Rebellion, 1885 - Duck Lake Fight

A typed transcription of an article from the Saskatchewan Herald, 23 April 1885, by Wm. Laurie. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.

Historical note:

On 26 March 1885, the battle began west of Duck Lake, SK on the old Carlton Trail, north of Rosthern, SK. Duck Lake was at the junction of the Carlton and Prince Albert trails, midway between Métis headquarters at Batoche and the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Carlton. The battle began at about noon when a Cree emissary and a police interpreter scuffled during a parley. The police and volunteers retreated about half an hour later. Twelve of their force of 100 were killed. Six of the slightly larger rebel force died. Métis military commander Gabriel Dumont was wounded; his brother, Isidore, was the first to die.