the Magistrates and loyiil people of Red
Biver Settlement to disperse the armed half-breeds under Kiel, and that you seem to
think I might by some exercise of authority prevent or kssen the dangui- of these conse-
quences, I thought it only due to you as the principal officer of the American Government
at this Post, to confer immediately with you. Living for the moment under the protection
of American law, I could not be indiifei'ont to the wishes of one of its most efficient,
honorable, and obliging administrators.

I proceeded to your office about 5 o'clock p.m. (of the Gth inst.), and sxplaining why
I had come, requested the presence of the other officials of the place. Mr. Cavelier, the
Postmaster, J. Rolette, one of your officers ; J. Rolette, his fither, who I underatand is
or acts as Deputy Marshall ; Mr. Harrison, Justice of the Peace ; Mr. Lemay, Ex-Collector,
and tlu'eo or four other residents of the village were present. Mr. Richards, Mr.
Provencher and my son were present with me.

After you had finished writing a letter, on which you wore engaged when I entered
your office, I directed my remarks to you, and stated that Mr. Richards having reported
to mo your apprehensions, as already mentioned, I wished to explain the legal position of
affaii-s in the North- West Territoties. I stated that on tho 1st December, the powers of
Goverament passedfrom the Hudson's Bay Company and its officers, tu the representative
of Her Majesty the Queen, appointed by the Governor General of the Dominion. That
Avas the result of various Acts of Parliament and the proceedings lawfully had under
them, — that I had been commissioned and empowered to represent the Crown as Lieutenant
Governor, but while on my way to Fort Garry, bafore the transfer had taken place, I was
met and ordered away from the Territoiy by a body of armed men, acting without, and
as I subsequently leanied, in defiance of authority ; that I had remained on American
soil, under protection of American law up to the present time ; that the Proclamations
announcing the change in tho Government and notifying public officers, &o., of the fact
were executed at the Hudson's Bay Post, on British soil, and that I had not done and did
not intend to do any official Act except when in my own jurisdiction. That tho movements
of the loyal people of the Territory against the rioters under Riel were in a great degree
spontaneous and under the direction of local authorities " Conservatora of the Peace "
exercising only civil power. I stated that, in every civilized community the Magistrate
imd Peace Officer, has power to raise the posse comitatua or whatever force he needs, to
put down mobs and riots, acting in breach of the public peitce, and that so far as I knew,
or had sanctioned, this was the only " war " now going on. That I had not authorized the
employment of Indians, and except in the last resort, did not intend to do so ; that I had
received messages from several chiefs, expressing disapproval of the conduct of the French
half-breeds under Riel, and offering their services in the cause of law and order ; that I
had sent verbal and brief replies, thanking them for their good will, evading the offer of
service, and putting off the questions they wished to consult me about until my arrival
at Foit Garry ; and that to be frank and explicit, having seen what I had in the press, and
having heard of various expressions and actions by persons who I knew were listening to
me, I must give it as my deliberate judgment, that those white persons on both sides of
the line, who had advised, countenanced, and aided the lawless outbreaks of the French
half-breeds and had rejoiced at their success in keeping out of the Territory, the represen-
tative of authority and law and the only power which the Indians would be likely to
obey or respect, will be held responsible before God and man for any destruction of life or
property that may result.

You stated that you had given no countenance to the half-breed movement — had
expressed no opinion one way or the other, but had performed the duties of your office
with strict impartiality — that you deprecated the putting of arms in the hands of Indians
or raising them in any civil contest, and were much concerned when you heard that they
were being employed by the authorities in the settlement, and you questioned whether,
if I had authorised it, I had not violated the laws of neutrality. That you were glad to
hear me say I had not done so, and hoped I would exert my authority to prevent it.
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«0

I ut onoo ncknowloilged your fair and honorable conduct, and my belief that you had
iioithor saiil nor dono anything to provoke or encourage tho lawlesa proceedings of the
half-broeds, but I said, I feared there woro othorH, on the An "rican Hide of the line, of
whom tho 8anu) thing couUl nut be Haid. That as to using my authority to reatore order
and restrain tho dangerous elements of the country, tlui<^ was the very thing I was trying
fo do, but OS 1 had no sufKcicnt force at my commoiui to overcome the armed men who
bad barricatled tho road, I was unable to use my authority in the most effective way, and
tho local magistrates and oDicers were therefore left to then- own judgment as to the use of
iiieaus, and it would be very unreasonable to hold mo respon^iible for their acts until I
had an opportunity of conti-oUing or preventing them.

Mr. Cavelicr, Postmaster, asked mo if I did not know tliat Dr. Schultz had sent one
" Hherman " with goods of a certain Uind,-to the Sioux in the vicinity of Turtle Mountain,
jind that tho purpose wiu; to use them against Kiel's party. 1 said I had not heard of
any such thing ; and, mortover, did not believe it. I thought Dr. Bchultz too sensible a
man — believed he hud too nuioh at stake to incur any risk so dangerous. Mr. Cavelier
isaid, he kntw the statement was true, and in reference to my remark as to Dr. Bchultz's
))osition, said he was a reckless and selfish man, whose doctrine was that " yoU couldtrust
no one 08 a friend, except so far as interest moved him,"»S:c„ itc, — that ■* Sherman was an
outlaw, dai'oJ not come into American Territory, and would bo hanged if he did. That the
Sioux i-eferred to were not yet reconciled to tho Government, and would not hesitate to
mm*der American citizens, if they were encouraged by such a man as Sherman to do
so," itc, A'c.

Mr. Lemay i-emarkcd with much emphasis, that if the Indians took part in the wai-,
as he called it, my life would not be safe for five minutes. Mr. Harrison added, t'oat in
such an event, I and my party would find ourselves in the holiest place we had ever been
in, «kc. Mr. Lemay wanted an explicit answer to his question, whether in any case I
would countenance or authorize tho use of Indians. I declined to make any statement of
what I would or would not do, when I assumed the functions of my oflSce, but that I had
■not authorized and did not wish to employ even half breeds in warlike operations. That
1 was a good deal startled by the statement of Mr. Cavelisr, in ^egard to the Sioux at
Turtle Mountain, and I enquired whether they lived in American or British Territory.
Mr. Cavelier said, tliey were sometimes on one side and sometimes on the other side, but
were known to be hostile to Americans. After some further general remarks I concluded
my interview by observing that in view of the dangerous position we were all in, I thought
the best thing we could do was to i-estoi-e order and authority at Red River Settlement as
soon a3 ix>ssible, and I believed the persons were then in tlie room or immediate neighbor-
hood who could do it, and that at all events, that was my duty and mission, and to the
best"of my i)ower'and ability I intended to execute. To Mr. Lemay's and Mr. Harris-
on's remarks, — some will call it a threat — that if Indians, whom I have never seen, and
am in no way responsible for, should go to war, my life would not last five minutes, I
replied that such an observation or possibility would not affect my action or course in tho
least. I had accepted an important office, knowing well its perils, but I meant to do
my duty regardless of all personal considerations. I was but one man, and after me would
come another, and perhaps one better skilled in tho operations of war. I had com* to
cultivate the arts of peace, to establish telegraph lines, build roads and encourage
emigration, and organize a civilized community. But those who thought it would serve
their purpose better to itir up disorder and riot among the French half-breeds, next to the
Indian the most dangerous element in the country, must not imagine that they can transfer
to me the responsibility of a conflagration which tliey have fanned if they have not
kindled.

The above is the substance of what was said in your office in the presence of the
principal inhabitants of the village, and wliich I desire to remain of record in your
hands.

Since my conversation with you, I have heard some statements, which I deem it
proper to mention in connection with the foregoing, I am told that a person to Y^hoQi I

St:

cntni^ited copies of a Proclnmation, continuing and eonfirming the authority of all Peaco
and other offioers, was arr«'Nted on UijUhIi Temtory by two American citizens living in
this vicinity, and that tlieso papers were takfm from him witho»it hiw or authority, nnd
in violation of their duty as persons undei a temporary n !ogianco to tho Hovereign of tlio
country in which they were travelling. If this outrage 1. s been committed, as reported
to me, by those in whose behalf I inn asked to exercise my authority over tho Indians,
I ask you, sir, how am I to get my orders obeyed if they are not allowetl to reach those to
whom they are addressed.1 I can asmiro you that the persons who have sotight to confer
with me from the settlement, oifioial as well as unofficial, have expenenced little difficulty
and felt no serious apprehension of obstruction or danger till they approaclied the
American border, and their fears were, not that tliey would be interrupted on their
(leaceful and lawifid visits by Indians or half-breods, but by white men, one of whom
at least, is an official under your direction.

It is in evidence b«'foro me, that the person alluded to has been endeavouring to
incite the half-breeds and others hereabouts, " to drive me and my party out of the
country." I can hardly suppose that these are done, and threats made, by the son of a
Deputy Marshall, and an employd of the Customs Department of tho United Htates,
without the knowledge and approval of some one higher in authority, I)o not suppose
for a moment that I imagine i/ou have countenanced or will countenance the acts or
threats of your subordinate, but it is well you should ask now what has been communi-
cated to me respecting him.

I send you the enclosed letter addressed to Colonel Dennis in tjic hope that you may
find some means of forwarding it safely. Perhaps you can address it under cover to sorno
one at Fort Garry who will be able to place it in his hands. You will see by the contents,
which I have left for your (private) perusal, that my wishes and ordei-s art? tigaiuft tho
employment of Indians in the present crisis. I shall send a duplicate of tlie order by the
first opportunity, but as my letters have been so often tampered with, I mnot trust tho
regular post. A letter [addressed by you, and to an unsuspected correspondent might
reacli its destination more speedily and safely.

In conclusion, let me add that in the event of a " raid " upon this settlement by the
Sioux Indians, you and any other American citizens placing yourselvt.^ under my protec-
tion may rely upon it, that all the influence and ewithority of my oflice, and all the means
of defence at my command, will be put forth in your behalf If that office and authority
are as potent with the Indians on the British side of the line as some of the gentlemen
present at our interview admitted them to be, the threatened danger will be averted.

Believe me, ttc,

Wm. McDouoall.

(3 B)

"When Mr. McDougall arrived here a month ago there were some five hundred men
under arms ; if he had then left, the difficulties could have been settled quite easily ; now
the whole population is on a war footing and a serious character of opjwsition is getting
deeper and deeper in the minds, as long as Mr. McDougall is giving the Insurgents moro
trouble. Every attempt at coercion made by Canada, or even by England, will result in tho
loss of all advantages that you could draw from this country. The half-breeds will take
again the road of the prairie, and from there they will prevent any improvement than can
be attempted or tried — telegraphs, railroads, settlements — war can be made against them,
but the armies will never meet them. There will be thousands who will be elsewhere and
nowhere. If the people were left quiet they would soon be ready to listen to propositions
that could be made to them by the Canadian Government. But ihe longer Mr. McDougall
will attempt to come in by meas\ires of violence the more difficult in will be. For himself,
if he comes into the Territory, he will te shot immediately. His principal friends and
supporters here are on the eve of being nuusacred.

(3C.)

Near Pembina, December 8th, 1869.

To Lieut-Col. J. S. Dennis, Red River Settlement.

My Deaii Colonel, — I commit to the post, under cover to a third party, this letter,
which I trust you will receive and act upon without delay. It has been represented to me
that the authorities who are endeavouring to quell the outbreak of the French half-breeda
have contemplated the employment of Indians for that purpose, and that a band of Sioux
on the Assinniboine are drilling with a view to military or warlike service of some kind.
I desire and direct you to prevent, so far as you can, any project of this kind. If Indians
are sent upon tho war path by any person acting with authority, it may be found very
di£Scult for the stuae, or even a higher authority, to recall them or to restrain them within
the limits allowed to forces acting in aid of the civil power. It is said also that gccds
" of a certain kind," by which 1 understivnd ammunition and arms have been sent from the
settlement to the Sioux near Turtle Mountain, with an invitation to them to aid in the
suppression of the half-breed disturbance. I can hardly believe this story, but I hope you
will enquire into it and take immediate 8te])s to counteract any movement of the kind.
The American residents hero ai'e very much disgusted at the prospect of a visit from the
Sioux, and it would indeed be deplorable if they should be drawn into a contest that
mifht give them a pretext to re-enact the scenes of 1862.

With regard to the Indians of the Mission, under the chief, " Prince," a few of whom
I understand, ai-e employ* 1 to guard the Stone Fort, I will be glad to hear that theii-
services in that capacity are dispensed with. They may be intelligent and subject to
control, but the fact of their employment will soon reach the ears and possibly excite the
war-spirit of more distant bands, who may not be so easily restrained.

Extreme necessity in a time of riot and anarchy, will justify extreme measures ; but
I hope the loyal inhabitants who have risen in defence of law and order, will be able to
accomplish their object without the active aid of their Indian allien,

I trust to your discretion in the meantime ; but hope soon to be nearer tho scene of
action, and in a position to judge and command.

I am, kc.

AVm. McDougall.

Pembina, Monday, 13th December, 1869.

To the Hon. Joseph Howe, Secretary of State, d'C,

Ottawa, Canada.

Received by the SiR, — I have the honor to acquaint you that I have received no com-

?o1<''the*?rovinc'^'' munication from you since your despatch of the 1 P^b ultimo. Two letters,
JOtli December. ' marked " private," from Sir John A. Macdonald, rrcVr date of the 23rd
November, came to hand safely on the evening of xLc 1 1 th inst. I have
received newspapers from Ottawa and Montreal, of 27th and 29th respectively ; and
from more western cities of a date one or two days later. If the mails are not delayed on
the way, they will arrive here from Ottawa in about fourteen days.

I regret to state that the insurgents under Riel have developed more strength and
determination of pui-pose in their rebellious movement than the reports from Fort Garry
of every kind had led tae to believe they possessed. They have been able with the help
of their allies on the American side of the line, to intercept and prevent all communi-
cations from Col. Dennis to me since his report of the 2nd inst. I have, therefore,
had to trust to the statement of the enemy; and such flying rumours as we
could gather from friendly half-breeds for the occurrences and movements at Fort
Garry and the Stone Fort since the 2nd inai. From these various sources of information

rer tho scene of

[oDoUGALIi.

cember, 1869.

I learn that on the 5th or 6th instant, a number of persons (the report says 40 or 60)
were assembled in the houtie of Dr. Schultz as a guard, or as a portion of the poiae
comitatus, about to join the force under Colonel Dennis, when^ they wei'e s\iddenly
surprised by a party of Kiel's men, and made prisoners, It does not appear that any
resistance wals made by the Schultz party, whether from the suddenness of the attack, or
their unwillingness to be first to shed blood, I cannot learn. It is said they were armed,
nnd had in the house 400 rounds of ammunition. The prisoners were marched to the
Fort, and detained there, but have been allowed to supply themselves with provisions from
the village. Tho number of the insurgents now under Kiel's orders is said to be 400 or
500 — as large a body as his friends have at any time claimed for him. If this story
should be confirmed, it would indicate great confidence in Kiel and his plans, by the
bulk of the French, and the continued support of the chrgy, and the Amciican and
other traders in the settlement who are known to have advised and assisted him in
the earlier stages of the movement. The same report tell us that this sudden display
of force by Kiel has discouraged the Canadians and their friends, and that the English
and Scotch half-breeds have refused, in any number, to join the party of " law and
order." This representation of the state of afiairs receives some confirmation from the
fact that Kiel was able to send a force of 20 men to the Hudson's Bay Post] here, who, since
Friday last, have held it, and prevented any of our party from going there. The
Americans in our vicinity, concerned in the movement, are less excited since the
arrival of this force, and talk of our being obliged to remove, in a few days, towards
Canada. Hearing that Mr. James McKay, a wealthy and influential resident on the
Assinniboine, and one of those whom Colonel Dennis was to consult before taking
any decisive measures, had reached the house of Mr. Deaso, about 20 miles up the
Pembina River, on the American sidofof the line, I sent my sen, on the lllh instant,
with a verbal message to him, and in the hope that he would be a'ule to give me
reliable information of the operations of Colonel Dennis, since I have heard frcm him,
and also whether the story of the ai'rest at the house of Dr. Schultz was true. The
road to the place where Mr. McKay was staying, luns, in some places on British Terri-
tory, and the^people here (except Mr. Nelson), being all openly leagued with the
insurgents, and keeping guard at night at the bridge over the Pembina Biver, to
prevent any messenger from reaching me, I was apprehensive that my son would be
intercepted, and, therefore, directed him to bring no letters or written ccramunicaticn,
unless Mr. McKay absented. He succeeded in finding Mr. McKay, and getting his
version of afifairs in the settlement down to the 5th instant. I enclose his report to
me ("4 A.").

On reference to Colonel Dennis's report, forwarded with my despatch of the 6th
instant (" 2 A ") it will be seen that he saw Mr. McKay before taking possession of
the Stone Fort, and found him of opinion that the time had come for some kind of
opposition to the French, but afraid that people " of large property," like himself, would
suffer injury. I am disposed to think he ran away as much on account of the danger to
his person as to his property. But his case illustrates the position and feeling of many
others who have no sympathy with the French half-breeds, and no objection to the new
Government. They will aceept the latter if some one else will do the fighting, and pay
all the money necessary to establish it.

Major Wallace, who is staying with Peter Hayden, not far from the Hudson Bay
Post, reported to me, last night, that Kiel was expected to arrive there during the night.
I thought, in view of all ths facts as they now present themselves, and especially the
fact that the communication has been effectually cut off with Colonel Dennis, that I would
be justified in opening communication with Biel, if he appeared in this neighbourhood.
I accordingly wrote the letter enclosed (4 B), and sent it to the captain of the party in
possession of the Hudson Bay Post. It reached him this morning; but, up to the
present time (6 p.m.), I have not heard of Eiel's arrival, nor whether they have sent
the lettw forward to him.

Dr. Jackes, who belongs to our party, was sent for, in great haste, this morning by

t v^mmmm

Mr. Rolette, Deputy U. S. Harshall, and one of our most bitter opponents here, for his
professional aid. Rolette's wife was dying (in child-birth). Tne Indian midwife had
given her up, and her relatives, some of whom had been threatning our lives, were now
applying to us to save the life of Mrs. Rolette. The Doctor hurried to her bedside, and
by the exercise of his skill, overcame the difficulty, and probably has saved her life. They
all professed to be full of gratitude, and when the dasger was over, showed him a pro-
clamation, issued by Riel since the 1st December, in which he announces that the French
have establiseed a government of their own, and intend to resist, by force, if necessary, the
attempt of any other powers to impose one upon them. It denies the right of the Hudson
Bay Company to transfer them to Canada, <Scc., &c. The Doctor could not obtain a copy,
as Rolette had only one, and would not part with it.

I beg again to express my opinion that the suggestion I had the honor to make in
my despatch of 29th November, and more fully in pi'^vious letters to Bir John A.
Macdonald, is the only practicable plan for establishing the aulhorily of the Dcminicn
Government in this territory.

I have, &c.,

Wm. McDouoall.

,»:!'.

(4. A.)

Pembina, December 13th, 1869.

Memo. — Left Pembina on the morning of 1 1th December for St. Joe, 26 miles distant
for .he residence of * * a half-breed, born in Oregon, and a man of considerable
wealth and influence amongst the half-breeds at St. Joe. He informed me that Mr.
Gingras, of St. Joe, had on the evening of the 10th inst, tried to get the half-breeds there
to join the Red River insurgent party. He (Gingras) had agreed to raise a party of 130
half-breeds and with a portion of them to drive Governor McDougall away from his house
at Pembina. * * ♦ treated the proposal with contempt, and tried to persuade
Gingras not to attempt such a movement. These half-breeds at St. Joe are principally con-
nected with those at Red River Settlement, and many of them were inclined to fall in
with Mr. Gingras's plan. Mr. Dease believed that if there was any bloodshed at 'Red
River Settlement, the Governor and his whole party would be in inmiinent danger and run
the risk of losing their lives, Mr. Dease sympathized much with the Governor and his
party and declared his willingness to assist us in any way in his power, I ascertained from
him that Mr. M(Tay from Red River Settlement was at a Mr. Charles Grant's, about 7
miles distant from Mr. Dease's, I drove there to see him, and found he had brought Iiis
family and had left the settlement with the intention of remaining amongst his relatives
at St. Joe, during the present troubles. He informed me that fifty Canadians who wt>re
guarding Government provisions at the residence of Dr. Schultz, at Fort Garry, were
taken prisoners, that Dr. Schultz and wife. Dr. Brown, Mr. Mair and Mr. Hallet, were
amongst them. Mr. Hallet was taken prisoner while cndevouring to procure seme
medicine foi his wife. Mr. McKay also informed me that Colonel Dennis, on his arrival
from Pembina, first called en him, and that he (McKay) advised him strongly not to
incite the one portion of the population to take up arms against the other, and that one
hundred of the principal French half-breeds had signed a document agreeing to allow the
Governor to come in. He al^o stated that if hostilities were commenced and blood
spilt, the lives of the Governor nnd his party would almost certainly be
sacrificed. He said that other men of property and wealth in the Settlement, held the
same views, and expressed the same opinions similar to his own. Mr. McKay intended to
have called on the Governor at Pembina, but was overtaken on his way by a party of
insurgents going to take possession of the Hudson's Bay CompanyJB Post at Pembina, and
was forced to change his course and cross the prairie, to St. Joe. He was under the

mpression that Col. Dennis had gone to Portage La Prairie, and that Stone Fort waa still
held bj the Indiana and others under Colonel Dennis.

Wm. B. McDouoall.'

er 13th, 1869.

(Private)
(«' 4 B,"

Pembina, December 13th, 1869.
Louis Biel, Esq.

Sir, — I heai' from the Hudaon Bay Post that you are expected to arrive there from
Fort Garry to-night. I send this note to inform you that I am anxious to have a conver-
Hation with you, before answering despatches which I have recently received from the
Dominion Government.

I have not yet had any communication from you or from any one else, on behalf of
the French half-breeds who have prevented me from Proceeding to Fort Garry, stating
their complaints or wishes in reference to the New Government. As the representative of
the^Sovereign to whom you and they owe, and as I am told, do not wish to deny allegiance,
it is proper that some such communication should reach me. It will be a great misfortune
to us all, I tbink, if I am obliged to return to Canada, and hand over the powers of
Government here to a military ruler.

This will be the inevitable result unless we find some solution of the present difficulty
very soon.

I have full powers from the Government, as well as the strongest desire personally to
meet all just claims of every class and section of the people. Why should you not come to
me and discuss the matter t *

I beg you to believe that what occurred will not affect my mind against you or those
for whom you may be authorised to speak.

The interview proposed must be without the knowlenge or privity of certain American
citizens here who pretend to be en rapport with you.

I trust to your honour on this point.

Very faithfully yours,

William McDouoall.

Pkmbika, 16th December, 1869.
To the ffonorable Joseph Howe, Secretary of State, d'c,

Ottawa. ■

Received by SiR, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch

of St^efor tSe ^^ *^*' ^^^^ November. Events have occurred since that despatch was
Province, Ist written, which when the account of them reaches you, will justify I think,
January, 1870, t^e decision I have arrived at, to return as far as St. Paul and communicate
with you from that point.

The state of affairs at, and near Fort Garry, which was described in my last despatch
(13 December,) on the information of persons not much to be depended upon, is now
substantially confirmed by the arrival, last night, and report of Colonel Dennis. He left
the Stone Fort on Saturday morning at 2 o'clock having ordered the payment and discharge
at noon, of that day, of the persons who had volunteered to hold and defend it.

I enclose two short reports (" 5 A," and " 6 B,") which were, with other papers, safely
brought to me by two of chief " Prince's" messengers £wo nights ago. I was on the look
out for the Colonel himself, sooner than he promised, because I was satisfied his attempt
to arrange a deputation to me from the leaders of the Biel party woxild fail. I detained
the Indians as recommended, secreting them from observation as much as possible, and
have found them of very great service. As I intend to start on my retxim journey
to-morrow, 1 shall defer until I arrive at Fort Abercrombie, the communication of further
details, vrhich might if known here, interfere with our future operations.

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I enclose a letter (" I C,") from one who knowi well the character and habits of the
half-breeds of both origins. He has acted as guide to sereral expeditions into the interior,
and was mj guide from St. Cloud to this place.

As soon aa I had decided to quit this neigborhood, I thought it prudent, in view of
future possible questions and responsibilities, to write the enclosed letter to Mr. McTavish
(" 5 D ), which I have committed to tlio custody of my faithful Indians, who will find tho
means to put it in proper hands.

We are still closely watched, and prevented from obtaining supplies from the Hudson
Bay Company's Post. I have heard nothing in answer to my private letter to Mr. Kiel,
and have no reason to believe that he will soon come near me.

I enclose (" 6 E"), a copy of the Declaration oi Independence, which was adopted
on the 24th November, and printed on the 8th instant. Also, a " List of Rights," (" 5 F"),
which was distributed two or three days before the " Declaration," and produced a cooling
pfTect upon many of those who had professed, a day or two before, a willingness to put
do^vn the Kiel party by force of arms. As soon as it had brned Hh [iurpcne, thn
" Declaration" was issued, and the English found themselves caught in a trap. lu Uio
meantime, parties had been sent to all the important points, and the arms of the English-
speaking settlers were taken from them.

None of the messengers mentioned in your dispatch have yet arrived.

I have, &e.,

Wm. McDouoall.

Fort

P.S. Please find eaclosed (6 G) copy of notice issued by Colonel Dennis, at Store

Wm. M. D.

[5 A.]

Stomi Fort, Bed Biver Sbttlememt,

N. W. T., December 9th, 1869.

y/ic Honorable Wm. iicDcmgall, C.B., Lieutenant Governor, etc., <kc., dec.

Sir, — I beg to report my proceedings, under the commission which I had the honor
to receive from you on the 1st instant, and would refer you to the accompanying record
thereof, in which full details are given.

It is a matter of sincere regret to me, to be obliged to express the opinion deliberately
given, that as a body, the English-speaking portion of the Bed Biver Settlement propei-,
in their present frame of mind, cannot be counted on in any measures of on aggressive
character which may be necessary to put down tlie French party, now in arms against the
Government.

I shall remain here a few days longer to be at hand, should there be any prospect of
arranging with the French to send a delegation to you, of which, however, I have little
expectation, and on finding that no further object is to be gained by my remaining, will
return to Pembina.

• I have, &c.,

J. S. Dennis.

9th December, 1869.

ffonorable Wm. McDougall, C.B., Lieutenant Governor.

My dear Mr. McDougall, — I expect to learn this evening, yet finally, whether
there is any chance of the rebel party showing nny disposition to send you a delegation. ,

If satisfied that there is none — that they hav& gone in fully for tJ^eir new
Government as an idependent people — then I shall at once discharge the guard from
this Fort and leave for Pembina. This will bo taken by chief '* Prince's " meeseoger,

}. Dekmis.

jember, 1869.

and ho hod bottor romaiii with his fl•inIl(l:^ tlio Ituliann Ijolow Fort Pomhina for a fow dayg
till I get down, ho that any lottoiH or iuMtruotioiiH may bo carrio^l back Lore, for the
guidanee of tho Canadians in tho Hottloiuont.

I nhuU bo with you in a wiiok, ov»m HUfiponin<{ I dolny to have un intorviow wi*;h tho
Rebel Council, as I should loavo iuinKuliatoly after. Lot this niossonj^or wait, theroforo,
for a weak at Pembina. Vou may roly ui)on it, thoso pooplo aro fully in pOHSo.ssion for tho
winter, and say thomjelves, that with tho promisos th(*y iiavo of Keniau a«d fHibustor's
support, they will bo ablo to hold t)w country.

I should not bo Burprisod, but thoy may get many poo] '• horo to join thorn too. I
think thoj woulil do anything, many of thoia, ratluM' than lilii.'iid tho Frotich now (us thoy
■ay) they soo " list of rights" that tho French ask nothing v<<ry unreasouablv.

There in nothing for it but to submit on our jtart till the spring.

JBolievo mo, «tc.,

J. S. Dennis.

(" 6 C")

Rri) Rivku, December 8th, 1869.

Ilia Bxcelleiic//, llonorabU Win. McDoujull, Pembina.

Your Excellonoy will no doubt loarn from othor sources the state and feelings of tho
English-speaking population of this settlomont just now. 1 sliouhl have written before
this time, but I postpoiuid tho raattov, as I at ono timo was aioilo to boliovo that I
should see you personally, but as matters stand at present I am extremely sorry to
infonn your Excellency that I foar my prospects are hopeless. Hince the ])ast two days
tho {)eople, I fear, have mado a dead stop in taking any steps whatever. What their
objects are I can't say at ])reBent. I tiied my best to got a force formidable enough to
assist in carrying out Colonel Dennis's orders, but I fear the whole scheme will \\e a failure.
Even among our English-speaking population wo havo to contend •with worse characters
than the French half-breeds, which I am sorry to inform you, but nevertheless too true.
The Scotch settlement won't join ub or any other parish of the Protestant population, so
that it would be the height of folly for us to take any aggressive steps, for we would be
overpowered by numbers. We have in these two parishes all the disadvantages both in
numbers and arms. I think it is on no other foundation the j)eople stand for standing
back, is want of arms — aa a matter of course the half-breeds have taken possession of
all our arms. However, if the people were willing they could muster arms enough lo
put down the hp.lf-breeds, but they won't do it. The fact of the matter is they are cowards
one and all of them. Although they are my countrymen, I must speak the truth about
them.

