Scottish geographical magazine . bab). Reduced from the original in the Izvyestiya of the ImperialGeographical Society of St. Petersburg, January 1886. The spelling of the nameB adheres closely to the familiar forms are sometimes inserted in brackets. The scale of the original is 20 versts (13$ miles) to theEnglish inch, SCALE OF ENGLISH 5 10 THE DISTURBANCES IN THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST. 169 No definite information has yet been received throwing any light uponthe causes of the disturbances among the Half-breeds in the CanadianNorth-west, which have formed the subject of rec
Scottish geographical magazine . bab). Reduced from the original in the Izvyestiya of the ImperialGeographical Society of St. Petersburg, January 1886. The spelling of the nameB adheres closely to the familiar forms are sometimes inserted in brackets. The scale of the original is 20 versts (13$ miles) to theEnglish inch, SCALE OF ENGLISH 5 10 THE DISTURBANCES IN THE CANADIAN NORTH-WEST. 169 No definite information has yet been received throwing any light uponthe causes of the disturbances among the Half-breeds in the CanadianNorth-west, which have formed the subject of recent telegrams in thenewspapers. The statements made in the Canadian House of Commonsby the Government, summaries only of which have come to hand, seemto indicate that the rising has been stirred up by Louis Kiel, who was? atthe head of the Eed Eiver rebellion in 1870, and who recently returnedto Canada after the expiry of the period for which he was do not appear to have been any grievances of so serious a nature,. so far as at present known, as to warrant the course adopted by theHalf-breeds, and this is confirmed by the fact that the outbreak was un-expected, and even doubted when the first reports arrived. Claims havebeen made from time to time in regard to lands, some of Avhich were wellfounded, and some were not. The larger proportion of them have beendealt with, and the others are receiving the consideration of the Govern-ment, who have always had the reputation of dealing fairly and honour-ably with the Half-breeds. At the time of the outbreak a Commissionwas engaged in dealing with the matter. Xo agitation was heard of, andperfect tranquillity prevailed until the advent of Eiel. The Government,however, have taken very energetic measures, and a large force of men,under the command of Major-General Middleton, , is now on theway from QuAppelle to Fort Carleton. It is expected that the arrival ofthe troops in the disaffected district will cause the collap
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