New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-07
a DRAWN BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
souAws LEND THEIR BRAVES A HAND.
yroopy SEVEN HOURS FIGHT-MIDDLEroN 10
ATTACK Al BAToUCHE TO-DAY.

ATTACK A BAIOUCHE Iu-DAh'
Sr. PAUL, Mimi, May (Spec'dt.-rounu-
maker the chief Of the band OF Indians WIN "ionn
colonel otters flying column had fight near Battle
t an Sunday with heavy losses both Sides is one
~ the most restless Of chiefs Of the Northwest lie
has always been source Of trouble 10 the Doiinio
Government but borne with because oi 'ne iaise
number Of followers he had. Poundmaker was tne
cause Of the first Indian outrages In 'he present ui
entities and to his door may be laid the entire
indian rising Further particulars Of oters battle IN
that the Indians fought with GOODNESS and courage
hut they were poorly armed Many squaws TOOK part III
the fight and behaved we'll as the braves Althoug
exhausted after the long march, Otters column 1ough
s,.aaiIv for seven hours by which time the Indians
e 70 have enough and retired for short distance
otter took advantage OF TINS 10 oraw ns mn d ,ha
rest and refreshments Inc ihoians o0 "V' Ne' WYNN
selves defeated.
R.rrIEroRp N. W. T., May 6.-Furtber details of the
hattie between Oters forces and Poundmakers mdlahs
show favorably for otter. The Indians used musKe's
war clubs spears. bows and arrows and weapons OF
every conceivable kind Otters forces kept well under
cover of the trees, and from an intrenehed position
poured deadly yolleys into the redskins, who ei III
scores all around Fully 100 are known 10
have keen killed and It is thought tna1 eg tGe and e
teen wounded No mention is made IN dispatches od sn1
killed and wounded beng brought back aud IS uugeu
from the hasy march back that they left behind
Nothing but the last extremity wouo mu"ce o''oi "
The troops set fire to and burned the buildings IN the
reserve before leaving there. The GU Appene INDIANS
houses are to-day reported have risen and e the re-
serve Crowfoo chief of the Blackfeet Is related 70
Poundmaker and will IL is said, join him In Dattle
AGAINST tie whites The Dominion Government and
Colonel otter are blamed for not securing tae M ira
before precipitatng They will probably al DC
ieIs Positive sdvices from clarkes Crossing to-day say
that Middleton began his advance TINS morning N '"'
tie is expected at Batouche to-morrow' ,, b,, tho
Another dispatch says The attack was tram aD
had been set for us. into which we Iah' Inc INC
Se we weTe comparatively open 70 their fire fighting
from the brow OF hill over boulders rive nlhu,Ts LUIS
aee ne snpoSded rr Fy men were sent back to
The rear We had just passed through deep gully,
tbrouSh il on one side. The men sent
back made brave dash and &C. accomplished
The aghtng. which was all diminishing, was over a
large and uneven stretch OF country ana our men %er1
like heroes and with the bullets wmsUlng IN ON then
slant Every corps continued steadily the ag-
gressiye and by 10 O'Clock the enemy H Wss
was heavy The artillery, seven-pounders and the
Gatling gun, did good work repeatedly drivlng tnc
most silenced Colonel Otter had already given orders
10 withdraw from position OF such dsau-
SsaIagsa The n cut sdaos o the retreat Of the
Our fought h" way ont @Sh Sy 10 de-
scribe the bravery of officers and men hycry one
was in every part OF the field. and his orders
were as cool and decided as it were
before the withdrawal began our force 90 nprlScu 20
mounted police and scouts part OF b. Bait ry, ottawa
footguards Of Toronto Infantry ana lew OF the
Queens own and the Battlef0rd Rines Inc Column
returned TO Battlef0rd on Saturday night"
OTTAWA May Gin the House OF jmmons this even
ing Sir John Macdonald read the following dspatch
from Colonel Herchmer, OF tho Mounted Police, dated
Batteford May 3:
The column fought Poundmaker for seven hours, and
demolished his camp. The police behaved Win great
courage receiving the first fire, and hodlng an al-
vanced position while the column iorneu 10, aV'@Sn, 1
and remaining there throughout the engagement our
loss Is: Killed, Corporal K B Sleight W ii. T. LawTy
and Trumpeter i. Brooke; wounded, sergeant " IL.
Ward The total brigade loss is eight killed and fteen
wounded We moved eighty miles IN tnlrty hOurs,
seven hours OF which we were lighting. Ihe enemys
loss Is fully 100.
There was intense excitement in the House last night
when the news of the battle made known. The de-
bate on the Franchise bill in progress at the .ime
but il was found impossible TO proceed with the bust
nest aud Sir Hector Langcyia moved an Adjournment,
which carried.
TORONTO May G-Consderable excitement was
caused by the neM Of the battle at Poundmakers ne
serve which was intensified by the meagreness OF the
details. The bulletin boards at the newspaper onces
were surrounded by anxious crowds. Coor-Sergeant
Cooper, Of the Queens Own, who was wounded, was
vcknoyn In athletic circles here, being OF the best
smateur boxers In Canada His wife Is member OF
Grau Opera Company. Private watts was D0Okkeeper
for the Queen City Fire Insurance Company lie mas
brother, private. In the 9Oth winnipeg Regiment.
Nothing IL known OF Private Vary.
MEDICINE HAr n. W. r., May Ga friendly halfbreed
srrved at Medicine Hat from the forks Of the Red Deer
River TO-DAY and told Major Stewart that large number
of hafbreeds and Indians we're moving south and had
reached that point Intelligence has also been received
from Fort Assnaboine that large body OF Indians was
moving north Of Cypress Hils about forty miles south