The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-23
FORT PITT HAS FALLEN.
The Extreme Northwestern Out
post In the Hands OF the Crees.
Years that the Little Garrison Has Boen
Maasaored-General Mlddleton's Ad-
dress to His Troopa-Plan Of
tho Campaign.
FATE or FoRT PITT.

CLARKs CRossINa, N, w, r. April 81.
"A dispatch Just received from Battlerord
says that ame senger has Just returned from
Fort Pit AMI reports that tho fort has fall
en into the hands OF thu Cree Indians who
have been besleglng II ever since the Frog
Lake massacre Two policemen are
known TO have been killed, and II Is feared
the whole garrison have been massacrod.
An Indian told the messenger that tho CreOa
had gone down tho river but this Is not
credited, The commander at Fort Pitt was
Police Inspector Francis Jelfery Dickens,
son OF Charles Dickens, the novelist
WINNIPEG, Manitoba April 2l,--General
Middleton issued NJ Clark's Crossing tho
following brigade orders yesterday:
yfho MaJOrGoforal commanding wlshOs 10
nddroaa u TOW words 20 tho mon previous 10
advancing, In tho iirst place, ho wlsh1a 10
thank thom alL from senior olhoogs and MI
other oinOna down, for the oho0rlulnesa with
which they have borne really hard work lnd
torrlblO weather, for tho splendid murohng
th0y have made under humorous dllloultosi
aud for thor general good conduct Regard
ing tho onomy they ur0 about 10 meet, nothing
but tho formation OF tho country can enable
thom 10 faoo such u force ~ this, for We aro
better armed, better proyslOned aud shoot as
we'll II not bettor than th0y o,,A Tho only
us Is tholt natural instnc( for taking
cover and wo must watch thom
closely fho men must b. oyll and
Obodlont TO tho orders OF the oiloera, and tho
MaIorGon0ral commanding has no fears OF
the result, lie neod hardly add that no oruol-
ty-nono OF tho Old Indian no quartor-can bo
thought OF or tolerated, and tho greatest ore
must be Mkon thnt no women or children
who may unfortunately chance 70 bo In the
Vicinity shall rOoo yO any Injury OlhcoGs ana
men aro forblddctsLo enter houses or farms
that may bo PASSED. or take anything from
thom,"
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 2l,-Accord-
| Ing TO the latest from Clarks Crossing
General Middleton will divide his forces In
10 two divisions, one on each side Of the
river, aud will start for BatOuche to-day,
Tho attack will probably be made
| Wednesday or Thursday. Dispatches
| from Swift Current are 10 the Of
fec. that Colonel Others command has
crossed tho river and Is now on
thu march for BattefOrd. llo has 100
teams, ratlOns for twenty-five days, and
forage for twenty days, Captain Howard
left Swift Current yesterday by steamer,
taking with him GOtllng gun for General
Middleton. A telegram from Calgary says
that on Saturday, April II, forty young
Crecs ralded the Hudson Bay Com
pany's store ut Battle River The agen
managed 10 escape with the furs 4
Red Deer but tho Croes secured lot o.
stores and provisions, Afterward the In
dlans are said 10 have returned the stores
ropentlng of the attack, Several otbe
places were raded In the Vicinity, From
Edmonton the news Is that all the soldier
around there have been brought into town
The place has not yet been attacked, bu
outlying settlements have been ralded.