Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-12
NORTHWEST TROUBLES.
COMING UP WITH BIG BEAR.
General siiaaIe,sn's Tedious Parsuii OF the
s,e.,tIe Brave Four Families Murdered.

General sisddIeteu's Tedious Pursuit. or the
Hostile Brave Four Families Murdered
A Winnipeg MAN, special says;
General Middleton is reported to be
crossing Turtle lake on RATS IN pur-
suit OF Big Bear, who is said to be only
ten miles from that point. Supply
trains are being forwarded constantly
to General Middleton to enable him to
keep up the pursuit. General Strange
is still marching northwest with his
column over bad trail. There is Sc
rious dissension among the Queens
Own. owing to the battalion being left
behind by General Middleton, who took
the Ninetieth with him. A courier re-
ports that Major Lewis and two men Of
the Ninety-second battalion I were
drowned while crossing the Saskatche-
wan.
DISSATISFIED MILITIA,fEN.
According to dispatch from Battle
ford received here to-day, the dissen-
sion among the Queens Own on ac-
count of General Middleton's not TAX
ing them to the front is not so serious
as reported throughout the Territory by
teamsters and others. Great dissatis-
faction is, however, expressed openly
by the men, though there have been no
positive acts Of insubordination except
in the case OF two men, now under
arrest. The two detached their shoul-
der straps and accompanied the
Ninetieth to the. front. Colonel OF
ter's action is justified by many inhabi-
tants here, who are intensely indignant
at what they term the "milk-and-water
treatment by the authorities of the
Indians and half-breeds, many Of whom
are permitted to go back to the reserves
and to depart free, though known to
the inhabitants to have been active par
ticipants in the outbreak, and charged
by them with having pillaged private
property. 1t is claimed the authorities
do not understand the character of the
Indians. who, it is alleged, construe
mild treatment as indicative Of weak
ness. There is some feeling at Prince
Albert, also, and the matter is appa-
rently assuming a serious aspect.
1t seems that Middleton went in the
wrong direction, being misled by the
Government maps, and has lost valua-
BILE time. Commissioner Wrigley says
he has learned that Big Bear had stated
last fall that should troops march
against him in case of trouble he could
split up his band and make for the
Peace-riyer country. Mr.. Wrigley
thinks this is the course that he has
pursued. but he thinks General Mid
dleton will be able to capture him.
Alexander Riel, brother to the rebel,
has been trying to arrange for raising
money to pay counsel to defend his
brother. Louis is very anxious to have
good counsel, and he has written to
his brother to do what he can for him
in the matter.
SLAIN IN COLD BLOOD.
A heartrending story Of an authentic
character comes from Calgary. A half
breed named Francis Remeau reached
the mission at Calgary yesterday in an
almost dying condition. and told how
his family and three other families
had been fOully murdered by In
dams. About the time of the
Duck-lake fight Remeau was freight
ing north from Duck lake for Hudson
bay to Green lake, returning ria Garlic
ton. Not far from the latter place Father
Paquet told him Of the Duck-lake fight
and advised him not to go any further
south. He was then near Carleton.
Father Paquet remained with his family
and three other families, and they left
for the north, intending to reach Green
lake. The party afterward divided,
leaving Remeau with his family and an
other family to follow on.
One day about five weeks ago, while
they were on the trail to Green lake and
with Remeau away from camp, hunting
for game, several Indians pounced on
the camp ana Killed Remeau' vile, his
three boys, and two girls, within sight
of their father, who had nothing but
shotgun and few charges OF shot.
His first impulse was to rush
forward, but the distance was
too great, and he says that he
could have been of no assistance. The
Indians also killed the occupants Of the
other camp, and soon Remeau turned
about, struck south, and has been
nearly nine weeks reaching place of
safety. Remeau is a skeleton he
lived on skunks, muskrats, eggs. and
roots for five weeks, some days being
without food at all. The Indians were
of Big Bears band, and Remeau thinks
that they have killed more people than
is generally known.