Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-22
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nasls I'd Is 1oilo,wezs 1ut " Flight ana
Il Ievsn q liss 1xisonsrs Asscued. 4
OTrAxA, Ont NAY Is. in the house this
afternoon Hon. NJ Caron read the following
official dispatch from Gen. Middleton:
4 BatoSho House May Il, viz uark's Crossing,
May ~ 10 Hon. 4. 2. sCaron, Ottawa: Have
Just nisas : general attack. and carried The
whole settlement Themen behaved splendid.
". TIE rebels + are ia full fight Sorry
10 eAS 7 have not got RieL While q
was xeconn0itering this morning, Will
q liam Ashley, one Of the prisoners, gall
Hoped up with flag OF truce and handed me
letter from Rel, saying: II you massacre
Isent amessage that if he would put his woD.-
& en- and children in one place and let me Know
where il was, no shots should be fired on !honl
then returned to camp and pushed on my I'D
vance parties, who were heavily fired on.
pressed on until ! saw my ny chance and ordered
nobly splendidly led by. their officers
and Col. Straubenzie they drove the
enemy ont Of the rifle pits, forced their
\ way across the plain and seized the
4 houses, and we are now masters of the place,
and most Of my force will bivouac there.
Right IN the heat Of action MI. Ashley came
back with another message from Riel, as fol-
lows: 4. &s
+ General: Your prompt answer to my note
shows that was right IN mentioning the cause
OF humanity. We will gather our families in
one place, and % soon as it is done, We will
let you know. [Signedl LOUIS DAVID BiEL.
On the envelope he had written as follows:
II do not like WIZ, and II You do not retreat
and refuse IN interview, the question remains
the same concerning the prisoners" Our loss
be- expected As yet I find it il five killed and
/ twenty wounded. Then follows the list OF the
T casualhea.l The prisoners have nearly all
been released and are cafe in my camp Among
! them is jackson White, the man who was
Riels secretary, but Who is now mad and rsth-
or dangerous 4s F#s-
# fSigned.l Fl FRED MIDDLETON,
+ ~ Major General
{ also beg tc read alother telegram re-
ceived shortly after, giving some information
with reference to tho steamer Northcote:
; II The steamer Northcote and another steamer
are coming up the river with Company G OF
the Scotch infantry and the police, and will
cut off the retreatsof the rebels. The rebel
loss is believed to be very severe, but is as yet
unknown. The mounted halt breed brought
IN Ii Ambrose Jodin, of Rieps council
Our loss, so far as known, has been five
killed, as follows: ..5f
Capt French, commanding the scouts, shot
Lieut.. Fitch, Tenth Grenaaiers, shot through
head: S4 ,~gt4 = " 2a9
Capt Brown, Boulton's scouts
"A. w. Kippen, surveyors scents.
Pfvste Wheeler, Ninetieth battalion.
The wounded are:
Lieut. Gordon, surveyors scouts.
Lieut. LaidloW, Tenth Grenadiers; and
/ Mai. Dawson, Tenth Grenadiers, all slightly.
Sergt Maj. Watson, Ninetieth battalion,
slightly in ankle # H.
Sergt. jacques, Nineteth battalion, in hand.
Private Young, Ninetleth battalion, flesh
Corporal J: g. GILES, Ninetieth battalion,
Il slight in calf
' Private W. Cook. Tenth Grenad,ers, shot
B sit N. Vaughan, Tenth Grenadiers,
PrivateGG Barber, slight wound in head >.
j Private J. W. Quinley, flesh wound in arm
81 Private J. Marshall, Tenth Grenadiers, flesh
Private " " urlson, Tenth Grenadisrs. slight
wound across back. ~
Private Barton, Midland, seriously injured
In thigh and groin. NJ -
Bugier NJ Brown. Corporel Hilliwell, Mid
land slightly wounded IN face and arm. ~
Lieut.. Hilliwell, Midland, hurt in shoulder.
%@s T % WHERE IS R1EL?
+ Winnipeg Special: Nothing is definitely
known about tho movements OF the rebel lead
ers since the fall of Batoche, but private ad-
vices indicate that Riel, Dumont and others
crossed the river and started west. The white
prisoners rescued were seven IN number,
W. A. Mcdonald, Thomas Brothers, Fl. Ross,
ashley Mackey, the Jackson brothers and
Albert Monkman. ss-..s.,.- 4..
Ef Ottawa, Ont, Special Telegram, May13 The
battalions now ordered out will increase the
force in the northwest to nearly eight Thousand
men. Tho new Brunswick provincial battalion
Of eight companies with the St: John school
infantry, will number 462, and the Bruce bat
talon about 800 Already there are are, in
Guiding mounted police, some $500 men in the
northwest, and some 800 recruits are being for
warded for the police. It is intended to rein.
force Gen. Middleton at Batoche and Gen
Strange at Edmu9ton with troops about to be
sent forward ..