He was put
under arrest by the Hudson's Bay Company's officer in charge, who is
also a magistrate; and an indictment was made out against him. He was
committed for trial and sent out by the Hudson's Bay Company's fur
boat in the course of the summer to Prince Albert, some 1800 miles
distant, where the nearest Courts of Justice are held.
But the whole business of Michel's committal was a farce. The
Indians are as yet too ignorant and uncivilized to understand the
nature of an oath, and even if they did so, there is not one man
among them now living who could be brought to bear witness against
one of his own race and tribe. When last Michel was heard of, he was
under nominal restraint, but conducting himself with propriety, and
professing utter unconsciousness of the wild acts of his past life.
C. S. B.
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