Colonel Dennis is writing you, and Your Excellency will learn from him tho present
political state of aiTaira. ■ I was sorry to hear of the accident to your son, but I hope he is
better, and not suffering now.

Will your Excellency allow me to remain, yours,

[6 D.]

Pembina, 16th December, 1869.
WiUiam McTavixh, Esq., Fort Garry.

Dear Sir, — I conseqiionce of the continued occupation of Fort Garry by the insur-
gents, under Mr. Louis Kiel, and the submission of the local authorities to his orders, and
having no forpe at my command to re-establish the supremacy of the law in that neighbor-
hood, I have determined to return as far as St. Paul, and await there the order of Her
Majesty's Imperial and Canadian Governments.

1 have not had the honor to receiye from you any message or communication since
your private note of the 19th of November. The roads at this print have been so
effectually watched, and guarded by tho infurgents, that I have not ventured to send to
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you hny oflllcial or otlicr communication, that could, if it fell into their handn, betray the
Hituation or givo information or cncouragmcnt to them. I lend tliis bj the Indians whom
T have found loyal and faithful, whore bo many othera have proved the reverse ; I have
little doubt it will roach you safely.

I am odviHod by the Hecretary of State for the Provinces, that His Excellency the
(rovcrnor General has couimunicnted to Lord Granville my Despatches up to the 9th
November, and has also telegraphed the more recent events, including, I presume, the
rtccupation of Fort Garry by tlie half breodH under Riel. I observe, by a paragraph in the
Movirml CiuxeUe, that the Duniinion Government have telegraphed their agent in Ix>ndnn,
to withhold jMvyment to the Hudson's Hay Company of the purchase money agreed to J)e
]iaid to them for the tranufer of their rightH in Kupert's Land. 1 have no official confirma^
tion of thia statement, but will not be RurpriHotl if it whould prove true.

Und Jj these circumstanccH, it becomes important to consider carefully the legal
poKition of all partien in the present crisis. I voiituro to submit my view of the case as it
ittantls in the North-West Teiritories.

If, in consequence of the action of tho Dominion Government, the surrender and
transfer of tho Country did not take place on tho first day of December, as jjreviously
agreed upon, then you are tho Chief Executive Ofticor as before, and roR|x>n8iblo for tho
preservation of tho Peace and the enforcement of the Law.

If, on the other hand, tho Transfer did take ploce on the first day of December, then
I take it, my Commission came into force, and the notice, in the form of a Proclamation,
issued by my authority on that day, coiTcctly recited the facts, and disclosed the legal
i^tatus of tho roHj)ective parties. I leani, from Col. Dennis, that a notice or Proclamation,
issued by me on the second day of December, confirming and continuing all public
officeiu ill their duties and functions, excepting (in tho words of the Canadian Act)
" the Public Officer or Fuctionary at the Head of the Administration of Affairs " was
duly printed and published in the Settlement, although it was reported here that the
messenger who carried it forward was arrested, and his papers taken from him, by Kiel's
})arty. You will olmenro, by reference to the 5th Section of the Rupert's Land Act, that
until otherwise enacted by the Parliament of Canada. " all the Powers, Authorities, and
Jurisdiction of the several Courts of Justice, now established in Rupert's Land, and
the several Officers thereof, and of all Magistrates and Jujtices," are continued in full
force, and by the 6th Section of " the Canadian Act, for the Temporary Government of
Rupert's Land," «fec., "all Public Officers and Functionaries holding office in Rupert's
ijand and the North-West Territory," (with the exception already mentioned) " shall
continue to be Public Officers and Functionaries of the North- West Territories, %oith the
same duties and powers as before," until otherwise ordered by the Lieutenant Governor.

My Proclamation of the 2nd instant, intended to notify all these officers that I had
not " otherwise ordered, and that, by force of both Acts, they still held, and were bound
to exercise their " powers, jurisdiction," and " duties," as before. Whether the transfer
has been delayed or not, I think it is clear that the present " magistrates " and authorities
nro still legally in office, and bound, as far as they can, to perform the duties of their
respective offices, as before. In your case, the continuance of your powers and jurisdiction
as governor, depends upon the transfer. If, as I am inclined to think has happened, the
Company surrendered, and Her Majesty transferred on the 1st day of December, notwith-
Htanding the events occurring on this side of the Atlantic, the gentleman who acted as
Deputy Governor, or would have assumed that office, under the laws of Assinniboine,
prior to December 1st, will, in my absence, and without special deputation by me, be and
become the chief executive officer of the Territories.

I have thought it my duty to explain to you, as I understand it, the legal position
of affairs within the Territory at the present time. I do not know whether Judge Black
will concur with me, but I trust you will show him this letter, and be guided, as I have
no doubt you will, very much by his view.

I notice that Riel, in his printed papers, speaks for a very large part of the earth's
surface, as well as for all the people who now inhabit it. You will, no doubt, agree with

rene : I have

Affairs " wbh

ries, loith the

me, th»t he nilM only the '• territory " within the range of hiii gann, and nwch «' people "
M tftke MfTice in hia ninkN, or willingly Ruliinit to his orderH.

I am, iL'c,

William McDouoall.

(5E.)

DECLAnXTIOK OF THE PeOPLF OF RuPERT'S LaND AND TUB NoilTII-WlST.

Whereafl, it in admitted by all men, iis a fiindamentnl principle, that tin publie
authority commands the ol)«dipnce and roHpcct of itti BubjectH. It iH also admitted, that a
I)eoplo, when it has no Oovenimeiit, is Ireo to adopt ono form i)f Oovommoiit, in
preference to another, to give or to refuse allegiance to that which in proiiosod. In
accordance with thn above Hint iirinciplo, the peopio of this country had obeyed and
respected the authority to which tlie circumstances surrounded its infancy compelled it tr
be subject.

A company of adventurers known an the " Hudson Bay Company," and investetl
with certain powers, granted by His Majesty (Charles II), cstabliHlu'd itself in Rupert's
Tittud, and in tlie North- West Territory, for trading puq)0He8 only. This company,
consisting of many persons, required a certain constitution. Rut as there was a tiuestion
of commerce only, their constitution waa framed in reference thereto. Yet, since there woh
at that time no Government to see to the interests bf a people already existing in the couiitiy,
it became necessary for judicial affairs to have recourse to the olHeerH of tlm HudHon
Ray Company. Tliis inaugurated that Hj)ecies of government which, Hiiylitly niodiflfd by
subsequent circumstances, rided this country up to a recent date.

Whereas, that Government, thus accepted, was far from auHwering to the wunl.s of the
j)eople, and became more and more so, as the poi)ulation increaHcd in numberH, and an thn
country waa developed, and commerce extended, until the prcwent day, v.hcn it comnianilK
a place amongst the colonies ; and this people, ever actuated by tho above-mentioned
principles, had generously supported the aforesaid CJovernnumt, and gave to it a faithful
allegiance, when, contrary to the law of nations, in March, 18G9, that .said Covcninient
surrendered and transferred to Canada all the rights which it had, or pretended to lu ",
in this Territory, by transactions with which the people were coneidered unworthy to to
made acquainted.

Aad, whereas, it is also generally admitted that a people is at liberty to establish
any form of government it may consider suited to its wants, as soon as tho power to
which it waa subject abandons it, or attempts to subjugate it, without its consent to a foreign
jwwer ; and maintain, that no right can be transferred to such foreign power. Now,
therefore, first, we, the representatives of the people, in Council assembled in Ujjper Foit
Garry, on the 24th day of November, 18G9, after having invoked the God of Nations,
relying on these fundamental moral principles, solemnly declare, in the name of our
constituents, and in our own names, before God and man, that, from the day on which
the Government we had always respected abandoned us, by transferring to a strange power
the sacred authority confided to it, the people of Rupert's Land and the North- West
became free and exempt from all allegiance to the said Government. Second. That we
refuse to recognize the authority of Canada, which pretends to have a right to coerce us,
and impose upon us a despotic form of government still moro contrary to our rights ard
interests as British siibjects, than was that Government to which we had subjected our-
selves, through necessity, up to a recent date. Thirdly. That, V)y sending an expedition
on the Ist of November, ult., charged to drive back Mr. William McDougall and his
companions, coming in the name of Canada, to rule us Avith the rod of despotism, without
previous notification to that effect, we have acted conformably to that sacred right which
commands every citizen to offer energetic opposition to prevent this country from being
enslaved. Fourth. That we continue, and shall continue, to oppose, with all our strength,
the establishing of the Canadian authority in our country, under the announced form ;
and, in case of persistence on the part of the Canadian Govemmont to enforce iti obnoxious

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{K>lioy upon UH by furcn of ariiiN, wu prutoRi lioforohaml a^uiuNt hiicIi bu unjuit uinl
unlawful cotirNo ; p>ul wo ilcclaro (L)^ iai«l <'untHlian (]ovMnimftnt riTjiouHiblo, boi'ure OihI
and nu'ii. for ih' iunumi'mlilu eviln wljicL i..-'.y bo niuHml by «<> unwarrantable a uoumo.
Ik) it ki< .VII, llioi' 10, tu tho world In git nil, niul to tlii> ' 'anadian (jtovornmimt in
|mrticulir, th'it, i have ivlw ayn lierHtofurn ;4iiC(!o««fully <l»'fonded our country in fre<|uont

waiH with tho t. i-hli(»urin^{ tribcM of IndinitH, who aiu now «)n frioittlly rclationn with uk,
wo art! lirnily n'Nolvpd in future, n«)t U-hh thiin in tho piiHt, to rejwl all invaitioiiH from what-
•oover (juartcr thty limy coiiu' ; and, fiirlhermoro, \\o do doclaro niid proclaim, in tho
namo of tho itoopla of Kuport'u Jianil and thu Morth-WoHt, that we havo, on the iuid
24th «liiy of Novembor, 18G9, abovo montiono<], CHtabliahud a Provisional Govornment,
uiul hold it to bo tho only and lawful autliority now in cxiHtoncs in Kupcrt'H Land and
tho North-WoHt which claimH tho obcdionco and respect of tho people ; tlint, moonwhilu,
we hold ourholvoH in roadinoKfi to cuter in Nuch nogociationH with tho ('anadian (Jlovern-
meut aH niuy bo fuvourablo for the good govornmont and proHpvrity of thiH people. In
Hupport of this declaration, rdyinj.^ on tho protection of Diviiio I'rovidonce, wo mutually
pledge ourHolves, on oath, our livcH, «nir fortunco, and our uucred honor, to each other.

IsKued at Foi t Carry, thin Eightli day of December, in tho yeai' of our Lord One
thouatuid eight hundred and Hixty nine. <

John Bruce, Prea.

Louis ItiM., Sec.

(6 F.)

List of Hiuiits.

1. That tho people havo tho right to elect their own Loginlaturo.

2. That the Legislature havo the power to pass nil laws local to the Territory over
the veto of tho Executive by a two-thirds vote.

3. That no A c of the Dominion Parliament (local to tho Territory) bo binding en
the people until Kanctionod hy tho Ivegialaturc of tho Territory.

4. That all SheriflH, Magistrates, Constables, Bchool Commissioners, «fec., be elected
by tho peojile.

5. A free homestead ajid pre-emption land law.

6. That a portion of tho public laiids lo appropriated to the benefit of Bchools, tho
building of bndges, loads, and public buildingB.

7. That it bo guaranteed to connect Winnipeg by lail with the nearest lin^ of rail-
road, within a term of live years ; tho land grant to bo subject to tho Local Legislature.

8. That, foi* the term of four years, all military, civil, and municipal expenses bo
paid out of the Dominion. funds.

9. That tho military be composed of tho inhabitants now existing in the Territory.

10. That tho English and French languages be common in tho Logislatu"0 and
Courts, and tliat all public documents and Acts of the Legislaluvo bo published in both
languages.

n. That tho Judge of tho Supremo Court spoak the English and French languages.

12. That treaties be concluded and ratified between the Dominion Government and
the several tribes of Indians in the Territory, to ensure peace on tho frontier.

13. That we have a fair and full representation in tlie Canadian Parliament.

14. That all privileges, customs, and usages existing at tho time of tho transfer, be
respected.

All the abovo articles Lave been severally discussed and adopted by the French and
English Representatives without a dissenting voice, as the conditions upon which the
people of Rupert's Land enter into confederation.

Tho French Representatives then proposed, in order to secure the abovo rights, that
a Delegation be appointed and sent to Pembina to see Mr. McDoiignll, and ask him if he
could gusirantee these rights by virtue of hia commission ; and, il he could do so, that

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tbon tha Frenoh \mn)U^ woulil juin U> a mun Ut oacort^Mr. McDougalt into hb (}ov«rii-
ment Mat. Lul, on thu uuntmry, if Mr. McDougall could not guanintiM luoh righta,
thnt th« DolngateN r(>aueat liim to remain whoro hu in, or ruturn, till tb« right* l)«
guamiitvoil l>y Act of tuo Canadian Parliamont.

Tho Knglinh Hnpreanntatives ntfuNsd to an|ioint (hli^gntci to go to Pombina to coniiult
with Mr. MoDougall, stnting thcjr had no autliority to do so from thvir cunntituantA, upon
which tho Council won diHaolvcd.

Tho meeting at which the al>OTo roaolutioni wuro adopted, wai hold ut Fort Garry,
on WwlnuHday, Doconilio: lut, 18C0,
WiMNirMU, December 0th, IBGD.

)f Bchcols, the

Lower Fobt Garry, Red River Skttlemrnt,

December Otli, 1809.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

" By certain printed papers, of lato date, put in circulation by the French pai-ty,
communication with the Lieutenant Governor is indicated with a view to laying Ijefore
him their alleged rights on the part of those now in annH. 1 think that course very
desirable, and that it would lead to good rPHults. Under tho beliof tJiat tho party in
arma are sincere in their doaire for peace, and feeling that to iibandrn, for the present, tlie
call on the loyal to arms, would, in view of such communication, relieve ih(i Hituatiou of
much embaranHmont, and so contribute to bring about peace, and Have tho country from
what will otherwise end in ruin and desolation ; I now call on an<l order the loyal party
in the North-West Teri'itories to cease further action under the ai)penl to arma made by
mo, and I call on the French party to satisfy the people of their sincerity in wishing for a
peaceful ending of all these troubles, by sending a deputation to the Liout.-Governor, at
Pembina, without unnecessary delay. Given under my Iiand, ut the Lower Fort Gany,
this 0th day of Deeembor 1869. "

J. S. Dennis, ,

» ] iieutenant and Conservator of the Peace,

In and for the North West Territories.

St. Paul, January Ist, 1870.
The Hon. Joteph Howe, Secretary of State, die, Ottawa.

Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, while on my way to tliis place,
from Pembina, of your despatches 'of the following dates and numbers respectively : —

Ist. (No. 1602), of December 2hd, enclosing a copy of memorandum of the Auditor-
General, approred by the Treasury Board, on the subject of Financial arrangements
respecting the North- West Territorieg.

2nd. (No. 1611), of the 7th December, acknowledging receipt of mine of the 20th
November.

3rd. (No. 1608), of the 7th December, enclosing duplicates of your des])atches of the
19th and 20th November, announcing the mission of Father Thibault and Colonel de

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Salaberry, and that they wei*e beavers of a Proclamation by His Excellency Sir John
Young ; enclosing Orders in Council on the subject of Customs' Duties, and authorising
me to make certain assurances to the people of the North-West.

4th. (No. 1612), of the 8th December, enclosing the original Proclamation referred to
in Despatch of 7th December.

6th, (No. 1618), of the 10th December, calling my attention to the exposed position
of Government arms, and supposed, by you, to be stored at Georgetown.

6th. (No. 1617), of the 10th December, announcing the appointment of Donald A.
Smith, Esq., as Government Commissioner, and enclosing a copy of his instructions.

7th. (No. 1620), of the 11th December, authorising mo to contradict certain state-
ments alleged to have been mode by you while at Fort Garry.

8th. (No. 1635), of 15th December, acknowledging mine . of the 25th November,
covering a confidential report to me by Major J. Wallace, and a copy of my letter to
General Hunt, with respect to the removal, to Fort Abercrombio, of the arms, <fec., stored
at Georgetown.

I have, &c.,
W. McDquoALL.

Depautment of the Sechetary of State foe the Provinces.

24th January, 1870.
The Hon. William McDougall, C. B.

Sir, — In your Official Report from Pembina, under date tlio 29th November last
(No. 1089), you mention your having " prepared a Proclamation, to be issued on the first
day of December, " in reference to the transfer of the Nortli-West Territories to Canada.
In a subsequent letter (No. 1108), dated the 2nd December last, you report having given
copies of this Proclamation in English and French to Colonel Dennis, to take with him to
Fort Garry. It is also stated in the last mentioned letter, that you had commissioned
Colonel Dennis to act as your " lieutenant, " and as a " Conservator of the Public Peace,"
but that you deemed it prudent not to forward, at that moment, a Copy of the
Commission.

As, up to the present moment, I have not received a copy of cither the Proclamation
or the Commission above referred to, may I request that you will have the goodness to
furnish me with copies of both of those documents, with a view to their bc/ng added to
your other communications in relation to the North- West Territories.

I have, (fcc, &o.,

Joseph Howe.

Ottawa, 29th January, 1870.
lion. J. Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, dx.

Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, while at Toronto, of yoxir letter of
the 2 1th instant, irforming me that you had not, up to that date, i-eceived copies of two
documents — a Prov,. iiation and a Commission — referred to in my Official Reports from
Pembina, of the 29th November, and of the 2nd December last, and requesting me to
furnish you with copi«s of these documents.

Until I received your letter, I was under the impression that you had received
piinted copies of both the papers referred to, and, as they had appeared in Canadian as
well as American newspapers, before I left Pembina, it clid not occur to me that written
copies would be deemed necessary.

I have now the honour, in acoordance with your request, to enclose a copy of the
Proclamation (A 9), and also a copy of the Commission to Colonel Dennis (B 9).

I have the honour to be. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Wm. McDougall.

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ion referred to
posed position

)tJOALL.

[A. 9]

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of tho Faith, Ac, «kc., &o.

William McDouoall.

To all whom it may concern, — Greeting :

[L. S.]

PROCLAMATION.

Wlicreae, hy " Tho British Noiali America Act. 18G7, " it was (amongst other
things) enacted, that it should bo lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the advice af Her
I^ffTJcsty's Most Honorable Privy Council, on Adth-ess from the Houses of the Parliament
of Canada, to admit Ilui)ert*3 Land and the North- Western Territory, or either of them,
into the Union or Dominion of Canada, on such terms and conditions as are in the Address
expressed, and as Her Majesty thinks fit to approve.

And, whereas, {or the purpose of carrying into effect, the said provisions of " The
British North America Act, 1807," "The Rupert's Land Act, 1868, " enacted and
declared, that it should be competent for " tho Governor and Company of Adventurers of
England trading into Hudson's Bay, " to surrender to Her Majesty, and for Her Majesty,
by any instrument under Her sign manual, and signet, to accept a surrender of all, or
any of the lands, territories, powers, and authorities, whatsoever, gianted, or purported to
be granted, by certain Letters Patent of His Late Majesty A'?«(7 C/<flr/e« the Second to
the said Governor and Company within ltvj)ert's Land, upon sucli teims and conditions
as should be 'agreed upon, by and between Her Majesty, and the said Governor and Company.

And, Whereas, by "The Rupert's Land Act 1868, it is further enacted, that from the
date of the admission of Rupert's I^and into the Dominion of Canada, as aforesaid, it
shall be lawful for the Parliament of Canada to make, ordain, and establish, within the
said land and territory so admitted, as aforesaid, all such laws, institutions and ordinances,
and to constitute such courte and officers as may be necessary for the peace, order, and good
government of Hor Majesty's subjects, and others therein ;

And, xdierea; it is further provided by the said Act, that until oiherwise enacted by
the said Parliament of Canada, all the powers, authorities, and jurisdiction, of the several
courts of justice, now established in Rupert's Land, and of the i-everal officers thereof, and
of all magistrates and justices, now acting within the said limits, shall continue in full
forc« and effect tlierein ;

And, whereas, the said Governor and Comp'iry have suiTendered to Her Majesty, and
Her Majesty has accepted a surrender of alJ i ro iijnds, territories, rights, privileges,
liberties, franchises, powei-s and authorities g;-; nte<!, c • purpoi"ted to be granted, by the
sfiu Letters Patent, \ipon certain terms and coi. ,'itions; igreed upon by and between Her
Majesty, and the said Governor and Company

And, whereas. Her Majesty, by and v,'ith the advice of Her Majesty's most
Honorable Privy Council, and on an Address from both the Houses of the Parliament
of Canada, in pursuance of the one hundred and forty-sixth section of " Tfce British
North America Act, 1809, " hath declared that Rupert's Land and the North- Western
Territory, shall, from tho ^rs< c/«y of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, be admitted into, and become part of the Dominion ^ of
Canada, upon the terms and conditions exprepsed in the said Address, of which Her
Majesty has approved, and Jiupert's Land, and the said I/^orth-Westem Territory, are
admitted into the Union, and have become part of the Dominion of Canada accordingly ;

And, whereas, tho Parliament of Canada, by an Act intituled ; " An Act lor the
Temporary Government of Rupert's Land and the North- Western Territory, when
united with Canada, " enacted that it should be lawful for the Govemc , by any order, or
orderS) to be by him, from time to time, made with the advice of the Privy Council (and

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subject to such conditions and restrictions as to him should seem meet), to authorize and
empower such officer as he may, from time to time, appoint, as Lieutenant-Qovemor of the
North- West Territories, to make provision for the administration of justice therein, and
generally to make, ordain, and establish all such laws, and institutions and ordinances as
may be necessary for the peace, order and good government of Her Majesty's subjects,
and others therein.

Now know Ye, that we have seen fit, by Our Boyal Letters Patent, bearing date the
twenty-nine day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine, to] appoint the Honorable William McDougall, of the City of Ottawa, in the
Province of Ontario, in Our Dominion of Canada, and Member of Privy Council for
Canada, and Companion of Our Most Honorable Order of the Bath, on, from, and after
the day to be named by Ua, for the admission of Rupert's Land and the North Western
Territory, aforesaid, into the Union or Dominion of Camada, to wit ; or from and after
the first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine, to be, during our pleasiire, the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Ter-
ritories ;

And we did thereby authorize, and empower, and require and command him, in due
manner, to Do and Execute, in all things that shall belong to his said command, and the
Trust we have reposed in him, according to the several provisions and instructions granted,
or appointed him, by virtue of our said Commission, and the Act of the Parliament of
Canada herein before recited, and according to such instructions as have been, or may,
from time to time, be given to him, and to such La^ s as are or shall be enforced within
the North-West Territories.

Of all which ou" Loving Subjects of Our Territories, and all others, whom these
Presents may concern, are hereby required to take notice, and govern themselves accor-
dingly.

In Testimony Whereof, we have caused these, Our Letters, to be made Patent, and
the Great Seal of Our North-West Territories to be hereunto aflixed : Witn(}ss
' Our Trusty and Well Beloved, The Honorable William McDougall, Member

of Our Privy Council for Canada, and Companion of Our Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Governor of Our North-West Territories, &c.,
he, kc, At the Red River, in our aforesaid North-West Territories, this firat
day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nine, and in the thirty-third year of Her Reign.

By command.

J. A. N. Pbovencheb,

Secretaiy.

[" B 9. "]

The North-West Territorit^s.
[L. S.]

By His Excellency the Honorable William McDougall, a Member ©f Her Majesty's
Privy Council for Canada, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories.

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To John Stoughton Dennis, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Military Staff, Canada,

Greettino :

■i:*

Whereas, large bodies of armed men have unlawfully assembled on tho high road,
between Fort Garry and Pembina, in the Colony or District of Assinniboine, and have,
with force and aims, arrested, and held as prisoners, numerous private and official persons,
and preventing them from proceeding on their lawful journey and business, and have

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oommitted other acts of lawless violence, in contempt and defiance of the magistrates
and local authorities ;

And whereas, William McTavish, Esq.jGoveraorof Assinniboine, did on the sixteenth
day of November la-Jt, publish and make known to these aimed men, and allotleiF, whom
it might concern, that the lawless acts aforesaid, and which were particularly sot forth in
his Proclamation, were, " contrary to the romontrances and protests of the public autho-
rities, " and did therein himself protest against each and ull, of the said unlawful nets and
intents, and charged and commanded the said armed persons to immodiately disperse
themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations or lawful business under the
pains and penalties of the law ;

And, whereas, since the issue of the said protest or Proclaraaticn, certain of the
armed men aforesaid, have taken possession of the public records and papeis at Fcrt
Garry, and have seized and held as prisoners, the public officers or pei-sons having charge
of the same, and, as I am creditably informed, atil' keep unlawful possession of the said
records and public property, and with force au' • arms continue to obstruct public ofHters,
and others, in the performance of their lawful duty and business, to the great terroi-, loss,
and injury of Her Majesty's peaceful subject.s, luul in contempt of Her Royal authority ;
And, whereas, Her Majesty, by liCtters Patent, under the Great Seal of the Dominion
of Canada, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of Septenibor, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, has been gi-aciousely pleased to appoint me to be,
from and after the first day of December instant. Lieutenant Governor of the North-West
Territories, and did authorize and command mo to do and execute all things in due maiuier
that should belong to my said command.

Know You, that reposing trust and confidence in your courage, loyalty, fidelity,
discretion, and ability, and under, and in virtue of the authority iu me vested, I have
nominated and appointed, and, by tl ese presents, do nominate and appoint you, the said
John Stoughton Dennis, to be my Lieutenant and a Conservator of the Peace in and
for the North- West Territories, and do hereby authorize and erajiow^r you as such to
raise, organize, arm, equip and provision, a suffir-ient force within the said Territories, and
with the said force, to attack, arrest, disn: in, or disperse the said armed men so unlawfully
assembled and disturbing the public poace ; and for that purpose, and w' h the force
aforesaid, to assault, fire upon, pull down, or break into any fort, house, stronghold, or
other place in which the said armed men may be found ; and I hereby authorize you, as
such Lieutenant and Conservator of the Peace, to hire, puichase, impress, and take all
necessary clothing, arms, ammunition, and supplies, and all cattle, hoises, wagons, sleighs,
or other vehicles, which may be required for the use of the force to be raised as aforesaid ;
and I further authorize you to appoint as many otHcers and deputies under you, and to
give them such orders and insti-uctions, from time to time, as may be found necessary for
the due performance of the services herein required of you, reporting to me the said
appointments, ami orders as you shall find opportunity, for confirmation or otherwise ;
and I hereby give you full power aad atithority to call upon all magistrates and peace-
officers to aid and assist you, and to order all or any of the inhabitants of the North-
West Territories, in the nanr\e of Her Majesty the Queen, to support and assist you in
protecting the lives and properties of Her Mn,jesty's loyal subjects, and in preserving the
public peace, and for that purpose, to seize, disperse, or overcome by force, the said armed
men, and all others, who may be found aiding or abetting them in their unlawful acts.

And the said persons so called upon in Her Majesty's name, are hereby ordei'ed and
enjoined, at theii- peril, to obey your orders and directions in that behalf ; and this shall
be sufficient warrant for what you or they do in the premises, so long as this Commission
remains in force.

Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Red River, in the said Territories, this the first
day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
and in the thirty-third year of Her Reign.
By Command. William McDouoiXL.

J. A. N. Froveitcheb, Secretary.

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DaPABTlIENT OF SECRBTAnV OP SXATE FOR THE PBOVIIiCES

Ottawa, February 8th, 1870.

T/ie Uonorabh Wvi. McDougall, Hag., C.B,

Ottawa.

Sir, — T hava t!i9 hoaor to acknowlodge the raceipt of your letters, under date Hth,
20bh, aiiJ 2Duli ult., tlis lirab coveriri'j a copy of a letter addressed by you to Mr. Joseph
Monkniau, rjlatlva to the Indian Bands in the vicinity of the Lake of the Woods ; the
seooad cjvorln; report from Colonel Dannia and other papers ; and the third covering
copies of the Proclamation and Commission referred to in my letter of the 24th ult.

I have, iic,

Joseph Howe.

Ottawa, January 20th, 1870.
The Honorable the. Secretary of State for the Provinces, «&c., Jcc, <6c.

