The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-05-21
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RATgLEA BAToCH
AZ, aaa 3. Followers s. . rs.sAs y,

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Raea and HIS Followers Put TO Flight and
seven Of his prisoners Hescnsd,
tOTAwA, Ont, May BIN the house Till I'LL
afternoon Hon. NJ Caron read the following
Saicial dispatch from Gen Middleton: 81
Batoche House, May II, via CLARK CROSSING
May Ia TO Hon. A. P. Caron, Ottawa: Have
lust made general attack and carried The
whole settlement The men behaved splendid,
i ". The rebels are In full flight Sorry
4 to say have not got Riel. While ]
was accommodating thss morning, vii
liam Ashley, one Of the prisoners, gal.
sgsa qp VIZ ag ii os
4 our families shall massacre the prisoners
sent q message thatn he would put his woT.-
en- and children IN one place and let me know
where II was, no shots should be fired on them
then returned to camp and pushed on ny al
pressed on until ], saw my chance and ordered
3 general advance. The men responded
nobly splendidly led & by. their officers
and Col. straub enzie, they drove 4 the
enemy out .of the rife pits, forced their
| way across the plain and seized the
houses, and We are now masters Of the place,
and most Of my force will bivouao there.
Right IN the heat Of action hi. Ashley came
back with another message from hiei, as fol-
lows: ;4 ~. aSS Z. Il. .
General: Your prompt answer to my note
Of humanity. We will gather our families in
one place, and az soon as it is done, we will
let You know. [Signedl LOUIS DAVID BEL.
On the envelope he had written as blows:
81 do not like war, and II you do not retreat
and refuse m interview, the question remains
|,I am afraid is heavy, but not so heavy aa might
be expected. As yet T find it is five killed and
twenty wounded II Then follows the list Of the
casualties The prisoners have nearly all
been released and are safe in my camp. Among
them is Jackson White, the man who was
or dangerous. \ X Vi
TSigned.1 #. FRED MIDDLETON,
Y I also beg to read another telegram I re-
ceived shortly after, giving some information
with reference 70 the steamer Northcote:
are coming up the river with Company @ Of
the Scotch infantry and the police, and will
cut off the retreat OF the rebels. The rebel
loss is believed to be very severe, but is as yet
unknown The mounted half breed brought
In is Ambrose Jodin, Of Riels council. !, 4.
Capt French, commanding the scouts, shot
\ through head q j. x M n n 4 Y Il !i3ET5 -
Lieut. Fitch, Tenth Grenadiers, ahot through
head
Capt Brown, Boulton's scouta 4; ss;!S
| a. w. Kippen, surveyors sconts. S-.i
| Private Wheeler, Ninetieth battalion. @
1 r. The wounded are: .saN Y 5Fist
/ i1Leut Gordon, surveyors scouts. Jt>35
Lieut. Laidlow, Tenth Grenadiers; and .s3
Maj Dawson, Tenth Grenadiers, all slightly.
Sergt Maj. Watson, Ninetieth battalion,
slightly in ankle 81 IN
Sergt jacques, Nineteth battalion, in hand.
i Private Young, Nineheth battalion. flesh
wound in thigh. ,s 81 IN lt4l4s
Corporal J. g, GILES, Ninedeth battalion,
slight in calf ~ Y q lit.5F
Private ". Cook Tenth Grenadlers, shot
Busler M Vaughan, Tenth Grenadiers,
i shot in finger. q Il w
Private 9. Barber, slight wound in head
r Private ]. w. Quinley, flesh wound in arm.
Private J. Marshall, Tenth Grenadiers, fesh
wound in calf Of leg. -
Private ". UrlsoS, Tenth Grenadiera. sligh,
wound across back. Z i i, 4 r. s.4.
Private Barton, Midland, seriously injured
IN thigh and groln fi,g ~ U.s. 20 Hfsii!f3
q Bugler NJ Brown, Corporel Hilliweli, Mid
Hand, slightly wounded in face and arm. s, 1:l
Il Lieut. 'HilliWell, Midland, hurt in shoulder.
Il ~ WHERE Is RIEL! t II X z ZIG -
a Winnipeg Special: Nothing is definitel,
known about the movements OF the rebel lead
4 lers since the fall of Batoche, but private ad
vices indicate that Riel, Dumont and; Others
crossed the river and started west The whit
prisoners rescued were seven in number
W. "A. Mcdonald Thomas Brothers, d. Ross
Ashley nMackey, the jackson brothers AMI
i Albert Monkman. n ;'sI.S
Ottawa, Ont, Special Telegram, May is. Tn,
battalions now ordered out will increase Thu
force in the rthwest to nearly eight thousan,
4 men. The new Brunswick provincial battalion
Of eight companies, with the St John schoo
infantry, will number 49,, aud the Bruce bat
talon about 800. e: Already there are are, in
cluding mounted police, some 5, 500 men III tn
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 ut Edmunton with troops about to b
sent forward NJ \ q
President cleveland and The ohair.uua,a,.,
i Deleg alton. II
Congressional Delegate John T. Oaine o
Utah, John Taylor, son Of the president Of th
Mormon church, and John Q. Cannon, son o
e1- Congr essional Delegate Cannon, who com
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