FIVE FOETS OF WINNIPEG. 14S 



guests ; the rebelliou of Kiel iu 1869, wheu it was seized by the half-breeds, aud where 

 a large baud of Cauadiaus were held iu it as prisouers ; the mad execution of Scott, just 

 outside its walls, ou the south-east side ; the removal of the wouuded mau to the soiith- 

 west bastion, aud his secret removal theuce to an unknown grave The northern gate still 

 remains, a fine specimen of castellated masonry. The fort was 240 feet long from north to 

 south, and 280 feet wide. Here the Council of Assiuiboine met from the time of its 

 organization in 1835 until the Rebellion in 1869. In former times, during the absence of 

 a church in Winnipeg, religious service was held within the walls of the fort. It was 

 sold by the Hudson's Bay Company iu the inflation of 1882 for an enormous sum ; and, 

 shame to the vandalism of modern commerce, it has been partly removed to straighten 

 Main Street ; most of its buildings are unoccupied ; and, alas ! all of those occupied are 

 the headquarters of the Winnipeg Street Car Company. The glory of the Wiunipeg forts 

 has departed ! 



Sec. II., 18S.5. 10. 



