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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1935. -- { Stirring Tales Of (Canada's Early Days Crafty Pontiac Foiled in Plan to Massacre the British Garrison. 3 The transfer of the great wilderness west of Montreal from France to Eng. land after the Conquest of Canada in 1760 was a delicate business. Reluct- ant as were the French garrisens of the various trading posts, there was nothing for them to do but obey the orders of the recent Governor of Can- ada, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, and hand over. The Indian population, however, was difficult to handle. Used to the tact and conciliatory methods of the French and fearing nothing from them as they feared from the English the seizing of their lands, they were ill-content to find themselves and their hunting grounds handed to the power of England. The English, that is the American colonists, for they were the English that they knew, in their experience were little inclined to love them, indeed, very much inclined to hold them in contempt and to be harsh, dishonest in trade, and brutal. Though for the first few months they accepted the rule of the stronger in battle, unrest developed quickly. The Seneca nation of the Iroquois fomented the great rising which ev- entually took place. They, most of all, feared the inrush of the American English trader and settler in the val. leys of the Genesee and the Alleghany --rich lands and desirable. The other nations of the Iroquois were held to the British interest through the influ- ence of Sir William Johnson. For three years the unrest grew and more than one rising was forestalled only by prompt action on the part of British officers in charge of western posts. Then suddenly the Indian war blazed up throughout the whole great west. The credit of the entire scheme and organization has usually been assigned to Pontiac, an Ottawa chief and head || of a confederacy of Ottawas, Chippe- was and Pottawatomics living mainly in what is now the State of Michigan but also in western Ontario. It would seem, however, that the affair had less the nature of an engineered plot as far as the other far-lying tribes were concerned, than of a prairie fire. The | savage material was as well prepared for sudden battle and murder as the || driest meadow grass for flame. And almost the only failure in surprise was at Detroit where Pontiac himself plan- ned the rising. Pontiac was a crafty, treacherous, > | primitive savage, but eloquent and very able. In April 1763 he set up his sum. mer wigwam as usual for trading in the neighborhood of Fort Detroit, but nearer than heretofore. Gathering the chiefs of his confederacy and of the Wyandots, a remnant of the dispersed Hurons, in council, he incited them to attack the British garrison. But first there should be reconnaissance. So with thirty.nine warriors he asked for and obtained admission to the Fort to dance the peace-dance. Thirty perform- ed the weird and grotesque ceremony for an hour while the other ten sur- veyed the place in detail. In another council held in the vil- lage of the Pottawatomics two miles south of the Fort which stood on the west side of the Detroit River, Pontiac incited his hearers afresh and outlined his plan. He would go with fifty war- riors to an audience with Major Glad- wyn, commander of the Fort. Beneath his blanket each should carry a gun with barrel sawed off short. If he, Pon tiac, should present the customary belt of wampum wrong side out, guns should flash and every British officer should fall. As the shots rang out with- in the building there should be a mas- sacre outside. Whether Major Gladwyn received his information from the French black. smiths in the settlement which stret- ches for miles on both banks of the river, for they must have sawed the }| guns, or whether he received it from an Ojibway girl, his "Indian wife," this being the most romantic and quite believable story, or from some friendly Indian, certain it is that he received it just in time. Midmorning on May Tth, 1763, a long procession of brilliantly blanket- ed chiefs, painted and feathered for ceremony, approached the Fort with measured tread and stately bearing, Pontiac in the lead. Already there had assembled within the gates a goodly number of Indians and their squaws, all concealing weapons. The chiefs stepped into a lane of soldiers stand. ing with bayonets fixed. The trading stores were closed, and knots of trad- ers' men stood here and there, each a walking arsenal. Except for the first involuntary start the warriors stalked imperturbably within the council house, where, amid armed guards sat Major Gladwyn and his officers with a brace of pistols in every belt and a sword by every officer's side. Distrust- fully and with hesitation the warriors took their seats upon the mats prepar- ed. Pontiac stood to speak. As he rais- ed the wampum belt Gladwyn's hand moved slightly and a drum