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Show t Thekb is a good deal of difference between the wny tbe United Statei itreU its Indians and the way tbe Ireas are treated in the British possessions. posses-sions. The Canadian government long ago adopted an inflexible rule against celling liquor to Icdiaus, and i the mounted police are ordered to enforce it. Tho ccuistqu6Q.ce is that J the aborigines of Manitoba cannot get any intoxicating liquor to drink. In that country the Indian may aluo settle down on a tarm, wtieo he becomes be-comes entitled to all tbe beat fits and privileges of the wbite citizen. He can vote, hold office, go to jail, or do anything that a white man is permitted to do. Here everything in the Indian service is just the reverse of what it is in Canada, and the consequence is that while they seldom have trouble with tbe reds and never engage in open war with them, we are never free from Indian troubles and alwayB have au Indian war on our bands. |