Show lI I I THE INDIAN WAR A Very Crimea Condition of Aftl hQ I CLOSING THE EXPOSITION I DcvertiHg Emigration to the British Colonies 1help Hobnobs I With the Oueen I The Indian Tar WINNIPEG May WLNo intelligence I has yet been received of the arrival of Middletons men at Prince Albert but it is supposed they are at that point long before now It is expected they will proceed from there to Battleford by steamer If the water is high the journey could be made is three or four days With a united force a heavy blow could be struck at Poundmaker Big Bears attention will in the meantime mean-time be taken up with General Stranges forces A letter from Edmonton says Mrs Delaney one of the Frog Lake captures was outraged till she died and her body was then cut to pieces by squaws Mrs Gowanlocke another captive has been taken possession of bone b-one of the young Indians as his wife Nothing has been heard of the fate of the McLean family but it is supposed to be a horrible one I A uispaicn nom aasKatcnewan Landing Land-ing says Three of the teamsters who escaped from Poundmakers Indians have arrived and report as follows I Twentyone ox teams and nine horse I teams left Miller on the 11th and when I within eight miles of Battleford were suddenly pounced upon by over 100 Indians all mounted who completely surrounded the men and as the latter were not numerous enough to stand tight the only thing left was to cut their horses loose and run off the trails in between the different squads and take chances of escaping The thirty loads of supplies comprised of seventeen I seven-teen loads of provisions and thirteen loads of oats Fifteen more loads are I some twenty miles north of Miller Station Sta-tion and fifteen at that station making I in all sixty loads now at the mercy of the Indians Twenty men were taken prisoners by the Indians eighteen I being ox drivers and two horse teamsters team-sters This affair will no doubt stop teamsters from going to the front until troops are sent in advance ad-vance to clear the road The escaped men were chased over ten miles and then fired upon but withont effect Mcponnell depot clerk at Metters station sta-tion is here He abandoned his post on account of the trouble All the depots along the track are also being closed |