The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-03
ABOUl AFFAIRS ABROAD,
WAR NEWS NO WORSE
ABo.ter e, port for France from China
Gen. Graham Advancing to Fight
OsmHn Digna-Contradlctor
AZ glO-Russian News.
The Winnipeg War.

N WINNIPEG, April 2.-Dlspatches from
f Bsttlef5Ia asst night show an improve.
ment In 10 situation there. Message 8
received yom the agent OF the Hudson
4 Raw com ~ say the Indians have left
4 the town aud gone in westerly direc
VI lion. Tie women in the barracks are
4 greatly relieved, feeling that the In
1 sisns duu't contemplate attacking.
every pr, caution has been taken to re-.
pulse tho Indians should they make
4 The attack,
TUAT!oN CRITICAL.
]. Strong, one OF the men in the bar
racks, wlre- IS follows:
HWith heavy attack, our situation is
II is understood from this that the
Indians arc not believed to have gone
L far and that the danger from an attack
L is not over
T. A, M. Mcdonald, who has q brother in
n Battleford, proposed to raise volunteer
company OF 100 men and accompany
4 Col, Perchmer's force of mounted police
& 10 Battletord via Swift Current, but he
received q dispatch from his brother
q This evening, stating that so small A
force would not he able to reach the
Mace, as the lrbreeds are expected
from Duck Lake, who, with the others,
ri would cut Off such small force.
4 Col. Perchmei il still at Regina, but
starts Tor Battiaf9rd to-day.
OPINION AT WINNIPEG.
Opinion here is that il he attempts to
reach Battleford, his 10 mon will be ex-
terminated. The pgople in the barracks
have about four oaks' provisions, and
& II relief is pronptly sent, win prob
ably come out all right. All advices in
4. thot RatftAf.,YI nd 81
Z Lake, is the objective point of the first
body Of troops.
Late advices are idab tue people killed
are Payne Of the S iong reserves, and
Klink, the instructor of Missinion's
band Of the Crees.
GEN. MIDDLEroN's FORCES.
Advicos from Quappelle say that
"A Con. Middleton has ordered the troops
Il At that point to advance TO Touchwood.
n The troops from the east will
i reach Nogogon ON Thursday and
may get here Friday night or Saturday
"A morning. They cannot arrive too soon,
81 as at least all the Indians in the Saskat-
b Chewan valley are, OF shortly will be,
Il IN arms, No news Ia, been received
a from Prince Albert, and n is assumed
g thai the rebels are Ia col1plete control
81 OF all the means OF communication.
A LETTER FROM nIGL.
1. A hai'-breed named lowell, az Morris,
received letter from Ril in which tho
rebel warns him that DO must either
Join bis band or take the consequences,
as with the present uprising he iuten-
81 ded To sweep the country. The letter
n was written three week ago.
& THE CRIES GETTING UGLY,
~ A dispatch from QuRppelle to-day
says; The Cree INDIANS are acting
n ugly. They came out ia iheir war paint
yestfrjG, and raised 10 hil5Uus row, but
q the agent induced them to return to
their reservation. They are likely to
break out at any moment.
FRERCH HALr-uREEDS.
"a A meo ing of the Frou h half-breeds
& was called to-day 40 thH mission al
q Quappslle, and Col. iI.rrhamer is still
4 al Medicine Hot ana viii be recalled.
Ger Middleton is afraid THAT he will be
Annihilsted If be proceeds towards Bat,
4 tlelurd. Humboldt ion has been de
ses.ud bY tho operator AID The mail car
riei,, fearing descent or the rebels,
Fl The operator at Nlark'a Crossing is eX'
pectug hourly 20 be made captive. The
Indians have left Batlleiofd, going in :
4 westerly direction, and II Is supposed
& they have gone to join The Fort Pitt In
+ disr.. There is no doubt the position
4 at Haitloford Is very serious one, a.
enc third Of the whole Indian popula
q ton rs in that district, aud Col. Herche
mer Will be unable t2 render any US
siSauCe with his small force, Ricl'i
scOu. have been sCeu 40 Humboldt, ~
miles from Quappelle, but nobody Know
4 just where the rebel loader is located.
THE PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED
Minister NOrquaY eN planned that thu
Indian tribes ara being l.1 into the no
bellion by the hall-Oreods, through
Rieps influence, buCuS they are all shOr
OF supplies, they viii soon weld L
4 the military force now being cOnGentra
ted IN the tield, although valuable livei
)hay0 been sacrificed md other such sac
lTiiiCes are sure 10 follow, tn
trouble will soon be suppressed
IA 81 am assured said he
that Riel has not more than 500 hall
breeds under arms, who can easily b.
empowered. just now the Indians ar
raidinR ranches and So leng as the stoci
herds are out they can't be expected I,
take an active hand In tho meantime
the military will over.awe them in thei
depreciation az 4inst the Settlers
Premier NorRuay said further that h
aid not think the trouble would las
/ long.
a Pow-wow AMI WAR DANCES.
Adyices from Batlleiord indicate tina
the Indians are still menacing tho ban
4 pow-wow AID war dance ST.
miles south Of town; troops ny
. wanted badly aud at once, IL will
take four days 10 get them
when the blrrack may hav
been taken by assault, and the wome
4 ana Chilul en- sacrificed. Co
nlrschor did not advance froi
Regina, on account of hi
small force. He is now at Med
cine Hat waiting for the Sout
1 Saskatchewan 70 break up g
ne may 40 to Battlefor
by river with reiniorcements and pro
. Visions The Indians mean eithe
10 take the barracks or 70 I
foft Pitts, which is garrisone
4 by only % police under Capt. Dick
ems, who, by the way, /
a relative Of the novelist. Their
Is a lot Of provisions there on which tn
Big Bear band have long had thei
eyes No word has been receive
from there for some days. The batter
les from the east can't reach her
before Sunday. A volunteer OF
gRnlHatlon IS proceeding actiysl,
mere Two battalions Of inlantr'
nave boon formed IN the last few day
anu arc realy l0r the Held, eVCeptiu
arms ana ammunition, part OF whicl
equipments arrived to-day. Capi
stuart arrived from Ottawa to.da
and will proceed west 4
once 20 organize cowboy corps {
guard the frontier against invasion
across tie line.
CANYONS FOR CANADA.
LONDON, April "A complete batter
OF misunderstanding 0-uounders, with am
imunition, has been shipped to Canad
im3r use IN suppressing the rebellion i
theuorthwcst.
Trance and China.
IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
BERl IN, April Alt is stated that Ia
Ohinoso legation confirm tho repor
that China has accepted the peaco pro
posals made by NJ. Ferry, notwithstand
lhgtle recent Chinese victory.
A SCENE is THE CHAMBER.
PARIS, April "A scene OF tumul tu