rolled dea- feningly within the room while arms clashed threateningly in the outside passage. Pontiac stammered through some empty words and relapsed wpon the floor. Gladwyn lied briefly in general terms, oth friendship and protection to those who merited it and vengeance upon presumption. The council was unusually short. The chiefs filed out the gates followed by a de- jected crowd of squaws and warriors. with ra- Indigo blue serge suits, $28.50 Tweddell's. Gabriel. D'Annunzio hopes to fiy from Rome to Argentina in June. A BUILDIN LONG the line of the transcontinental ---at almost any station --is evidence of the revenue that is brought to G OF Canada through the efforts of the Canadian Pacific abroad. The long trains of human freight that cross and re-cross Canada in a never-endingstream, - would be cut in half if only traffic originat- ing in Canada were carried! Those huge trains transport passengers from foreign lands across the great Canadian land - link between the oceans-- con- tributing enormously to the revenue of Canadian mer- In every city of importance throughout the world, the Canadian Pacific maintains of- DO YOU KNOW OM chants and trade generally. It is truly the Highway Extraordinary--for it is unique in the history of railroading. fices or agents to direct traffic across Canada --thereby bringing profitable business to Canada, as well as insuring the success of the Railway--success from which all 1Canada beacfits.. More, this activity of the Ca~ nadian Pacificabroad has been the greatest single factorin ad- vertising Canada to theworlds N./PACIFIC It Spans the World | INION LITTLE KNOWN BITS OF CANADIAN HISTORY By Lyman B. Jackes IMPOSTERS IN CANADIAN \ HISTORY In the spring of the year 1613, Sam- uel de Champlain started from Quebec on his long deferred tour of western exploration. Like many others of the time he sought a water route to the unmeasured treasures of the Orient. He had planned to reach Hudson's Bay from the Ottawa, and then tarnm westward to China and Japan. He had been misled in this theory by an iin- poster, a man named Nicholas Vignan. This Frenchman had come out to Ca- nada with one of the parties organiz- ed by De Monts. He told Champlain stories of how he had explored the Ottawa to its headwaters, and had come to a lake which gave entrance fo the great northern sea that had been discovered by Henry Hudson three years before. Enthused with this false informa- tion, Champlain started off and toiled onward through vast difficulties, until he reached the district near Lake Coul. ange. He stopped there to fer with mitted that he had never been any far- ther west than the point upon which he then stood. Champlain, weary and disgusted, abandoned his exploration and returned to Quebec. an Indian chief. In the presence of Vignan, the Indian denounced him as an imposter and under pressure he ad- faye yy £7 A ps 7 ALLL EN MOTHER:~ Fletcher's Cas- toria is a pleasant, harmless Sub- stitute for Castor Oil, ¥ . SANG. 2. = RY Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, especially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. To avoid rays book for the signature of Pout Fide. imitations, always : Bamdaine everywhere recommend it. Aisa Other imposters there were in great numbers. Most of these were court fol- TE i if i g o Columbus faced the same thing, but the most interesting of these maps by imposters was prepared shortly after] the return of Jacques Cartier from his second voyage in 1536. This contains just sufficient truth to show that the information was obtained from mem- bers of Cartier's crew. The outlines of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are fairly well drawn, al- though a serious mistake is made in| reversing the entire map from left to} right. The imposter traces the St. Law- | rence as far as a high mountain, which | is meant to represent Mount Royal. | For the rest of his information he has drawn entirely upon his imagination | or has been at the mercy of yarn| spinning sailors. The south of his map is generously finished off with a series of scollops and the information added Proved Safe by millions and prescribed that time did not permit of detailed exploration there, But in an attempt to prove that he was in the southern portion of the continent he draws in a large series of Eskimo snow houses. He draws flocks of ostrich and herds of unicorns, and scatters them with a lavish hand throughout the country we now know as Labrador and north- ern Quebec. Not to be outdone he also paints in a portrait of the king of the country and the royal castle where he was royally entertained, It is hard to realize today how such imposters could thrive and flourish. But it was an age when knavery and trickery were at the peak. This impos ter has passed into history leaving lit- tle but his imaginary map, for us to laugh at, but he succeeded in keeping Cartier from his reward until 1541. by physicians for AS omy Barer: pucage SE er EA