Sir, — I h we the honor to transmit, lierewith, the report of Colonel Dennis (A. 8),
detailing his pvuceedinga in tha Red River Settlement, from the lat to the 10tJ>
D>3C3m'jer, uii.lor iaTtriifition** from ma, which I supposed I had authority, under my com-
mission, to issue. Thb copies of the papers referred to in this report did not reach mo
until ye^tarday, in co;i^eq[U3noe of the illness of Colonel Dennis, from an injury ho received
on his journey from Pembina.

I have also raseived, and harewith enclose (B. 8), Colonel Dennis's final report,
detailing the arrangements he made for the storing and disposing of the supplies, «fec.,
coUectad at Sfcona Fort, and his visit to the Sioux, who wore said to be making prepara-
tions for war on their own account,

I have the honor to be, Sii,

Your obedient servant,

"Wm. McDouaALt.

[A. 8.]

Record of Proceedinja under CommUaion from Lieutenant-Governor' McDougall, dated
lat December, 1869.

Wednesday, December 1st.

Arrived at Mr. William Hallett's on the Assinniboine, at 5 o'clock a.m. Sent
messengera for Mr. James McKay, and Mr. Robert Tait, with whom and Mr. Hallett,
discussed the pi-esant situation of affairs in the Settlement. Read them the Proclamation
of 1st December, and my Commission, explained to them that my orders from Mr.
McDougall were to ascertain the state of feeling, at the present time, among the loyal
people, and should it be found such as to warrant the belief, that an appeal, with the view
of organising a foi'ce to put down the malcont -^s, wou'd be responded to in such a manner
as to leave little or no doubt of a favorable issue. I was to make such an appeal,
organise a force and put down the outbreak ; on the other hand, should there be any
doubt in mind as to the result, I was not to make any call, but return to Pembina, and
report accordingly.

Laarned that the English-apaaking delegates, were to attend a meeting of the French
Council, called for to-day. to make known the result of a i*eference to the several parishes
of the French proposition to form a Provincial Government. It was said this result
would show a majority of some hundreds over the party. Mr. Tait said he intended
being present at the meeting, and I gave him a copy of the Proclamation, with the under-
standing that he would have it read on the occasion.

Mr. Hallett was decided in his opinion, that tha English speaking people would now
•agerly turn out to put down the emeuU. The other two gentlemen »greed with hin,

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that tht p3iple wera mt dUpiia I to tolonti any lon-jfsr ths rule of that party, but feared
tho ron.ilb of aa/ appiU to ariin waul I b) cjrtain ruin to man of projot'ty, whoso crops,
sfcoj'.c, tliJ., th3 bVaish wjiiUl b) surj to 'lantroy. Thay almitfei at tho samo time, that
th3ro wjuld b3 no othor coursa opjn if thrt Fronsh insiatud upon establishing their
Provisional Government.

Th3 int3rview at Mr. Halletfc'a over, Mr. Tait drove mo down to tho town of
Winnipeg.

I fj.ialDr. Sjh'iltj, ail tli3 rait of tho loyal party in tho villaT[e, in a condition of
much anxioty in ragirJ to the immaliata future. Tha French party had a day or two
p'.'3vio'.nIy points I two si.K-poanhr g;in< on Dr. Sjh'.-itz's house, and the men stood with
part-.'iroi lib, rjvdy to firo inVo hii proininos, in consoquenca of tho Dootor'a refusal to
hanlovarto Ri-srs porioiiion tho provi?ion=? in his charge, belonging to the C.inadian
Government. Kiel, howavar, thougiit bettor of it, and finding the Doctor was not to be
intimidated, withdrew the guns.

Pa'olio fjtjling wai iu a vary oxcltod stat3. .Both the printing olHses had been seized
and ware in pjiioi^ion cf Rid's porty. Mr. Grant, howaver, of my olfico, aided by a
number of oth^r Citialian gantlamjo, made a lob of mvnusaript copies, (of what) which
ware distribute I during th) aftir.xoon an I evening, soma being de3i)atched to Prairie
Portaga, a'ld others posted up in tho town of Winnipeg.

Called oa tlia Bishop, Arch loaoon McLoan, Mr. Jamss Ross, Rov. Mr. Black,
Judge Black, and others in tho liowjr Sottlemont. Mr. Rose, and tho Rov. Mr. Black,
of Killdonan, ware not in when I called, nor did I see Judge Black, "'i ■ was up at
Fort Garry. Ilearnad that Major Boulton of Mr. Hart's surveying staff, -...s been in com-
munication with thes3 gentle/uen ; that man had been enrolled and had commenced to
drill at several places in the settlement.

Both these gantlomant had previously given proof of a strong desire to assist in
bringing in and and establishing the Government, their opinion agreeing with those pre-
viously expressed, and furthermore, having had the assurance from Mr. William Dease, who
reprasentad tho loyal Fren:3h, ab whose house I spent a couple of hours last evening, on
my way to Fort Garry, that over ninety men of that pai-ty could be relied on to fight
alongside of the loyal English an J Saotoh for tho establishment of order. I coticlued it
to ba aduby ui l3r mycom'nisiionto make the call, satisfied that tharo was every prospect
t!iat it would ba goaarally raspjndod to. I may say here that in answer to my question,
M. Djis3 informed mi that ha did not think the reliable man in Riel'a party would
exceed three hundred in number.

Undar the convictio i that the Insurgents would seize upon the Stone Fort, so soon
a3 my arrival in tha settlement and the nature of my orders became known, I proceeded
on to that point, arriving about six o'clock p. m. A guard was raised for the night through
the exertion of the clergyman last namad, together with a few other loyal people, who sent
moHsangsrs through this part of the sebtlemojit. The locality, considering the short notice,
turned out very well, the parish of St. Peter's particularly, in which the people consist for
the most part of .civilized and Christianized Indians, under the Revs. Archdeacon Cowley,
and Mr. Ooahrane, and who acknowledge Henry Prince as their Chief, were prompt
in responding. By the mornmg there were about 120 men in the Fort, a majority of
whom came from below. A number of young men, some forty in all, had been in the
habit for several days back of ass ambling for drill, in one of the Cjmpi^ny's Stores here,
the drill instructor being Mr. Wm. Durie, a military school cadet, also of Mr. Hart's
surveying party, who had been working in this part of the settlement. These men also
had remiinetl in tha Fort for the night. I read tlie Proclamation, having assembled those
in tha Fort for tha purposa, wliich was well received, and also explained the object of tho
present call upon tham, and desirad that they should make the same know as widely as
possible.

Thursday, 2nd December.
I find that many of the men are deficient of arms, and those who have arms have

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only tho trading gun. ITave Ront requisitions to whatever points I have reason to
believe arms nro to be obtained, 1 ut nnticipatcU tlint beforo suiHcient can bo hod, will have
to send from house to house through the settlement.

Despatched a messenger to Mr. Hart and party to ceaso surveying operations, and
join mo to assist in organizing. Kfported my arrival and occupation of the Stone Fort
to Governor McTavish, mentioning the object of such occupation, nrd enclosing him also
a copy of my commission. Communication with tho officer named is witli much difficulty
eflccted, as nolettcvs are permitted, if known, to pass in or out of Fort Garry.

Sent for Major Boulton, who luw been very active lately, assisting the people to
orgar.ize, and gave him definite instruction as to enrolment. With his aid, together
with that of M. Inkstor for St. John's, Mr. Gardiner for St. Andrew, Mr. Bunn for
Mui)loton and St. Peter, divided the pari-shes into company distiicts, fixing the central
points in each for meeting to drill.

Some twenty-one Canadians reported themselves in a body from the town of
Winnipeg this evening, and enrolled their names. They tell me the Canadians in the
town niunl;er about tliirty, and are all anxious to serve. I have, therefore, iubtructed
Dr. Lynch, a military school cadet, to enrol a comjjany in Winnipeg, to be made up of
Canadians and other men in the vicinity. As tho Canadians are all, more or less,
acquainted with diill, I directed Dr. Lynch simply to organize, and then let the men
remain quietly in their usual lodgings until further orders. Their presence there in that
way, having fully instructod them to avoid being any cause of oJence to the Fr9nch, it
seamed to m3 could bo no cause of irritation, and the knowledge that they were there,
might tend to prevent any outrage on person or property of loyal jieople in the town.
Tho enrolment hero I placed under Mr. William Dwiro, and charged Mr. A. N. Muckle,
military school cad?t, with that duty in the upper part of St. Andrews, and the north end
of St. Paul's. Kildonan and the south end of St. Paul's 1 entrusted to Mr. Cowland,
an English volunteer officer.

Judge Black wis with me for several hours during the day.

Sent Captain Webb, a Canadian volunteer officer and M. S. C, who was surveying
up tho Asiinniboine, full instruction to cease surveying, and with the staff of his party,
who are all ca lets, proc33d to Prairie Portage, and organize a force of four companies
there. When organized, equipped, and provisioned, to advise mt, express, and await
orders, drilling industriously in the meantime.

Assembled Chief " Prince's " men in the Fort to-day. The Proclamation was
read and explained to tho men in Indian ; it was also read in the English, many of
the men having a fair understanding of that language, after which I explained, as
interpreted by '•' * * , the manner in which the country had become connected with
Canada, and the object of the incoming government. They all seemed loyally disposed,
cheering heartily for the Queen, and those of them who had guns, firing them off with
evident enthusiasm.

Knowing the views of the Lieutenant Governor to be opposed to the emplojnment,
at tho present time, of the Indians in putting down the insurgents, and such being my
own fselings also, while at the same time it would not be politic to dampen, the
dawning loyalty of thess men by refusing their services entirely, I made the Chief select
fifty of his best men to come into the Fort as a guard. I have explained to him that
neither ho nor his men will be called upon to fight, excepting in case the Fort is
attacked, and as he is an intelligent man, I made him acquainted with the reasons.
He expressad himself as psrfectly satisfied, and left me with his pride evidently
gratified by being entrusted with the service. The rest of his men I paid and sent
home, having thanked them in the name of the Government for their promptness in
turning out.

Wrot3 to the Lieutenant Governor, (see letter to him of this date.) Mr. Dease and
Dr. Schults were with me during the evening. Mr. Dease still sanguine as to the stand
which will be taken by the loyal French.

The printing presses in the Town remaining in the armed custody of the French, sent

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Mr. Laurie, a praotioal-prlntar, up to Winnipog for a rnnaU hand preas and type lent hj
Dr. Schultz.

n'ess, and await

Fbidat, December 3rd.

Mads in^p?3tton of tho Fort, invastl^atiag contonts of magazine, ibs., orderad romoval
of aom3 large Hu hon B.iy boats which had boan Uid up for wintar, clo33 to the outiido of
the Fort walls. Directad bastions to be clearad out, made working dr.iwinga of (T sled for
mounting a brass six pounder gun, found in a corner of one of the stores. Gave orders for
this sled to be built by Mr. Avel, the Company's engineer at Lower Fort.

The return of men enrolled in the 83vei-al PaiUhe.s, giving a satisfactory assurance
that the requisite force would be raisad. I gave orders for the delivery of beef and other
supplies to be stored in the Fort.

Mr. Hart, P. L. S.,an excellent man of business, was appointed quartermaster and
entered at once upon his duties, The hand printing nress having arrived this morning,
Mr. Laurie set up and printed the Proclamation, a number of which were at once distiibuted
through the Settlemnt.

There would appear to have been a good deal of excitement in the Town of Winnipeg
last night, judging from a note received from Dr. Shultz, in which he states that his
premises were entered about midnight by Kiel with twenty -four men, but having delayed
a few hours at Mr. John Tait's on his way up, he thus escaped being made prisoner. He
Ktates also that search was made throughout the Town for Dr. Bown, but Bown had
escaped, and was in hiding, where, no one apj)eared to know.

About the middle of the day Dr. Bown arrived in company with Mr. Stuart Mulkins,
of my office, in a room over which he (Bown) had been concealed during la«t night, and
had escaped detection, although the premises had beeu searched by Riel and his party.

Wrote Dr. Schultz, that the Canadians in Winnipeg w«re to keep perfectly quiet,
and remain in their .lodgings, and not to invite, either by word or by deed, any attack from
the Franch, to b3arev8n insult without resenting it — not to fire upon any of the Insurgents
without baing first firel upon. I raprisented to him that a collision, at present, would, in
coasaquea.'d of our not bain^ fully prepared, possibly result diaadvantageously.

Wrote Governor McTavish, asking orders to receive such arms as were at tho
following Posts of the Company, viz : — 1st. Port Alexander ; 2nd. White Horse Plains ;
3rd. Prairie Portage ; 4th. Oak Point, Manitoubah. In the evening received his reply,
marked "B."

Resaived the numerous calls from people in the settlement, expressing a strong desire
to co-opsrata im putting down the French now in Fort Garry.

Learning that Mr. Bjyd, of Bo/d and Inkster, had a large supply of powder, a lot of
arms, stock of blankets, and a considerable quantity of beef, sent an order for them, and
they arrived during the day. The guns were at once disiributed among the men who
were defioient in arms. I also made it known that where ever there were any spare arms,
I wished them sant to the Fort for the use of the Government.

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Received a note from Dr. Schultz this morning, in which he states that a number of
the enrolled Canadians and others collected at his house, Hst evening ; it is presumed, on
his request, anticipiting a possible attack on his property, and the Government provisions
in his charge; that, in the course of the night, bodies of men of the French party
repeatedly made their appearance around the outside of his house and premises, evidently
inviting attack from the party inside. That they repeatedly adjourned for liquor to
O'Lone's Saloon ; that they were there harangued by Riel, — finally that the came to tho
front of his house, went through various manoeuvres, detaching parties to the rear, &c., and
then went off to the Fort, leaving the Dr. and his party, between one and two o'clock a. m.,
unmolested.

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From the ooourreucen of last ni^^ht it in evident to me, that a very oritimi oandition
of aflfuirs exitttfl at \Vinnii>eg. A single shot which may bo fired by either party would
precipitate possible deploral/le rssults. As yet, the forco I am organizing is not nor will
it be probably in a condition to justify a colUiiion for ten or twelvu days. I shall, therefore,
give orders to the Canadians to withdmw from Winnipeg, and with that view huvo written
to order — a copy of which is marked "A 1." Wrote also instructions to Major Boulton
on this subject, marked " A 2." Wrote also Dr. Schultz to same effoct (sea copy marked
" A 3,"

Towards evening, Mr. Jnnies MoKny, and Mr. Nolin, a P"ench half-breed, arrived,
bringing a copy of tho French List of Rights — the first I had sjen — and stating that
their object was, as individuUs, anxious to S39 pjaco restored, to ascertain how far I could
put them in a position to as.suro the French party that these rights would bo granted by
Mr. McDougnll.

I explained to them that I coul I give no assurance whatever, — that I could only say
thit soiu) of thoi3 "Right?," as th3y wore cdlel, I had re.ism ti boli»«v3 it was the
Gjvernar's intanbion tJ h.wa omboJiaJ in his p)lio/, but that othara of tham could not, in
my opinion, be allowed.

Mr. McKay begged thai the ord3r to arm, on tho part of th3 rest of the Sattlement,
should l>e delayed further, as his belief still was that matters could be settled amicably,
and represented, in strong language, the outragas that would ensue, owing to the savage
and revengeful instincts of these men, in casa of hostilities. He ex)ir<3ssed the opinion
that if blood ware shed ii th? Sattlemant, Mr. McDougall, aud hi? faniily, at Pembina,
would ba murdarad, and, further, that even, at the present time, my own life was in danger
from assassination, and cautioned me from what hod come to his knowledge, to be very
careful in my movements outside the Fort.

With regard to the prospect of a peaceful settlement, he said he was convinced that
even now, if the French party could be satisfied that Mr. McDougall actually held a
parchment commission under the Great Seal, and that he had been duly sworn into office
as Lieutenant Governor, they would no longer oppose his entrance.

I then gave Mr. McKay the memoi'andum marked " A 4," and ho and Mr. Nolin left
the Fort, sanguine that my proposition might lead to the disbanding of the French.

Mr. Alexander McKenzie, ox Maplaton Parish, a Scotch half-breeJ, who had fomerly
l>een for some years the mister of a Post in the Hudson Bay sarvico, was introduced to
me to-day, and expressed his willingness to enrol a company in the parish, and I gave him
the requisite authority.

Received note from Major Boulton, marked " E ; " also another from Dr. Schultz,
marked "F."

Sunday, December 5th.

Sent up orders for enrolment of a company in St James, also one in Headingly,
that for the latter being enclosed to Rev. J. Carrie (see Mr. Carrie's note previously
received, mai-ked ** G. " Enclosed, with Mr. Carrie's letter to me, was an address of
welcom3 frjm inhabitants of Hig'i Bluff, Assinniboine, to Lieutenant Governor, marked
«' G H.")

Mr. Joseph Marion, French half-breed, of the loyal party, and who had been sent to
Prairie Portage with Mr. Farm3r, to post tho Proclam ition, on th? first, arrived during
the day. Sent him up to Mr. Dsase's, directing the latter to have his men aim id, and
await ordera.

Reoeivdd a sesond letter from Major Boulton, marked " I." This oSRcer, and Mr.
Snow, called in the evening. Mr. Snow very desirous to have Canadians allowed to
remain in Winnipeg, tj guard Government Px'ovisions, «tc. Told him whoever stayed there
after the orders Ihad given, assums J the responsibility, thot as representing the Government,
I did not desira a guard on the provisions at the risk of its causing a collision at the
present tiiLe.

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Monday, December Cth.

It having bsan roprMontod that Un respon^o would bo mora complete if I would
mako a call, and accompany it with oviibncs, that all could s.^o hh to nty authority, I put
the sami in typs yasterJay, on tho C. M. B. praii coming to hand, and to-day it wai
printed and distributed (soo copy ranlco 1 " K 1.")

Received letter from Major Uouiton, u8 toHtate of affairs in Winnipeg, marked " K."
At onoe wrote and sjnt o'F peremptory order;*, roitaratin^ thosn of the 4th inst., for the
Canadians to leave the town (hoo copy marked " K 2.")

Wrote Mr. Jamja Rosh, in raply to his note (cjpy markad "K 1.") lleply marked
"K 3."

Understanding that Mr. Grant, of Sturgeon Creek, had a small howitzer, wrote him,
sending a messenger for it.

Judge Black was with mo for an hoiir or two to-day. Mr. Sutherland, a Member of
the Council of the colony, and an Officer of the Kildoiian Compaiiy, with Mr. MoBeth,
called also. Mr. Sutherland Heemed strongly of oi>inion that, if 1 would meet the French
Council, il; miglit result in their sotiding a delegation to the Tjieutenani (Governor. I
*:wpro8»cd my willingness to do ho. and ho left witli tho undpr«taniling ihtit he wna to sc«*
tho French Leadow to-morrow morning, aad, if po«!iibli% ariaugn for a inuotiiiv'.

ToESDAY, December 7 th.

Last evening, a>)0ut eight o'clock, a Mr. Alexander Black and his wife called upon me.

Mrs. Black had been up to town to consult Dr. Schultz professionally, and hod had
much difficulty, so she informed me, in getting into the village, and still more in gettiZt<(
access to the Doctor, in consequence of close investment of the pla^e, and particularly of
the house of tho ^atter, by the French party.

She brought a verbal message from Dr. Schultz to me, as he told her he was afraid to
tnist a letter, to the effect that some forty Canadians were in a state of siege in his house.
That they could not go out either to get food, wood or water, and begged for help. This,
it is clear, would not have occurred had, my previous orders, repeatedly given, for the
Canadians to leave the town, been obeyed. My force in the Settlement Avas not as yet
organized ; and not having heard, so far, from Capt. Webb, I felt that the uriuiu was one
involving very grave consequences.

Thinking, however, on the moral effect of the object I had in view, should the
Canadians be captured, it seemed a duty to relieve them, if possible ; and believing, as
Mrs. Black said, the French in the town were not more than fifty in number ; that on the
appearance of a considerable body of men, coming up from the direction of the Lower
Fort, the French guard would fall back on Fort Garry, and so leave time for the besieged
party to come out and return with us ; and that the relief could be effected in this way,
without necessarily having a collision, I determined on thoifc course.

About forty men of the company, the head-quarters of which are at Stone Fort,
were dialling at the time, and expi^essed their readiness to go, and I then got a sleigh and
drove up the Settlement, to gather, if possible, sixty additional volunteers from among the
enrolled men, believmg that I should have little or no difficulty in getting that number
in St. Andrews. I found, however, that the requisite force would not be forthcoming.
Indeed, there appeared to me to be an entire absence of the ardour which existed
previously. Soma of the leaduig men in St. Andrews, who are filling the position of
officers in the two companies in this parish, viz : — Mr. D. Gunn, Mr. Joseph Macdonald,
Mr. Thomas Sinclair, — met me at the Rev. Mr. Gardener's, and it became evident that
the project for the relief of the Canadians must fall to the ground.

I expressed a conviction that soma agency^ was at work wliich had produced a change
in the feelings ot the people, and the gentlemen present, agreeing with me, remarked that
it might probably be accounted for by the distribution through the parishes, during yester-
day, of the French " List of Rights." It w.is stated, that, up to the time of dissemination
of this document, no one but themselves knew what tiie demands of tho malcontents were j

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and now that they ha.l b3en published, som') of thorn proving run^onablo in their character,
and the whole aioompanio J by exproaiions of n willingnoM to send a deputation to Pembina,
to treat with the Lioutaiiant (iovornor, it might e isily be conooived that thn efTeot on the
rest of the poople would be to make them less joalou.s of French domination, and more
hopeful of seeing peace brought about by other laeanH that by u resort to arms.

Returned to the Fort at 2 a.m., finding a nmsHenger had arrived during my absorce,
bringing from the Lioutenunt Governor a Proclamation directing the former ofHcials of the
Oolony to continue to dischargfi their sovorul diition as previous to the fu-Ht instant. As
the messenger returned at once, I wrote to the LioutenHnt Ouvernor hurriedly in return,
giving an account of the changed situation, and the evident effect of the French '* List of
Rights," a copy of which, as also a copy of note received from Mr. Jnmos Ross, I enclosed
with letter.

Sent off with at 3 a.m., a verbal message, to be conveyed, if possible, Co the boseiged
party, telling them of my inability to relieve them, and that if obliged to surrender, they
must ,only get the best terms they could.

Desiring to investigate further the evident change in the feeling of the people in
regard to aggressive mejisures, I drove up to the Rev. Mr. Black's and convened a meeting
there of leading men in the Scotch Settlement. There were pre.sent. Judge Black, Rev.
Mr. Black, Mr. James Ross, Mr. Bernard Roas, (/hief Factor Hudson's Bay Company, Mr.
Sutherland, MemV>er of Council, Messrs. John and William Fraser, also members of
Council, and Mr. Poison.

I speedily J)ecame satisfied that the only condition on which the Scotch people would
now arm and drill, would be to act strictly on the defensive ; indeed, I was informed that
a public meeting, held in the vicinity, had just broken up, at which delegates were appointed
to visit me at the Stone Fort, without delay, to request that agf,ressive measures might
for the present be abandoned. This attitude on their part, just at the present time,
strengthened the conclusion I had come to, as to the change in sentiment of the people of
the Lower Parishes.

A strong desire was expressed by those present, that I should agree, if the rebels
were willing, to meet their council, aud see if communication could be opened up with
the Lieutenant Governor, in hopes that it might bring about peace. I explained that
Mr. Sutherland was authorized by me last evening to see the leaders of the French
party, and arrange for such meeting this morning. Mr. Sutherland said there was so much
excitement among them, all in reference to the seizing of Dr. Schultz's house, that he
had foxmd it impossible to get an interview with Riel. It was settled then that Mr.
Sutherland should arrange Bu(*h a meeting, if possible, to-morrow morning, and, in any
case let me know what has oeen done in tliat direction.

Taken altogether, it appears to me probable that the resoi-t to arms to put down the
French party, at the present time must be given up. I shall not, however, discontinue
the drill going on in the several parishes, believing that such will not be without good
moral effect on probable negotiations.

While at the meeting at Mr. Black's, the town was represented as being in a state of
great excitement, and before I left, news came that the Canadian party had been obliged
to surrender, and were taken to Fort Garry as prisoners.

As regards this unfortunate affair, there was no force with which the party could
have been relieved, and the French party being in overpowering numbers, there vraa no
alternative brt to surrender : indeed, it was an act of folly there remaining there to be
made prisoners of, as I havo reason to believe they could have made their escape a few
hours previously, without danger or diflSculty (see Major Boulton's repoi-t on this subject,
marked "L").

My constant aaxioty, since issuing the first orders on Saturday last, for them to
leave the town, has been to get them away quietly, feeling that at any hour, through their
indiscretion, the entire object of the Government might have been frustrated.

A young gentleman, Mr. Mulkins, belonging to one of the surveying parties, and
whom I sent up to Fort Garry, during the forenoon, to convey a message in connection

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with the bMieged Canadiaiu, I loamcd alio hnd bonn taken prisoner, and confined with
Dr. Sohults's party.

While at Mr. Black's, Mr. Caldwell arrived from the town, bringing a copjr in French
of what may be styled a " Declaration of Independence/' and bearing, unmistakably,
the mark of American manufacture. Mr. Caldwell said he had been forced to print it,
that the French were not satisfied to keep his press from him, but in addition, forced him
to work for them, by threats from armod men, who were placed in possession.

WiDifUDAY, December 8th.

Beceived a letter from Bishop MoCrae this morning (see Copy marked « N ". Tlds
letter evidently corroborated the fact of the change of sentiment among the people.
This is (\irther strengthened by the remarks of people who called upon me : these,
however, I observe, are few in number compared with those of last week. Tn the course
of the day received another letter from the Bishop marked " 0," in which his Lordsliip in
joined by Archdeacon McLean, in begging that no aggressive measures may be taken.

It is unnecessary to say that measures of this character are out of tlie question, as
people evidently will not sustain them at present.

Printed and distributed the Lieutenant Oovernnor's Proclamation, confirming the
former officials in office.

Have heard nothing as yet from Mr. Sutherland, regarding prospect of a meeting
with the French Council.

Thursdat, December 9th.

Having become convinced that it Is useless longer to entertain any expectation
of being enabled to get a reliable forco with which to put down the party in arms,
decided to abandon the call upon the English speaking people, and take advantage of
the disposition of the French, as expressed by them, to send delegates to Lieutenant
Governor, and so withdraw from a situation which the change in sentiment during the last
few days has rendered a false one. I, therefore, this morning issued a notification marked
" P," sending a manuscript copy, early in the day, to Mr. Bannatyne, at Winnnipeg, with
a note (see copy marked " K 6,") asking him to lay it before the French Council.

Shall retain chief " Prince" and his fifty men to guard the Fort for a few days, until
CTcnts further develope themselves.

In course of day received copy of French Declaration of Independence, marked " R."*
Received this evening Joseph Marion's letter containing message from Mr. Dease, marked " S,"
by it, the French party, it will be seen, have also determined to act only on the defensive.

Gave orders to cease drill and stop the receipt of any further supplies.

Gave Major Boulton orders to go to Prairie Portage and stop the drilling there; ilso to
convene a council of the Indians in that neighborhood, particularly the Sioux, who, I have
been informed, are disposed to anticipate a call from the Government by making war on the
French party, and tell them to be quiet.

No communication has, as yet, reached me firom Captain Webb, and the only conclusion
I can arrive at is, that his message has been intercepted.

Fbiday, December 10th.

Two of the chief warriors of Henry " Prince's" Band, were introduced by him to-day.
There were the usual protestations of loyalty to the Queen, and readiness to fight her enemies.
These men live up on the Red River, in the disaffected districts, and say that their families are
in fear of the French half-breeds.

To do the Indians justice, they will, I believe, be found loyal to the Govemmenf,
throughout the territory.

Messrs. Arkland and Elwood arrived from Winnipeg to-day. They report the French
continuing to arrest Canadians wherever they find them, and that even they, themselves,
althoughhaving taken no part, feel that they may be arrested any moment. They bring no

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Mwi ragardioff the impriaonod CaoftdiMui, but roport that tho Franoh havo oonin«no«d tho
MMToh tor and taking noMNoaiiion of anna in private houacn, a«orting their intention to go
through the aettloment for that purpoee.

neported to the Lieutenant Qovomor, tending thia lleoord up to the preeont time,
•nd stating my intention to Join him, at Pembina at an early day, and truated tho papera to
two of Henry Prinoo'a Indiana, aeleoted by him for that purpoao.

J. 8. DlNNU,

Lieutenant and Conaervator of tho Peace
in and for tho N.W. Territoriea.

CoPtifl <j/ Paperi rtfemd to in tht foregoing Record of Proeeedingt.

FoBT Oarrt, Dooombor 4th, 1869.

Coloiul Dennit, Ac, Ae., Lower Fort Oarry,

Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of tho 3rd inst.,
making enquiries as to tho number of guns which might bo had from the Hudson Bay
Company's Posts near tho Settlement. In reply, I beg to say that, at present, I cannot
siTe «ny very definite information, as the stook, at no timo very Urgo at any of thoso
Posts, will, at present, entirely depend on what tho wants of the Indians have boon in
the Autumn ; but there nmy bo still on hand at thoso Posts, as follows : — At Fort
Alexander, possibly 10 guns ; at White Horse Plains, from 10 to 15; at Point du Chdnu
from 4 to 6. AtrortMe la Prairie must bo very few.

