Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-04-02
NUMBER 81
RIEL'S REBELS
A Victory for His Forces lin Nam
it0ba.
Twelve Mounted Police Killed and
Eleven Wounded.


Riel have been victorious In their frat en
counter in British America with the Cana
dian mounted police sent against them to
put down the rebellion. The trouble. Il
will be remembered, has resulted
from the demand of the hnif-
breeds in British America for more land,
demand with which the Canadian govern
nent was slow to comply Louis Rial tha
organizer of the present movement, led
similar insurrecticn in 1870. bnt was finally
compelled to fee to the United
States, where he has remained until
recently. He Is wen educated, nnd
has been a member Of the Canadian pariIa.
ment His followers consist mostly OF French.
Scotch and Indian half breeds, and they conn.
pose the great majority of tile population All
the scene Of insurrection In Manitoba, British
America A dispatch from Winnipeg. the
chief city in Manitoba, gives the following
particulars of The opening fight:
Hostilities have been commenced ia earn
est. and alarming reports have besn re-
ceived from Fort Carleton this afternoon. The
substance of these reports is as follows.
The rebel army, which numbers about
1900 men, surrounded Fort Carlton neariv <
week ago and besieged it. Major Crozier
and garrison Of 125 men held out ais Ionx
as possible. and when their supplies became
exhausted the major resolved To dash through
the enemy and make for Duck Lake, where
supply post is located and which was held BY
the rebels
With fifty picked men the major suddenly
rode out OF the fort and dashed southwark
toward Duck Lake The enemy was c0r
and fired on the police. The latter returned
the fire, and for some time, amid the widest
confusion, the engagement was kept np. ThH
larger portion Of the police succeeded in
breaking through theranks OF the enemy and
galloped off toward Duck Lake. During the
fight, according to the first report, eight
mounted police were killed and fifteen of fha
enemy.
a despatch to the Winnipeg Sun from its
correspondent at the front, dated at Qu'Ap-
pelle says:
James Scott station master at Durk
Lake, has teiegraphed from that point To tha
military authorities here that fight had Just
taken place at Duck Lake Two policemen
killed and ten wounded The loss of the
rebels is unknown, but must be large
This i the second fight, a. tile other Dc-
Cured the day before yesterday.
The authorities here ara dreadfully sgis
tated General Middleton has left for the
West by a special train bearing Che balance
Of the troops, beside eight carloads cE pr0-
visions
An Ottawa dispatch gives the f0lloTfnes
particulars In the house Of commons this
evening, immediately after resnmiDg biisi-
ness, Sir John Macdonald read the following
telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Irwin,
dated Fort Carleton
seThe party under my command have lust
arrived. When near Fort Carleton found
that Major Crozier, with party of one hum
dred, had gone to Duck Lake to secure a large
quantity OF supplies there stored They were
met by some hundred rebels, who held an
advantageous position at Beardy's Reserve,
and endeavored to surround Major Cru
zier's force of police and civilians
The rebels fired first When the firing becaIus
general, Major Crozier, owing to the disad
vantage ct which he was taken retreated IN
good order, reaching at the fort at the same
time as my party. Ten civilians Of Prince Al
bert and two policemen were killed, and f0lu
civilians ond seven constabes were wounded
The number of rebels killed is not known
The police and civilians acted with the great
est bravery under heavy fire n
Sir John said that, as the situation bud ~
come so alarming, the government woulr
abandon the policy of secrecy, and keep thu
house fully informed. Arrangements are al
complete to carry troops over the gap i'm tht
Canadian Pacific railway north Of Lake Eu
per1or. harry Abbott, engineer, had pro
The Hon Mr.. Caron, minister of militia
said that transportation and Subsistence harf
been provided for 500 men.
a battery, Of Quebec, has been ordered f
leave tomorrow morning. 1t will be ioineg
by battery, Of Kingston Leutenant-Go
ernor Dowdney telegraphs that the Indian
south ere all quiet along the line
Sir John Macdonald stated in the house
that it ha1 been ascertained that Rielis force
number between 800 and 2, 600 They hap
six American cannon and large quantity oF
small arms, and were, il Is supposed, beint
assisted by American Fenians
General Middleton has started from win
nipeg to the scene with militia The troubi
is entne'y confined to Carelton, Duck Lake
and Prince Albert. Nothing has been
learned as yet Of the movements Of The haII
breeds They prevent any communication
with Prince Albert and Duck Lake Adyices
from Edmonton say that the French hall
breeds show signs Of disaffection Settlers al
other points ore greatly alarmed, and art
making preparations for defence
The government TONIGHT received d run1of
from good source that If Riel is successful at
the start the Indians viii join him in large
bodies The government greatly fears thah
such viii turn out to be the case ana win make
a sudden and strong attempts to sup
press the trouble. Iieutenant-C Col
onel Williams, who was the first to
oifer to raise O regiment for the Son
dan. and q large number of officers offered
their services tonight to the minister of mill
tia. Beside a and B batteries, the Toronto
school Of infantry, 500 men from the Queens
Own, and the Tenth Royals Of Toronto
have been ordered to start ia the morning fur
the Northwest, and the Sixty-tifth regiment
OF Montreal has been ordered to get under
arms immediately
EfeI Again Victo ions.
Later advices state that tho authorities nt
Winnipeg had received news from Humboldt
OF another engagement between the mounted
police and the Prince Albert voiuateer
corps and force or about BOD rebels,
near Duck Lake. Thirteen volunteers
and police were killed, and the rebel loss
was very heavy. The volunteers aud
police were coming down the trail from
Fort Carleton to Duck Lake to secure SUPP
plies. The rebels in large numbers were
ing IN ambush and when the police were ifA n
piece Of thick underbrush, at signal the
rebels rushed upon them. Firing was
kept up for some time with teri
rible effect on both sides A
large number De Indians we're with THE rebels.
and their war whoops were heard above Tia
noise of the rifles. TIE police and volunteers
finally fought their way through and ratreat
ed upon Fort Carleton, which they reached
ID safety, leaving number Of wounded ha-
hind.
A telegram from Brandon says that The
mounted police captured Louis Genville, an
emissary Of Riel, who had been sent with laN-
ters 70 the Indians and half breeds of Broad
view, Oak Lake and Bail St Paul. The
prisoner said he left Riel six days previously,
and that he had then six American cannon
and 800 men, and that he was being Joined
by American Indians
At Montreal state OF intense excitement
prevailed, owing to the alarming news cons
corning the Riel rebellion The Slxty-6fth
Battalion a French regiment was called put