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account of his blood
1t was Christmas eve of 1855, when
Cadien and his companions reached the
party OF Hare Indians, consisting Of the
husband and wife aforesaid, aud about
| fifteen others Of both sexes and various
ages. Cadien and his companions were
hospitality received by the Indians, and
Toasted according to the custom of the
| country.
In the course Of the night, Cadien told
| Lagraisse and Jourdain. who were them.
selves unacquainted with the Hare Iu-
dian language, that their hosts had i: ia
| contemplation to murde- them, aud sire
nuously urged the necessity Of saving
themselves by massacreing the whole
party. Lagraisse appeared to enter into
his hoodthirsty views but Jourdaiu re-
fused TO imbrue his hands, more particu.
la5ly on Christmas day, in the blood OF
men apparently his friends. The party
spent Christmas day amid th- hospitali-
ties OF the Indians. On the morning Of
the Goth, Cadieu renewed his diabolical
Suggestions finding Jourdain still un-
willing TO participate in the contemplat.
ed atrocity, he pretended TO abandon his
design.
Cadien and his companions then pre-
pared 10 depart; but, after they had ac-
tually tackled their dogs to the sleds,
Cadien beck ned to an Indian TO ap-
Proach, as if intending to give him
little ammunition, on approaching. the
poor fellow held out piece Of cloth to
receive the ammunition and was sho,
down like deer by Cadien, who by
thus numbering one victim in cold blood.
was able to satisfy himself, that he had
right to Stay the others in self defence.
The report of the pistol brought ali the
Indians out of their tents, and Cadieii, af-
ter pointing out to Lagraisse and Jour
dam that there was no longer any room
for hesitation or choice, commenced the
work of indiscriminate slaughter, dis
charging and reloading his firearms with
demoniac expedition. Lagraisse second
ed him with apparent good will a; and
In very brief space OF time they had e.
leven harmless and unsuspeciing fellow
| creatures sirewed around then, on the
snow, in the agonies of death.
What the fire arms left imperfectly
done, was completed by the knile-the
murderers ripping open the bellies OF men
women, and children. Jourdain, mean
while, was keeping up appearances by
firing powder alone into tent, and i'm
mediately after fell. as if by accident, and
broke the stock oi his gun. Being sent
by Cadien to see that the work was eff
fectual!y done, he saved the life of an
old woman and some boys, throwing
buffalo robe over the former, and effacing
the foot prints Of the latter by means of
his own snow-shoes.
Among the murdered victims was the
husband of Cadien's paramour and so
far as Cadien knew, she was the sole sur
| vivor of the whole band. The party
then proceeded to its original destination.
Cadlen & Lagraisse having the Indian
women in common between them.
AS one crime naturally leads to amos
Their, CadieD, in order to secure the per-
manent possession of his prize, proposed
on the homeward journeyto his compan.
ions, that they should murder "Mowat'
the commander of Fort Norman, who,
as we have already mentioned. had once
before wrested the woman from her Sc
Queer. This new proposal Immediately
determined Jourdain how to act; and he
accordingly FASTENED forward and put,
Mowat on his guard by timely information
of the plot. Mowat immediately commu-
nicated the whole of Jourdan's statement
of the massacre and plot TO his superior,
Mr.. NJ Pbersons, gentleman in charge
of another post, who forthwith sent par>
| tyto capture Cadien and Lagraisse, and
ordered the abandonment of Fort II or
man through fear of retaliatory murders
! OH the part of the natives. The dan
ger Of such result was augmented by
the tact already mentioned, that Cadien
had always been considered by the In.
dams as white man.
! The post was accordingly abandoned !;
the woman 'the direful spring of woes
unnum5cred," was restored to her rela-
tives and at the opening OF the paviga-
ton, Cadien, Lagraisse and Jourdain
were sent as prisoners 10 Norway House,
situated at the northern extremity OF
Like Winnipeg, but reached that sta
ton too late to be forwarded to Canada
the same year.
1t was not before December last, that
the honorable board Of the Hudson
Bay Company in London received in
leliigeDce of these atrocities ard that
body, as in justice, policy and humanity
bound, submitted statement Of the de-
tails to his majesty attorney general for
Lower Canada. The result Of this step
was all order from his excellency the
governor in chief to send the prisoners
to be tried in Lower Canada, under The
authority of the imperial stature % Geo