Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1885 — A DOZEN DEAD. [ARTICLE]

A DOZEN DEAD.

Riel Defeats Crozier’? Force Near Duck Lake, Killing Twelve and Wounding Eleven. 1 The Police Retreat—List of the Dead and Hurt—The Dominion Aroused. The First Battle. (Ottawa (Ont) dispatch.] In the House of Commons to-night the following dispatch from Lieut Col. Irvine to Sir John Macdonald, dated Fort Carleton, via Winnipeg. March 27, was read by the Premier: "The party under my command has just arrived. When near Fort Carleton I found that Maj. Crozier^with a party of 100, had gone to Duck Lake to secure a large quantity of supplies there stored. They were met by some hundred rebels, who sheld an advantageous positidh at Beardy’s Reserve, and endeavored to surround Major Crozier’s force of police and civilians. The rebels fired .first When the firing became general Major Crozier, owing to the disadvantage at which he was taken, retreated in good order, arriving at the fort at the same time as my party .“Ten civilians of Priftce Albert and two policemen were killed, and four civilians and seven constables were wounded. The number of rebels killed is not ! known. The police and civilians acted with i the greatest bravery under a heavy fire. The rebel loss was estimated at eighty. ” Following is a list of the killed: Constable Gibson, of the mounted police; Constable Arnold, of the mounted police; Capt. John Morton, W. Napier, James Bakely, William Settiot, Charles Hewitt, Robert Middleton, James Anderson, D. McKenzie, D. McPhail, Alex. Fisher. The last named are of the volunteer company raised by i Prince Albert. The wounded are: Of the mounted police, Inspector Howe, Corporal Gilchrist, Constable Garrett, Constable S. IF. Gordon, Constable Smith, Constable Wood, Constable Miller. Of the volunteer ■ corps, Capt. Moore, A. McNabb, W. R. Markly, Alex. Stewart. ' THE FENIANS SUSPECTED. The Government is understood to have information connecting the Fenian brotherhood with the Northwest rebellion, and will i make it a subject of international corre- , spondence with the United States authorii ties. A rumor is current that they supplied the Metis with arms and ammunition and money to carry on warlike operations. Twenty-two private detectives have been dispatched to various American cities and points on she American border in the immediate vicinity of the trouble, TENDER OF SEBVICES. Many telegrams have been received from Canadians in the United States offering their services in the event of any further trouble, and militia organizations in various provinces have telegraphed their willingness to proceed to Carleton on a moment’s notice. The feeling is general that the Metis should be wiped out. They have been treated with every consideration by the Government in the past, and by their action have destroyed all sympathy. A message was received from the Imperial war authorities last evening inquiring about the extent of the rebellion. •* The Situation. Excitement over the Riel rebellion increases hourly. It is said that the Government has been suppressing news all along, and that the rising is more serious than the public has been led to believe. Riel is known to be a wily commander, and a prisoner reports that he h£s six pieces of American cannon, 1,500 men strongly intrenched near Duck Lake,arid that he is being joined by hundreds of American Indians.