The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
light WICKED INJUNS
sTRANGLsD AT BATTLEFORD FOR A
BLOODY MASSACRE.
The Leader In the Crime Maintains Bit
terntss to the Last Moment-Story
of the Terrible Slaughter
at Frog Lake.


tain time. Tho mechanism of the gallo VS.
worked without friction.
The court sentenced eleven to death but
Charlebois, and "Dressy" Man," who killed
| Crazy w oman in Big Bears camp, were
resptad, and Louis Monogram, who shot a
policeman at Pitt, had his sentence
| commutei to imprisonment for life
The eight hanged were: Wandering Spirit,
leader in Frog lake massacre, for killing
Agent Quinn Round the Sky, for killing
Father Fafard at Frog lake; Manachoo,
and Miserable Man, for killing Charles
| Gouin t. British Columbian half breed, at
| Frog lake; MGpaz ant Little Bear, for'kiii-
ing George Din. brother of the member for
| Ma ,koka; Man. Without Blood, Il young
| As,niboine Indian, FOR killing Bernard
| fremont, near Battleford, on the morning
| of the uprising; lktch, an old A-iniboine,
| for killing Instructor Payne, at Eagle Hills.
While Rel was alive tue-e men were ful
Of the hope that their lives would be spared,
| and spent their time in such gaieties and
amusement their position permitted, but
| with the uews of his death their manner
changed and they became serious. When
| first learning their own fate and that hope
OF repricve va, past they broke down and
| wcpt for days together.
| Father Bignesse has been unremitting in
his attention to their spiritual wants. Last
closet devoted to the pri ,oners' Use, having
been placed there by friends. Fortunately
| it was discovered by the guards.
OF the eight Indians hangei seven wero
active participants in the horrible mas,a-
ere at Frog lake on April 3 last. Tie bloody
| work was commencet by Wander rim,
| Spirit and was afterward carried on under
| his direction until the Whit people of the
Frog lake settlement were almost extermin-
t..t Il
| corling to the most Trustworthy accounts,
n number Of the In iians of Big Bears band
| determined to stop the white mans reign
| and assert their own sovereignty over the
| lanI
| 1t was gopd Friday, AMI service was held
| in the little church by the Rev. Father
| Fafard and Marchani, Oblate missionaries
| who hal left the comforts of civilization to
| minister to tho spiritual needs of the Oh
| scure settlement at Frog lake. While the
people were gathered IN the church Wan.
dering Spirit mar che in, covered vita
war paint and carrying his Winchester
gun with an air Of insolent bravado.
But his time of taking revenge upon
the white people had not yet come. Some
time after the close of the service, and
while the congregation was dispensing, the
indian ringleller proceeded to the agents
house. In front of this he met Mr. Quinn
mud Charlie Gutin, another American half
reed. He ordered Quinn to go to tho In
dian camp an,l, on the latter'i asking for o
rea-t III, sail: N YER mini why, nut 60"
tllluu r,iusei AMI the mex moment was
stretched lifeles5 by a bullet from Wander
IN. Spirits rila. The fall of Quinn acted
| On the already excited In tiaus as the sight
| OF blood to tiger Young Gpuin tine
next victim, aud John Delaney, who was
el,o representative Of the govern
mart in Tie capacity of farm in
~tructor, was soon shot down in cold
blood beside his wife. Gowenlark the
miller. was brutaIly murdered in his wife's
re- ,ense, AMI tho two women were after
ward hurried to the laiian camp, whore
they Fortunately founl refuge in the tent of
the half-breel Pr!tchari. Dill Williscraft,
and tIlchrlSt w,re killed as they sought to
escape. The prie>ti who earnestly ELL
deavorel to stay tho work of the murderers,
| were themselves shot down, Father Mar
chand dyjlg by the hand Of Wandering
Spirit aud Father Fafari before the riffs of
one of his subordinatee The whole affair
| occupied only Il brief period, lasting, TO use
the words OF one of the Indian witnesses at
the trial "only about as long as it would
take II person to smoke II pipe"
Wondering Spirit tPuskoobayoo), the
cause OF all the b.ont-ha at Frog Lake and
tho misery entailal upon the surviving
whites, is descended from Blood as we'll as
Cree ancestor. He accompanied Big Bear
in his migraton' from the Cypress hills
country - tpe NorIn a" s,., 'caowah ne Is
ui',' Splre' una p'"ptiui indlah WIN 'ne
su", tI ,,..,';,'. ., A' 80 .t'
massacre he was an intluential nam.
bar of Ri, Bear, band thougl hs
aid not rank a, chief. He was
abort 30 years of ago and had grown.
up family. His ferorious character was
mainly shown Inv hi , actions at Frog lake