The handling of these railroad construction gangs is
no easy matter. We are pestered with whiskey-smugglers, gamblers, and
prostitutes till we don't know which way to turn. As the work extends
into the mountains and as the camps grow in numbers the difficulty
of control is very greatly increased. I ought to have my force
strengthened. Could you not immediately spare me at least eight or ten
good men? I would like that chap Cameron, the man, you know, who caught
the half-breed Louis in the Sarcee camp and carried him out on his
horse's neck--a very fine bit of work. Inspector Dickson will tell you
about him. I had it from him. Could you spare Cameron? I would recommend
him at once as a sergeant."
The Inspector handed back the letter without comment.
"Well?" said the Commissioner.
"Cameron would do very well for the work," said the Inspector, "and he
deserves promotion."
"What was that Sarcee business, Inspector?" enquired the Commissioner.
"That must have been when I was down east."
"Oh," said the Inspector, "it was a very fine thing indeed of Cameron.
Louis 'the Breed' had been working the Bloods. We got on his track and
headed him up in the Sarcee camp. He is rather a dangerous character and
is related to the Sarcees. We expected trouble in his arrest. We rode
in and found the Indians, to the number of a hundred and fifty or more,
very considerably excited.
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