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RED MEN EXECUTED,
EIGHT INDIANS MAKE EXPIATlON
Participants in the Frog Lake Massacre
Meet their Doom with Traditional Stoi-
cism-The Eight Chant their Death
song as the Trap Falls.

song aS the trap EallS,
BATTLEFoRD, n. W. T., Nov. 21.-Papa-
mahchakwayo, or Wandering Spirit
Nopface, or Iron Body Wohwahnitch, or
Man without Blood Manachoos, Bad
Arrow; Kttamaque, Miserable Man
Apischi-koos, Little Bear; Wawaase
kovees, Dressy Man, and Charles Du-
charme, alias Charlebois or Itca the
eight Indians concerned in the Frog Lake
massacre, were hanged here at S;l5 this
morning. There was no hitch whatever.
The day opened dark and cloudy and
with the air frosty rhe government au
thorities permitted savages from the
reserves distant 10 to 10 miles from this
post to be present at the execution, and all
night clusters of braves hung about the
stores and camped out on the open ground
near by the barracks of mounted police,
but the presence of the sentries prevented
them from approaching near the cells oc-
cuped by the condemned Camp-fires
lit up the prairies and the comrades of
the warriors to be executed, could be
heard chanting the death songs of their
tribes. The gallows stood out in bold re
lief, having been placed near the military
post in open view to enable the late war
ring savages to witness the death penal
ties passed upon their leaders. Nearly all
remained wakeful during the night but
one or two lay down in their blankets and
slept from midnight until the early hours
of the morning. None of them displayed
any unusual signs of excitement, but re
manned stoical up to the last
AT 1870 each man pinioned and guarded
on either side, was marched to the scat
fold, taking his place on the trap. When
they were asked if they had anything to
say, Wandering Spirit began to speak in
his native tongue, acknowledging he de
served death. He warned his people not
to make war on the whites as they were
their friends. He told of the Frog Lake
massacre, and took the burden of the
crime upon himself. He was followed by
Miserable Man, who spoke in the same
strain. Wen he had concluded, the saw
ages who had remained quiet through
out the speeches, except to eNclaim
How" at various periods during
conceded in his views, then began to
chant their death song to show that they
did not fear death. The chanting of the
savages continued even after the white
caps had been adjusted and in the middle
of their song, the bolt was drawn and all
fell together, every one apparently dying
instantly Doctor Ralph examined the
bodies and pronounced life extinct After
hanging fifteen minutes the bodies We're
cut down and placed in collins and handed
over to the coroner and jury. The Indians
who stood at Il distance and witnessed the
affair were very quiet, and the silence was
only broken by the waling wives of the
condemned braves The savages general
ly set out for their reserves after the exc
cution and those who remained showed
no special signs of excitement
The Frog Lake Massacre.
The crimes the Indians eXpiated ON the
scatfold We're completely in the Frog Lake
Massacre on April the Bid and the muir
ders of Payne, the farm instructor neal
Battleforl, and Barney fremont, the Bat
tleford settler. The most notorious OF
these murdcrers were Miserablcl, Man anC
Wandering Spirit, both petty chiefs OF
those nomadic bands of Plain Crees, who
are chiefly responsible for the trouble oc
casloned by Big Bears Band and the Woo
CreeS and thlppt WayanS during the uprlS-
ing. 1t was Good Friday that the Frog Lake
massacre occurred, and from early morn
ing Wandering Spirit had shown Il VIC
lent inclination to precpitte Il row will
the whites. Having made sure that al
the whites then at the settlement were al
the little Roman Catholic church he alsC
entered ana remained in the centre of the
church, standing in Il defiant manner
with his rifle in hand and with war hal
above a hideously painted face, the Who'll,
SeENlCt llllOuSH [AllCI lut StlNlCt Wa
over he was conVersing with Mr. Quinn
the Indian agent, when the latter refused
to acCede to some unreasonable demand
Wandering Spirit, apparently glad of the
opportunity, levelled his rifle at Quinn
head, coolly saying Il told you TO go,
and shot him dead. The drawing of th
first blood set the whole party of Indians
afiame, and within II few seconds Charlie
Gouin, il halt-breed carpenter who hat
been conversing with Quinn Il few min
utes previously was Shot dead, and MI
Delapey a farm instructor, was wounded
while Rev. Fathers Fafard and Marchan
were eXpostulatlng with the Indians L
spare him. The brave missionaries
efforts, however, We're unavailing
they themselves were shot down with fou
other whites named Gilchrist, Gowanlock
Dill and Wllliscraft, while Delaney wa
given his coup de grace, as he lay with
ing in agony from his first wound. Mi,
cradle Man and Little Bear were two {
those who were most prominent in bach
ing up Wandering Spirit on this occasion
Wandering Spirit was surrendered to Co
Osborne Smith at Fort Pitt by the Woo
Crees, among whom he had taken refuge
while Miserable Man, with a starving rem
nant of Big Bears band, surrendered I
Lieut. Col. MOntzambert at Bi.ttleford.
A Baron's son Arrested.
MONTREAL, Nov. 27.--Jules de ;
Agnon, an adopted ION of the Baro
Agnon de L'Ansbrrg, Paris France, W.
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