The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-09
The Winnipeg war


THE INDIANS NUMBERING
WISNIPRa, April 1.-The latest dis
atch received from Baltleioru last
D. icht was a brief announcement OF the
: Hing Of 10 citizens ana the hurhlnB OF
no town. NJ paTlicu AIRS have been re'
lived. TO-dRN's adVices from Battle
.rd show that the situation IN growing
,,oTse. Mckay, agent of the Hudson
.,ay COMPANY, wires: The hali'breods
nd Indians are plundering our stores,
With the Indian agent, l veniured OUT
I tne barracks to demonstrate win
hem and was hred upon by both In
ANS and haif breeds, VINO tried 10
. No us of ON our way back, bul We sue
seded in getting inside uud'r nre,"
A subsequent dispatch SAYS the In
,iians have KIN, four instructors
A later dispatch says all the hail,
reeds have luluod the indictments aud
re rifing all the store buildings outside
no barracks, In tue barracks they
ave arms and ammunition and sup
Lies 10 hold out until relieved, Half
reeds are expected there from Duck
axe, The Stony Indians have Joined
ne rest and killed several men, The
uildings on south side, including the
Hudson Bay Company's, nave hoeh
,urned; also the government buildings
he Stony lndiaus, on Stony reserve
.earest 20 Batt.CiOgd, had been quiet
upto yesterday morning, when they
vent upon the war path, Their rising
makes the situation Very critical. Col
lerschmer has left ReElIe for Battle,
.lrd via Swift Current, with 20 mounted
lolice and one cannon. IL IL sup
iOsed he can reach there
n six days If not interrupted
ears are entertained that the half
reeds iram Duck Lake will go 10 Win
peg and cut OF all communication
I'd intercept the advance OF Herself
ier. The Indians ON the reserve be-
veen Bnttle'urd and Edmonton are
kelly To Join those ut HattlefDrd. The
,.ires ara s'iil broken between Battle
I'd and Edmonton. u j. not known
hethcr they were cur by hali-breeds
not. Bautisie has Just returned
ON Carlton 20 puappelle. lie was
made prisoner by Rel aud was kept by
im some time. lie says kinl has iul!J
900 men under his command, many OF
HON are Indians and all well armed
When Irvine aud CruZier retired on
'rince Albert, no says Elel followed,
nd he is quite certain another engage
rent has occurred or Will soon
s. Ike place, Fischer, another OF
'iel's captives. lost the contents
his store mt BstercEe crossing. He
avs that Riel is being joined by the
indians, who are nocsing TO him. a
tmily named Howell, from Duck Lake,
rived at Quappelle this morning, haN-
lg broken through the rebel lines and
rade road across tho prairie. They re-
grt that The rebels refuse to let the mail
,out, and threaten 20 shoot the carriers.
ley say they will not modest the SET
srs, If they remain qu'etiu their house,.
hey are piilaging stores and have capt
red George end John Kerr, the latter
Storo-keeSer, Thomson, operator, and
lichael, postmaster, AT Duc< Lake.
Dig Bear and Reardy have 900 Indians.
. lowell thinks Rel Is encouraging the
,bels with the promise of help from
iontana and Pembina,
Gen, Terry telegrapAs here that there
@ no movements in that part OF the
uited States 10 cross the border.
War MATERIAL FROM FARGO.
FARGO, OAK, April ALI repeating
lies and ammunition have been sent
ON here TO Winnipeg on orders from
lie authorities there,
THE KILLINGS AT BATTLEFoRD.
ST. PAUL, April IA special from
Winnipeg says: The Stone and Cree
indians, who joined the other bands
esterday in an attack on BattlefOrd,
He'd James Payne and George Apple.
nth, the farm instructors, aud two set
ers. They also burned n large number
SnttiEr- .a. All the buildings
~ Battielord were p:liaged and burned.
is expected That Big Bears band and
Fort Pitt Indians will also Join in
g rebellion. Big Bear with 500 war
A, prs is with Riel who is now said to have
900 men, but no field pieces. 1t is
Ut known when Gen. Middleton will
order an advance.
THE ARTIl LERY ADVANCE.
OTTAWA, April IA. and b. batteries
:. hich started from the end of the Cana
an Pacific railroad at Dog Lake, over
10 first so mile gap, have success fully
ached the end of the gap and are now
'oceeding over the first isolated section
VI the railway, which is called "the
oss section" The batteries are re-
Jrted to be in good shape and going
rward in splendid order. They should
> at the west eud Of The track Friday,
nd then their progress forward to Win
peg will be rapid. The troops who
II Toronto on Monday, passed Sud-
lry junction early this morning ana
i'll reach the first gap in the road to-
ght.