From here I oonld supply a very large number, if I could get them out whioh for
more than a week past I nave been watching an opportunity to do. Had it not been
for the excitement about the pork there would have been in all probsbitity sixty guns in
one of the ont-hooses hero, which is without tho wall, besides a good supply sent to Oak
Pobt, but which, owing to the appearanoe of the people here, Dr. Cowan caused to be
countermanded when the sledges Mnre loading. I enclose four oilers for the delivery of all
arms to your messengers, having authority firom you to givo receipt for them.

I have the honor, &c.,

Wm MoTavisu.

[Al.]|

Stonk Fobt, December 4th, 1869.

Mtmorcmdwn <(fOrdw%fvr th* Enrolled Canadiam in the Town qf Winnipeg.

These men are not in a position where they can be Bupp(nrted by any force, of which
I am at present aware, should they bo attacked by the Rioters wider iliel, wUoh seems
to me likely to occur.

I am convinced the object of the latter is now to provoke them beyond endurance,
and so precipitate a collision, in which he would try to show that tho Canadians were
the aggressors, with the hope, that, in such cose, he might obtain tho aid of the rest of
the French pajrty.

I have, thereforce, to request that the Canadians will withdraw from the Village, and
come down to the Scotch Settlement, where I will meet them, and establish ^em in
defensible quarters, in whioh they will serve as an outpost, and under circumstances where
they can be readily reinforced, if necessary.

They had better come down this evening, and report to me, or to Major Boulton, at
the Rev. Mr. Black's.

J. S. Dennis,

Lieut.-Colonel.

[A 2.]

LoWKR Fort, 4th December, 1R6P.
Mtmomndum for Sf<yor Boulton.

J have iutruotod Ctoodiuu to witlidraw fVutn town, mmI propoM to put thonij mj,
in tho Scotch Church, if the llov. Mr. Bluok ui willinu. Thu^ will roinain there with M
many additional men aa you nmy think ncceiwary, obtained in the neighborhood. They
will aorve aa an outpoat and rcudesvoua for tlui loyal, 1.. ehw of any domoniitrition bein^
made by Riol'a party on tho Lower Settlement. Thia pout will ho under your immodiato
command. I have aont forward a aupplv, coniiiaiinK of RO blnnkettf, 20 ^und, 2 uuartcn
boof, 4 baga flour, 1 cooking atovo, rumituro and pipeH, 10 Iba. tou, 1 bog DuUota,
2,000 caps.

Anything Airthor required vou can probably procure there. If not, let mo know.
Orp^niao tho men na you tliink beat. Report to me every day, if poHaible. Hhould Mr.
Block not bo willing, and you can find any other eaaily defenaiblo houao there, take it
inNtoad of tho Church. Lot your aontriea bo particular to noto movcmenta along the
highroada, and aond forward noticed of any auch at once. I have received, from partioa
now with me, who left Fort Qarry Into this uftemon, information that such a move in this
direction ia contemplated.

J. S. DXNNII.

P.8. — Writo mo fully and candidly the present feeling in the Scotch Settlement,
to-morrow. Hire any trannport neocstiary.

J. 8. D.

[A3.]

Stone Fort, 4 December, 1869.
Dr. Schultz, Winnipeg.

Mt DlAR Dr. Sohixtz, — From tho occurrences of last night, the anxiety of Kiel ia
evident to have tho Canadians draw tho first blood, which latter would bo anything but
disirable jost now. I have come to tho conclusion that they must bo withdrawn, and have
therefore ordered it by bearer.

I shall go up and meet them at the Scotch Church, and establish them there as an
outpost, under Major Boulton. I sec no other course for you to pursue, but to send Mrs.
Hohultz to a friend's house, aa you propose, shut up your promises, and let tho property
take its chance. As to tho Gk)vemment provisions, snovld the guard bo still over them, I
shall not, aa representing te Qovemmont, requiro them to remain there any longer. They
had bettor, therefore, look up the place and leave. I would be glad to have diem come
down with the others, and enrol in the force at tho outpoat,; but will leave that to
themselves.

Were my force organised I would not allow Canodiana to be used aa you have been
there; but ~
hero. You

I am not at all in a poeition to aot, and regret to aay things move but alowlv
, speak of onthuaiaam— I have not seen it yet with anybody but "Prince's^'

men.

[A 4.]

In haste, truly yours,

J. S. DXNNIS.

Stone Fo^it, Lowbk Sbttlbment, 4th December, 1869.

Memorandum. — Mr. James McKay tells me the French party say they aro willing
to obey the Queen's commands, but assert that tho Hon. Wm. McDougall, ia not duly
appointed and awom into office as Her Majesty's Representative, and that he thinks, If
they could be satisfied of this, they would ofier no further opposition to that hon.
gentleman entering the settlement

If there is any doubt upon this point humiliating to the Queen's Representative
to be called on to show his commission, Mr. McDougall, I think, woiUd be dispoaed

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to consent to oven thin, rathor than bo the caubo of bloodskod among the people, J would
thorofore, make the following propoHition :—

I will go to Pembina, and obtain the Cominii»ion, and place tlio lame in the hand*
of Governor McTavinh, together with the certificate of the Crown Law Adviser, at
present with the Liovi tenant Governor, that the latter has been duly sworn into office.
Upon this the French party at once to disband, and offer no further opposition to
Mr. MoDougali entering the Settlement.

Uiwn the loaders of the French party signing an agreement to the above effect,
1 will give onlers to cease any further steps towtuxls armirg by the English speaking
jKJople in the Territory.

J. S. Dennis,

Lieutenant and Conservator of the Peace.

[E.]

TAeutcnant Cdond Dennis.

Winnipeg, 4th December, 1869.

Sir. — I have the honor to inform you that I have received your commmnication
containing numo to the Canadians. Dr. Lynch, Mr. Snow, Dr. Schultz, and myself, have
consulted together, and have come to the conclusion, that, under the circumstances (that
wo have 70 men (tnd 60 good arms on the premises), we have a strong position, andoould
resist successfully a strong attack. It is now nine o'clock, the men are all posted, and
the rebels know it. There are no men moving about, and no indications of any attack,
and a retreat would, or might, inspire the rebels wit,h more confidence than they appear
at present to possess.

Your memo to the Canadians sjiys : " they had better come down this evening,"
which, apparently, leaves us the opportunity of using our own judgment under existing
circumstances. I wrote to you this aftemoon> Mr. Prud'homme's house is a large one,
and empty, and could be occupied and filled with provisions and stores. I will go down
to-morrow, and see you, and receive your further orders. I have written a letter to Mr
Pinkham at St. James's, to call a meeting, that I might enrol volunteers and drill them.

I have, &c.,

C. W. BOULTON.

[F.]

Town of Winnipeg, Saturday night.

Dear Colonel Dennis, — Events have a good deal changed since the writing of this
morning. The firm stand seems to have had its effect, amd to day nothing of moment
occurred. This afternoon President Bruce visited me (no guard) at 4 p.m. Said he had
come to explain to me, and to ask explanation; reminded me of the " bon accord " in times
}>ast, and of the services I had rendered him in times of sickness, and he asked me where
was the sticking point in their resolutions 1 On my mentioning the insulting nature of
the last one, he said that they had not so meant it, and that I must have an incorrect copy
— spoke slightingly of Kiel — said they could not go to see the Governor at Pembina, but
would like to see you. I told him that I thought you would see him alone, as he proposed
wit'iout Riel, but thought that Riel would spoil everything — assented to this, and said
that after he returned from Stinking River to-morrow, he would see me, and arrange a
mee ing. I give this for what it is worth — other indications point to its probability.

With thanks for your kind wishes as to Mrs. Schultz.

I remain, &c.,

John Schultz.

P.S. Captain Boulton writes the news of most of the Canadians here, and I thinly
the altered circumstances will probably induce you to cq\^lt)ermand or modif/ order. '

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pooplo, I would

ember, 1869.

HiADiNOLY, December 3, 1869.
Colonel Dennit.

Dbar Sir, — Ai Mr. Fai-mer, who brought the Froclamntion here, intimate<I to me
that you wished mo to give nomo infomintion concerning the loyalty of thii pariah, I have
the honor to inform you, that nearly all the people are loyal to the Qtiwm, and wish to
become a part of the Dominion of Canada. I have spoken to a numlier of pemong lately
about the matter, and all have expreRsed their willingnem to eoliit as volunteers, to bring
in and eatabliih the Hon. Wm. McDougall as Governor in thene Territories, and also to
nsflist in preserving British Law and order amongst us. A paper to that effect is now
)>eing signed at Mr. John Taylor's house. I am sure if you were only to come among us,
or if any one were to come with proper authority to call out volunteera, I do not think
any one in the parish would refuse to go, except a few individuals who are of no account
anywhere, and who would do well to vanish into "thin air" as soon as possible. I
•snolose a copy of resolutions, passed at a publio meeting held at Mr. Tait's house,
November, 29, t.«., before the Froolamation was issued. You will see from them that
the parish proved loyal then ; it is much more so now, since the Proclamation hat bten
issued.

I may remark, that in reference to the first resolution, it is apparently defective. To
express the wish of the meeting, the latter part of it would read thus : " until the entry
of the Canadian Government, and then we will support and strengthen the said Canadian
Government."

With best wishes for the success of your undertaking,

I remain, yours, &c.,

James Carrie,

Incumbent Hoodingly Parish.

"God Save the Queen."

["G. H."]

To the Honorable Williatn McDovgall, C.B., Lieutenant Governor of the British Korth*
West Territory in America.

We, the tmdersigned inhabitants of High Bluff, desire to express to your Excellency,
as Her Majesty's Representative, our sentiments of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland, and also our ardent desire that your Excellency may speedily
arrive safe among us ; — deeply regretting that untoward circumstances have so long
deprived us of Your Excellency's presence.

Signed by 61.

(I.)

To Colonel Dennis.

Winnipeg, December 4th, 1869.

BiR, — I have the honor to inform you I proceeded to Kildonan School House. Owing
to a break down on the road, I was detained an hour. I found the School House full,
and proceeded at once to explain the objxt of my coming. I read your Commission and
Service Roll Heading. After concluding the speaking, some of the older men questioned
me as to the legality of it. I argued the point, and failed quite to satisfy them, though
the majority were against the legal quibble, but I judged it beat to satisfy parties, and
agreed to postpone the meeting to 10 o'clock this morning, to allow said parties to get
Judge Black's opinion (I told them the only legal authorities, the Governor, Mr. Richard's
find Judge Blaqk irere satisfied of the legality.)

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I met them again this morning rt 10 o'oloek, though not so numerous. Judge BUck
had given his opinion — these men werf. perfectly satisfied, and came forward and headed
the Boll. I to(» down sixty names then and there, formed a company, appoints officers
and i sergeants ; 1 officer and 2 sergeants to the Districts in which their squaJ or sub-
division reside. The people were numerous, and are to assemble on Monday at 1 o'clock,
when I expect over 100 men to be there, and I wiU have two company's officered and
formed, and ready to turn out at a call from their lieutenants and Ensigns. I have come
up here to assist Dr. Schultz and the party ; I shall put the men here in a thorough state
of organization, and find out the amount of ammunition and arms. We are going to
assemble here, and keep guarO all night, and resist attack ; but 1 shall not allow any one
to provoke it Will you send up ammunition, &o., as we caght to have it handy near
here. I think we ought to have provisions, ^, stored for neoessity, It will hold a great
number, and when the Portage people come down it will be required.

The people here are very anxious, and everywhere wish the organization to be
completed as socn as possible, for the French gain strength by time. Them was quite a
demonstn^tion last night Mr. * * * place was also placed at our disposal for stores or
men.

If you send me any orders to carry out, I will do so without delay. We shall have
about 70 to-night, to d^end this place, I think. Owing to my break down last night, and
hurry, I had net time to leave your letter for Judge Black, but sent it this morning.
Everything is cheering for number. Guns are wanted. If the spare arms from the Fort
were sent to Mr. Prud'homme's house, or elsewhere, th'jy would be handy, and many men
want them. I will take steps to have them securely stored when they arrive.

I have, &o.,

C. W. BouLTON, Major.

(K.)

Lieut.-Col. Dennit.

December 6th, 1869,

Sir, — I have the honor to inform you, I arrived here last night, about eleven o'clock,
and was met by a messenger, telling me to be careful how I went into town. I accordingly
left my horse and cutter at * * * and went on foot, got around by the river, and
entered Dr. Schultz's house about twelve o'clock. The town was full of Frenchmen, and
they kept parading about, and placed sentries all around the Doctor's, and kept us
on the alert all night There were about seventy or seventy-five in the Doctor's house.
The greatest number of French who left the Fort and entcn^d the town was ninet^Hsix.
They were countev. as they passed up. They kept coming and going all night I assembled
the officers of the company, with Dr. Schultz and Mr. Snow, and told tiiem your orders,
and pointed out the reasons why thsy shotild not remain on the premises any longer, so
they agreed to leave. I left directions as to there mode of procedure, and gave strict
orders not to be later than two or three o'clock at the outside, in leaving. I then left
with Hallett to go to St James Parish meeting at nine o'clock, and came across the
Praiiie to Kildonan and drilled about 100 men, and had th« provisions, blankets, &c., put
into * * * aa the most coi /enient place to put them in, to await your fui-ther orders.
I then went back to town about four o'clock, but could not enter to see what was delayiog
them, and heard that Dr. Sohultz's house was closely invested, at least that men were all
around it I met * * * going in, and asked him to let me know what was going on. I
I went over to his house, and he tells me he did not get in either ; at least-he thought it
imprudent to enter. I feel a little apprehensive about them. I do not know why they
have not come out. If they were to leave, I do not think the French would fire the first
shot, but they begin to look very iigly, and Bishop McCrea tells me there cannot be less
than 600 armed men in connection with the Fort It is thought that some attempt at a
peaceful solution should be made by a discussion of their rights as printed. Kiel has
showed such strength of force that, as an enemy, he ia not to be despised. I am ouly

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giring now to you opinions that I hear in conversation. The people about here
express their willingness to take a stand, but apparantlj a panic is easily created.
There will be two companies nearly in this ParisL St Paul's had forty-three names
subscribed, Hallett's Parish only gave sixteen names, all good ones.

The meeting was small, Mr. * * * says that the Parish is a good deal in the
hands of Bannatyne and Mr. MoKenny, wluuh accounts for it. I was intending to
go into town to-night to see if I could reach Dr. Schultz's house, or hear any^ing
of them, but as * * * has gone in, I have thought better to remain here, as I am an
object of sufipicioii, and would be detained as prisoner.

I have strictly enjoined, repeatedly, all tiie Canadians to suffer insult rather tiian
provoke attack, or fire a shot, and I think they all see the necessity of it, and wUl be
very careful. I heard they do not number over twenty-five or thirty to-night, as several
left. I suppose when it became kno^m, it was decided to evacuate, though I told Di*.
Lynch not to let it be known till the preparations were made. I enclose a letter from
the Bishop. The French apparently wish to avoid clashing with the English and Scotch,
and if a bold stand is made through the organization, it may bring about a peaceful
solution. They say the French cannot continue in force, as their families will be left, or
are left, in a very destitute state. I will be about in the morning to find out the state of
affairs. If the Canadians do leave, [the Town as well as the Fort will be entizely in
the hands of the French. I have given you an account of everything I think of worthy
of note. s

I have the honor,

C. W. BOULTON.

n
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Kec

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^cites commission from Lieutenant Governor McDougall to Colonel Dennis. "By
virtue of the above commission from the Lieutenant Governor, I now hereby o*U on, and
order, all loyal men of the North-West Territories, to assist me, by every means in their
power, to carry out the same, and thereby restore public peace and order, and uphold the
supremacy of the Queen in this part of Her Majesty' Dominions.

J. S. Dennis,

Lieutenant, &c.

Giv«n under my hand, at the Stone Fort, Lower Settlement, this oth day of December,
in the year of our Lord, 1869.

Stone Fort, 2-30 p.m., 6th December, 1869.

[K 2.]

Memo.
To the EmroUed Ccmadiant at Winnipeg.

I am told the Rebels are paraded in force in the town of Winnipeg, and are acting in a
manner calculated to provoke a collision with the loyal party.

I baniiot be a party to precipitating sucu an event just at the present time, and most,
therefore, reiterate my orders of uie 4th instant, to the enrolled Canadians, to leave the Town
and establish themselves at Kildonan School-House, where there is a supply of provisions, and
where they will have asastanQe at hand if attacked.

Major Boulton, or in his absence. Dr. Lynch, must see to this being done. Of course,
if the attempt to come down wou^ bring on a fight, they may remam where they are, but
not encoura^ng hosti^ties. Let them come down under cover of the evening.

J. S. Denins,

Lieutenant'Colonel

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[K 3.]

Stomk Fobt, 6th Deoember, 1869.
Jamat Roa$, Etq,, Wimmptg.

Mr DKAB Sib, — I have this moment roooived your note. I think it my duty, under my
Commission, not to relaas preparatiom to put down, by force of arms if neoessary, the present
outrageous condition of things in the Settlement. At the same time, I will be glad to sec
the gentlemen of whom yoU speak. I will not act on the aggressive so long as there is, to
my mind, a satisfactory reason for further delay. It wouloTbe the greatest possible relief
to me to see peace restored without resorting to force ; but there has been so much temporizing,
that it would almost seem to me, the insurgent party are now actually drawing moral strengtli
from that very source.

Believe me, &c.,

J. S. Dennis.

6th December, 1869.

[K4.]

Colonel Dennis, dc, %^ .

Dbab Sm, — ^As t^ opportunity offers, I drop you this line to express my strong convic-
tion that you should not make any a^ressive movement at present.

Pray do nothing aggressively. I am still hopeful of peace. A civil war is altogether too
dear a price to pay for any thing wanted on either side. Many others think so too.

Yours truly, &o.,

James Boss.

P.S. — ^You may have a deputation from the Englishnspeaking people to-day, or to-morrow,
urging that you should make no aggressive movements. I say you may; I cannot tell this
till afternoon. In haste. " ""

J.R.

[" K. 6."]

A. E. B. Bannaiyne, Eeq., Winnipeg.

Deib Mb. Bannattne, — I hope the enclosed will satisfy the French party of my
desire not to see the country made desolate upon a question which, I am ccmfident,
admits of a peaceful eolation. Be good enough to make it known to the parties in
arms, if I can contribute in way to bring about a settlement, I shall be glad to
do so.

The paper will be printed and distributed to-day.

Believe me, &c.

J. S. Dennis.

LowEB Fobt Gabbt, Deoember 9th, 1869.

Sm, — I have the honor to state for your information my knowledge of the occurrence^
of the past few days. According to instructions, I proceeded on Friday, the 3rd, to the
Scotch Settlement, for the purpose of organizing Companies in the Parish. The following
day I received a letter, asking me to come up to Dr. Sohultz's, that a number of men had
assembled there the previous evening to defend the place, as an attack was feared from the
French. I arrived tiiere in the evening, after my other duties had been performed, and found
they had been reinforced, and numbered about sizi^ men, Canadians and others. The cause
assigned to me for the assembling, was, that the French had been drinking in the Saloons,
and in that state might make an attack. I took down the names of all the men, and divided
them into sub-divisions and sections. They choose their officers, and non-commissioned officers,
and I distributed them about the houses, so that they may be held in command. Between

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nine and ten, your orders came for the men to withdraw. As it w-s kto, nnd the town waa
quiet, and thcro where ft number of ludicH nnd women in the house, I thought better to remain
where we were. The memorandum wus not eommunicatcd to all the men, an they were dis-
tributed and Bleeping in throe houses. The town was quiet all night, and the ibUowing
morning I went down with Mr. Snow to see you, leaving every thing quiet.

Ah it was Sunday, I told those men who had no houses to go to, to remain quiet till I
returned. I did not return that night till twelve o'elock, owing to my horse breiiking down.
I got into Dr. Schultz'a and found that the French had increased in numben', and the position
was assuming an aspect of hostility, and one detrimental to the interests of the cause you were
cng igcd in ; and that night ninety-six French left the Fort and entered the town and paraded
about. I gave all the men orders on no account to provoke attack. The night past away
without any demonstration on the part, of the French. On the following morning I assembled
♦he officors of the company, and some otherp, and communicated your orders, and pointed out
the futility of remaining there. That they wore r.cting on their own responsibility, and con-
trary to your orders. I took the opinion of each one and they all agreed to leave. I accor-
dingly requested Dr. Schultz to take immediate steps to remove liis family and the other
ladies, and told the oflScers to let the men either go singly with their arms throughout tho
day, or if not with their arms, to wait till all wm ready, and march out in a body, which I was
satisfied could bo done with ease, us* the Freiioli waiit(:d them to leave the premises and nothing
more. I told the officers not to give the orders to the men till all was ready, lest it might got
out, and a demonstration be made by the French, and as there were u number of females on
the premises, they had to be looked after first. I told him to leave as soon us possible, but on
no account to bo latter tlian three o'clock. I then loft him with 3Ir. Ilallett, to attend »
meeting at St. James Parinh, and afterwards to drill some companies at Kildonun Parish. I
took possession of Mr. Prud'hommc's house for the reception of the men, and made a few
•irrangcments. I then m:idc nn attempt to get into town acrain about four o'clock, but could not.
I then wrote a letter to you, iufovuiiog you of the state of offairs, and that I felt a little appre-
hensive about them, but not nmch, as I wus satisfied if they would retire, they might do so,
knowing the French would not fire the first shot. When the position wj;s first assumed it was
only to protect the piwUiisos and Government property from a comparatively few French, but
on Sunday night they appear to have increased greatly. Several m3n left* on Monday, but
were not allowed to return. Of subsequent events you are already in possession. I do not
know why they do not leave, after my orders of the morning.

I have, «fec.,

C. W. BOULTON.

[«N."]
Colonel Dennis.

Bishop's Court, Decsmber 6th, 1869.

D£.\R CoiiONEL Dennis, — I grieve to say that the state of things is assuming daily a
graver asp3ct. I am greatly disappointed at the manifestations of loyalty, and a determination
to support the Governmont of Mr. McDougall, on the part of the English population. Instead
of a breaking down of the forcaof the insurgents, I feel C3rtain, from my observations at Fort
Girry-to duy, and from information from Mr. McTavish and others I can fully rely on, that
over 600 men are now in arms, and they are well armed. I see no reason to depend on want
of courage or determination on the part of these man. In addition to this strong exhibition of
tbrc3, there is a balief, app irently on good authority, of a determination to avenge loss of life, if
they are attacked by house to house massa< .ing, or at any rate by individual assassination.

I feel, therefore, that success in an attack with such forc3s as you can bring together, with
nothing of the common action the Insurgents have, is very problematical, and that the warfare
is likely to b3 such, that a victory will only be less fatal to the Settlement, and the interest of
tlie C madian Government than a defeat.

You must not suppose that this com3s from one who is timorous ; thougb I never said it

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before, I went to the ii-st mcclirifr of llio Cour.cil of A^•^inniboino, prcpiircd to recommend a
forcible putting do\Mi ot the inburrcctiou, iuid when you c.mo in, I hoped that the cxhibiiioo
offeree would be eiffiQcient; but the force of the insurgents hiia only grown with oppoiilion,
und ia now, I bsliovo, quite ii «ua(ch for all that eun bo brought together ng^ioBt them. I
would earnestly advit<e, therefore, the giving up of any idea of uttuoking the French
position at Fort Garry at present, and also r.ny idea of tcizing by stealth on any rebel. Put
awuy such counsel for a time, at least. I feel that the result to bo (.nticipntcd would be very
disastrous. I see everything to be gained by delay, at i.uy rate there would be some oppor-
tunity, perhaps, of bringing about some direct couuuunicition between Governor McDougall
and the disaifccted people. I 'hink you should, on every account, I bring that about ; further,
it would bo well not to act, tid you «.-eertain clearly the mind of the CVmLdian Ministry und
people on ti;c way of settling this affair j und I think something is due to the people I'lcm
Governor McDougull. I, for one, am at this moment perfectly Ignorant of any detail of the
chari.ctcr or policy of his Government. Perton;.lly, I do not c.ire i'or this — I tin not only
fervently loyul to the Queen, but I have unquestioning confidence in the mnnugcment of
Caruid:!. I know all will be right, still there ib not lets a great want— a very conciliatory
attitude is what is wanted from Govei^nor McDougull, und a plain setting forth of how the
Govemmeni is to bo conducted, meeting, as far as possible, any of the wishes expressed by the
disaffected persons, and, perhaps, referring jthers to Cuuada, but promising a generous oon-
siderution of the whoio grievances.

This m.iy not bo altogether palattible, but the crisis is a grave one for C;.nnda, and much
wisdom is needed. I would not so write, did I not feel certain that if the present numbers of
insurgents keep up, an attack is not feasible, and did I not also feel that some attempt should
be made by those having uuthority und knowledge to enter into czpLoutioDS with them before
making any attack.

Ihc late Government of Assinniboine could not do this, for it had no information — all
that could be done, was to counsel loyal obedience ; but ut this time eomething moro is culled
for than that.

With kindest regards,

I cm, &e.,

B. Rupekt's Land.

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Bishop's Court, December 7th, 1869.

Dear Colonei "^EXNIS, — There is a report that you think of coming up at once with
the force you have, i do not suppose that this is the case ; but I am sure any effort t.t present
is hopeless. They now hold about 60 prisoners, and they are more th:in 600 in number, and
elated. You must be quiet ; probably thd lives of the piiooners niny depend on this — the truth
i3, 1 am afraid nothing can be done by you — only evil is now to bo apprehended from action,

, I am, very eincerely, Ac,

R. Bxtfert's Land.

Dear Colonel Dennk,— I most fully concur in all the Bishop says.

J. McLean, Archde-'.coD.

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Lower Fort Garry, R. R. Settlement.
December 9th, 1869.
To All Whom it may Concern.

By certain printed pipers of lite put in circuhtion by the French p^rty, communicitioD
with the Lieutenant Governor is indicated, with a view to Lying before him alleged rij;ht8 on
the part of tLooe now in arms.

I tliiuk that course very desirable, and that it would lead to good results.

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upeht's Land.

upert's Land.

lN, Archdeacon.

•rty, communication

Under the belief thnt the French pirtv nro Mnccre in their donro for po.ico, nnd feeling
thnt to abindon for the proHcnt tlic c .11 on tlie loy, 1 to jirni, would, in viow of j^uch ctmimu-
nicitionp, rcliovo the i-ituition from much onihirrinHmont, imd ho contribute to bring about
poice, and sivo the country whnt will otherwise end in univcrs.l ruin and dovistilion. I now
cjU on and order the loy.il pirty in the North-West Territory, to oonse from further ootion
under tho njppo-il to arms midc by mo ; and I c. 11 on the French puiv to sitisfy the people of
their sincerity in wishing for a peaceful ending of all these troubles, by sending a deputation
to tho Lieutenant Governor at Pembin i, without unnecessary dehy.

Given under my hand, at the Lower Fort Garry, this 9th day of December, 1869.

J. L. Dennis,

Lieutenant and Conservator cf the Peace
In and for tho North-West Territoriei.

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Po Colonel Dennis, — I was at Dease's. I made my commission, and Mr. Dease
took the letter, and told mo ho could nob do it, because it was too late, that he could
not move without ^jome ono behind him to watch what ho was after. He would not
give any letter. He was afraid that I might be arrested. He told me to tell you
that he did not know what to do at this present time. The only thing they decided
in their meeting was, that they should keep themselves together, so that the French
shonld not be able to force them, unless by war with their party ; and more, that his
party did not like to go against the French to fight, but they would never fight
against the Government. That is all he told me. He said that he had no news at all.
St. Boniface, December 8tli, 1869.

Copy.

Service Roll signed by Red River force, at Stone Fort, Red River Settlement,
N. W. Territories, December 1st, 1869.

Whereas, largo bodies of armed men, unlawfully banded together, have, during th*
last few weeks, committed sundry acts of violence, against the public peace and th*
protest of the existing authorities.

Wo, whose names aro subscribe! hereto, have agreed, and do liereby agree, to
enroll oarsalvai, an I tj sarva unier tha orders of Lieutenant Colonel Dennis, and tho
officer or officers he may appoint, while employed in arresting, and putting down, by
force of arms, if necessary, tho arraad parties so unlawfully assembled, and acting as
aforesaid ; and we do agree to iurnish such arms and ammunition as we possess, to be
used in the said seavice.

NAME.

PARISH.

WITNESS TO SIGNATURE.

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Pemdina, December 17th, 1869.

Honorable William McDovgall, C.B., Lieutenant Oovemor, d'c, dec.

