Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-30
A SERIOUS CAMPAIGN.
Eogagemsnt and Slaughter al Duck
LAKE Canadian Forces or for
the Scene o. Action.

Naslfsa. 8lsl.. Msfca "A Battief0rt
aispateh -sgs. A report has arrived THAI an
sa.aaell.at Gas tsAra plaee at Duck L.ake.
-eveatg-fgs men were ga tha ~ag 10 the
Lsss shsn they eers nst - party of
ssi.sl sita a hsg "a truce. While pafiey
ss. going ga ste rebels opeued IRE from
ta-its sas aa 8a1h sides ~ ths road. A brisk
engagement to..E place. la which * least
f0lfr relsls safa kli.ed and many sounded
The .ssaaoa d.l god execution. The rebel
emisfr5 sao Als been ihs laeitsr of The up
81 ... has been arrested sc tort Pin. News
has asen ree.ifea * ths concentration AZ
hr-ts fr rla1t II trkar- Reserve aad dei-
elAifu IS GA lts Eay % na4e de-
Ia,.lll-. a l.ptfeh from pa ApTeurs where
troops lre stationed. sags A blizzard has
teeu rsflug steadily lyt -1ils tllne, and the
-uo.s i, u1N deep that ~ag0Lls a. useless
for trinsU3rt lfi1u north. itl- NiN delay
staffHf lie expedition narth I'll Thursday
at i,.i-.. ta-lair- are 4. leung IA Slta teams
lnr fgeuts have csptnred and removed
sne sloca az saloelte. Al supplies Tor Tie
n0rth are sea-. hsid az damoeidl, Where the
fr-is1tefs ara asking for police protection.
tirters have been i-sutd iD hold al northern
laail at Humboldt. Reels runners have
been tn41ugl Ca Appsile valley, nleiting
fle ee.Ile 0at the Indians have ~ yet macs
LAD movement. Fort Carlton was burned ~
tns mounted police. whO evacaated it %
take AZ brlter position AZ friace Albert
l1anIa. ont. March -S.-lhe Maj OF
sr-iar.l.is .ay-. '-l a a. list evening the Gov
erunent bad reasonable grounds for belisg
inE the d.-llll tauce7 tom.1ted UY Louis Rlel
in ire Si-kaIchewfn region were 0f com
psrailesH msiguilcant character. That
q.s4 must nov 81 abandoaed. The situation
ls igll 8i grtVty. aul Is h not easy 40 pres
eui - se- lhe end Referring 10 the en-
counter betRren Major Crozi-f's force and
tle sebeis &C. says, This encounter, more
fafUcaiieiF as 30 resulted Ia victory for the
hale breei-. is no a0uol ne ovsnnins Ot 4
seroas campaign hiei = reported
to nave lluO athercut- armed
with Remington rifles obtained from
American traders. wth sU American
nsid glnt. A graver danger, however, u 10
ba fear-d from .hc inilla-. IL D. cutie evi-
dent that Beardss oant. Who by the way
arr Ps-als. laa-t h8ve sided with the rebels
a.r,uI.t Mtl0r Croner. and should the dis
affection -lread to che other Indians IN the
Cfr.stou agency and lo the large bands la
btti-eford and Edmonton districts, the task
of stamping ll oat w0uld be a formidable
one. ihe Government has taken vigorous
measure lo meet che emef geucy. Winnipeg
tl.iluu of militia. three hundred strong,
with hiif battery Of artillery. = now
at DIR IA its Way 10 Du Apfeile sta
tiou. f.i mikes vest OF Winnipeg. where
several trails ruu uo-.h O. the -C-ac 81 iBsur-
recu1u. Carleton ulil- 20 Etie- trOm Ca
Appeile. The roiIre io.ce at Batilefort and
Puaee Albert numbers 20 and the garrison
af Carleton 80 xti civilians. 81 there are
SO within slrIN4ur distance Of kIsi- and 40
vo,Q4feers Nifh tFo Armstrong guns. SIX or
seven days travel away. IA addition % this
force tI.a government has ordered the tmme-
dinta Dispatch OF SOD EASTERN troops % the
spot This brigade VII consist Of 100 men
from etcn of sac two batteries Of Dominion
artillery. go men from each 0f the two Tor
onto corrs-the Queen Own and the Royal
Grsnadltrs- and eighty men from the school
of infantry Canadian rcgul1r-l. under CON-
maud 0i Col Ot.sr. MAJ. Gen. Middleton
viii. 0f course. taae Chief command of the
who's body 1f trnoT-. The men from On
tlrii viil ~ by the Lake superior route. but
ft vii Be- necessary O. transport them IN
-ieiehs over "a zap 81 seventy miles
ut unfinished road. What Riei may do
pending fhe arrival II these troops.
renuns t1 he seen. hs tirst move. uoW
that as has openly taken the field. viii doubt
less BE- 20 secure supplies by plund-rin the
tiov srumrnt. Hudson Bay and other store
houafs. if he can. and to tncite the Indians
c. fau tin in resisting the Queens author
itg lluch ieregds uron the Indians. II
thry remain rue. short work Will be- made
of che haf breeds, bat should any consider
sbla number 0f them 20 over % Rel land
there are 8houi 1900 ~ them IN the whole
Saskatchewan country. che resources OF
Canadst vii De taxed in earnest.