New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-20
MORE DEPREDATIONS BY INDIANS
THE HUDsoNs BAY CoMPANYs LOSS.
POSTS IN NORTH SASKATCHEWAN DESTROYED
GENERAL MfDDLEToN's PLANS.
TBY TELEGRAPH To THE raIRuNr

IBf TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE
ST. PAUL, May 19.-A dispatch to The Pio-
neer Press from Winnipeg tonight says dispatches
70 the Hudson's Bay Company to-day announce that
several Of their most important posts in North saskach
evan were destroyed and pluudered by Indians. All
the goods were carried away burned and the officers
and people were turned aGrft to starve.
The post at Green Lake. 200 miles north OF
Edmonton toward Athabaska wGs treated in the
manner described The loss to the company will be great
as goods worth hundreds OF thousands of dollars in
transit to Northern ports at Green Lake post The
company will take at to bring In their
officers in order TO prevent starvation, or suffering
Another station attacked is Lacla Birch, 300 miles
north OF Fort Carleton. 1t Is an important Roman
Catholic mission, and surprise Is expressed that the
Church had not control over the redskins The worst
feature of the is that 1t indicates the redskins
rising in the North, and that dissatisfaction
has spread far north there
will be little chance Of checking it.
It always hoped that the Indians had not risen
north Of Saskatchewan River General Middle
ton has taken means to relieve the halfbreeds Mt
B4touche Flour bacon and other provisions are being
sent in large quantities After restoring confidence in
Prince Albert General Middleton will march the
prairie to Batciord and reinforce Colonel Otter. when
the campaign against the Indians will be begun they
must be punished for the outrages already committed
Batteford dispatch says that attack from In
dams expectedas night and the troops made prep
araons to receive them. The Indians set nre TO the
prares about the town. hoping that the fort would be
reached and burned Twenty-Five police who went for the
body OF their murdered companion Eliot had to gallop
back all the distance the Indians after them.
Eliot served seven years in the American cavalry
His father is a Methodist minister at Troy, N. Y
Quartermaster Tupper, Of Colonel Smiths battalion
at Fort Pitt sends or Mrs. Delaney and Mrs
Gowanock, wives of two of the victims of the Frog
Lake massacre. Mrs Delaney bound to a bench and
brutay treated She afterward hacked to pieces
by squaws. Mrs. Gowanlock is still living
In Interview Riel asked about the Fish Creek
fight. He said that DumOnt would aud went further
than he should. Then he wandered of TO say the
Almighty directed the fight at that place. He says his
force was $50 fighting men. When asked why
he assured his people OF the assistance OF the
United States he replied that reliance could be placed
word of Indians who mad given him assurance of
assistance. When asked about statement that the
United States Government to assist him Rie
confident aud again religious General Middleton thinks
that he Is a monOmaniac.
Two hours after the capture of Rel his lieutenant
Maxine Lepine, delivered himself up General Middle
ton asked him only two questi0ns Were you IN the
fight at BatOuche !" and" We're you OF Riers
sellOrs I" To both he answered Yes" Scouts after
Dumont have far been fruess but the search after
Rel proved effective that this capture practically
ends tue campaign
Bands continue surrender themselves and arms and
the main trouble Is avoid feeding the multitude Of
them.