Sir,— I have the honor to report my airi/al at this place, oa the evening of the I5th
initant, having come from Prairie Portage, across the Plains,

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row-' Having rooeiv«d, on tho evening of the 10th instant, a morsngo from Mr. Sutherluutl,
to lay that there waa no proxpeot of getting tlio Fionch loadora to a^reo to a mooting, 1
decided to leave tho following day to report to you in pernon, in ai^cordance with my
inatructionR, and completed the necessary nrrnngements, engaging a gui<)M, kc, iic.

In informing Mr. Hart ns to my intentions, I diiectcd him to pay c it' Chief " Prince"
and hii band, tho day of my leaving, and vncuto the Fort. With n'^,aid to tho aupplioa
which had been obtained, the provisions, Mr, Hart was given to understand, would ho
taken and credited in account by the Hudson Bay Company.

All blankets issued were to be collected and stored. Tho arms and ammunition
which had been distriLutod, where tho puii.ics were I'eliable men, to be allowed to remain in
possesaion, individual receipts being given therefore, as being held subject to Government
order. The |)owdor and bullets which had been called in, I directed Mr. Hart to say to
the parties from whom obtained, that they were at their service again, not being required
by tne Government. That if thought safer at the Magazine at the Fort, they could remain
there till expedient to be removed.

I directed Mr. Hart to return to the survey upon which he had been previously
engaged, advising him not to go beyond tho limits of tho English portion of the
Settlement. At the same time, I fear he may have been interrupted and possibly
arrested by the French party.

During the night, a report reached me that a body of Sioux, said to be 500,
were on their way to tho Settlement, and had gone os far as Poplar Point, bent upon
commencing war " upon their own hook."

Believing that matters in tho Red River Settlement were sufficiently complicated,
without adding in a raid from the Sioux, and fearing that, should tho Report have
had good foundation, Major Boulton, who left at 4 a.m., en the 10th instant, might not
meet the •' War Porty," as he was to go straight through to tho Portage by the " Grosso
Isle," I decided to investigote the matter, and, if the Report proved true, to uao my best
endeavours to turn the Indians back, and thus prevent a calamity, in which, probably,
French and English might be involved. I, therefore, left the Fort at 2 a.m., changed
horses at the Town of Winnipeg, and drove through, without meeting interruption of any
kind, to Poplar Point, arriving at Mr. George Taylor's about 1 p..m.

At Mr. Taylor's, I met Capt. Webb and Mr. Newcombe, actively engaged in connec-
tion with the Company, which had its hcad-quariers at this point.

Captain Webb handed mo his Report (see copy herewith, dated 11th December),
which he had prepared, and was intended to send off to-day.

I found about 100 lodges of Sioux encamped here, and between here and Prairie
Portage. And at the time of my arrival. Major Boulton, who reached this point the
evening previous, and had at once acted upon the orders given him, was holding a council
with them, at which, " Little Fox," Head Chief of the Ci'ce Nation, was also prctoat.

The report which has reached the Settlement as to the Sioux was entirely without
fonndation. They asserted themselves as on the Government side, but said they had had
no intention of •• making war," without being first asked to do so by the Governor.

" Little Fox," who visited me at Mr. Taylor's, after the council, is a man of consider-
able mind, and may be iully relied on as loyal. He is much respected by both Whites
and Indians, and, independent of the control he has over his own jteople, has a great deal
of influence with the Sioux and other tribes of the plains.

Major Boulton, at my request, dii ributed some presents to the Chiefs, dividing
amongst them, also a small supply of pr^ isions.

Wishing to call on the leading peoj « High Bluff and the Portage, to explain tho
reason why the movement was to bj given up, I continued my journey, and called during
the afternoon on some of the principal men at the first-named place, who took part in the
address to the Liautenanfc-Governor, and who have latterly identified themselves \vith the
volunteer movement

Mr. Hamilton, M.S.C., under Captain Webb, waa zealously drilling the company
here, and reported very favourably of the mm.

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Arrivod at the Portage at 6 p.m.

In view of abandoning the call, it in uo fortunate that Captain Webb bad lo for
teoumulitoi no surplus supplies. Tlio buof ami flour, not more tlmn a barrel or two
which was presontcHJ to the "Fox" and "Sioux." I gave Captain Webb instructions,
similar to thoito :>f Mr. Hui-t, ns to blankuts, guns, nnd ammunition.

It was evident that the almndonmcnt of the movomontdid notmnot with much favor
in thai fcjjbtlemjnt ; tlio munbor of mon cnrolle I, howev.ir, waro only ninety-nine, and
alone would have boen insulKcient to effect anything of consequence.

The force, altogether organized, and more or less drilled, under my Commission,
stands very nearly us follows : —

No. Head Quarters. Officers. Men.

1 Stone Fort S 71

2 St. Audrews 3 60

3 St. Paul's 3 80

4 Kildonan 3 74

5 Winnipeg (supposed)... 3 40

6 Poplar Point 3 31

7 High Bluff 3 83

8 Portage La Prairie 3 86

" Chief Prino^ " and men 1 60

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11 tb December),

Gave Captain Webb instructions, similar to those of Mr. Hart, as to continuing the
survey through the present winter. His operations, however, will necessarily le limited
to that part of the Settlement from Poplar Point to Prniiie Portage.

Finding that a guide could be obtained to take nie direct from the Portage to
Pembina, I made the necessary antingements, and left the following morning at 7 a.m.

The trip across the plains occupied more time than ex])ected, the ponies being in
many places impeded by crust on tlie snow. The -aird day also was stormy, and it was
not till the evening of the fourth day that I arrived at my destination.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

J. S. Denkis,

Lieutenant-Colonel, dec., &e.

Chiefs, dividing

Dg the company

Ottawa, 19th February, 1870.
The Honorable the Secretary of State/or the Provinces, Ottawa.

Sib, — I have the honor to transmit you herewith, the copy of a letter addressed to
the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, as to the occupation of a certain portion of
my time, while in tha North- West Territory, during the past season.

As my connection with 'ate events in that country has, I am led to believe, been
misunderstood by many psople, I would respectfully ask that the letter referred to may
accompany the other papers on this subject, should the latter be sent down to the House
of Commosa.

I have the honor to be. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

J. S. Dennis, P.L.S.

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OrrAWA, 12th Frtbruary, 1870.
7'ha Ilono-^able tfu M'mi$lir of Public Worli$, Ottiw.i.

Sir, — I have tho honor to report to ycu, iib to llio occupation of my timo in tho Rod
IVivjr Territory, (luring tli.it p irtion of tli« pwt Haasoii whnii not porHonully prosont
•iiparintjii ling tho iurvoys in pro,'roa.'i undir my instructions of tha 10th July last.

With tin exooptijn of conforriuTf with Mr. Hurt and Mr. Wehb, tho uvu'veyora in
ch-xr^jj of pirtiot in t!»o fk'Ll, in tlio bvjginning of Djoom'.)or, whan nont in'^o tho Sottlo-
mont by Mr. M^Djugiill, iis to t!io progroa of tho work, iind giving thoiii instructions for
tho luturo, thi abovo parioJ embruoe? all tho timo subshT|uent to tlio 29th of Octobor.

During thiH tims, my ti8rvio(.^s havo boon, at his reqna.st, givon to the Hon. William
McDj'.igill, t.-) uid by ditfjrent m'lnn^, a% HU'^'^ostod by himself, to obtain his almiasion to
tha Torrito.y, of which ho wis aaat tJ alminister the govornniant. It may bo ankod : —

1. Why, w'.un I w^s sa.it to t'lo T>jrrit)ry, to talco charge of and superintend th*
surveys, I loft n./ work to go to me>t Mr. MoDougall at all 1 And,

2. Why I did not rjturn, havinj^ soan th.it gdutlem.xn, uud go on with my surveying
operations Y

I answer as follows : —

I actad ontiraly from a sensa of duty, as tho only ofHcor or representative in ony
way of tho C.inalian Governmant|ab the timo in th? Sottlumont, to prevent, if possible,
a thraatsnad outrage on t'lo pei'son of the gantleraan sent to tho Territory with a
Commission as Lioutonaut Qovornor, which sonso of duty was enhanced by tlie fact that,
as Ministor of Public Works, the sama gentleman hid, up to that timo, given ma all my
orders ; a!id from him also, as tuld ma by himself, I was to receive all future ordei'S in
t'lP event (which, whua I laft Canidj, in July, had bean spokan of) of his being appointed
Lieutenant Governor.

In order to shew tho ground for assuming that duty required mo to take tho above
cours?, I beg to submit the following : —

The out'jreak of a partion of the papulation in tho S3ttl3mf5nt, having for its
ostensible object, the preventing, at all haz.ird.s, -tho honorable gontlonmn namad from
entarin^ t!x3 Tjn'itary, O5ourral on tha 2l3t Oatobar, and was of a charaoter to call forth
tlia livjlio?'; approli anions as ta tha j)ar3anal safety of that gantlemaVi, should he continue
his journay north of the boundary line.

Tha Counail of Asunniboino, with mambers of which I was in daily conference, held
several maeting.s in tha eniargancy, an I advisad that Mr. MaDoug.ill should, if possible,
be communicated with, and requested to stop at Pembina, until informa 1 thit it would be
Bifa (>: hlna fca ooiVinixa hii jaurii)/ ta Fort G.irry; and, on tha maoting of Council, on
the 29th Octaber, it was roaolved to send Mr. McDougull a despatch to that effect.

I h;id mvsalf writban Mr. McDoujall, fully as to tha sl^ata of affaire, including the
affilavit of Mr. Waltar S. Hyman, shawmg that his (Mr. MoDougall's) life might be
endangered by his coming on, till advised that the opposition was withdrawn ; but, by
tbvs tlma, tho party in armi hid saizad the mails, and subjeated all travellers to such a
rigid examination that is was very uncertain whether my letters had reached their
destination.

It was a time of much excitement. It was evident to me that the Hudson's Bay
Company ware powerless to deal with the outbreak.

Tim a was pressing; as Mr. MaDougUl was expacted to reach Pembina at about that
date. I was a strangar than, and, under tha peauliar circumstances, knew not whom I
cojld safely tr-uat, aal I tharafora charge 1 raysolf with tha duty of delivering Governor
McTavish's despatch, and of advising Mr. MoDougall parsonally as to tha impanding
diuga.', ail fartha." ta iafo.'m hin as ta tha views and feelings (with which I had made
mysalf aaquainta 1), of tha En^lish-spaakin^ people in the Set:lement.

Ti?.a daapatch raferrad to was put into my hands at 10.30 p.m., on tha 29th October.
On the following morning, at 3 o'clock, I left Fort Garry, and passing the camp of the

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Tn(ilcontont.*i by a detouv, rotio thrct»i',»h to Poinblin, \n lotiu-^ Mr. Mj
HuJiiJii'H Uay Ooin;)any'H Fort tliow. tlij m >r liii^ of t]i>i Int Novdin'a.T.

I delivojwl tlio despatch, ami itifonno I him fu ly of tlio situation of anfuirs, and
intended roturning again to my ollico. Tho horHim, my guido, Mr. Wii.iam llallett, and
mysoir, had ridden throiigli woro, howuvvir, no oxhauxtcd that it was noooHHary to allow
thorn two or throe days to rooriut, and whilo r.nnuiiiing at the IIiidHon's Buy Post at
Pombina, with tliat view, an armoil pvrty arrived on tJio 2nd Novoinbor, d^Hpitchyd from
the main l)ody at the River Sulo, antlord<;rod mo out of tlie Tonitory.with Mr. MoDougall
and i»arty.

My guide, Mr. Ilallott, wai soizod, bound to a cr.rt, and drivon off a diHtonco
toworda Fort Garry.

After a fuw days I o.xpressnd the desire to Mr. MoDougall t.) roturn to Winnipeg,
feeling confident I oould got in, in aomo way ; and tltat, only in my nlHce, an I not inter-
fering in any way with the refmctory party, I might, probably, ho allowed to go on with
my duties without being ratdcHted.

The honorable gentleman named, however, expressed the wish that I should remain
with him, stating that as I knew thu character and temi)er of politicul parties in the
Settlement, ho desired to mvko nso of n)0, and further that ho was advised his commission
would take cflect on the 1st of the ensuing month, and when that time came round,
should the malcontents Btill be in arm.s, ho might require me to aid him in some
measure by which his authority would Lo established.

Under the peculiar harassing circumstances in which Mr. McDougall was placed,
I felt it incumbent on mo, from every point of view, to comply with his request, and I
remained with him till the evening of the 29th November.

During this time I arranged, and kept up through loyal French half-breeds a regular
and fi-equent, though necessarily secret, communication with my office, by which Mr.
McDougall was kept advised of events as they transpired in the Settlement, and further,
was actively engaged the whole time in endeavouring to contribute to the comfort of that
gentleman, his family, and party.

As the month drew to a close, I was informed by him that he had determined to send
me through to the Settlement, with a Proclamation to be prcniulgntcd thfre en tie 1st
December, announcing the transfer of the Teiritory, and the taking effect of hia commis-
sion as Lieutenant-Governor ; and further, the advices from there at this time going to
show that tho English-speaking portion of the peojtlo had become so fearful as to the
ultimate designs of the French party, that they would readily o])ey any call made upon
them with authority to put down the outbreak ; he also expressed the intention of giving
me full magisterial powers to be used for that object, should I find the temper of the
p3ople as above indicated. Mr. McDougall statod his intention, as he said, to give legal
effect to the document, to go to the Hudson Bay Post, or some point in British Tenitory,
on the morning of the 1st December, and execute the originals in tho presence of Messrs.
Provencher and Richards.

Accordingly, in order to airive at Fort Garry on tho 1 st December, I left Pombina
at 10.30 p.m., on the 2Uth November ; travelled all that night, all tho next day, and all
the following night; the greater part of the time tl.roagh the fljldest storm experienced by
ma during tho wintor, and avrivd'J in tha Sabblemjnt at 5 a.m. on the day expected.

I made the Proslamation public, and after consulting a number of the jjrominent
residents, findiug the people in favor of forcible measures, I took action under the com-
mission issued to me by Mr. McDougall.

As my proceedings in this matter are fully detailed in the report thereon, now in the
hands of the Government, it is unnecessary for mo to repeat them here ; it is sufficient to
say thut, finding it inexpedient aftar all to attempt aggressive raoasures, I returned to
Pe:nbina, in accordance with Mr. McDougall's instructions to that effect, arriving thei*e
on th3 15th of the month. I would oaly say t!iab during these 15 days (and I may say
nights also), I was occupiad in a zaalous and faithful discharge of what I conceived to be
the highest duty I could render to the Government, — that of endeavouring from day to

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day, by niidi iiioaii<i ah at tlia tim'! .lootnoJ tiio.it Ukaly to f flfoot it, to brinij; about pcnco
and onler in tha (!<ilony.

I liotml ill kodJ fuitli throiiglumt, not bi>iii(( awurc, till I mnt Colonrl De Halnbf^rrj
on th« 23rd Dccunilxtr, uii the plainii, while on my way to C'unsida, thnt the Proolumation
and Commianion liad boen ianuod by Mr. MoDougall, under n miNupprtthflnsion of th(*
facta (tho traiinfor of tho TiM-ritury not haviu}( tukon place on tho Ut Dnrctiiber, ae
iiipi>OH«Ml), and were worth no inure thiiu wimto paper.

I may bti permitted to Hay hum, that, although I had previuiiHly fell, mortitied and
diiiappointpd ut not hfivinx b)(>n iiblfl to Itring al)out jieaoe, by miMO^ of any kind, on
hearing the ntatunnnt of Culonul Do Siilaborry, that rooling changod at oncu to ono uf
heartfelt thankfulnnm that my prooeo lings hud not biton the oauHu (i>von to thu extent of
a dro])) of MoodHlutd among thu people.

Mr. M:;Djiigull decided to roturn to Ci\nada, and wished me to ixiturn with hini) an
be said, he thought tho information I had uoquiiTtl in the SottUmient might bo made
available by the Govornmoat h'*ro ; I c.imo away aUo without hnsitation.

We left Pembina on tho 18th Dccombcr. Having mot with an accident at Al»er-
rrombie, I waa dnUvincd a fow dayn on tho way, arriving finally at Toronto on tho 1 3th
instant.

Since my return I have bnon occupied (thnt is to say, when able to work, as I was
laid up for a fortnight at home from the aooidont) during the whole time, in preparing
the afloounts, reports, Jco., for tho Dp|)artmont.

Trusting that tho foregoing statement and explanation may be natisfaotory,

T jiavo the honor to be, Siv.

Y«ur obedient s-jrvant,

J. S. JJtxatUu

Depaktment of Secretary of State for the Provinces,

Ottawa, 16th February, 1870.
The Very Severend the BUhop of St. Soni/aee.

My Loud, — I am commanded by His ExovUoncy the Governor General, to aoknow-
ledge and thank you for tho promptitude witli which you placed your services at the
di8po.<<al of this Government, and undertook a winter voyage and journey, that you might,
by your presence and influence, aid in the repression of the unlooked for disturbancM
which had broken out in the North-West.

I have the honor to enclose for your information : —

1. A copy of the instructions given to the Honorable Wm. McDougall on the 28th
September last ;

2. A copy of a further lotter of instructions addressed to Mr. McDougall on the 7tli
November;

3. Copy of a letter of instructions to the "Very Reverend Vicar General Thibault on
the 4th December ;

4. Copy of a Proclamation issued by His Excellency the Governor General,
addressed to the inhabitants of tha Norbh-West Territories, by the express desire of the
Queen ;

6. Copy of a letter adlrassad to tha Secretary of State, by Donald A. SmitL, Esq.,
of Montreal, on the 24th November ;

6. Copy of a letter of instructions addressed bj me to Mr. Smith, on lOtb December
last ;

7. A ssmi-otficial letter, addressed by the Minister of Justice, on the 3rd January,
1870, to Mr. Smith ; also,

8. Copy of the Commission issued to Mr. Smith, on the 17th of January, 1870.

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CnpiM •f the ProclamRlton {mii«<I hy Mr. MoDougftll, at or near Pflinbina, and of
th« Commiision iMued to (^uloiiol Dunriix, havir;; boiiig printml in th« Canadian pap«n,
iind widely ciroulatail at t)io Rod Kivrr, nr«, it ii aaaumed, quite within your reach, and
aro not furninhed ; but it ii importnnt t)mt you Hhould know that the proceeding* by which
tho livct and properties of the pouplu of Ku|)ert'ii Ijand were Jeopardized for a time, were
lit onco dieavowoil and condemned by tho Oovernment of this Dominion, aa you will
readily discover in tho DimiMitch iiddrowiod by nio to Mr. MoDougall, on tho 2ith of
Docoinbor, a copv of which is oncloecd.

Your liOixlship will ))orcoive, in tlmae piipers, the policy which it was and is the desire
of tho Canadian (lovernmnnt to establiHh in tho North-Wo^t. Tho pooplo of Canada hare
no interest in thu erection of inntitutions in Ilu|)ort'8 liand which public opinion condemns ;
nor would thoy wIhIi to Hfti a Kno raoo of people trained to diHcontont nnd insubordination,
l)y the prcHHuro of (in unwiite Hystoin of Government, to ^vhich British subjects are ttnao-
viiHtonuHl or avoruo. Thoy look hopefully forward to the period when institutions, moidded
ii|»on thoHO wltiuh the other Provinces enjoy, may bo oMtablishod, and, in the meantime,
would deeply rngrut if the civil and religious liberties of the whole population were not
iidoquately protected by such temporary arrangements as it may be prudent at present to
inuke.

A Convention han been called, and is now sitting at Fort Oarry, to collect the
views of the people, an to the powers which they may consider it wine for Parliament
tu confer, und the Ix>cal Legisluturo to assume. When the proceedings of that conference
Imvo boon received by tho Privy ( ouncil, you may expect to hear from me again ; and,
in the meantime, should they bo communicated to you on the way, Ilis Excellency will
bo glad to be favored with any observation that you may have leisure to make.

You aro awaro that tho Very Reverend tho Vicar-Ooueral Thibault and Messrs.
Donald A. Smith n I Charles do Salaborry are already in Rupert's Land, charged with
a Commission from Government. Enclosed are letters to those gentlemen, of which you
will oblige me by taking charge ; and I am commanded to express tho desire of Hii
Excellency that you will co-oporato with them in tholr well-directed eiforts to secure a
peaceful solution of the difficulties in the North-West Torritories which have caused
Ilia Excellency much auxioty, but which, by your Joint endeavours, it is hoped xoay be
speedily removed.

I hare, dec,

Joseph Howi.

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ADDENDA

TO THH

CORUESPONDEiVOE AND OTHER PAPERS

CONITBCTBD WITH RECENT OCCURIIBNCBS IN THB

NORTH WEST TERRITORIES.

Tha Secretary of State to the Governor GeneraL

(Copy. — Canada. — No. 7*.)

Downing Street, 8th January 1870.

No. 134, Nov. 25th, 1869.
„ 147, Doc. 9th, „
„ 148, „ nth, „
„ 156, „ 17th, „
„ 164, „ 23rd, „

Hudson Bar Company,

Deo. 23th, l669.

Colonial Office, Jan. 8th,

1870.

Sir, — I have tho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatches noted in the margin, relating to the recent disturbances
in the Red River Settlement. In the despatch No. 156 you
enclose Copy of the Minute of the Privy Council of Canada,
conveying their views on the present po.sition of the Canadian
Government in regard to the transfer of tho Hudson Bay
Company's Territories to Canada. I transmit, for your information,
a copy of a letter on this subject, which has been received from the Hudson Bay Company,
together with a copy of the answer which I have caused to be returned to it.

I observe, with great satisfaction, the anxiety manifested by the Canadian Govern-
ment to avoid any collision with the In&ui'gents in the Red River Settlemei'X, a;id to
exhaust all means of explaration and reconciliation before having recourse to force. I
entirely agree with your Ministers that bloodshed might lead to the most deplorable
consequences, and should not be risked except under the pressure of the most urgent
necsssity. The iilnpss of Mr. McTavish is much to be lamented, but I have '(erfect
confidence in the Hudson Bay Company, and have no reason to doubt that their Jfficers
in the Territory are animated by an equally friendly spirit with the Company. A state-
ment has appeared in a newspaper report to the effect that Mr. McDougall was enlisting
Sioux Indians with the view of employing thpm against the Insurgents. I do not doubt
that this intention was erroneously imputed to Mr. McDougall. If any apprehension on
the subject had existed in my mind, it would have been removed by the Minute of the
Privy Council.

I have, dtc,
(Signed,) ^ Granyixxb.

Governor General,

The Rt. Hon. Sir John Young, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., <fcc., &c., Ac.

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X January 1870.

(Copy.)

Sir Stafford Northcote to Sir F. Roger*

Hudson's Bay House,

London, December 28, 1869.

Sir — I am desired by the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, to transmit to
you for the information of Earl Granville, copies of the several communications named
in the accompanying lists, some of which have been already privately forwarded to his
Lordship.

The Committee regret extremely the unfortunate occurrences described by Mr. Mc-
Tavish. They are most anxious to co-operate with Her Majesty's Government in any
measures which Earl Granville may think it expedient to adopt with a view to the restor-
ation of order, and the settlement of the Temtory. They sincerely trust that these objects
maybe attained without the employment of force, and above all without a collision between
the different sections of the population of the Red River Settlement, feeling assured that
the effects of any such collision would bef very disastrous to the prosperity of the Country.
At the same time they desire me to express to Earl Granville their conviction that it is
most undesirable to leave matters in their present undefined position. The Company's
authority which, (as Lord Granville is aware,) has long been exercised under a sense of
difficulty, has. been greatly weakened by the steps which have been taken for the transfer
of the Country to the Dominion of Canada.

A transfer which according to the arrangements publicly and officially announced,
ought to have been formerly completed on the 1st instant. On the other hand, the
authority of the Dominion has not yet boen established; and the announcement that tho
Dominion Government intend to withhold the purchase money, and therefore of course to
abstain from accepting the responsibility of Government until the present troubles are at
an end, must naturally deprive thei? action of any force.

The Committee cannot recognize in the circumstances which havo occurred any reason
for the Dominion Government delaying the performance of the engagements into which
they have entered, under the sanction of Her Majesty's Government with this Company,
and they trust that Earl Granville will take measures for giving immediate effect to that
engagement, formally placing the Settlement under the charge of the authority which
must be responsible for its good government, and at the same time causing the stipulated
price of the land to be handed over to the Company.

(Signed,)

I have, «tc.,

Stafford H. Northcote,

Governor.

Sur F. Rogers, Bart., kc., tbc, <bc..

Colonial Office.

(Copy.)

SW Frtdtrie Rogtrt to Sit Stafford Northeot*.

Downing Street,

8th January, 1870,

Sir, — I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 28th of December, relating to the disturbances which have occurred in the Red River
Settlement, and urging that the arrangements for the transfer of the Territories may
proceed, and the stipulated price b« paid over to the Hudson Bay Company without delay.

Lord Granville desires me to inform you, that he has lately received from tho
Oovemor Genend of Csnad*, » Miaut* of the Privy Council of the Dominion, conveying

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the expression of their views on the present position of the Canadian Government in
regard to this question.

In this Minute, the Canadian Government repeat the expression of their desire to
acquire the To;ritory, and of their readiness to i)erform all the obligations incurred by
Canada under the recent arrangements for the completion of Hie transfer. Thoy urge a
temporary delay in proceeding with the transfer, from a conviction of the gravity of the
present situation, and not from any desire to repudiate or postpone the performance of any
of their engagements. They submit that the Government of the Company, whi.h the
inhabitants have been accustomed to respect, should be continued while steps are being
taken to remove the misapprehensions which exist, and to reconcile the people to the
change.

They point out, that any hasty attempt by the Canadian Government to force their
rule on tlie Insurgents might lead tc bloodshed, and sow an ineradicable hatrod to the
union of the countries, and thus mar the further prosperity of British North America ;
and they represent that even were the pui-ohase-money paid over to the Company at once
it would not the less remain impolitic to put an end to the only existing authoxity in the
Country, and compel Canada to assert her title by force. They inform Lord Granville
that they are taking active measures to bring about a happier state of ailVtrs. They have
sent, on a mission of peace to the French half-breeds, now in arms, the Very Ilevd. Mr.
Thibault, Vicar-General (who h&o labored as a clergyman among them for 39 years), and
also Colonel de Salab&rry, a gentleman well acquainted W''h the country, and with the
manners and feelings of the inhabitants.

They havo also sent Mr. Donald A. Sipith, tJ;e Chief Agent of the Hudson Bay
Company, at Montreal, as a Special Commissioner. From his position as an officer of the
Compaiiy, the Committee anticipate that he will obtain reatly access to Fort Garry, and
that he will be able to strengthen th"» hands of Governor McTavish, and arrange with the
loyal and woll-aft*ected portion of the people fer a restoration of order. The Committee express
their confident hope that these measures will succeed ; but, in the event of failure, the
Canadian Government are making prepai'ations for sending a military force in the early
spiring.

Lord Granville desires me to add tliat the reasons given by the Canadian Government
for delaying the transfer, weighty in then^^elves, become pi-actically conclusive, when it is
considered that Her Majesty's Government, and tiie Hudson Bay Company, must alike
look to that Government for the practical accomplishment of the trjinsfer, and that they
appear, in fact, to be conducting it in the spirit which Her Majesty's Government approve,
and which is most calculated to avoid that injury to the trade of the Company, which Mr.
McTavish anticipated from any violent measures.

Lord Granville, moreover, learns from the law officers of the Crown, that, although
it would be competent to Her Majesty's Government to complete the transfer by accepting
the surrender of the Company, and issuing the reqpisite Order in Council ; yet this
acceptance would nob place the Company in a position to obtain, by any legal px'ocess, the
sum of £300,000 recently deposited by Mr. Rose for the nur» v,3 of being available for
their payment ; and considering that even after the surrender is o )n-ilo!;ed questions may
possibly arise, or further arrangements may have to be made, betweoa the Hudson Bay
Company and the Canadian Government, His Lordship believes that a short delay in the
completion of the Contract, however in itself inconvenient, may be more than compensated
by ensuring that the surrender is finally effected with the full consent and agreement of
both parties interested.

I am, <bc.,

(Signed)

F. RoasBB.

The Bight Honorable Sir Stafford B. Northcote, Bart., <fec.

tds

Government in

(Copy.) ,^

List of enolosureB referred to in Sir Stafford Northcote's letter to Sir F. Rogers,
dated London, 28th December, 1869, and transmitted in Ear) Granville's despatch to Sir
John Young, No. 7, January 8, 1870.

Extract of a letter from Governor McTavish to the Secretary of the Hudson Bay
Company, dated Fort Garry, Red River, 2nd November, 1869.

Copy of a Icttei from Governor McTavish, dated 9th Novemhor, 1869.

Extract of a letter from Governor McTavish, dated 23rd November, 1869, with a
copy of his * Proclamation to the inhabitants of Red River Settl jment.

