Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan ...

—i--them futurertant objectilperson ofhe appointny,of gobuthavingwas throwny Cameron,ve the Redby the mostlirection ofCameron'sto the comjttlerswerefarm-housen open andlabourers,;ibly seized'ere stolen,longing tole presenceIso made apon whichlad stolen,ixty ofthe&c. &c.tedof dcthe5th ofconsideredSIAnother attack with fire arms was made uponthe governor's house on the 22nd of June; but thefire was not returned by the settlers.— Finding,however, it was vain io look for a cessation ofhostility, they determined to quit the settlement,and accordingly informed Mr. Alexander M'Donellthat they should be ready to depart in two or threedap.—On the 24th of June, two of the Sautouxchiefs, with about forty warriors of that nation,arrived at the settlement. From thence they wentto the North -West Company's station at the Forks,and endeavoured to prevail upon Mr. M'^Donellto permit the settlers to remain, but without effect.The Indians then expressed their regret that, fromthe numbers of people whom the North-WestCompany had collected in the neighbourhood,supported by the field-pieces which had been takenfrom the colony, they were not able at that timeto protect the settlers.They therefore advised themto depart, and offered to give them a safe escortfor themselves and theirproperty down the riverto Lake Winipic.—This offer was thankfullyaccepted,and was probably the means of savingthe lives, as well as securing the property, of \\\cremaining settlers. For there is very \\ii\c, doubtbut that the plunder of the stores, still remainingat the settlement, was held out asa lure to temptthe half-breeds, and their associates, to the commissionof the outrages against it ; and that theywere prepared to seize all the remaining properly by'- -^i*i • r L._-J*