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munition running short should they require it. Eiel 

 had been told that the governor was not to reach the 

 Settlement in company with Bishop Tache, as the 

 rebels had hoped, and to accomplish which had been 

 one of that prelate's objects in going to Canada. Kiel's 

 mind was still much troubled upon the subject of an 

 amnesty, which the Canadian Government did not 

 seem in any haste to grant. All letters received 

 ended in the usual strain, " Come on as quickly as 

 you can; we are in momentary dread of our lives 

 and property." The general tenor of the news 

 proved two things first that there was every possi- 

 bility, almost amounting to a probability, of resist- 

 ance being offered ; and secondly, that should our 

 advance be opposed, the number we should have to 

 meet would be small compared with that at Riel's 

 disposal during the past winter. It was therefore 

 determined to push on at once with the 60th Rifles, 

 the detachments of Eoyal Engineers and of Royal 

 Artillery with their two 7-pounder guns, leaving the 

 two militia battalions to follow with all speed. 



"We waited half a day in hopes that the two lead- 

 ing brigades of militia, which were known to be close 

 behind, might come up ; but as they did not do so in 

 that time, we started without them, for the wind was 

 fair, and when foul it is often impossible to get round 

 the point at Elk Island in Lake Winnipeg for days 

 together. 



There are numeroiis clearances in the vicinity of 