List of documents left at the Colonial Office by Sir Curtis Lampson.

Extract of a letter from Governor McTavish to the Secretary of the Hudson Bay
Company, dated Fort Garry, Red River, 16th November, 1869.

Copy of Minutes of Council of Assinniboine, held ISth October, 1869.

Minutes, ditto, 30th October, 1869.

(4overnment in Letter from Governor McTavish to the honorable \Vm. McDougall*

despatch No. 139, dated Fort Garry, 30th October, 1869.

Nov. 27, 1869. •" '

Received in ditto. Letter from the Honorable Wm. McDougall to Mr. McTavish, dated

Pembina, the 2nd and -tth November, 1869.

Ciovernment in CJopy, Reply by the letter dated Fort Garry, 9th November,

No. 147, Doc. 9, 1869.

18C9.

Extract of letter from Governor McTavish to "W. G. Smith, Secretary of the Hudson
Bay Company, dated Fort Garry, Red River, 2nd November, 18G9.

There has been, duiing the Autumn, considerable agitation among the Canadian
half-breed population here regarding the Government to be established here. They seem
to have been fully, if not correctly, informed of how the Government was to ba Qor^.posod,
and they seemed to think that, from what was told, their interests would be overlooked,
and their religion interfered with ; but it appears as if the course they meant to take was
to wait the errival of the Honorable Wra. McDougall, who they understood was coming
here as Governor, and then endeavour to make such aiTangements with him as would
secure their rights and interests. But about twelve days ago a party of French half-
breeds took possession of the road to Pembina, erected barriers at intervals, the head-
quarters of the movement being at a spot named So. Norbert, about nine miles from Fort
Garry. Their declared object was to interrupt the march of Mr, McDougall, and, to use
their own expression, " to turn him back."

At a meeting of the Council of Assinniboine, held on the 26th ultimo, the question of
the best means to be used in the emergency was fully debated, Messrs. Bruce and Riel,
the heads of lihe French movement, were present, and the Council used all ihe arguments
in their power to induce them to forego their designs of opposing the entrance of Mr.
McDougall. They were, however, unavailing.

After proper consideration the Council agreed that, for various reasons, it would be
unwise either to enroll a force of special constables, or call out a counter demonstration of
the inhabitants favorable to Mr. McDougall.

I, however, commttnicated with the latter gentleman, acquainting nim with the state
of public feeling, and leaving it to his discretion to act as he might see fit.

Yesterday I was informed that Mr. Provencher, an official on the stalT of the :\ew
Government, had been stopped at Saint Norbert, and forced to return *'^ Pembina,

Proclamation received from Governor in despatch, No. 147, 9th Deoember, 1869.

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along with Captain Cameron, R. A., who had arrived at the barrier a few hours after the
former.

Governor McDougall, himself, had arrived at Pembina on the evening of the 30th
ultimo. A party consisting of less than fifty half-breeds, have come to meet liim there.
He ought, on the evening of the Slst, to have received a letter from mo, copy of which I
enclose, forwarded express per Colonel Dennis, who was to travel by an indirect route.

As I close this letter, a party of one hundred of the malcontents have arrived and
taken armed possession of Fort Gtrry, under pretext of defending it, as, from information
in his po3SL3sion, Mr. Kiel alleges it is in danger : guards are posted at each gate and
parade the platforms. They give assurances that nothing will bo touched, and ixothing
taken. For what provisions they require, they oflfer to pay in the name of the Council
of Republic of the half-breeds.

About four hundred men continue on guard at Saint Norbert. Outgoing and in-
coming mails are subjected to examination.

Ifr. MoTaviah to Mr. Smith..

Fort Garry, Red River, 9th November, 1869.

' Sir. — I have the honor to inform you, that I yesterday heard from the Honorable
Williat-i McDougall, in reply to my letter to him, copy of which was sent you with my
letter of 2nd instant. A copy of hia letters will be sent you hereafter, in the meantime,
I may say, that Mr. McDougall does not seem to think I have acted energetically in the
matter, and reminds me, very pointedly, that at present I am responsibla for the peace of
the country.

He mentions that on receiving at Pembina an intimation that he was not to proceed
to the Settlement, he had gone to the Company's establishment at Pembina, where he
remained till he was ordered to withdraw within American territory, by an armed band
of half-breed horsemen, and that, in consequence, he was, when he wi'ote me, camped on
American Territory, where he would remain till he heard from me the result of the eflforts
made here to open the road to the settlement, or till I informed him that I considered his
remaining longer at Pen:^ina useless, which is, in m^ opinion, a point on which 1 cannot
advise Mr. McDougall, though I feel convinced that at present his entry intx) this settle-
ment would lead to more serious dlfiiculties than those to which we are at present exposed.
Mr. McDougall refers to military and other arrangements, which arise out of the outrage
to which he has been subjected

Here matters remain much as they were. The Committee seem to be in constant
session, but nothing is heard of them till their Secretary, Louis Riel, issues his mani-
festoes, " by order." The idea of their organization seems to have been taken from the
place used to distribute the relief supplies last winter, each Canadian parish having sent a
delegate to form the Central Committee, and in an invitation issued this morning to the
Pr otestant part ot the community, delegates are requested to meet the twelve members of
theCommittee already formed from the Roman Catholic parishes in Council. Here the
same plan is adhered to, and the Protestant parishes are named ; the object of the proposed
meeting being, " since the invader is driven from our soil " to consult on the state of the
country and the government to be adopted. The position is undoubtedly serious, and the
case will require very careful handling, as any collision between parties will lead to the
plain Indians being brought down on the settlement next spring, as well as disturban .es
over all the plain districts, which will not be put down for years, -long before which the
whole business of the country will have been destroyed.

T have, ikc,
(Signed,) W. McTavwh.

WilUam Gregory Smith, Esq.,

Secretary, Hudson Bay House, London.

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Extract o/ letter from Governor McTaviah, to W. O. Smith, Esq., Secretary, dated
Fort Garry, Bed River, QSrd November, 1860.

Since I last wrote you the delegates from the parishes in the settlement have had
several meetings, and are again assembled to-day. Up to yesterday evening, the only
point made out was, that the French party declared that Mr. McDougall could only be
brought into the settlement over their dead bodies, and this was said in reply to a pro-
posal on the part of the English delegates, that Mr. McDougall should come in after
making some concessions as regarded the representation of the people in his Council. It
is expected that some conclusion will be arrived at to-day, but I rather think the French
party will only agree to the appointment of a provisional government.

** Early this morning, Loiiis Kiel, th« leader of the French half-breeds, requested
Mr. John H. IVIcTavish, the accountant here, to come over to the office, and on Mr.
McTavish going there, Kiel, accompanied by a number of nrrncd men, called on him to
givo up the piiblio accounts. This he refused to do, on which Riel told him he would be
compelled by force to do so. It ended in Riel taking possession of the Land Register,
the book in which the account of the Governor and Council of Assinniboine with the fur
trade was kept, and the cash blotter, no doubt with a view to making cr;t the balance of
the colonial public funds with the fur trade, for the purpose of demanding it to be paid
over."

" Riel was careful to let Mr. McTavish understand that theie was not only no desire
to meddle with private funds, but every desire to respect them ; but how far this
resolution will be carried out, it is very difficult to say, though at the time it was made,
I have no doubt it was sincere."

" I have not, since writing you, heard directly from Mr. McDougall, but he is still
at Pembina. I enclose Copy of Proclamation issued by me to the people of Red River.-'

Copy.

Minutes of a meeting of the Governor and Council of Assinniboine, held in the
Court Room of Assinniboine, on Monday, the 25tli October. 1869, at which the following
members were present ; viz : —

John Black, Acting Governor, President.

Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land, Councillor.

Wm. Cowan, Esq., M.D.,

Doctor Bird,

Thomas Brown Esq.,

Wm. Fraser, Esq.,

John Sutherland, Esq.,

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Mr. Black stated, that in consequence as he very much regretted to say of Governor
McTavish's continued illness, he was again called upon to preside at the present meeting
of the Council. ♦

The Minutes of the late meeting having been read and approved, Mr. Black proceeded
to say that at their last meeting, as the Council was aware, an address had been prepared
for the purpose of being presented to the Honorable Wm. McDougall, on his arrival in
the Settlement, an event which was expected to take place at some very early date ; that
the Council, while preparing that address, were impressed with the conviction that the
feelings of welcome and loyalty therein expressed, were yoncun-ed in by the Settlement
generally, or, at least, were so far shared by the great majority of the people as to preclude
all idea of open demonstration of dissent ;- but he was much concerned now to say that
unhappily, such was not the case, and that a large party among the French population
appeared to be animated by a very different spirit. It had become too evident that among

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them, sentiments of a directly opposite nature prevailed with regard to the impending
change in the Qovemment of the country, and irevailed so strongly that, according to
information lately received, and of the correctness of which there could bo no doubt, thoy
had organized themselves into armed bodies for the purpose of intercepting Mr. McDougall
on the road between this and Pembina, with the openly-avowed intention of preventing
his entrance into the Settlement. It was to consider that serious state of matters that
the council had been assembled, and to see whether any, and what measures could be
adopted to prevent the threatened outrage.

The Council unummojsly expressed their indignant rc^)robation of the outrageous
proceedings referred to by the President, but feeling strongly impressed with the idea that
the parties ooncemed in them must be acting in utter forgetfulness, or even, perhaps,
ignorance of the highly criminal character of their actions, and of the very serious
consequences they involved; it was thought that by calm reasoning and advice they might
be induced to abandon their dangerous schemes, before they had irretrievably committed
themselves. With this object in view, therefore, Mr. Riel and Mr. Bruce who am kiuiwn
to hold leading positions in the party opposed to Mr. McDougall, had betni invited to bo
present at this meeting of the Council, and on being questioned by the Council as to the
motives and intentions of the party they represented, Mr. Riel, who alone addres.sed the
Council on the occasion, substantially said, in the coiirso of a long and somewhat irregular
discus3ion,that his party were perfectly satisfied with the psesent Government, and wanted
no other ; that they objected to any Governor coming from Canada without their being
consulted in the matter ; that they would never admit any governor, no matter by whom
he might lie appointed, if not by the Hudson Bay Company, unless delegates were
previously sent, with whom they might negotiate as to the terms and conditions under
which they would acknowledge him; thauthey were uneducated and only half civilized,
And felt if a large immigration were to take place they would probably be crowded out of
a country which they claimed as their own ; that they knew that thoy wore, in a sense,
poor and insignificant, but that it was just because they were aware of their insignificance
that thoy had felt so much at being treated as if they were more insignificant than they
in reality were ; that their existence, or, at least, their wishes had been entirely ignored;
that if Mr. McDougaiU were once here, most probably the English speaking population
would allow him to be installed in office as Governor, and then he would be " our Master
or King, as he says," and that therefore they intended to send him back ; that they con-
sider that they are acting not only for their own good, but for ths good of the whole
Settlemen+. that they did not feel that they were breaking any law, but were simply acting
in defence of their own liberty, and that they were determined to prevent Mr. McDougall
from coming into the Settlement at all hazards.

The Council endeavoured to convince Mr. Riel of the erroneous nature of the views
held by himself and the party he represented, explained the highly criminal character of
their proceedings, and pointed out the very disastrous consequences which might accrue,
not only to themselves, but to the Settlement generally, if they persistel in their present
course. He was earnestly advised to exercise his influence with his party in dissuading
them from attempting to molest Mr. McDougall in any way, and inducing them to return
peaceably to their homes, assuiing him that, sooner or later, heavy retribution would fall
upon them, if they carried their plans into execjition.

Mr. Riel, however, refused to adopt the views of the Council, and obstinately per-
sisted in expressing his determination to oppose Mr. McDougall's entrance :nto the
Settlement, declining even to press the reasoning and advice of the Council upon hi;s
party, altho' he reluctantly promised to repeat to them what he had just heard, and inform
Governor McTavish of the result by Thursday at 1 1 o'clock.

Mr. Riel and Mr. Bruce having retired, the Council resumed the consideration of the
subject before them, and the expediency of calling out an armed force to meet and protect
Mr. McDougall was suggested, but as it was seen that it would be from the English
speaking part of the community that such a force, if forthcoming at all, would be chiefly
dirawn, the result vvould evidently be, to bring into armed collision, sections of the people^

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impending
jcording to
loubt, thoy
McDougall
preventing
atters that
s could be

outrageous
le idea that
n, perhai)8,
ery serious
they might
committed
am known
k'ited to 1)0
il as to the
Iressod the
it irregular
Eind wanted
their being
r by whom
sgates were
;ions under
If civilized,
ivded out of
in u sense,
significauce
fc than they
sly ignored;
population
)ur Master
they con-
the whole
nply acting
McDougall

the views
haracter of
ght accrue,
eir present
dissuading
1 to return

-would fall

i«.tely per-
) :nto the
upon hi;s
jid inform

ion of the
nd protect
le English
be chiefly
he peoploj

who, although they have hitherto lived tot^ether in comparative harmony, yet differed
from eauh other so widely in point of race, of language anil religion, as well as general
habits, that the comraonoement of actual hostilities between them would probably iavolre
not only themselves, but the surrounding Indians, in a sanguinary and protracted atruggle ;
and the Couiicii therefore felt that without a regular military force to i >M back upon, thej
could hardly be held justified, under almost any circumstances, in resorting to an
experiment so full of ;')0S8ible mischief to the whole Country.

The Council at length, having heard that a number of the more intelligent And
influential among the French were not implicated in the hostile movement against Mr,
McDougall, adopted the following resolution, which was moved by Mr. Bannatyne and
seconded by Mr. McBeath :

" That Messrs. Deaso and Qoulet be appointed immediately to collect as many of tha
more respectable of the French community as they could, and with them proceed to tho
camp of the party who intend to intercept Qovernor McDougall, and endeavour, if
possible, to procure their peaceable dispersion, and that Mr. Dease report to Mr.
MoTavish, on or before Thursday next, aa to their success or otherwise."

The Council then acyourned.

(CJopy.)
MiKUTBS of a Meeting of the Governor and Council of Aannnihome, h4d on th»S(HK Oetobm',
1869, ut which the /allowing Members were ^eaent : —

John Black, Esq., Acting Governor, President.
The Rt. Rev'd. the Lord Bishop of Rupert Land, Councillor.

Dr. Cowan, do

A. G. B. Bannatyne, Esq., do

D". Bird, do

John Sutherland, Esq., do

"Wm. Fraser, Esq., ► do

The President referring to the decision they had come to at the last Council as to Mr.
Dease proceeding with a number of his countrymen to the locality where were assembled
the people who have been threatening to intercept the Honorable Mr. McDougall on bia
way to the Settlement, informed the Council that Mr.„Dease's mission had entirely failed
in producing the desired result, not only had that and every other effort of a conciliatory
character proved fruitless in procuring the peaceable dispersion of the assemblage of.
malcontents, but they appeared to be even more fully bent upon their purpose. la
these circumstances, and under the impression that Mr. McDougall had in all probabilitj
reached Pembina, the Governor believed that the time had fully come for entering into
communication with Mr. McDougall on the subject, and in order that no time might h»
lost, should the Council see fit to coincide in that view of the matter, the President.
submitted for consideration the draft of a letter from Governor McTavish in the name
of the Council.

After an earnest and careful consideration of the present position of affairs, the
Council, on the motion of the Bishop of Rupert's Land, seconded by Mr. Sutherland :

Resolved — ^Tbat in their opinion, a letter should immediately be sent to Mrl'
McDougall, in accordance with the draft that had been agreed upon.

'i'ihi

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If;

(Copy.)
ExTiiACT of a Litter from Oovftrnor Mc. Taviah to W,
Fort Oarri/, Had River, IGth November, 1860.

0. Smith, Esq., Secretary, dated

" Since last writinj^ you on the
improvement in the state of matters

th inst., I regret to say that there has been no
in the state ot matters here. A body of armed Canadian half-breeds
under the orders of their leader, Louis Riol, still occupy thin establishment, and thcogh
the men generally are quiet and orderly, and evidently unwilling to give offence, It
appears to me that Kiel himself is not inclined to be so civil. A larger body of the
same people still guard the highway to Pembina, at La Rivi6re Sale, about ten miles
above the Forks on the Rod River, deterniiiidd that neither Mr. AIcDougall nor any
member of his staff will get into the Settlement. Mr. McDougall still remains on the
American side of the Frontier at Pembina, awaiting the course of events."

" Louis Riel yesterday sent me, on the part of the French speaking section of the
population, but signed only by himself, a protest against the Hudson Bay Company
maintaining near the boundary lino of the Tei/itory, the Honorable Wm. McDougull, and
informing me that the *' Company's properties in this country would be security for
any troubles arising from Mr. McDougall remaining there. This, with a demand forthc
keys of the two bastions, containing some muskets, which ho made to chief trader Cowan,
some nights previously, would «eem to show that he, at least, would proceed to consider-
able lengths ; and I have no doubt that, if any hostile collision takes place, the Company's
property elsewhere, as well as here, is in very great danger : until that takes place, or
that it is clearly seen that the disturbance in to be put down by force. I think hesitation
on tho part of the people will prevent anj very extreme proceedings, even if the leaders
wished for them, which, as there seems to be at least one Fenian in the movement, and
he is evidently in close intimacy with Riel, may very well be the case."

" The person in question is a Mr. O'Donoghue, who came here a two years ago as a
Bohoolmaster for the Roman Catholic Mission, and who for the last year has worn the
toutane, and given out that he was preparing for the priesthood, but who has, since the
outbreak, thrown off his dress and fairly joined the malcontents, and, as I am informed
made them believe he can procure for them Fenian assistance."

" The leaders of the French half-breeds had some time ago invited the Protestant
Parishes in the Settlement, to send Delegates to meet those from the Roman Catholic
Parishes, which was done, and the delegates have met to-day to consider the state of the
country Some are sanguine that this may end in some arrangement, by which Mr.
McDougall may be allowed to come in here in safety, but I fear this will not be agreed to
by the French half-breeds on any conditions." *

" However, I took the opportunity to send to the meeting an address to the people
. of Bed River, showing the state of matters, and protesting against the actions of the mal-
contents. This I did, more to satisfy Mr. McDougall, and most of the members of the
Council of Assinniboine, than from any hopt that any good can come of it, in so far as it
concerns those whose acts are objected to."

" I forward herewith, for the information of the Governor and Committee, copies of
various documents having reference to the troubles here, and to which I have referred
ftt various times in my correspondence, a list of which is enclosed."

Teleobam.

Sir John Young to Lord CfranvilU.

Ottawa, November 23rd, 1869.

Mr. McDougall, designated Lieutenant Governor of "^Torth-West Territory, after
transfer, is stopped on the way to Fort Garry by small armed force of insurgent hivlf-

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cretary, dated

I has been no
n half-breeds
t, and thcagh
ve offence, It
p body of the
lut ten miles
agall nor any
imains on the

section of the
Bay Company
[cDougall, and
le security for
demand forthc
trader Cowan,
d to consider-
the Company's
akes place, or
bink hesitation
if the leaders
aovement, and

years ago as a
has worn the
has, since the

'. am informed

bhe Protestant
Oman Catholic
le state of the
by which Mr.
,ot be agreed to

3 to the people
ons of the mal-
lembers of the
i, in so far as it

littee, copies of
have referred

23rd, 1869.

Territory, after
insurgent hiUf-

breedn. The Hudson Bay Company authoritios, in whom Government still rests, are
seemingly powerless and inaotivp. Half-lirecds Iihv») appointed ProviHional Committee of
Oovernment. John Bruce, pretiideut. Oovernor MoTaviuh very ill, said to be dying.

Tblbobam.

TV) Lord OranvilU.

Ottawa, November 26th, 1869.

Your Telegram received and considered by Pi'ivy Council.

On surrender by Company to Queen, the Government of Company ceases. Tho
responsibility of administration of afTairs will then rest on Imperial Government. Canad*
cannot accept transfer unless quiet poHsession can l)e given. Anarchy will foUov.
Rebels have taken possession of Fort Garry, and it is said are using the stores of Company.
A change of feelinf? is hoped for, and till then the governing power should remain with
present authorities. My advisers think Proclamation should be postponed. Mr. McDougall
will remain near Frontier, waiting favorable opportunity for peaceable ingress. Parties
having influence with Indians and half-breeds are proceeding to join McDougall.

(Signed,) Jof*^ Youno.

(Copy.— Canada.--No. 2U.)

Downing Street,

30th November, 1869.

Sib, — I have received, with much regret, your telegraphs of the 23rd and 27th
instant, informing me that disturbances had occurred in the Red River Settlement, and
that Canada cannot accept the transfer of the Territories, hitherto occupied by Ihe Hudson
Bay Company, unless quiet possession oan be given.

It becomes necessary, under these circumstances, to recall to you the state of this
question.

Although Her Majesty's Government have long desired that the title of the Hudson
Bay Company to these Territories should be extinguished, yet this extinction has been
uniformly pressed forward by and in the interests of Canada.

On the 11th November, 1864, a Committee of the Executive Council of Canada,
expressed themselves " more than ever impressed with the importance of opening up to
settlement and cultivation the lands lying between Lake Superior and the Rocky
Mountains," and expressed the opinion that the first step towards settlement was the-
extinction of all claim by the Hudson Bay Company to proprietory rights in the soil or
exclusive right of trade.

By Mr. Cardwell's despatch of the 17th June, 1866, it appears that the Minister of
the then Province of Canada, desired that the North -West Territory should be made over
to that Province, afid undertook to negotiate with the Company for the termination of
their fights.

On the*22nd of June, 1866, the Executive Council of Canada, expressed the opinion
that the most inviting parts of the Territory would'shortly be peopled by peraons whom
the Company were unable to control, and who would establish a Government and
Tribunals of their own, and assert their political independence ; that such a community
would cut British North Aujeiuca in two, and retard or prevent their commimication by
Railway, and, therefore, that "the futui-e interests of Canada and all British North Americ*
"were vitally concerned in the immediate establishment of a strong Government there,
"and in its settlement as a part of the British Colonial System."

They express their conviction that the Confederate Government and Legislature will

:i}

I'l!

fce! it to be one of their first dntleH lo o)inn nw^otiutionH ^ 'itli tlio f'ompany for the traiinfer
of their ol&imn to tho Turritury, vvhi'^h, Itiit tbi- thu appmaoh of (/oiifodoration tboy would
thamMlvei have done. And nioantiniu they pray Ifor MujcHty'H Governiuont to diacoun-
tanauoo and prevent any sucli ^u'es of any por' iun of ^hu Territory as bud then been propoMd
to its existing proprietors.

By the Act of Parliament which efl'-cted Confederation, the Queen was authorized
on certain terms to annex tlie.io Territories to the Dominion. These poweis the Canadian
Parliament prayed Her to excreiye. Her Majesty's (Jovernment were unal)lb to concur
in tho terras on which the trauHfer waM {xopi.scd to lio ruide; but after prolonged nego-
tiations and tho pasning of a Ncco id Act of Parliainent, freuh terniH wore agreed upon
between the Hudson Bay Company and tlie jriprenetitativos of the Colony, and were
embodied in x second addreuH ironi tl>o Canadian Parliament, tho other reqnisite
Inbiruments have beon pr^parod, and tho C.'anadian Jovenunent itHelf haH named first,
the Ist October, 'and next, the Ist of Docnuber, for tho completion of tho transfer.
Meanwhile the Company havo Veen infornx-d by the Agents of the Canadian Govern-
ment, (Messm. liaring and Glyn,) that the indemnity of £.100,000 will be paid on due
p^'oof of the completion of their snrrondcr.

Throughout these negotiations it ha.s never been hinted that the Company Ih to be
bound to hand over its Territory in a state of tranquillity. Rather its inability to secure
thit trunquility, and the dangers t'eHiilting fiom that inability to tho neighbouring colony,
is takev i^'^r granted us u reason why its reHponsibilities should hp adopted by Canada.

This i>eiiig the state of the case, the (Canadian Covernment, in anticipation of the
transfer, now agreed on by all paili^s, undertook certain operations in respect of land,
subject ir the 4r3t inatan'^e to a faint protent from the Company, and directed the future
Tiieutenent-Oc vernor to enter the Territory. The i-enult, unfortunately. Las not met the
expectations of the Colonial Government.

Mr. McDougall wa'i met, it ..ppears, by armed resistance, and th6 disturbances caused
by his presence seem to have resulted in the plunder of the Comjjany's stores, and the
oooapation of Furt Garry by the insurgent portion of the population.
' ' But the Cim.'xdian Government having, by this measure, given an occjision to an
outburst of violence in a Territory which they have engaged to take over, now appear to
olaic ^;ke nght of postponing indefinitely the completion of their engagements to the
Cdmpany, and of impeding on Her Majesty's Guvernment tlie responsibility of putting
ttowa the resistance which has thus arisen.

This, ft least, I understand from the passages " on surrender by the Company to the
Queen tf Great Britain, the (Jovernment of the Company ceases," and " Canada cannot
aocept the tri*,n8fer imless '^uiet possession can be given."

You will, however, perceive on referring to the Act of Parliament, 31 and 32 Vict.,
cap 105, that if, on the one hano, the Parliament of Canada embodies in an address the
terms on which they are prepared to receive Rupert's Land into the Dominion ; and if, on
the other hand, the Company surrenders their Territory on terms agreed on with Her
Majesty, it merely remains for Her Majesty first, by aocej)tance of the suri'euder, and
next, by Ordei in Council, to give effect to the arrangement this agreed to by both
parties ; and it is provided that the surrender of tha Territoiy becomes null and void,
unless within a month of its acceptance by the Queen, Ilupei't's Land is, by such Order in
Council, admitted into the Dominion of Canada.

You w'li see therefore, that it is impor aible for Her Majesty to accept the surrender
of the Hvdson Bay Company's Territory unless it is certain within a lAonth to be
transferred to Canada.

Unless therefore, it is to be so transfen-ed, it must remain under the jurisdiction of
the Company, and liable to all the disorders which are to be expected when the prestige
of a Government, long known to be inadequate, is shaken by the knowledge that it is also
expiring, and by tho appearance, however well intended, of its successor. This is not a
state of things in which Her Majesty's Government ought to acquiesce, if they have the
pover of preventing iL

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tho trnniiifer
1 thoy wuiild
t to diacoun-
aoa proposed

authomod

le Canadian

lb to concur

longed nego-

igrtiful upon

\y, and were

ler requisite

named ilrst,

tlio transfer.

ian Oovern-

paid on due

anv iH to Le
ity to secure
iring colony,
Oanada.
)ation of the
)ect of land,
id the future
not met the

ances caused
•res, and the

Mision to an
>w appear to
aents to the
y of putting

apany to the
nada cannot

nd 32 Vict.,
I address the
'1 ; and if, on
n with Her
n-euder, and
to by both
ill and void,
iich Order in

he surrender
^onth to be

irisdiction of
the prestige
hat it is also
his is not a
ey have the

Tli« British ('Jov«in>m«»nt, in, by tho Art of Parliumpu*., prri-tifftlly ln/ontwl with the
t pow»>r, iiiid thorpf'on* th«f duty of giving cWevt to wl.iit Iihi UiOii d«>!ib«riit««ly ap.ioed ujion
i)f»^wt»«(u the »'oinpniiy ami tin* Colony. If at'trr ;ill thut liiiv jiiiMsnd, ili« (!oni|iuriy nniwnt
their ourrotidor and rlaiiu its acccptunco liy II«t Muji-Kty nt, n nirauH of enabling them to
enforce obligations, which it in too lato to rep'tdintt , and for tho fulfilment uf which, the
Canadian Oovernment Iiuh itself fixed n time; I do not'hee ho-y it is posniblo for Her
MnjtiHty'H (iovurnment w reject tiieir application on tiic groundH put forward by your
Ministeiit.

I am glad to nee that they are «loing what, iliey can to aMsiHt in tlie rentoration of
order, and I Hhoiild not have been HurpriHed to learn tint, while conifieting the traniiaction
practically, as between tliemMelves and tho Company, tl'"y were deHirouit of chooHing their
own moment for a [mblic announcement of the change of jirisdiction.

But while Her Majesty's Oovemnieiit would have be( u ready to aoquiesce in anj
such short poHtponement of the formal Act of tninHf-r, they do not feel that they are at
liberty to treat the titinHactiun as capable of being 'e opened, or that they can refuse an
application from the (Jompany to coni[iJnte a transfer which appears to thcin, not merely
the only means of providing for tho reHtoration of «»rder. but also to bo due as a matter of
mere justice to one of the parties.

Her Majesty's Government have reason to believe, that the I^udson Bay Company
feel it to be their interest, and it is their widh, to assist to the extent of their power the
Qovornmont of the Dominion, and I have to instruct you to impress strongly upon your
Ministers, the anxious desire of Her Majesty's Governmeut to make the authority of the
Queen avaikble in their support.

1 have the honor to be. Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant.

