New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05
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PREPARING TO RESIST REL.
THE SITUATION IN THE NORTHWEST.
PLANS OF GENERAL MiDDLEroN-wATiNG fo"
GOVERNMENT TROOPS.

PLANS OF GENERAL MiDDLEroN-wAITiNo Fun
GOVERNMENT TROOPS.
WINNIPEG. April "A dispatch In clpher
from Colonel Irvine has been received ana ror"ai0
Ottawa 1t is understood to say that the provisions
Prince Albert are short, and urging quick renei'
half-breed reports show that Crozier LETT thir'ee
on the field at the Duck fight The halfbreeus o.'
four killed and two wounded Croziers men fired hrst
The halfbreeds assert positively that Riers oruer'
are never to fire first. Sir A. L. oai'
offered to the Government the use OF TWO
twenty barges which now at Medicine h"' 49,
used by the Gait Coal Mining Company al Ina' Po."
These can be brought to point opposite SWIM '
which on the line Of the Canadian Pacinc
from which point direct water communication oN.,'o
with Prince Albert the ordinary time occupied ior "o
VOYAGE being about two days. Colonel Herschnoi VI
the mounted police left Calgary for SwiiI Ouii'
day to look after embarkation Mt that point 49,.
orders were received from General Middleton ias'
night by the Winnipeg and Western Transporta''on
many TO send out crew at to start the steamer
Nortncote down the South Saskatchewan oaps, and
sieger aud Russell started this morning win VI %"
will go from Moose Jaw by special train ty men of
and n Batteries with four field guns ala np hr
arrived at Port Arthur early tins morning. IN" "
ried through here Tonight 4,
Or APPELLEE Man. April 4.-Genera Middle1o 10. for
tired of waiting for troops and says II IL was o here
orders that he would make dash with those now " d
aud believes he could go through all right ne ohaby
vance far he can without them ana wiz pr r Tnes
move those here To IOucnWOOu On - az
day and establish another supply depot The ooP mo
pectcd here Monday Will then be ru. ht Twelve
front at once. 1t Is reported thaI 10 and
miles OF telegraph line between DUCK i@ In been
Clarke's Crossing the Prince Albert Dranch mas Co.
cut down II will be Impossible To repair ~ t5e
mel Mcdonald has lust returned from visiting the NC
Hills Indians, which there are Tour Dahas. Ia no
serves are twenty-five miles northeast OF heIoi
reports everything quiet there. They are Crea ho
The balfbreeds at the Mission. four miles east Vi d
are going to have another meeting on ouuny next
II they will the Dominion Comnlsslohii, 20 I've at
Wednesday rafer them to blei' VINO 10 '"'N W
Duck Lake. go -
OTTAWA April 4.-The Sixth battalion here VIII SUN
start for the front The Eighth Battalion has been oaeu
out from Quebec and Captain Roy's Artillery Is quar-
tered III the Quebec Citadel -
MONTREAL, April A leading wholesale hrm hn'o
discovered that OF the clerks, member OF the o''n
Peciment which is on the the front Is deaut
err TO the extent Of ~ 600 The commanding ooeI sa
that he could not SURRENDER tue ciorh "i'"'"'
from headquarters. -. ogorod
Three hundred Caughnawaga lndiaE' Lave oHerou
their services for the Northwest. -, a..
WINDSOR April 1.-The commanding oncer ol ~
Windsor Volunteers has received orders 70 he re
men prepared for immediate service, IN case '"0' ~
needed by the Government.
TORONTO, April4.-The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bodyguai"
Is ordered 10 parade at the Old Fort tomorrow night III
full marching ORDER when II is expected they VIII start
for the Northwest dispatch from the camp OF inc
Toronto Volunteers on their way to the Northwest says
An accident occurred today IN the telegraph tent MI
Fox eorrespenent Of The Toronto Mail. was discussing
pistol practice with three oihcers, anu VIM" ~
aminlnr "A revolver It was in some way dischaTgeo' to
hail prnetratins the thigh Of Lieutenant MorfoW, Oh
Company, making flesh wound which lhe s"rsoo"
thinks Is not serious