Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-26
REIIIS UPRISING.
Fifteen of the Police Detachment Re-
ported Killed by the Half Breeds.

ported Killed by the Half Breeds.
WINNIPEG, MAN, March 25.-Nothing
is talked of here but the rebellion In the
Northwest. Rumors and counter rumors
of the widest character continue to fly
about. 1t is reported with some confir-
nation that fifteen of the detachment of
mounted police which was attempting to
enter Carlton were shot and killed, and
that the rebels have made forty white
prisoners and are threatening more. Z.
o. Hughes, whose store at Duck Lake is
now In possession of the insurgent and
his manager imprisoned, has arrived here
and states that the half breeds under Reil
have been preparing for the uprising all
winter, and that the men are thoroughly
armed, well drilled and disciplined.
Mr.. Hughes says that the tactics of the
rebels will be to arrest the mounted police
as they arrive in detachmerts and keep
them in custody. Already the rebels have
arrested Lash, acting Indian agent at
Carleton, and five assistants, all of whom
are locked up and strongly guarded. The
rebels are menacing the hudson Bay
Company's posts and the Indian store
houses in that district. A number of the
latter have already been captured.
RIEL TO DIE RATHER THAN SURRENDER.
r. G. Lowrie, of Battleford, who has
also arrived here, declares that Riel will
never be taken alive, and that he has 1000
we'll armed men at his back. The state
ment is made that the Dominion govern
ment has decided to appoint commission
to inquire into the Justice of the claims
OF the half breeds, with a view of Sc
curing an amlcable settlement. Indigna-
tion is expressed in many quarters against
Lit. Gov. Dewdrey, and he is blamed for
the disturbance. He is very unpopular
with the Indians and half breeds. The
troops were dismissed for the night late
last night, but buglers were subsequently
sent gallOping all over town to
call the men together to start at SUM-
rise. One report in circulation Is to the
effect that Riel has been shot, another
that four Indian chiefs and bands have
joined the insurgents, and dispatch from
Edmonton to the Hudson Bay Company
says that 400 half breeds located in that
vicinity are holding secret meeting and
organizing for action.
Dispatches from Winnipeg state that
the telegraph operator at Duck Lake has
been made a prisoner and been locked up
in church along with other prisoners.
NO harm has been offered them, nor is
likely to be. The rebels have not attempt
ed to take Fort Carleton, which is strongly
garrisOned by mounted police.
1t is understood that orders were issued
this afternoon that 400 men of Batteries
and d be dispatched at once to the
Northwest to aid the Manitoba militia in
coping with RIePs outbreak. 1t is also
stated that the government have tele-
graphed to Washington asking permis-
sion to send troops through American ter
rItOry from the eastern provinces to the
Northwest.
TROOPS LEAVING WINNIPEG.
The excitement over the rebellion in the
Saskatc khewan country increases hourly.
The entire city of Winnipeg is in an up
roar. The first column of troops left
for the west to-day by special
train. Thousands of people assembled at
the station and cheered as the train rolled
out. The remainder of the troops, in
Guiding the Winnipeg field battery, the
Winnipeg troop of cavalry, and the re-
mainder of the Nineteenth battalion,
will leave by special train tomorrow.
MAJ .-Gen. Middleton, who will take
command OF the expedition, is ex-
pected at Winnipeg in the morn
ing to accompany them. Reports
from the West say that many Indian
bands are rising. Piapot's band and other
bands are holding war dances. 1t was
expected that Piapot would attempt to
capture the police barracks at Regina. as
the garrison is weak. The first detach-
ment of troops will be forwarded there to
provide against such a contingency. The
telegraph line northwest of Humboldt
has been cut and the operators imprisoned
by the rebels. No news is oDtainable
from the scene of the dis
turbance. Grave apprehensions are
felt at Winnipeg for the safety of
the police. Mails have been seized and
confiscated by the rebels near Humboldt,
together with the mail contractors horses
and stations. 1t was reportedthat Charles
holland, ex-member of the Manitoba
Legislature, had been captured by
Riel and threatened with death.
He incurred RiePs displeasure
during the Red river rebellion. Troops
will proceed from Quappelle by way of
Touchwood Hills to Prince Albert, MAX
ing roundabout tour to avoid the Indian
reserves. Noparticulars about the report
ed slaughter of police at Fort Carlton can
be obtained.