Gran VILLI.
Governor General

The Rt. Hon. Sir John Youno, Bart., O.C.B., O.C.M.G., die, (fcc.dto.

Copy qf n Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, dated the 16th

December, 1860.

The Committee of Council hav«« had before them the des^-atch of the Right Hon. the
Secretary of State for the Colonies of the 30th ultimo, on the subject of tho two telegrams
sent by Your Excellency, on the 23rd and 27th ultimo, to the Colonial Office, on the
subject of the disturbances in the Red River Settlement.

The Committee readily acknowledge the correctness of the narative in the despatch
of the proceedings which resulted in the final arrangements for the transfer of the North-
western Ten'itory to Canada.

The circumstances which created tlie desire of the Government and people of Canada
to acquire that country, have been so often and so recently stated, that they do not seem
to require reiteration. It was alike the interest of Her Majesty's Government, Canada,
and the Hudson Bay Company, that the transfer should be made. C'anada still desires
to acq\dre the Ten'itory, and is quite ready to perform all the obligations that she has
incurred under the recent arrangements made with Her Majesty's Government and the
Company for the completion of the transfer.

At the same time, it would seeui clear that if Canada is bound to accept the transfer
of the Territory, the Company is equally bound to make it. It surely was never contem-
plated by any of the parties engaged in tho negotiations that the transfer was to be a
mere interchange of instrum* nts. It must, from the nature of things, have been understood

141

It .'■

, V

))y nil pftrtiflH, tlmt, tho muTon<loi' l»y tho rompany to tho Qiipon, and tho trntinfor hy Her •
Mi\j()Nty ti) tho Doiiiiiiiiiii, wiis not tn Ih< dux of tillo only. 'I'lm ('oni|Hiny wan to convey
not only tlii'ir ri>(lilH unil«>r tlii> cliiirttM-, IxiL th<i Torritory itHi<ll' of which it wan iti |»uiwfl»<
•iuu, and thoTcrrilui-y ho uonvoyud wan to lio tniUNftsrnHl hy llor Majt'Nty to (.'anada.

That thui-o wt>uhl Ix) iin uriifftd roNiHtiuico hy thn infaahitantit to tho tfannfur won, it U to
l)« |)r«Hunio<l, iini<xii(><;tiM| liy all puittcH ; it cnrtainly wait no hy tho ('ana'Uan UovornmtDt.

In thin rt'^^ai'd, th«t (Company cannot ho aoiiuittoii of all lilanie. They hod an old and
ftilly orgnni/iHl (Jovornim-n* in tlio Countrv, to which tho |K>oplo ap|)oarod to nwidor n^ady
olHHlienue. Thuir <^ov<>rnor wii.i adviHiul hy Counoil, in which nonio (»f tho loading
roiideuUi had Hcuts. Tlioy had ovory nteaiiH of infornnition an to tho ntnto of feeling
oxitttin^ ill tlin Country,

Thoy Uiirw, or oii^lit to havo known, tho light in which tho pro|N)nod nogotiationii
wore viewed by tho pooplo under thoir i-ulo. If thoy woro awaro of the fueling of
diaoontont, thoy ought frankly to havo ntiilod it to tho Iniporial and Canadian Oovern-
mcntH. If tiioy woro ign^)rant of tho dincontent, tho roHponHibility of Huch wilful lUindneaa
un tho pail of tiioir otIicorH inuHt roHt upon thoni.

For nioro than a yt^tr th.'so inigotiations hiivn l»oou actively pronoodod with, and it
Was tho duty of the ('Oinpany to have pit«|)ured tho pooplo under its rule for the change —
to havo ozplainod tho prooautiouH taken to protect the intei-oHts of tho inhabitants, and to
have removed any iniHapprehoiiHions that may hav., oxintod among thorn.

It appears that no tttcps of any kind, in that diniction, wore taken. The people have
been led to suppoHo that they havo been sold to Canada, with an utter disregard of their
right'i and position.

When Governor McTavish visited Canada in Juno last, he was in communication
with tho Canadian Qovornmont, and ho never intimated that he had oven a suspicion of
discontent existing, nor did he make any suggestions as to the best mode of effecting the
jiroposed change, with tho assent of the inhabitants.

Lord Granville staten that "Throughout those negotiations, it has iiover been hinted
that the Company is to '. o bound to hand over its Territory in a state of tranquillity.
Rather its inability to seoure that tranquillity, and tho dangers resulting from that
inability to thn neighbouring Colony, is taken for granted as a reason why its responsi*
bilities should be adoj)tod by Canada." Now the obvious reoson \»liy no express stipula-
lation to that offect was made was, that it was asHumed, by all parties, that tho Company
had both the right and tho j)ower to hand over tho Torritory. It was in a Htate of tran-
quillity, and no .suggestion was made of the possibility of such tranquillity being disturbed.
Canada did not allege, nor did the Company admit any inability, on the part of the latter
to secure the tranquility of tho country in its present condition.

It is true that (Canada had pointed out that in the future, with the population of the
United States rapidly pressing forward towiu-ds tho boundaries of the North-West Terri-
tory, such prossui'o would soon overflow into British Territory, and that the Company
would, in such case, be unable to govern or control the large and alien population which
might then take possession of the fertile ccntry along the frontier.

But this state of things has not yot aviaen, -'nd the resistance comes not from any
strangers or new coiners, but from those borii and fought u}) under the Oovei-nment of
the Company, ond who have hithei-to yielded it i\ -^villing allegiance.

These statements are not made as a matter of complaint against the Company, but,
simjdy as a justitieation of the coui-se taken by tho Canadian Government, which is observed
upon in tlio despatch. That coui-so has been governed solely by a desire to carry out the
transfer under the arrangement in tho quietest and best manner possible ; and in a way
that will not leave behind it any cause for discontent or disquiet in the future.

The i-esistance of of these misguided poople is evidently not against the Sovereignty
of Her Majesty or the Government of the Hudson Bay Company, but to the assumption
of the Government by Canr.da.

They profes.s themselves satisfied to ren\ainas they are, and that if th^ ^jresdnt system
of Oovernmcnt wore allowed to continue, they would at once disperse to their homes.

f«>r hy ITw •
t to ormyny

ill [HJHMt*

uiwlu.
van, it in to
>vernm«nt.
an old And
iul«r r««ad]r
10 leading
of fseling

p>{ntiations
fueling of
n ftovern-
> UlindneM

iili, and it
I change —
Ota, and to

sople have
rd of their

ntinication
ispicion of
eoting the

t^en hinted
iinquillity.
from that
< responai-
nn atipula-
Corapany
te of tran-
disturbed.
the latter

ion of the
'"est Terri-
Company
ion which

from any
rnment of

lany, but,

i observed

•y out the

in a way

vereienty
isumption

nt system
mes.

It iH obviouH thoti thit thn wiioHt coiirio to piiriiin in, for th« pniT«nt, to ODntinuo the
authority of (Im (.'iMnpuiiy, wliicli tho itnur;^i'tiU iif1'(»'»t to roMpnot, wliil > Ht«<pN are Inting
takiMi to ruiiiovo thn niiHupiirolmiiHioii'* wliicli exist, uiul to nvourilo ilin pcoplo t(» tliochungo.

Any huMty attempt \iy tlio ('.111:1 limi Uovnniiu tiit to fmcu tln'ir nilo tip.)ti thn inaur-
genta wouhl probally result in annoil rt>NiHt:iiiu(< and bliKxNhed. Kvi>ry otlitu' coiirHo ahould
be tried beforo roHort in hud to forro. If liln wcro onco Kmt in an (encounter Ixitwoen a
Canadian force and tlii< iuliabitnntH, th*' hitiU nf hoMtilitv to <'aiiadu and (*anadian rule

<1 b

d to til

>f tho

ronni be Notrn, and might nruat«* an ini'radicaltlo hatriu
thua nuir the fntur«« pronpority of HritiNli Anifrica.

If any thing lik(^ hoHtiiitit'H Hhonld conimfnco, tho temptation t(» tlir> wild Indian
TrilKia, and to the rcatieHM advcnturcrM who al)ound in the United StatcH, (inuny of them
with military ex|M<rience ^'ainud in the late civil war,) to join the intiurgentn would \>n
almoat iritwiHtiltlo. Already it iHHaid that the Fenian Organization look upon thia riaing aa
another meana of exhibitin*^ their hatred to I'.nglund.

No one can foreHee tho en<l of tho (MniplicntionH that mi^ht thiiM bo ncciiNioned, nt>t
only 08 between (y'anada and tho North-W^eNt, bulbetwten tho United HtatcHnnd Knglnnd.

From a aincere conviction of the gravity of tho aitiiatifui, and not from iiny deHiie to
repudiate or poHtpono tho porfunnanco of any of their engi>gcnu)nta, tho (>anadian Govern-
ment havo urged a tomiH)rary delay of tho transfor.

Thia Ih not a (pioHtiuu of money— it may be* one of peace or war. It ia one in which
the preaent and future proH|)crity of the BritiHli poH^^OHHionN in North America ia involv<Hl,
which proH[)erity, haaty ivction mlgltt permanently prejudice.

Even wore the .£300,000 paid over, the injpolicy of putting an end to tho only con-
stituted authority exiating in tho country and compelling Canada to aaaert her title by
force would remain.

It ia better to havo the Heml>lance of a (Jlovemment in the Country than none at oil.
While the iaauo of the Proclamation would piit an end to the Government of the Hudson
Bay Comi)any, it would not Hubatitute Government by Canada thereft)r. Kuch a Govern-
ment ia physically impoaaible until the armed reaiatance ia ended, and thua a atate of
anarchy and confusion would ensue, and a legal atotna might be given to any Government
tU/acto, formed by the inhabitants for the protection of their livea and jtroiHJi-ty.

On a review of the whole circumatancea, the Committee would recommend that vour
Excellency ahould urge upon Her Majesty's Government the exjiediency '»)" allowing
matters to remain as they are until quiet ia nmtored, or, in case t-f failurt: of all effort to
do so, the time should have anived when it is i)OH.sible toent(!r the v. uitry m force, and
compel obedience to Her Majesty's Pro-^laimation and authority.

As by the terms of the late Act, the surrender to the Queen must be followed, within
a month, by Her Majesty's Order in Council, admitting llui>ert's Land into the
Dominion of Canada, the proi)er course aeems to be that tho surrendti itself ahould be
postponed, and that the purahase niuuuy ahould reintiin on deposit meanwhile.

The Committee would also recpiest your Excellency to asaure Lord Gmnville, that
the Govenment here have taken, and are taking active measures to bi-ing about a happier
state of affairs.

They have sent on a mission of peace to the French half-breeds now in anus, the
very Revemed Mr. Thibault, Vicar General (who has laboured as a clergyman among
them for thirty-nine years) accompanied by Colonel de Salaliery, a gentleman well
acquainted with the country, and with the manners and feelings of the inhabitants.
These gentlemen are fully informed of the beneficient intentions of the Canadian
Government, and can disabuse the minds of the people of the misrepresentations made by
designing foreignei-s. *

They have also sent Mr. Donald A. Smith, the Chief Agent of the Hudson Bay
Company at Montreal, as a Special Comnnsaioner. Frora his position as an officer of the
Company, he is likely to obtain ready access to Fort Gany, where he can strengthen the
hands of Governor McTavi8h( now weakened by long illness, and an^ange with tho loyal
ftnd well-affected portion of the people for a restoration of order.

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It is confidontly hoped that the meastiros taken will succeoil, but in the event of
failure, the Governinent are making preparations, by tlie con.stniction of boats, and other-
wise, for sending a military force in early sprin;?. In thesB efforts the Canadian Govern-
ment are glad to believe that they will have the hearty eo-opfvution of Her Majesty's
Government, and the Hudson Bay Company.

(Signed,)

John ^ . Macdonald.
16th December, 1869.

Copy of a Repoi t of a Committee of the Ilonorabfe the Prixu/ Uouncil, approved by Hi$
Excellency the Governor General in Council on the l^th May, 1860.

The Cortimittee, have had under consideration the accompanying Report and
Correspondence of the Delegates appointed by Orders in Council, of 1st October last,
to proceed to England, to negotiate the terms for the acquisition by Canada of Rupert's
Land, and the North- West Territory, and they humbly advise, that the said Report, and
the terms agreed upon, as set forth in the said Repoi't and Correspondence, be approved
by your Excellency, and submitted for the consideration and sanction of Parliament.

(Certified.)

W. H. Lee,

Clerk P. C.

yy 'I

REPORT OP DELEGATES APPOINTED xO NEGOTIATE FOR THE ACQUISITION

LAND AND THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORY.

OP RUPERTM

41+ ■<

To His ExceUeticy the Right Honorable Sir John Young, Bart, C.C.B., G.C.M.G.,
Governor General of Canada.

May IT PLEASE Your Excellency. — We have the honor to submit for Your
Excellency's consideration, the following Report of our negotiations with Her Mr-jpsty'n
Imperial Government, for the transfer to the Dominion of Canada, of Rupert's Land and
the North Western-Territory.

Under the authoritj' of an Order in Coui oil of the 1st of October, 1868; we were
appointed a delegation, to England, to arrange the " terms for the acquisition by Canada,
" of Rupert's Land," and " by another Order in Council of the same date, we were
" authorised to arrange for tlie adniissioxi of the North- West Territory into union with
" Canada, either with or without Rupert's Land, as may be found pracl-icable and
" expedient. We proceeded at once to execute the important mission coufided to us, ^nd
on presenting ourselves at the Colonial Office, were invited by His Gi'ace the Duke of
Buckingham and Chaudos, then Seci'etary of State for the Colonies, to visit him at Stowe,
for the purpose of discussing freely and fully the numerous and difficult questions which
were involved in the transfer of these great Tenitoxies to Canada. We found that His
Grace had already made some progress in the preliminaries of a negotiation (under the
Act 31 and 32 Vic, Cap. 105) with the Hudson Bay Company, for the surrender to
Her Majesty of the Territorial and political rights which they claimed in Rupert's
Land.

We obJ6oued very earnestly, to som« of the denAnds of the Company, which were
communicated to us by His Grace, but after much consideration and important modifications
of the Company's demands, we agreed that if they would surrender the Territory on ihk'
conditions which His Grace proposed, we would recommend the acceptance of thes^
conditions by the Canadian Govei'nment. The Duke of Buckingham's proposals will be^
found in the letter of Mr. Adderly, of the 1st December, 1868, addressed to the (Governor
of the Hudson Bay Company.

bhe event of
:8, and other-
lian Govern-
^er Majesty's

DONALD.

oved by Hit

Report and
Dctober last,
k of Rupert's
Report, and
be approved
lament.

EK,

k P. C.

5F RUPERTa

G.G.M.G.,

X for Yonr
5r Mrjpsty'tJ
i's Land and

58; we were

by Canada,

;e, we were

union with

:oicable and

I to us, o,nd

he Duke of

Lm at Stowe,

jtions which

id that His

(under the

urrender to

in Rupert's

which were
lodifications
tory on thi
ce of these
sals will be'
le Qoyemor

146

Considei-nblc delay in tho uogotiitions waH occi'.sionod by tho letirrnipnt frcm office
of tho Duko of rurkiiij^Iiiua ami hh Co!!o giie;}, iiud also by the icsignuticn of Lord
Kiinboily, tlic thou UovtMuor of tlie Compiny.

On tho 18lh of Januavy, 1 809, Eiil G.anvillo, who lial acceded to Office as Secretary
of State for th3 CjI jni^rj, tiunsmict;!d to us tlio reply of tho Company, declining the
proposals of the Duko of Buckingham. Ilia Lo/dship subsoquontly requested us to
communicato to him any observations which wo luiglit d.sire to ollcr upon this reply of
the Company, and up^a cc:-tain countar projiosals which it contained, we folt reluctant, as
representatives of Canftda, to enga^^'e in a controversy with the Company concei-ning
matters of fact, as well as questions of Law and palicy, while the negotiation with them
was being carried on by the Imperial Government in its own name and of its own
authoiity.

But we did not feel at liberty to decline Lord Granville's request, and, on the 8th
Fabrairy, sta'jl, at hi^ih, oar viowj oi t;i3 w.-Lom points raised in tho letter of Sir
Stafford Norbh3ot3, ths njw Gjvai-nor of th3 C)m;iatiy, in answer to the proposals of the
Dak3 of B.xjktti jh 111 ; W3 bj^ to rj^'j.- Yj'il- E cj^'Iji^/ ti t'lj cjrrjjpjndance for full
inform ition ai to th3 pjaiaons takon anl tho opinions expressod by us at this stage of the
negotiation.

Lord Granville being of opinion that the rejection, by the Company, of the proposals
of his prodocessor had tenninatoi.1 the nogotiatious instituted by him, submitted for onr
consideration proposals of his own, based on a diflercnt principle from that which had
been laid down by the Duke of IJuckingham.

We feel it our duty to st.vto to his Lordship, that these proposals would not be
acceptable to the Canadian Government., They were suh.sequently modified, and in the
form in which they appear in the letter of Sir Frederick Rogers, of the 9th March, were
conditionally accepted by u.s, subject to the approval of your Excellency in Council.

Certain details were left by Lord Granville, to bo settled bctwean the representatives
of the Company, and ourselves, which lead to interviews and discussions with them, and
to a coi'resptndence which is also submitted herewith.

Dux'ing the progress of the negotiations, a formal complaint was made to the Colonial
Secretary by the representatives of the Company, against the Canadian Government for
undertaking the construction of a read 1 etwcen Lako of the Woods and the Red River
Settlement, without having first obtained the consent of the Company.

The letter convoying this complaint wa^s rcfericd to us by Earl Granville for such
explanation as wo were able to ofler. The con-espondence on this subject is also respect-
fully submitted.

Your Excellency is avrarc that since onr return to Canada, the Hudson Bay Company
have signified to Lord Granville their acceptance of (ho. terms, proposed by him, for tho
surrender to Her Majesty, of their Territoiial rights in llupart's Land. We have,
therefore, the honor to submit the same, with msmorandimis of tha " details " agreed to
by us on behalf of the Canadian Government, for the aijjiroval of your Excellency, and
for such action thereupon as your Excellency may be advised to take.

All which is I'espectfully submitted.

(Signed,) Geo. Et. Cartiee,

Wm. McDoUGALli.

Ottawa, May 8th, 18G9.

PURCHASE MONEY.

Copt of a lieport of a Committee cf the Honorable the Prirj/ Council, approved hy
Ilia £xcellc>icj the Governor Geriar'a.l in Council on, thz 17 th Aujust, 1860.

On a memorandum, dated 2nd August, 18G9, from tho Ilonora'le tha Minister of
Finance, bringing under the notice of your Excellency in Council the payment of
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X300,000 sterling, rncj^ured to bo mwh to tlu; Hudson Bay Company on the tmnsfer of
Kuperb's Land to tlio Dominion ofCJ.inada, i-i tni-nii of ili!> Addi-oss to Her Majesty of tho
Senate and House of Commons in tho hiB^ Session of Parliament.

The Minister submits that it is proposed that the Proclamation annexing the
Territory to tho Dominion of Canada shall take efltvt on the lat October next, and that
it beoomes necessary to make provision for tho payment of the sum in question on the
dajr mentioned.

That th3 Canadian Government has no information as to the passing of any Aot by
Um Imperial Parliament, authorizing Her Majesty's Government to giiarautee the loan cf
the sum in question, '^nd although the Dominion has at its disposal sufficient balances out
of whiqh the paymoi might, in tho meautinio, be met, it is expedient that the assent of
Her Majesty's Govenvmont should bo obtained to any such payment by anticipation in
oaM the arrangements for placing tho guaranteed loan on tho market, cannot bet completed
before the Ist Octoljor next.

He, therefore, recommends that the attention of Her Mtyesty's Government be
called to these fact, in order that a proper understanding may bo come to, either for the
advance by this Government of tho sum of X3U0,000, or for its being raised by a loan on
tho Imperial guarantee.

The Committee concur in tho above Report, and advise that a copy thereof be
communicated by your Excellency to the Riirht Honorable the Secretary of State fw the
Colonies for the information of Her Majest} .s Government.

(CortiGed.) Wm. H. Lbb,

Clerk P. C.

Copy qf a Report of a Committee of thp. Honorable the Privy Council, approved by Hit
Excellency the Governor General in Council on t/ie ISth September^ 1S69.

The Committee have given their attentive consideration to tho annexed memorandum
from the Honorable tho Ministar of Finauca, with raferenc3 to the requirements of the
Act passed in the recent Session of the Imperial Parliament, for guaranteeing a loan of
£300,000 sterling to be p.iiil to the Hudson Bay Company, and they report their con-
currence in tha recomman lations of the Minister of Finance, and advise that a copy
thereof be transnxitfced by Your Excellency to Eail Granville for the information of Her
Majesty's Government. '

(CertiEed.) Wm. H. Leb,

Clerk, P. a

Finance Department, Ottawa, 18th September, 1869.

The undersigned has the honor to bring under the notice of His Excellency in
Council, the Act recently passed by the Imperial Parliament, known as the " Canada
(Rupert's Land) Loan Act" of 1869, for guaranteaing a loan of £300,000 sterling, to be
paid to the Hudson Bay Company.

That Act provides that Her Majesty's Treasury " shall not give any guarantee unless
"and until provision is mada by an Act of the Pai'liamant of Canada, or otherwise, to
" to the satisfaction of the Treasury," amon^j other things for making the loan — with
the Sinking Fund, Interest, and any advance made out of the Consolidated Revenue
Fund of th3 UaibeJ Kiajlom o:i aooount of such Loan, with the interest thereon, as
therein detailed — a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada, immediately
after that for fortifications created by the Act 31 Vic. Cap. 41.

That in view of the necessity of making payment to the Hudson Bay Company,
previous to the meetii g of tlie Parliament of Canada, and in order that the Proclamation

B transfer of
[ajcsty of the

nnexing the
!xt, and that
tsiion on the

any Aot by
e the loan cf
balances out
the assent of
ticipation in
hi' completed

vernment be
ither for the
by a loon on

y thereof be
State {or the

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annexing Rm^erfa Land to Canada, and tlio arran;?omciits for the GovemmMit and
Bettleniont of the Territoi-y may not li;' mnliily d«fe-)'tMl, it is exj)odient to pais a Minute
of the Privy Council accepting the torms uf the said imperial Act, which provide for
charging the Consolidated Rovenuo Fund of Canada with the payment of the StnkiM
Fund, and \rith the principal or interest nn any sum issued out of the Conaolidittd
Revenue Fund of the Unitfd Kingdom, all as therein provided, and in the ordef M
thejrein let forth, and to authorize the negotiation of the loan of $300,000 on the
guarantee of the Imperial Government act (jrdingly ; and further, to declare by a like
Order in Council that the Government of Canada will ^commend to Parliament, at iti
first Session, the passing of an Act to carry into effect — 'in so far aa provision may not
be already made by existing Acts, and by this order — the requirements of the Seid
Canada (Rupert's Land) Loan Act of 18G9, as to charging the principal sum of money,
and the Interest. Sinking i und and interest on, and the capital of any advances out of
the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the United Kingdom, as therein mentioned, on the
Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada in the order specified in the said Imperial Aot.

He further recommends that Thomas Baring, Esq., M. P., and George Can* Glyn,
Esq., both of the City of London, Rankers ; be nominated Trustees on behalf of the
Govemmi^nt of Canada, for the investment and management of the Sinking Fund, and
the accumulation thereof, in terms of the said Act.

(Signed,)

Ottawa, 3lBt August, 18C9.

JoHK Rose,
M. efF.

'oved hy Hit

lemorandum
aents of the
ng a loan of
their con-
that a copy
fition of Her

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Copy of a Report of a Committee of ths ITonor.xble the Privy Couneil, approved ty Hi*
Lxeelleiicy the Governor General in Council on the 20th September, 1869.

The Committee have bad under consideration the annexed Memorandum, dated 18th
September, 18G9, from the Honorable the Minister of Finance, having reference to the
expediency of paying, forthwith, out of the funds now in the hands of the Canadian
Govvnment, the X300,000 payable to the Hudson Bay Company, on the understanding,
and for the raasons given in the said Report ; and they respectfully request their
concurrence therein, and advise that a copy of that Memorandum be transmitted by Your
Excellency to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the
information aud action of H. M. Government.

(Certified.) Wm. H. Lee,

Clerk to the Privy CounolL

)er, 1869.

scellency in
" Canada
rling, to be

untee unless
bherwise, to
loan — with
id Revenue
thereon, as
mmediately

r Company,
roclamation

Finance Department, Ottawa,

20th September, 1869.

On a referance this day to ths unlarsi'^nod, of tha de-^patches from ths Secretary of
State for the Colonies, ths ona dated tha 22nd July, 1869, and the other dated the 11th
August, 1869, transmitted by the Governor General to the Privy Council on the 26th
August ar d 14th September respsctively ; tlie latter accompanied by a copy of the
Rupert's Land Loan Bill, 1869, and in which the Sosretary of S'ate requests to be'
informed whether any ai*rangement has been made for the payment of the X300,000
sterling to the Hudson Bay Company ; he has the honor to report : —

Ist. The Government of Canada is pre[)ai'ed at once to jiay the sum to the Hudson
Bay Company out of its own moneys ; provided that Hei- Majesty's Government assert that
such payment shall not interfere with the granting of the guarantee (by the Commission^n
of Her Majesty's Treasury of the amount, but that such guarantee will be gitwa %» th«

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Ponds of Canndii, ni an .'iirly a dny na may lo Givanj^od) Ictwt-en IIcv JIajcsty's
Goveinineiit and tho Guvon.nicnt of Canada.

2nd. With i-cforcnec to tlio d^'spatdi of tlio 22nd July last, in wMoh Eail Granville
observes that, in the al scncu of nay Canadian Act authorising tho raising of tho sum of
£300,000, with the usiuil pvovisiona lis to i^iidiing Fund, it would Lo impossible to issue
the Loan for some montlis lo comr, and suggesta that such airungouiuuts mi^'htbe made in
the iTPantimo with the lliidson Bay Com[)ar.y touching tho ))ayment of the amount, as
will enable Her Majesty's Govrrnment to issue tlic Oi (lei- in Ccuncil, annexing tho Terri-
tories to the Dominion of Canada ; the Minister has tho honor to state that by a Statute
passed by the Parliament of Canada, during tlie last Session (32 and 33 Vic, cap. 1) it is
enacteil as follows ;

(3.) •• The Governor in Council may authorizo the raising of a sum of money, not
" exceeding threo hundred thousand pounds sterling, or one million four hundred and
" sixty thousand dollars, by way of loan, with tho guarantee of the Government of the
" United Kingdom, for the purpose of meeting a like sum, payable out of the Consoli-
" dated Revenue Fund to tho Hudson Bay Com)>any, as provided in the proposed
" agreement with the said Company, hiitl before the Parliament of Canada, with other
'* documents on tho sama subject, by Ilis Excillency the Governor General, on the
" Seventeenth of May, in the pres-nit year, antl embodied in tho Address to Her Most
" Giucious Majesty, adopted by the S'onate antl House of Commons ot Canada.

" And such Loan may bo raised either in currency or sterling money, on such terms,
" for such period, in such form, at such rate of interest, and with such sinking fund, and
" subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council may think most advisable, with
" the approval of the Canimis«ionor3 of Her Majesty's Treassi^y ; and such loan, interest,
" and sinking fund shall be a cluirc;e upon tho Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.

(4.) " Tlie Governor in Council may authorizo the dsing, by way of loan, of a further
" sum, not exceeding in tho whole, tliroj hundred thousand pounds sterling, or one million
" four hundred and sixty thousand dollars, on the credit of the Dominion of Canada, for
*' the purpose of defraying tho expense of o])cning up communication with and of the
" settlement and administration of tho Government of the said Territory ; antl such Loan
*' may be raised either in currency or sterling money, on such terms, for such penod,*in
" such form, at r.ach rate of interest, with such sinking fund and subject to such conditions
" as the Governor in Council may think most advisable ; and such Loan shall be achai-sie
" upon the Consolid:\ted Revenue Fund of Canada."

TliesD enaitm?nts Wv^i'o infcondod, by anticipation, to provide for tho difficulty which
his Lordship ha'? su'jg^stol ; a-i I tin Gjv?rume;it of Caua.la, by further Order in iJouncil,
(dated 17th August, If^GO) suggested that in oi-der to obviate any delay, the Bonds to be
issued under it should bo jjvepared in England, and signed on behalf of the Dominion of
Canada by th^ Financial Agents there, ivlio were, by tho same Order in Council, and.
under tho pi-ovisions of tho Acts, permitting Loans to bo efToctjd, spsoially authorized to
sign thes3 Bonds as the O.lic^rs of the Dominion of Canada.

The Minister recommends that Earl Granville be informed that the Government is
prepared at once to settle tho form and mode ef executing the Bonds, so that no delay
whatever may arise.

