St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-28
The Big Chief, His Forces and All Their
Arms in the Hands Of
Middleton.
Nurderers of Barney Fremont and Paine
Confess Their Awful Grimes and
Are Imprisoned.
Gen. Middleton in Report Outlines
His Plan of Attack Against
Big Bear.
Fears ofsHfs Escape to the North and
the Difficulty in Following
Him.
Pursued Closely by Gen. Strange
Middleton to Move with SUI
Mounted Men.
Poundmaker Surrenders.

Poundmaker Surrenders.
The following dispatch announcing the
surrender of Poundmaker appeared exclu-
siyely in the second edition Of yesterdays
GLOBE. being the only paper in the coun-
try to publish the news:
Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, 4 a. m, May ga Iate
dispatch from Battleford says that Cnler
Poundmaker has surrendered uncondltlon-
ally to Gen. Middleton, who arrived at Bat
tleford Sunday. Poundmaker and thirty
braves are prisoners and will be held to
await the action of the government. They
also brought in $40 stand OF arms.
Details of the Surrender.
Special to the Globe.
BArTLEFoRD, Man., May 81 Follow
ing are the particulars of Poundmakers
surrender. Poundmaker's message to Gen.
Middleton received at Carleton says: sir,
I am camped with my people on Eagle
hills. where I am reached by the news OF
the surrender of RieL No letter came with
the news. so 1 cannot tell how far it may
be true. l send some of my men
to YOU to learn the truth and the
terms of peace. l and my people wish you
to send terms in writing, so that we may
be under no misunderstanding, from which
so much trouble arises. We have twenty
one prisoners, whom we have tried 10 treat
well in every respect" With greeting,
His
PoUNDMAKER. X
mark.
Middleton's reply to Poundmaker was as
follows:
Steamer Northcote, May 23.-Pound-
maker: 81 have utterly defeated
the half-breeds and Indians and have made
prisoners of Riel and most of his council.
have made no terms with them, neither
will I make terms with you. I have men
enough to whip you and your people or at
least drive you away to starye,
and will do so unless you bring in the
teams you took, yourself and your council
lors to me with your arms at Battleford on
Friday, the 26th. I am glad to hear you
treated the prisoners well and have released
them" FRED MIDDLETON,
Major General.
In accordance with this ultimatum Pound
maker surrendered this morning. A wagon
train numbering sixty-seven vehicles ar
rived with half-breeds, who corraled them
selves Just west of the barracks and then
laid down their arms. The party num-
bered about $50 all told. Their arms
consisted of four rifles and seventeen
shotguns and OH searching their wagons
some few rifles were found. At IL o'clock
an Indian rider in full war-paint dashed in,
saving that Poundmaker would arrive
within an hour to surrender with all his
councillors Promptly on time Poundmaker
arrived with the captured wagon train,
some stock and wagon loaded with re-
peaterS and shotgunS and few hInt-lockS,
numbering in all 210. Gen. Middleton
then held big pow-wow, which lasted
three hours. Poundmaker blamed Riel for
melting the Indians to rise, and said he
came in to tell the general to kill him,
so as to
SAVE HIS PEOPLE.
Several chiefs followed, all blaming Riel
for misleading them. A scene occurred
during the pow-wow, when Gen. Middle
ton asked who killed Barney Fremont and
Paine. One brave, an Ecta StOney, rose
from the circle and kneeled at Gen. Middle
tons feet saying the great chief could cut
him in pieces as he killed Paine. He fur
ther said he did not want all punished for
his offense. He said that he killed Paine
in self-defense. He said he demanded ten
days rations from the instructor, as he was
going hunting. He was refused, and Paine,
he alleges, attempted to grasp his shot gun.
He succeeded, but the Indian regained it
and shot Paine with buckshOt. His grand
son. Wawonice confessed to numbering in
cold blood Barney fremont, who was
greasing a wagon. The self-confessed
murderers were
TAKEN INLo CUSTODY.
Gen. Middleton then said the government
would detain Poundmaker, Lean Man,
Breaking the Ice and Yellow Mud Blanket,
but told the others to go back to their re-
spective reserves for the present, and if
they conducted themselves properly they
would get rations The braves departed
happy. Poundmaker and other chiefs are
in the guard room at the fort When
Poundmaker was asked what he was going
TO do, he replied: 81 cannot say" but added
that an unknown power drew him eastward.
When informed that Riers defeat was adj
mitted. Poundmaker says he promised Riel
aid. He replied that his destination was
unknown. Questions regarding the pillag-
ing of the bull train and the shooting of
Scout Elliot were satisfactorily answered.
He said that past events would not have Oc-
CURED had he known he was regarded as
such great chief He said that he had
sent word to Big Bear to surrender. He
said Col. Otter attacked him at Cut Knife
as he was preparing to start for
DEVILS LAKE.
The following half-breedS have been ar
rested for participating in the fight at Cut
Knife Creek: Baptiste Sayer, Andrew
Sayer, Alexander Bremner, Charles Brem-
ner and white man named Robert Jeffer-
son, instructor with Poundmaker. The re-
mainder of Poundmaker's party are ex-
pected tomorrow. They evidently brought
the least valuable of their arms to-day and
the young braves are believed to have all
fhQ hQct rifoc T ic fb0nCbf fhnU will hrQo IL
into small parties and escape to the United
States. Big Bear is said to be only thirty
miles from here and that he is coming to
surrender. Although the uprising is vir-
tually ended, the summer will be spent dis
arning the Indians and trying the half
breeds. The settlers say they will not
venture back to their farms until the In
dams are put where they can do no harm.
To-day 24O braves have surrendered.
Poundmaker says the half-breeds were not
prisoners in his camp.
TELEGRAMs FROM MIDDLETON.
BATTLEFoRD, May 26.-To Lieut.. Gov.
Aikens: You will have heard ere this that
the government has changed Riel's destina-
ton to Regina. Poundmaker and his whole
band surrendered to me. to-day, giving up
21O arms, Otters teams and the stolen
horses and cattle. He and three of his
principal chiefs, together with the murder
ers of Paine and Fremont, are prisoners in
nv camp Hope the business is nearly
over now. FRED MIDDLETON.
BATTLEFoRD, May 26.-To Commits
sioner Wrigley: Poundmaker and three of
his chiefs, and the two murderers of Paine
and Fremont, are prisoners In my camp. /
am surrounding Big Bear to come in l
shall attack him if he does not. think the
affair is nearly over.