The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-22
ACTIV1TY OF THE REn

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The Outbreak In Tie Horth,,e.,
More Atarnai'a0--S Settlers KILLED ,.s s,osssD
Wives Held Ia Captirity. Aer
Winnipeg dispatch: Edmonton adj,
the region north and east of there :. s sg
hostiles, in fact all the Indians west ~ n uai
ford arc in war paint and the sett,o Da'e
ned. John walklnshaw and Albert Harta lave
both from Ontario, were killed BY Rio pa
band. over week ago. Their wives .ns '
wives of the missionaries are prisoner. ny
four women are being frightfully maltro..
Scouts from the northeast will have fes'..
time OF It, Poundmaker, Little Child ona
other chiefs are on the war path. 80,
OF halfbreeds are directing them. M,,ss
Steele was to have sent word back whoa%
reached Edmonton, but nothing h ""eh d
heard from him. There is a perfect ns,i 1esp
| the El' amor districts. Scores of hompes uic
have been burned. A'''esd;
Fbe party from Battlcford with tbe no,
the fight on Poundmaker's reserve. ren.;.ga
the wires which have been down since ~
hrst OF the month, and communication j2"s
restored. The messenger from Fat,Irr
states that Col. Ottr division attackeS ~
hcstile Crees on Poundmaker's reserra u -
Saturday and routed them with immens,II
The Indians fought With stubborn determ IN
ton from five O'Clock in the morning 'i naa,
noon. when they commenced to retire and i
lew minutes later were driven in all djract;ee-a
before the victorious troops. The troons uu
der the commanders direction then bnrrnoS Su'
port on OF Poundmaker's camp. The India K
loss is not positively ascertained but ra;as
estimates place it at one hundred killed aus
right. Otter's loss is eight killed and tbi'
teen wounded. ~ H
Tho r
excited over Poundmaker's defeat. and a.!
said to be of the reserve. A general upriSns
of savages is now feared more than eva ~s s
Crowfoot, the great chief of the Blackfeet /.
the natural brother of Poundmalxer. Crowfos &
is at present none too well disposed toward,
the government. Major Walsh fears that t6s
bailled Crees will now massacre their caDtIvss b
He does not put the fighting strength Of as
Indians north of the SaskatcheW an at mara
than COO. "'
Major Walsh, who has spent his life ammo a
the Indians, and who is intimately acquaireS 3
with all the chiefs in the northwest, was i4r.
viewed. Replying to question as n Ii, n
opinion about the present fight, and the etrs as
1t viii have upon the Indians he said be dd b
not like Otter's marching back to Battleiori IS
so quickly. AS to other phases of thequesio IS
he thought the first blow, which will be fot W
lowed by bloody Indian war had been strueE a;
Once aroused, the Indians will fight, and 4
peared that the Indians of the whole North
Saskatchewan district are aroused. He sd
The opinion that 600 Indians represent n.
whole fighting population of the North Sas 81
katchcwan district. From their knowedgeS 81.
The country he feared they would mabs foF <'
daDle Toes. POundmaker was q restYesW &
powerful chief and would leave no stone M "a
urned to induce other bands to join bin ii
lie was relative OF CrowfOot chief Of tts E55
and the major thinks CrOwfoOt viii E
low be induced to join PoundmalSer in Insight "a
gainst the whites. The major is of the 0DD-
on that Factor Mclean and other captye ia
he hands of the Indians will not now hayes
host of chance to escape being killed 4 in.
eed, such late has not already befaApAe
DOR creatures. He thinks it was vel bad
olicy to advance and offer fight to the ID
lans until the prisoners were rans0med
argain might have been effected With the 10
ians (as was done in Minnesota some years
go) by which the prisoners could have been
insomed. Major Walsh has the gravest ap
that the Indians have outraged tie 50
male captiyes, as was so frequently the case 81
the northwestern states. He believes the Is
)vernment would have to send 5,0l1onon g
oops TO the northwest in order to success
lily combat the Indians He strongly fayon
ounted troops. Poundmaker's reserve Is
'out thirty-five miles from Battleford by the u
uth side of the Battle river and nearly due "a
est Poundmaker has about 800 fighting r.
en- alone, not TO mention the forces Of Rel h
leasant, Strike-Me-on-the Back, Mosquit =
ickv Man and Little Pine in the same lscf
7. tn ir combined strength would 1ekll
ach 600 or 200 men. They are armed With
cry conceivable style of weapon from tk
] 81 J ] ] !: !: !: !: !
If club and the bowie-knife to the rifle The
obability is that they occupied every yaDtsg
int on the bluffs and fought in real Indian "a
gle. To their reserve had been carried much X
the supplies stol N from the settlers, and 70
and recover these WAS one OF the Objectsd
ter's expedition.