St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-13
AN INDIAN ALLIANCE.
Many Tribes Of the Northwestern Sava-ss
Have United for the Purpose of a
General Uprising.
Mrs. Poundmaker Whettiag a Thousand
Scalping Knives for the Grees on the
Saskatchewan.
The Wrongs Done the Indians Inst
summer To be Avenged in the
Next six Months.
settlers Rapidly Preparing TO Leave--
The Authorities TO be Asked
for Troops.
An Indian Uprising Predicted.

An Indian Uprising Predicted,
Special 70 the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man, Jan. 12.-NIatters are
now shaping for a general Indian uprising
I'm the Canadian Northwest in the spring.
and it is very doubtful if anything the gov
eminent Will be able 10 do will arrest il.
The southern Indian reserves. which lie be-
tween the Canadian Pacific railway and the
International boundary line. I'm the neigh
oorhoOd OF Giechen, contain about %. 600
natives, consisting of BlOods. Backfeet and
FIeSanS. These tribes are in federal ALI
ance' with trowtoot as their principal civil
chief and Three-bullS rs their commanding
war chief. The latter is now i'm \ position
70 harass the country with more than 1000
BRAY ;. Further TO the north there are the,
Crees and NtoneyS, who We're, with Pound
maker and Big Bear as leaders. more or
less mixed mp with the Riel troubles last
spring. They number in al about 10 600
and have nearly 1000 picked fighting men.
FOunumaker. tine Cree chief who was the
hrSt 10 surrender "a Gen. Middleton after
the defeat of the AlctiS "a lia .. and
Who has been sent TO prison for jArt. years
Tor his part m that outbreak, is suu-iu-
lsw of Chief Crowtoot and that. too. i'm
Tor the B.acktoot chiefs taVurite daughter
Is ~ the head ot the
CREE CHIEFS PoLYGAMoUS HOUSEHOLD.
Pouudmaker is in the prnitentiarv. bur
the principal Mrs. Poundmaker Is whettinr
a thousand Scalpiug knives for the Crets ON
the Saskatchewan, and sending freuZied
war messages 10 her BlackIeet kinsfolk fur
Their To the south. CrowfOot has Welded to
the appeals OF his daughter. who is now
looked upon aS the queen OF the Crees, and
Selling the opportunity 10 ayenge the
wrongs from which his own people have re-
Gently suffered, has summoned council of
ms head men, representing BloOds Piegans
and BlackteeJ and, after mature delibera-
ton, Threebulls has been commanded In
have 5000 braves ready for the wapath as
soon rs the grass is sufficiently uncovered
for the ponies This fierce war chief "a
already astir, and around many a Blood
and biegan fire, and in hundreds of smoky
Blackteet tepees the scalplocks taken by
dead heroes of their race are taken down
and waved in the dim freight to the ugly
strains OF the war-dance songs OF impatient
braves. Horses and cattle are rapidly dis
appearing, 10 the dismay of Canadian ranch
men. These, IL is stated. hnd their way
into the possession of the more reckless Of
Montana traders in exchange for rifles and
cartridges, whose deadly crack will. befcos
another June reaches us, render every piaaa
OF tall grass or clump of brush and every
rayine or reed-DOrdcrcd cOulir
THINGS To BE AVOIDED
as repositories of certain death. Among
the bad results OF the Metis rebellion is the
[ contempt with which AL the Indians regard
Canadian troops. The latter were wofuuy
beaten, with the odds in their favor. both
Al Frog Lake and Fish Creek and the So
called battle of Batoche was rather sue.
cessful retreat OF the rebels than we'll
earned victory on the pant of the militia.
| Col. Offers dash upon Poundmaker's band
with his celebrated Queens own regiment
was di~urdery r0ut. and his almost miTac-
ulouS escape was achieved only by march
/ of over forty miles u "a single night,
through swampS and musEc-s Neither
POundmaker nor Big Bel. was defeated.
Both surrendered only after firing of haraSs-
lug and evading the volunteers The half
/ breeds will not likely join the hostile IN
dams. They lost their leader on the gal
lows at Regina. The government has re-
dressed their wrongs partially. but they
have no heart or courage left. The rebell-
lous natives complain chiefly of the too
OriiciOus presence of Canadian militia, or
mounted police. whose number and vigil
lance have been doubled since the late dis
tuTbance; OF the
fNTEIGTES AND DISHONESTY
of Indian agents and instructors; Of the
tyranny and tluukeyism of Lieut.. Col Gov.
DOwdney. who is the Indian commissioner,
and of the unlawful encroschments of set
tiers and rauchmen. The Canadian gov
eminent is taking steps to nip the prOspec-
tive outbreak in the bud but preparations
have already gone so far that the very acts
of the government, intended to avert thu
calamity, will prove the immediate cause Of
trouble. The more the Canadian author
tiles make preparations to meet the ex-
pected emergency the greater the Insult TO
the Indians. They are determined TO DO
avenged. and the coming summer viii be
one of hardship and devastation in the
Canadian Northwest. Settlers south of the
Canadian Pacific line are pretty much ell
preparing to leave, and to-day a delegation
from the ranchmen passed through this city
for the federal capital to urge on the
authorities the necessity Of a regimen he
ing at once sent to the neighbOrhoOd of Cal
gary to put stop to the inrOads which TN
dians are making upon their horses and
cattle. Over 10000 head have been cap
tured and driven away.