The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-28
Prisoner Poundmaker.

OTTAWA, May 27.-In the House of
Commons, this afternoon, the minister
of militia read the following telegram
from Middleton, dated Battleford: az
have made a prisoner of Poundmaker
and Lean-Man, Yellow-Mud and
Blanket Breaking Through-The-Ice, be-
ing the most influential and dangerous
men about him. l have also White
Bear, who killed Indian Inspector
Payne, and Wah-Wainita, who killed
Fremont, the rancher. My next task
may be Big Bear. Poundkeeper brought
in the teams taken, and gave up 30
stands of arms and five revolvers. l
have ordered them to give up the -four
taken and the horses and cattle, and am
sending a part of the police to see
that it is all given up. The Nintieth
has Just arrived by steamer and IS in
camp. The rest are coming by land. If
obliged to move on the Indians, pro-
pose to organize force of mounted in
fantry, made up of mounted police,
Bottoms scouts and some mounted ar
tillerymen, in all about 800 men, and
with light carts and as little baggage
and supplies as possible, so as to scour
the whole country and strike rapidly.
I expect that Big Bear will soon give up.
If he does, I shall treat him as 1 have
Poundmaker If he does not. shall
attack him Immediately.
(Signed,) FRED. MIDDLETON.
At 8o'clock this morning, wagon
train of sixty-seven vehicles arrived
with the halt-breeds. who corralled
themselves Just west of the barracks,
and then laid down their arms. The
party numbered $50, all told. The arms
consisted of four rifles and seventeen
guns. At IL o'clock, an Indian rider,
in full war paint, dashed in, say
ing that Poundmaker would arrive
within an hour to surrender, with all
his councillors. Promptly on time,
Poundmaker arrived with the captured
wagon train. A big pow-wow was then
held and lasted three hours. Pound
maker blamed Riel for melting the In
dams to rise, and said he came in to tell
the general to kill him, so as to save his
people. Several chiefs followed, all
blaming Riel for misleading them.
A scene occurred during the pow
WOW. When General Middleton asked
who killed fremont and Payne,
brave rose from the circle and
kneeled at General Middleton's feet,
saving the great chief could cut him in
pieces; it was he who killed Payne. He
did not want all punished for his
offense. The kneeling Indian declared
that he killed Payne in self-defense.
A grandson of the same Indian arose
and confessed to numbering, in cold
blood, Barney fremont, while the lat
ter was greasing wagon. The muir
derers were taken into custody.
General Middleton then said the
government would detain Poundmaker,
lean Man, Breaking-the-Ice and Vel
low Mud, but told the Others to go back
to their reserves for the present, and if
they conducted themselves properly.
they would get rations. The braves de-
parted happy. Theremainder of Pound
makers party are expected tomorrow.
They evidently brought the least val
liable of their arms in to-dap and the
young braves are believed to have all
the best rifles. 1t is thought they will
break into small parties and escape to
the United States. Big Bear is said to
be only thirty miles from here and is
coming in to surrender.