Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-15

away prepared to attack the newly
arrived troops with the aid of re-en-
forcements, led by two chiefs named
Poundmaker and Big Bear.
The Quebec Rifles formed a. part OF
column which was ordered to ad-
vance upon the Indians without wait
ing for them to attack. They marched
al day and all night and very early
IN the morning took up a position sur
rounding the Indian forces who had
hilltop, mostly surrounded by wood
led country.
Private Acknowledgement.
The engagement began at o'clock
IN the morning and lasted until noon,
when the Indians saw the futiIfty Of
further resistance and surrendered.
Meantime there was q furious and
the morning little squad Of ten men,
of whom Private Acheson was one,
were sent into a thicket which was
deemed a strategic position, and be-
cause they failed to hear an order for
their recall remained there until al
most the conclusion Of the fighting
In the little tl1icket all lost their lives
except three, Private Acheson, Dobbs
and Lloyd.
While the three were at last emery
ing from the thicket to rejoin the rest
Of their command, Dobbs was wound
ed and fell Private Acheson inme-
diately ran to him, under fire. and car
ried him on his shoulder toward a
place of security. He had proceeded
only few yards however, when his
wounded comrade was again struck
and this time was killed outright. AL
most directly Lloyd. the other member
of the trio, was also wounded, and
Acheson was obliged to relinquish his
'lifeless burden and help Lloyd to a
place of safety. For this exploit I'M
RI r., IL
from Queen Victoria. Private Lloyd
is now Pr1ncival Lloyd of the manual
training school in Toronto.
The capture of this band of In
dians left only one other naraud-
ing band at large and they were
soon afterwards taken prisoners by
trip the soldiers were carried in
f1atboats 500 miles down the Sas-
katchewan river packed, as Mr..
Acheson has described it in telling
the story, like behring's in a barrel"
They reached the end of Lake Win
nfpeg in September, having been in
service since February.
With Connecticut MiIitiamen.
The column numbered 5000 men,
and were under the command of Cen
eral Otter, who later served in the
Boer war. The other two columns
engaged in suppressing this uprising
were CoIlAldluSu5 respectively, by
General Strange and the Earl of
Mimic. 1t was a singular coincidence
that in the battle described above,
Mr.. Acheson fought almost along
side a member of the Second regi-
ment, Connecticut National guard,
the individual referred to being Cap
tain Howard, who besides selling to
the Canadian government gatIing
guns, for which he was agent had
offered his own services as an officer.
The same American officer again Of
fered his services in South Africa,
and was killed there.
The same regiment the Queens
Own Rifles, with which Mr.. Acheson
fought, is now with the Canadian
contingent in France.
At European Wars Outbreak.
Mr.. Acheson had another exciting
experience when together with
Professor Nicolson of Wesleyan uni
versity he was stranded in Italy
among thousands of other tourists at
the outbreak of the present war. It
is recalled that the two Middletown
men were members Of the commit
tee appointed by Ambassador Thorn
as Nelson Page to relieve the distress
of American tourists and arrange for
their safe transportation back to the
United States
They served both at Rome and at
Naples in this capacity, an Dire
the three emigrant ships which
brought Americans home. On the
trip Mr.. +Acheson acted as interme-
diary for the passengers in arrang-
ing with the ships officer for their
satisfactory disposal, while his col
league looked after the necessary
guarantee of passage money.