3rd. The Ministor c*" Finance hasfurt,her the honor to state, that by a further report
from this DepaHmant, date! tho ISth Soptembor instant, and approved by His ExosUency
the Governor General in Council on the same day, the Government of Canada accepted
the terms of the Rupert's Land Loan. Act, 18G9, which pro -idos lor raising the Loan, and
for the creation and management of the Sinkmg Fund, and for making the various sums
specified in that Act, a charge on tlio Consolidated Revenue of Canada, in the order
thei.'«in specified ; and he trusts that the provisions of the aforesaid Act, and the Ordar
in Council now rei'eiTyd to, give aloqua'e authority for e'ldcting the Loan without furthsr
Legislation, ami that the lequiroments ol" tho Canada Rupert's Loan Act, 18G9, are
sufficiently fuliilled, so as to i)ermit of immediate arraugomen;;s being made with the
Commissoners of Her Majesty's Treasuiy, to carry it into effect.

JIajcsty's

Granville
the bum of
)Io to issue
)o made in
itnoimt, as
tlio Terri-
a Statute
up. 1) it is

noney, not
ndred and
ent of the
e Consoli-
proposed
r'ith other
J, on the
Her Most

ich terms,
fund, and
able, with
1, interest,
anada.
■ a further
ne million
anada, for
nd of the
uch Loan
period,*in
ionditioiis
a chai-ye

Itv which
I Oouncil,
lids to be
minion of
incil, and
lorized to

nment is
no delay

er report
:c3llency
accepted
oan, and
ous sums
he order
he Ordar
t fiirthsr
8G9, are
with the

4th. II«i further rocommends that the Financial Agents in England be authorised to
determine and nink:' nil aiTiinjionientH with llor ^lajoHtyH (lovoruincnt, for croating and
maintaining such Sinking Fund us may bo Lliuught piopur in respect (o the giummteed por-
tion of the Loan ; and also to determine ns to the cioating and maintaining a Sinking Fund
in respect of the further amount of Loan authorised to lo Issued in terms of the 4th
Section of the aforesaid Act ; and the Bonds to bo issued therefore may be for such
amounts, and payable at such dates, and boar such rate of interest as the said Financial
Agents may think most advantageous.

(Signed,) Jobn Rosb.

Ottawa, September 20.h, 1869.

Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by H%$
Excellency the Governor General in Council on the Uml October, 1S69,

The Committee of Council have had \mder considemtion the accompanying Memo-
randum, dited 3()th Saptember, 1869, from the Honorable the Minister of Justice,
recommending that in view of the immediate departure of tho Honorable John Ross, late
Mini8t3r of Finatico, for England, he be requested to act on behalf of the Canadian
Government on his arrival in London, on the several matters enumerated in the said
Memorandum, and t!iey respectfully advis» that the recommendations of the Minister of
Justice be approved, anl that Mr. Rose be duly authorized to act on behalf of the
Dominion in the matters raferred to.

Certified.

\Vm. H. Lee,

Clerk to the Privy Council

'J 'he undei'signed, in view of the immediate departure of the Honorable John Rose*
late litinister of Finance, for England, begs leave to recommend that he be requested to
act on behalf of the Canadian Government, on his arrival in London, on the following
matters : —

1. To make arrangements with Her Majesty's Government and with the Financial
Agents of the Dominion in London, for the negotiation of the Lean of £.300,000 sterling,
on the guarantee of Her [Majesty's Government, for the payment to the Hudson Bay
Company ; and also for negotiating such further Loan, on the sole credit of Canada, as may
be thought expedient for the other purposes connected with the North West-Territcries,
contemplated in the Supply BiJ| of last Session, and referred to in the several Minutes of
Council, copies of which are hereunto annexed ; and further to make such arrangements as
to the form of execution and signature of the Bonds to be issued as may be thought
most convenient.

2. To make provision for the payment in advance, if need be, by an-angement with
Her Majesty's Government, of the said sum of £300,000 sterlinfr, out of the Funds of
Canada, and to cany out any agreement which it may be necessary to make to that
efi'ect, and to adjust, with the Company, the sum to be paid lor the Telegraph wire, specified
in the arrangements with the Government of Canada.

(Signed,)

John a. Macdoxald.

Ottawa, 30th September, 1SG9.

CoFT o/" a Report of a Committee of tJie Honorabh the Privy Council, approval hif Hii
ExoeUenc.i; iJie Governor General in Council on the 10th yo^>$niber, 1669.

' On a Memorandu n, tiatod 13th Novamber, 18C9, from the Hoi'orable tho Mtniiter
of Fiaanos, submitting that it is oxpdJ.ioat to loao no tima in romittiag one million fiv«
hundrdi thousianil djllars to th3 Ij)u.Idu Ajouts, in order that immoUiite payment raaj
be made to the Iluds jn Bay Comjuny, of the purchase money of tho Territory, £300,000
^iterling.

And further Hubmitting that it ii inexpedient to ])laco a new loan on the market at
present, and that it will bo desirable *o postpone raising any further loan until it becomes
neoessary to raise a further amount for the Intercalonial Railway, stating that the
Imperial guaranteed Bonds will be issued when required, and will be an available security
on which a temporary Loan can be raised if required.

The Committee advise that the foregoing suggestions of the Minister of Finance b«
approved and acted on.

Certified.

Wm. H. L-2E,

Clerk Privj Council.

The Stcretarp q/' Stmte to Sir John Tonng.

(ClXADA.— No. 215.)

DowiKO Street,

30 th December, 1869.

ToTrbxvirf, 5th NTo^ 1931.
Tnasury, 22nd Nov, 18J9.

Sin, — I have the honor to transmit to you the enclose copies
of a correspondence with the Board of Treasury, relating to the
Loan, £300,000, to be raised by the Government of Canada, for the payment of tlie
Hudson Bay Company on the cession of thdir Territories in British North America.

I have, <bc.,

(Signed,) F. R. Sandford,

For Earl Granville.

Governor General

Tho Rt Hon. Sir JoHX YouKO, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c., &o., Ac.

(Copy.)

Sir F. Scmdford to Secretary to Treatury.

DowNiKO Street,

5th November, 1869.

17th Aoguat, 1861>. SiR, — I am direutedby Earl Granville to transmit to you, to be

18th3ep!^*birT339. ^*^^ ^3^°^*® ^^^ ^^^^ Commissioners of tha Treasury, the several orders
18th September! im noted in the margin, of the Privy Council of Canada, on the subject of*
29th September, 1339. the guarantee to be given by their Lordships for the payment of the sum
of £300,030, to hs raise.! by way of a loan by the Government of Canada, under the Act
of the last Sjssioa of tha Imperial Parliament, cap. 101, called *' The Canadian (Rupert's
Land) Loan Act, 1^69."

Ill

; Ay Hi*

Minister
I lion fiv«
lent maj
J300,000

larket at

beoomea

that tho

5 security

[nanco b«

noiL

I am uIho desired to transmit, for the information of their LordRhips, a copy of an
82and3JVic.,ci|:. 1. Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in anticipation of th«
Imporial Act, by which authority would appear to be given to raise the Loan on tuoh
terms and conditions as the Governor in Council may think most advisable, with the
ivpprobation of the Lords Commissioners of the Trea8ui*y.

Mr. Rose, late Finance Minister of Canada, has been tiuthorised to make the
necessary arrangements on behalf of the Government of Canada, and has tj^ansmitted the
acuompanying Memorandum to Earl Gmnville, shewing the mode by which it is proposed
that ihn money, on the guarantee of Her Majesty s Government, shruld be raised.

It has bean arranged that the surrender of Rupert's Land, by the Hudson Bay
Compu -"v shall be made on the 1st December next. The money will requintd to be paid
on that lay, and as it is of great importance that no further delay (ihould take place in
the transfer of the Territory to Canada, I am directed to express Lord Granville's hope
that the acceptance by the Exucutive Government of Canada, in tho terms of the several
Orders in Council accompanying this letter, of the Rupert's Land Loan Act, 1869, and
the plan suggested by Mr. Rose, for raising and paying over the money to the Hudson
Bay Company, may be satisfactory to their Lordships.

I am, ilcc.

The Secretary to the Treasury.

F. R. SANDrOXD.

, 1869.

se copies
ig to the

t of tlie

[■ica.

rille.

1869.

}\x, to bs
tl orders

|ubject of
the sum
the Act

iRupert's

(Copy).

Jir. Stan^tld to th$ Under Secretary of State., Colonial Oftee.

Treasury CsAMBKRa,

22nd November, 1869.

Sir, — With reference to your letter of 5th inst., and its enclosure, relative to the
Loan of £300,000, to be raised by the Government of Canada for the payment of tlie
Hudson Bay Company on the cession of Rupert's Land, I am directed by the Lords
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of Earl
Granville, that My Lords have had conveyed to Mr. Rose, late Finance Minister for
Canada, their approval of the manner in which it is proposed to raise the sum of
£300,000, and of terms of the Bond or Debenture.

Mr. Rose has also been informed that My Lords are prepared to guarantee the
payment of interest at the rate of 4 par cant, on the said sum of £300,000, in the terms
of the Board, on condition that sufficient proof is afforded to the satisfaction of this Board,
that that sum has been paid over to the Hudson Bay Company^ by, or on behalf of the
Government of Canada, and with the underatauding that that Government will recommend
to the Parliament of Canada, at its first session, the passing of whatever further Act may
appear to be called for by a strict interpretation of the provisions of the Imperial Act.

I am to add that My Lords have appointed the Permanent Secretary to carry into
effect the guarantee on behalf of this Board, and they propose that Sir F. Rogers and
Mr. Law (Auditor of the Civil List) should act as 'Trustees of the Sinking ^\md, on
behalf of Her Majesty's Govenimdnt.

The papers enclosed in your letter of the 5th instant are returned herewith.

I am, (be,

(Signed,)

The Under SAotetary of Stuto, Colonial Office.

jAMsa Stanstsld.

lOS

irnVRY AND M'W l>IVtHtf»N, NOHTII Wl HT.

CofXo/n l\^pi»'t i]f' it Cotii mi ttrr vf' tftf. Ilovmolilii (/ii* i'rivi/ Cinnirif, (i/i/mnrit bj His
K,ntllnu'ff the (ivt'truor Gcnrutl tit t'oniunl on (h« li.irA Sejitembrr, I SOI),

Tho (^umnittoo Imvo huil l>(>fofo (lipin flio nnuoxol lloport, «livtol V!2n I St.ptomhnr
1800, fri)>n tli«> lloiiovidvlo ilio Minister d' I'lihlii' Wtnkn, . Ruliiiiiltiiij^ ct'>'Uiin
«l<M'uiu(>M<H ivioivoii liv lijin from .1. Sloiiglilon |)(MU\iM, I'1h<|., P. Ii.S., tMiiltnioiiiK a HvnU'in
pivpoHod Ity hit\i lor (lu> aurvoy ninl muIi ili' isioii of (lie 1t)\vn'«lij|iH in tlio Nortli-Wo«fc
IVvritonoR, nml on tlijj »x>oonnno»uliUion ol'Uio Minislorof I'lihlio NVoiku, tlioy roRpc«^tfully
Ailviae timt the rvhUmu pi\,poH«Hl by t'oloni'l DimiuIh, lio iippnivotl aiul ftilo[ttoil.

(V'ltinoa.

Wm. it. Lrit,

Clerk to the Trivy Council.

Ottawa, 22utl Sopiomltcr, 1SC9.
(Mctnomndvim.)

Tlio utulotsijjrniHl lii\s th« honor to suhmit,

Thnt on (ho IDtli .Inly hvst, i\ lodor of instrnetiou!"! \Vi\H Hi>nt (o l,lontonnnt Colonol
Dennis, r.L.S., tliuvlinv; him to pnvoo.l (o (lie Ixoil Kivor, lor tlu^ pnrpom* of nolooting
tlio nios( »\>i(4«l>l(> hvalitios tor the survey of townships for intniediato settlenunit^

That Mr. Denni.s after oons\)l ting with (lie frown Lmuls l)epnvtnu'nt«, both in Ciinad.t
and the United Stntes, in aeotMilivnoe with (he aho\e in.struetionH, has forwivrded eertuin
jvi)>er« einhrjuMng a ]m>|Hw»«l system of i?uiveyN anil mib-division of I'nhlio liMndw in thivt
j»art of the Dvwiinion.

1. The system to be reotaugular. All Uiwnships and necliona to lie East and West,
or Xorth «nd So\»(h.

2. The townships to nmnVer northerly from (ho 10 j>;n-alloI, and the ranges of town-
ships to nnniber East anil West fixnn a given n»(>ridian. This meridian to '.m> drawn from
the 40 paiuUel, at a p.">int, say 10 miles VVest of Pembina, aiul to be callo.l tho Wiunipog
meritlian.

X The townships to wnsist of Gl squaivsof 800 acres each, ai\d to contain in addition
40 !»oix»s, or live p;>r oent^ in aiva in each se-tion, as an allowaneo for public highwaya.

4. The townships on the Ked and Assinniboine Rivera, whoro the samo have had
ranges of farm lots laid out by the (\)nrpany, to be surveyed, tlie broken sjctions butting
against the nv\r limitsS of such ranges, so as to leave the sune intact as independent
grants, accompanying which is a map on Mmva tor's Pixtjection, illustrating tho pi-oposed
division and a plan of .1 township, shewing the projH)snd method of sub-division.

The nndei-signed now legs to ivoommend that the above .system of surveys and sub-
division by Colonel Dcixnis, P.L.S., for the North- Western Territories, may be udoptod
and a)>pi-oved.

Respectfully submitted.

(Signed,) "Wm. McDouoall,

Miniatdr of Fublio Works.

Corr of a Jieport of a Com-niittt of the Honor^rhh the Priv;/ Council, approved h^ ffii
ErceUcitcy the Gotxnwr Gemral i)i Couiicil on tJit SStli Septeihber, 1869.

On tlie I'ocoramendation of the IIonoraMe the Minister of Justice, the Committee
advise that the HoaorAble Wm. McDouj^all, C. B., be apiwintetl Lieutanant Qovernor of

ion

■i j tltl I ■ IMI III I r i i piMi,,!

tho Nniili-Wnili Toiiilnrini; mnl llml ii ( 'iiiiiiiiiMiinii iiii(l< r llm (ircnl Horil flo inniie, tO
fako rll'iMiti fi'iiiii timl n.fV'>r Uii« <|riy on wliidi hhcIi 'l'<'iril,uiiM4 hvd tidriil'MrnMl \iy Hot
Miijmty in IliK hiiMiiiiidii nC ( 'luimlii.

Ami itii du' Hniiio riMiimiii'MnliitiiMi lli"v n-lvitn ihut Mr, Mcltnii^all'ii Kdary, at auoh
Lioutetmut Gijvuritur, bo IIximI ut hovoh iliitiiminil dollurit {itT iintiiiiii.

Uorlillod.

Wm. If. r.Fr,

Cloik I'rlvy '^f.. ..oU.

Copy qfa liepnrt <\f a Cnmnn'ttrn nf ihn Ifttvnrnhlfi (hn Privy ffonnnil, approved by Bit
ExedUncy tho (tovcrnor OeiunuU in ('oitncU on tlin 2H</t iSr.ptomher, IHOU,

Tlic (V)tiitiiit.lno liavr> Imil iiikIit cniisiilcnitii'ii Hif iiiiiif>x('<l di ii ft rd' n lrft,«r proposed
to bo iii|tlr(<Hsnt| liy tili't HiTifliuy nf SIhId fur tlm I'ldvinocH to Min llorioraMn William
MoDoiigall, as hin proliiiiiiiaiy iimtriictiririM r»ii procoHlio^ t.r» tlin •Norl.li Wosh Torritories,
And on Mu> nuuirninoudation of Mm llononiM'i tlin iVIiniHtior id' dn.HliooadviHo tliat the Mm*
l»» ap])ruvucl by your Kxcollpncy.

Ccitiliod.

'. JT. T,KK,

Clorlc of Prir^r Couaoil

(Copy.)

OprrcE OF THE Hk<jrf,tary or Statr ron the Provinces,

28th Hoptember, 1869.
Th9 Honorable Wm. McDonrjall, C. B., Ottavm.

Sir — Ah you havo btum ap|)ointfHl laontcnnnl, riovornorof tho N<^t[i Wost Territoriei,
in anticipation of thofoiimil tninHfci' of tlioHcT' niloricH by Ilnr Maj(!sty to tho Dominion of
Canada, and vm it iH cxpcotod that such trannfor will bo mado within tho course of the
next two or throo months, I havo tho honor, by conini.ind of Ilia Kxcolloncy tho Governor
General, to inform yon that it is dnniiatdo thai no tiiw; siionhJ bo lost in making tho
necessary picliiuijiary arrangoinc^nla for tho organization of tho Govornmont of the
TerritorioH.

2. With this viow, I am to instruct yon to proceed with all convenient spoed to Fort
Oan'y, in order that you may effrctmilly Hii|)'riiit(!nd tho carrying out of the preliminary
arrangonientH indicatfid in tho proccding itar.i/crapli, and bo ready to a.HHume the Govern-
ment of tho Torritorit'H on thoir actual transfer to (!anada.

3. On youi" arrival at Fort Garry you will pla';o yourself at once in communication
with Mr. McTavish, tho Governor of tli'i Tfud^on I'ay Company, and notify him of your
appointment, you will at -tho Hnino time ofhsr sraLs in your C.jnncil to Mr. McTaviah and
to Mr. Black, or other Chief Judicial Oflic'r of tho Hndson'.s Bay Company, now in
tho Territory. Should either or both of these gentlemen decline to accept oflice, you will
Bubmit for tho consideration of Ilia Excellency, th(; namoH of one or two other ( [Yic^m of
the Company whom you consider eligible to act as memberH of your Council. You will
at tho same time submit the names of several u'i the residents of character and standing in
the Territory, unconnected with the CompMny, qualified to act as Councillors, giving
particulars respecting them, and stating their coimpai-ative merits.

4. You will have tho goodnosa to report, with all convenient speed, for the information
of His Excellency , on the state of the laws now existing in the Territories, ti-ansmitting

12a— 20

104

ooplen of any laws, onlinanoon or ro>^lnti<niH of tho Company now in fonio thoro, toj^ethor
with a full ro{M)rt hh U> tlio inudt) ol'aihniiiiHtorin}^ juHtioo, tlio ur^anizatinn of tho CourtM,
the number an<l tnodf^ of H[i|iointini>nt oT JuMtiuoH of the I'cace; tho PoHch urrangomunta
And the moauH udaptud for k(H>|Hng tiio p' aco Aio.

5. hi preparing tho Report on the n^iitloiti rt^forrod to in tho prooeding paragraph, it
will be will that you uhould confer with tho Chief Judicial Olllcer of the Company iu th^
T«rritoriefl.

6. You will hftv© the goodness to report also upon the ByHtem of taxation (if any)
new in force in the Territories, the system of licencing Shops, Taverns, iic, the mode of
regulating or prohibiting the sale of wiut>s, 8])irituons and malt liquors, and farther aa to
the mode of keeping up the Roads and generally on the Municipal organization, if any,
existing in the Territories.

7. You will also mako a full report upon tho state of tho Indian tribes, now in the
Territories, their numbers, wui'ts, and claims; tho system heretofore })ursued by the
Hudson Bay Corai)any in dealing with them ; accompanied by any sutrgi'stions you may
deaire to offer, with reference to their protection, and tho improvement of their condition.

8. You will have tho goodness to report, also, on tho nature and amount of the
currency or circulating. medium now employed in tho Territories, and of tho probable
requirements of the Territories in that lespcct in the future.

9. You will also report on the syatom of education (if any) which now obtains in
the Territories.

10. You will also please to report as to such lands in the Territories as it may be
desirable to open up at once for bottlcment, transmitting a plan of such survey as may
be necessary, with an estimate of tho cost of survey, a statement of the conditions of
grants of land and settlement. Tho Plan should sh(;w the number of Townships it is
proposed to lay out at once, the size and situation of the Townships, and the size of the
lots, milking the necessary reservation for Churches, Schools, Roads, and other publiQ
purposes.

1 1. You will also report upon the relations at present existing between the Hudson
Bay Company and the ditforout religious bodie^s in the Territories.

12. You will also report as to the number of olllcers now employed by Hudson Bay
Company in the administration of tho Government of tho Territories, t,tating the duties
and salaries of such oOicers, and specify iug those who should, in your opinion, be retained.
You will also report as to the number of porsonn whom it will be necessary hereafter to
employ in the administration of tho Government ; ;uid you will report generally on all
subjects connected with the welfare of tho Territories, upon which it may seem to you
desirable to communicate with the Government of the Dominion.

13. It is desirable that you should take immediate measures for the extension of the
Telegraph System irora the Territory to Pembinti, and for its connection at that place
with the system of the American Telegraph Company or Companies, making any
provisional arrangements for that purpose that may be necessary, and forwarding a copy
of such arrangements to this Department for confirmation by His Excellency.

I have the honor to be, Sir, &c,, &c.,

(Signed,) E. A. Meredith,

U, Secretary of State.

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LAWS.

Copt of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by Bit
Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 28th September, 1869.

On a memorandum, dated 27th September, 1869, from the Honorable the Minister
ol Jfiutice, acting for the Honorable the Minister of Inland Revenue, and of the Honorable

;he Hudson

1:00

the ^finilter of OusfcomH, i.'ftllinj» tho- ntkontion of Yotir Kxowllpnoy to tho exnfldiancy of
making «;irlv provision I'nv tim oxLittisiim ut' i\w (/iiHUtmm anil Kxcino Ijiwh of (Janatla to
thi> North- West TorritoricH, iu> nou u.h ihvy iiro nilinittcil into tlic DDiaiiiioii.

With that view thoy rocoiiMiioiul that the liieutormnt Oovornur iippointod by Your
Excelleiioy, bo instnn-tn I to [irnciini thu punning of Onliimiifp or OnliminroB by Hia
Council HO noon an it is ponntitiitcd, iiiakiiig the CiHtotuH luul KxciHn litiwii of the
Dominion oporutivo in tlio 'l\!rrititri»'s, Sucii Onlinanco or Ordinann'is to be in force until
tlie Baid hiWH nro «'xt<'iuliMl to tho 'IVrritoriois hy the Parliiinu'iit of C!ana(hi.

They further roconninMul that Mr. Ah'xandfr Ht'^g, of tlio Inhmd Hovonue Offlo*,
be instructed to proceed witli all rr.'i.sonaUlo Ni)Ood to Fort (Jarrv, and that he ijtdume the
duties of Colloetor of (/'iiHtoius and InspciUor of Inland Itcvonne under the aaid
Ordinances. That his travelling c».\p;MisL'H bo piid, and that his milary bo raised from
$800 to 01,000, to coinnienco from l.st Octol)r'r, 18t)9.

The Committoo subniit the above recuuimendation for Your ExcoUency'H approval.

Ccrtilit,il.

Wm. H. Lee,

Clerk P.O.

Copy of a Heport of a Committefi q/ the Ih nnrahh the Privy Council, approvtd hy Hit
Exctllency the Governor General in Council on the 7th December, 1860 :

On a memorandum, dated 3rd December, 18G0, from the Honorable the Minister of
Finance, submitLing that it is expedient to oonio to an imniodiato decision as to the final
policy to bo adopted in llupert's Laud, in the event of that Territory being added to the
dominion of Canada.

That it -wovdd, in his opinion, bo inexpedient to make any material changes in the
Customs Duties in Hupert'fl Land, until tho moans of access to the Territory shall have
been greatly improved.

He therefore suggests that the present tariff should remain in force for at least two
years from the 1st January next. That it may, however, be necessary to establish duties
on spirits, and, possibly, some other articles, which are at present exempt.

That if tho above suggestion be concurred in, he would fui'ther recommend that an
announcement of the intention of the Govorrnnent bo made to the people resident in the
Territory, who may possibly feel some alarm ou tiie subject of increased duties.

The Committee concur in the lieport of the Finance Minister, and submit the same
for Your Excellency's approval

Certified.

"Wm. H. Lee,

* Clerk Privy CounciL

Copy o/ a Report of a Committes of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by Hi
Ejceellency the Governor General {71 Council on the 11th December, 1869.

The Committee of Council, on the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of
Finance, and for the reasons given in his memorandum of the 11th December instant,
advise that the Minute in Council of the 7th instant — having reference to the policy to be
adopted in Rupert's Land in the event of that Territory being added to the Dominion-
be cancelled.

The Minister of Finance submits that, in his opinion, it is inexpedient to make any
material changes in the Customs Duties in Kupert's Land until the means o ' Kicess to the
Territory shall have been greatly improved.

\ ij

H© thflrcforo mifJKontu tlmt tho pn»Koi»t tiiritV hIiouI*! roninin in fnroo for iit Imiit two
jMn frDtn tlio lut .I.niimry lu'xt.

Tliut if till* iiliovo Mii^'gtmtioii liu coru'iiirnl in, ii)> wuiiM i'lii'tlior rocuiiiinond tlmt an
*nnouncf>inuut ui' thn intuitiun of tho Giivii-iiiiiiMit bo nuvlo to tliu pr^pln rtwident in th«
Xttmtory, who inuy pofiHibly feci «orno alaiin on tlio subjoot of it: > aufd duties.
V The Comnuttco concur in tho furoguin;^ rccommcndutiou, and aubniit tho some for

Your Excellunoy's ap|ji-oval.

Coi'tiAed.

Wm. H. Lie,
Ciork Privy Counoil.

SiAL, North WrsT Tkrhitohies,

OOVKIINMKNT IToi'SE, OTTAWA,

Tucwlay, 2.'hd day of Novomber, 1869.

Present : — His Ei'ccUcncy the Governor Central in Council.

HIb Excellency, by nnd with \ho ndvirn of tlio Quocn'H Privy Council for Cantd»,
and in purBunnco of tlio pro\iMi( nii of tlif h'ccoiul S'ectifjn of tho Art 32 iind 33 Victoria,
Chapter 3, intituled, ''An Act for thn tdniiornry (iovonuuput of Rupert's Land and the
" North-Wc'Bt Territory \vli( n unitfd with I'uiuuln, linH lien jtlcnsed to order, and it i«
" hereby ordered, that on, ficni, nnd after the day on which 'The North West Territories'
" shall be admitted into tho Union or Dominion of Canada, the said North-West
" Territories shall, upon all occasions that may bo required, use a common Seal, to be
" called th*^ Great Seal of ' Tho North West Territories,* which said Seal shall be composod
" of the Roval Arms, with tho legend or inscription ' The Seal of the North- West

Wm. H. Lee,
Clerk Privy CounoiL

Territories.

Copt of a Report of a Committeo of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by Hit
Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 18th January, 1870.

On a memornndum, dated 14th Jsnuary, 1870, from tho Honorable the Minister of
Public Works, reporting that considerable progress has been made in the loads connecting
the navigable roaches on tho lino of communication between Lake Superior and Red
River, — authorized by Your Excellency.

That the route travert-es a country as yet uninhabited, and that pending any future
arrangements lor the con\eyance of mails, itc, ho recommends that he be authorized to
expend the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) in tho purchase of boats, aud the
means of conveying them to the jilaces whore they are required.

The Comniittee advise that the requii-ed authority be granted.

Certified.

Wm. H. Leb,

Clerk, Privy Council.

10T

t Iriuit two

11(1 thut an

lent in th«

u uune for

unoil.

1869.

for Canadft,
13 Victoria,
ind and th«
T, nnd it ia
Tt'rritories'
y[orth-We8t
Seal, to be
composed
Torth-West

Copt qf n Report of n C(mtmUtM of ihtt IlonnrnhU tfi« Prin/ Cmineil, apjrrovtd by IIU
ExctlltiMij th« Uovornnr Gttnernl in Coutuil on th^ 2Hth Janvary, 1H70.

On a memorandum, dated 2Gth January, 1870, fiom the Honorable the Poatmaattr
General, re|)oi ting that he haa entered into an agreement with the uwnern of the ateiuner
"Cbioora" for round trip per week between Collingwuod and Furt William, during the
MMon of navigation in the present year ; by which agnoment the steamer is to convey, in
addition to anv mails which may Im placed on board, such men and stores as the Govern-
ment may desire to send, at a tariff uf prices to l>o fixed by Your Excellency in Council,
in oonsia<«ration of the jNiymont to the owners of the " Chicora," by the Government of
the Domir.ioii, of the sum of Four thousand nine hundred dollars for the season.

He ity^ommends that the above arrangeiuent bo couflrmed by Your Rxoellonoy in
Council, and that, inasmuch as the Mail service between Collingwood and Fort William
is already provided for by his Department, under contract with the steamer " Algoma,"
the amount to be paid to Messrs. Milloy, owners of the " Chicora," be placed in the
Estimates for the Ocean and River Steam and Packet Service for 1870-71.

The Committee advise that the arrangement made be sanctioned, and that the
necessary amount be placed in the Estimates for the present year.

Certified.

Wm. H. Lm,

Gerk, Privy Couneil.

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