The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-02
IN THE NoRTHN ST.
The Trouble With the Red
skins Continues.
MIDDLETON AND BIG BEAR.
Matters in Mexico-The President at
Home Again-More Trouble
Railroad Building.
The Northwest Rebellious

BArTLEFcRD, May 30, via Winnipeg
May 31.-The steamer NOrthaoest en-
route from Pitt, came across James
Grant and Charles Rossiter in canoe,
sixty miles up the river. They LETT
Pitt on Thursday night with dispatches
FOR Middleton, a fight between Strange >
force and Big Bears band having TAKEN
place that day. Rossiter informed y9uI
eorrespondent that Big Bears locaton
was discovered on Wednesday. An ad73
vance was made the following morning.:
AS the whole of Strange's troops had,
not vet arrived at Pitt, he could only
muster about 300 men, his force con-
sisting of two companies of Winnipeg
light infantry, two companies OF the
Sixty-fifth battalion, Alberta mounted
infantry and Captain Steele'ss
police scouts. A march OF
ten miles down the river and
three miles inland brought the troops
to the Indian camp. The redskins
we're entrenched icst over the brow OF
a hill, and in order to reach them
Strange was obliged to cross marshy
valley. While advancing, the Indians
commenced firing and the troops were
extended III skirmishing order. For
three hours and half a steady fire was
kept up from both sides. The troops
had good cover from the enemy. The
Field Grenadiers did good service iin
driving the Indians from their quarters,
but the number of killed could nStebe
ascertalned. Strange's loss is, very
small, only three of the Sixty-ffth be-
ing wounded. Narcotic, Of Number
One company was fatally wounded, and
two in company Five. The troops re-
tired in good order to Pitt. The Sixty
fifth company came down the river IN
a scow and turned the main body on
the inland march. Thirteen men
were left behind to guard the
provisions on board. After the
fight the scow could not be found, and
the men of the scoW havesnot, tulhed ups
since. Rossiter also states th4 tsteele's.
men had a skirmish ;With tAe indians
on v ednesday. OEe'1hdian SCOUT was
for ments and amnunitiSns alter iendt
ing Inspector Perry andss1Ae poke, we
TUNED back, arriving here late to-fiight.
General Middleton will probably move
al once.
WINEEPEG, May 31.-Strange's en-
counter with Big Bear has again aroused
interest in the progress OF the Indian
war. 1t IS fully expected that Middle
ton will have trouble with Big Bear, be-
fore the latter is reduced. Meantime
there is much solicitude for the welfare
OF the captives in Indian camps as it is
hard to tell what the sayages may do
vita them. Middleton left Battleford
for Fort Pitt this morning with some
500 men, the companies being selected
from the Ninetieth rifles, Queens Own,
Toronto Grenadiers. Midland, "a" and
"B" batteries, mounted police, and
BOdllOn's mounted men. More will
probably follow Trouble is reported
to-day from Medicine Hat. Several
parties Of DEMONSTRATING Indians are re-
ported within twenty miles of that
point. Two of Stewards mounted
rangers were fired at on Saturday, by a
BAN of Indians numbering 150. 1t is
not Known what tribe the hostiles be-
longed to. Stewards force has gone in
pursuit Part of Halifax battalion is
stationed as q garrison at Medicine
Hat.
OTTAWA, May 3I.-An official dis
patca from Ijattleford, dated to-day, has
been received here, stating that
General Middleton had left that place at
$50 a. m, with reinforcements on the
steamers Marquis and liberia to meet
Big Bear. The reinforcements con-
sisted of the Tenth Midland battalion,
Ninetieth Winnipeg, with two Calling
guns, fifty of the garrison artillery,
Boulton's mounted Infantry, Dennis
PuryeyOr scouts. Birtlebank Qate
French's) scouts and fifty mounted
police under command of Colonel
Herehmer. The water north of Saskatch-
evan was reported to be high, and
General Middleton expected 10 reach
Pitt This evening.