Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-20


| Winnipeg last night state that Colonel OF
| ter made an attack on Poundmaker. and
after Il severe battle captured him and took
| 100 prisoners. The battle was fought in
| Eagle Hills, and Otter made an assault
against orders. Twenty-One Canadians and
nineteen Englishmen were killed.
MIDDLET0N's MEN-HORRIBLE TREATMENT
OF PRIsoNERs-CAPTURE OF SUPPLIES
WINNIPEG, May 19th.-No intelligence
| has vet been received of the arrival of Mid
dleton's men at Prince Albert, but it is sup
posed that they are at that point long before
now. 1t is expected that they will proceed
from there to Battleford by steamer If
the water is high the journey could be
made in three or four days With the
united force a heavy blow could be struck
at Poundmaker. Big Bears attention will
in the meantime be taken up with General
Strange's forces.
A letter from Edmonton says that Mrs.
Delaney, one of the Frog Lake captives,
was outraged till she died and her body
was then cut to pieces by the squaws Mrs.
| GOwanlocke, another captive, has been
Indians as his wife, Nothing has been
heard of the fate of the Mclean
| family. but it is supposed
to be horrible one. A dispatch from Sas-
katchawan Landing says: Three of the
teamsters who escaped from Poundmaker' s
Indians have arrived, and report as follows:
| Twenty-One OK teams and nine horse teams
| left Miller on the 11th and when within
eight miles of Battleford were suddenly
| bounced upon by over 100 Indians, all
mounted, who completely surrounded the
men, and as the latter were not numerous
enough to stand fight, the only thing left
was to cut their horses loose and run them
off the trails in between the different
squads, and take the chance of escaping
There were thirty loads of supplies, com
! prised of seventeen loads of provisions and
| thirteen loads ofoats Fifteen more loads are
within 200 miles of Miller station, and iit-
| teen at that station, making in all sixty
| loads now at the mercy of the Indians
| Twenty men were taken prisoners by the
Indians, eighteen being ox-drivers and two
horse teamsters. This affair Will no doubt
stop teamsters from going TO the front until
! troops are sent in advance TO clear the road
The escaped men were chased over ten
miles, and then fired upon, but without
effect Mcconnell, the depot clerk at
Miller station, is here having abandoned
his post on account of the trouble. All the
depots along the track are also being closed
An Explanation Demanded by Spain.
MADRID, May 19th-The Minister of the
Marine answered the Senate to-day that the
Spanish Government had asked the French
Government for an explanation of the
hosting of the French flag in Spanish ter
ritory in Africa.
Small Pox Spreading in Montreal.
MONTREAL, May 19th.-The smallpox is
spreading rapidly in all sections of the city
The Health Department is broken down
completely, but the Mayor with the assist
ance of the leading medical men, is en-
deavoring to check the disease
Ferran's Cholera incubation System.
New YORK, May 19th.-The Sans Lon.
don special says Of the rapid spread of chol-
era in Spain: The authorities tried for a
long while to conceal the fact They have
spread glowing accounts of the success of
DR., Ferrans new system of microbic in