St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-28

Wood Crees and half-breeds and brought into
gen. Middleton's camp. Wandering Spirit Is
descended from Blood and Cree ancestors
He accompanied Big Bear in his migration
from the Cypress hills country TO the Noftn
Saskatchewan. He was Il tall spare anu
powerful Indian. with the usual black eyes
and strongly marked features OF the cree
tribe. At the time o. the massacre he was an
influential member of Big Bears panu,
though he had not ranked as chlel. he
was about 30 years OF age, ana MAJ u SroWn-
ND family His ferociOus character was
plainly Shown by his actions at Frog Lake,
though he afterwards maintained that he was
but carving ont Big Bears orders in putting
the white people to death. Another notice
able event in his career was his attempt to
commit suicide. He plunged knife into his
left breast. 1t missed his heart. The wound
apncared severe enough TO cause an ordinary
mans death, but the savage survived.
OF the remainder of the condemned men
there is not much TO be said There
were i've others besides Wandering
Spirit placed on trial at Battleford
for MURDERS committed ut Frog lake.
BAD ARROW AND MISERABLE MAN
were Jointly indicted for the murder of
Charles Guon. Their victim was in company
with Quinn when the latter was killed and
sought to save himself by flight As he was
running Bad Arrow fired both barrels of u
shotgun at him, bringing him to the ground.
rifle to his head and ended his agony. The
evidence against these two was chiefly fur
nlShed by other Indians, the Wood CreeS, who
had taken no part in the massacre. Both
these prisoners were followers of Big Bear.
They have the ordinary Indian features, with
little to distinguish them from others. Iron
Body and Little Bear were tried for the MUIR
der of George Dill, one of the last victims Of
the massacre He was endeavoring to escape
in company with Gilchrist aud Williscraft
His companions were shot down beside him,
and seeing that he had no chance of escaping
from his savage pursuers, he stopped running.
Iron Body and Little Bear were both seen to
fire on him, and the latter shot
him q second time as he lay
wounded on the ground. Round-The-
Sky, another of Big Bears followers, was con-
victed of the murder of Rev. Father Mar
chend. 1t was shown that he fired at and
killed the priest as the latter was lying on the
ground. wounded by previous shot from
Wandering Spirits rife. Judge ROuleau, be-
fore whom the savages were tried, held the
evidence sufficient to convict the prisoner of
murder, and the death sentence accordingly
followed. Man-Without-Blo belonged to
Moosouifg's band. The crime for which he
was sentenced on Oct. was the killing of
Bernard fremont, a preacher living near
Battleford. The murder ecurred about the
end of March. Man-Without- Blood, in con-
Tossing his crime said he met fremont near
his own house and shot him dead. The muir
der was entirely unprovoked Ikta, a Strong
Indian, was sentenced to death for the muir
der of James Payne. farm instructor on the
Strong reserve, near Battleford on the 30th
of March. This prisoner also pleaded guilty
giving his own description of the murder.
He demanded more flour from the i'll
structor, who refused it. and q quarrel
ensued. Ikta got his rite and the Sec
ond interview ended with Paynes death.