The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-13
THE NORTHW
THE TROUBLE WITH THE REBELS
STILL GROWING.
The Indians Pillage the Government
Warehouse and Join the Rebels
Fenians Alleged To Be TAX
ing Hand in the Matter.

WINNIPEG, April ia dispatch from
the camp at Tanchwood Hills, forty
miles north of Qu'Appelle, says the Indians
up to this point are quiet. Gen. Middleton
has talked with several bands and dis
tributed food among them They say tho
Indians north would not fight if they had
something to eat A vast quantity
of provisions will be required
for the northern settlers and the
people of Prince Albert between Ba-
touches, Clarks and Battleford nearly all the
Indians are on the war path. The settlers
have lost everything. The Teton Sioux are
burning the homesteads at Gardemis cross
ing north of Grandin. The whole northern
country is in bad shape. Risl is reported to be
at Grandin tSt LAURENT with $50 half-brseds
and $40 Crees and Teton Sioux. Fisher,
Dumas, Gurnot. and Maxine Sepine
have large force at Batouches. The set
tiers up north are al most starving and help
is urgently required. McKay's -four mill,
at Prince Alberts, has been fortified. Hostile
Indians are in the woods on the other side of
the river. Gen Middleton was in communi-
cation with Battieford by wire Friday
Fort Pitt and Offers brigade will probably
have some fighting. Riers scouts were at
Humboldt on Monday.
WINNIPEG, April l3-The telegraph to
Battleford is now in good order Advices
from there say: Our position is very I'M
satisfactory. Indians railea the south part
Of the town last Monday, and burned the
store of WahaRey 6 Klinkskill, and next
m rning the government houses and stable,
besides number of farm houses in the
ue;ghborhood All the settlers are in the
garrison here awaiting relief, but we can
Roll out against any band likely to at
tack us
Six thousand American tioops arc sta
toned along the boundary to prevent Amer
lean Indians from crossing. A man named
Mcintosh, settler, who has arrived at
Brandon from Duck Lake, says: "Riel has
5000 mon and six-pounder cannon The
Sixty sixth battalion of Montreal, arrived
here Friday morning, They left for the
west Immediately.
The story OF the Frog Lake massacre was
told by H. Quinn, nephew of the Indian
agent at that point, who escaped from the
Indians. Fourteen persons are known tc
have been killed and probably many Others
| met the same fate.
| II is known that the Indians have at
tackled Fort Pitt, but whether successfully
or not cannot be ascertained, as the for,
was only held by twenty-five policemen and
| handful of settlers AMI was surrounded by
LOO Indians, healei by Big Bear, one OF
| the most eerociou; chiefs in the northwest, il
is believed that ths assault must have sue
ceedsd and the garrison been killed
The Indians at Saddle Rock pillaged the
| government ware house and have gone TO join
the rebels. At BattIeford party of foul
Indians approached the fort and were fired
| upon. Two were killed The others escaped
| The rebels have taken all the provision:
| from Saskatoon settlement, 1t is said thai
the Blackfeet and Blools refuse to smoke
tobacco brought by the Cree runners Al
Turtle mountains the house of white set
tier named Perrett, has been sacked. The
Indians are coming in from the American
side in two and threes and assembling a
Wood Mountain.
One division of Canadian troops is nov
north of Touchwooi hills, advancing towart
rebel headquarters, another is going by
Saskatchewan river to Prince Albert whilt
third is moving to Calgary and thence e
Edmonton and Battleford Consul Taylo
says that 100 American troops are patrol
ling the border to enforce the United State
neutrality laws.
, BRANDON, April 13.-Word from the In
dian settlement in Turtle Mountain south o
here says the Inlians are becoming trouble
some and are stealing right and left Tbs
American Indians are coming over from st
Peters. Settlers are greatly disturbed, OH,
say if troops are not set at once there will III
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