THE MISSING GOLD

In the spring of 1874 the Canadian Government organized the North-West Mounted Police and sent them to the west, their objective point being a fort built by the whiskey traders at the junction of the St. Mary and Belly rivers, their intention being to put a stop to the whiskey trade, and endeavor to bring the Indians more into the way of civilization. Among the many captures made, all kinds of men were to be found and the stories told by them of their adventurous and haphazard ways were of great interest, and well worth preserving. The following story was told me by one of them who it was my duty of arrest, together with two others, up Oldman River not far from the foot of the mountains, with fifty gallons of alcohol and about 1,200 robes, the proceeds of their whiskey trade among the Blood Indians. Here, Denny provides details on a missing gold that was never found.