On May 29th, 1885, while the troops of General Middleton were on the march to Batoche to put down the Riel rebellion, they camped on the north bank of Stoney Lake, three and a half miles south of Humboldt. While waiting for orders to proceed, a trooper by the name of Edwin Wernham carved the following inscription on a stone: "E. Wernham, No. 7 Co., 12th Battalion, York Rangers." On Sunday, June 15th, of this year, a number of boys, who were playing on the banks of the lake, came across this stone, and noticing the inscription upon it, told Mr. Anton Mettle about it, who brought the stone into town and placed it in the Arlington hotel. The stone had laid there thirty nine years before being discovered.

During a recent visit to Humboldt of Bishop Lloyd he was shown the stone and interested himself in finding the man who had carved the inscription. He had a notice of the finding of the stone inserted in eastern papers, giving full particulars of its discovery. This came to the notice of the man who, 39 years ago, while camped on the banks of the lake with General Middleton, when all this great north west was one vast wilderness, had carved the inscription. He lives at Holland Landing, Ont., and has written to both Bishop Lloyd and to Mr. Mettle, who

In his letters Mr. Wernham states they continued their march out of Humboldt, and about six miles out stopped at a lake that they called Dead Moose Lake. The Humboldt mentioned, of course, would be the old government telegraph station, about ten miles southwest of the present town of Humboldt, and which was in continuous operation up until last year. The lake that they camped at, and which they called Dead Moose Lake, is on the map as Humboldt Lake, but is more commonly known as Stoney Lake.

The stone will in all probability be handed over to the Saskatchewan Historical Society and placed in a museum, as it will be an even more interesting relic in the days to come than it is at present.