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GABRIEL DUMONT,
THE EXILED REBEL CHIEFTIAN OF THE GREAT LOUIS REIL NORTHWEST REBELLION. v

Gabriel Dumont, the hero of this sketch was born at St. Boniface, Manitoba, in the year 1837, and is of French and Indian extraction. Was married at the age of 20 to a half-breed woman of the Assiniboine tribe of Indians. He has no children. In person, he is a plain, unassuming man of medium height, possessed of an iron constitution wedded to indomitable courage and physical activity. His mental qualities prove him to be a a man of suprerior character and a leader among the Indians, from whom he gained a knowledge of woodcraft that served him well during the late Northwest Rebellion. At the age of 22 he entered the employment of the Hudson Bay Company, where he remained six years as a hunter and trapper. At the expiration of his term of service he became a trader for the Canadian Indians, and amassed a comfortable share of wealth, which he invested in government lands and for several years devoted himself to farming and cattle raising. He first met Louis Reil at Pembina, in the year 1869, who was then making his first treaty with Canadian government. Being convinced of the justice of Reil's claims, on behalf of the Metis, he pledged his life and fortune to the cause. When the treaty of '69 was broken, Reil took possession of Fort Garry, which he held until the spring of 1870. Dumont redeemed his pledge, and was the ablest supporter that Reil called to his aid.

When the last rebellion broke out, Reil again summoned Dumont to his side, who quickly responded, and was placed in command of 350 men. He proved his skill as a soldier by successfully holding Batoche against the attack of 1,600 volunteers, and bears on his person numerous scars made by his enemies' bullets on that occasion. Whatever the merits of the question may be, Gabriel Dumont has shown that he was willing to sacrifice everything to secure justice for a people he believed had been wronged.

The rebellious was a failure, and Gabriel Dumont is a political outlaw. But the time will come when the future historian will point to him as a man, "Sans peur et sans reproche;" as the last man to lay his arms in what he felt to be a righteous cause; as a man having the courage of his convictions, and the daring to assert them.

On the collapse of the rebellion he, with his Lieutenant Dumais, fought their way out when surrounded by General Middleton's command who, with the Canadian Volunteers, have attested by public utterance to the skill and daring Dumont displayed. He was apprehended by the United States Government authorities at Fort Assiniboine, but the Department of State at Washington ordered his immediate release. Although an exile, he has the consolation to know that Queen Victoria and the Home Government has granted to the half-breeds almost all the rights that he so gallantly fought for. His coadjutor, the Chief Pound-maker, has been pardoned, and it is only a question of time when Parliament, by special enactment, will replace Gabriel Dumont where he belongs, by right and the affection of his people, to his full citizenship and promience in the great Northwest.

ANNIE OAKLEY.

This celebrated lady-shot was born at Woodland, Darke County, Ohio, August 13, 1866. Ever since a toddling child she has had an inherent love for fire-arms and hunting. At the age of ten she, as often as ammunition was obtainable, would smuggle her brother's musket and steal into the woods, where game, at that time, was plentiful. Naturally she was a good shot, and came home well supplied with game. From the old musket she passed to shooting a muzzle-loading shot-gun, and rapidly became such a fine shot that she rarely missed a quail. Then came a local reputation, and with improved fire-arms she attracted wider notice, and for the past four years she has been shooting before the public with graet success. Though, like the modest little girl she is, she never laid claim to being a champion, yet Richard K. Fox of New York, had so much confidence in her ability that, in 1883-4, he offered to back her against any other so-called champion then traveling. The great Indian Chief, Sitting Bull, after seeing her shoot at St. Paul, Minn., adopted her in the Sioux tribe, giving her the name of Mazzo-Coy-Ah-Pazzo, or Little Sure Shot. Besides the thousands of exhibitions she has given, she has shot in twenty-three matches and tournaments, winning nineteen prizes. In April, 1884, she attempted to eat the best 1,000 ball record made at balls thrown in the air, using a 22-calibre rifle. The best record was 979, made by Dr. Ruth. Miss Oakley broke 943. February, 1883, she attempted the feat of shooting 5,000 balls in one day, using three 16-gauge Parker shot-guns, and loading them herself. The balls were thrown from traps at fifteen yards' rise. Out of 5,000 shot at, she broke 4,772. On the second thousand she only missed sixteen, making the highest 1,000 ball record--984. This feat was accomplished near Cincinnati, in less than nine hours, Miss Oakley is also a fine rider, and understands how to manage a horse, as the following will show: In the fall of '84 a gentleman near Greenville, Ohio, who owned a valuable but vicious and unbroken horse, told her he would give her the horse if she could ride him in less than three days without any assistance. She broke him to a saddle,a nd has used him ever since, when not engaged in her exhibition, sometimes riding fifty miles in one day. What makes Miss Oakley's feats more surprising is the fact that she is small in stature, and weighs only 110 pounds. For the past season this lady has been one of the features of the Buffalo Bill Wild West, and will appear at each performance.