Local notes on volunteers and frontier issues in Manitoba
The Times notes 5 005 men to suppress the rebellion and details on volunteers at the front. General Middleton fortifies Saskatchewan shore while Indians and half breeds face food scarcity and crop failures. Reports include livestock losses, a dog incident at Main Street, hay and oats prices, and a Portage la Prairie biscuit factory plan to feed troops.
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Ishing
Seuss Boseas One Ie Oa Biel
Portage le Prairie
Northcot
Clark's Crossing
Saskatchewan
Wm McDonald
Roseburn
McDonald
Manitoba
Riding Mountains
Battle near Poundmaker Reserve claims heavy Indian losses
Col Otter leading about 320 troops from Battleford attacked Poundmaker's reserve on the fifth, fighting from dawn to noon. Eight officers and twelve men wounded, eight killed. Indian losses estimated around fifty. about 600 hostile forces reported. Major Boulton’s advance unit held the line as reinforcements arrived.
Beulah Prairie Fire Damage and Local Developments
Beulah Prairie fires caused extensive damage over two weeks with at least five arables ruined and hay and grain losses. W. SImpson lost out buildings and forty tons hay plus seed oats and barley. Coltart Marsh Selby and Johnson lost stables. The Blairs School opens Monday with Frank Little as teacher. Court of Revision for Miniota meets June 2 at Beulah Hall for appeals. Methodist Quarterly Meeting Sunday at 3 pm. Seabee of the Quarterly Board meets the following Monday.
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Miniota
Beulah Hall
Methodist Church
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Court OF Revision
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H Furniture
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Bible
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Little Giant
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Kingston Jim
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Richardson & Lepper
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A. B. Wood
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W. M. Cushing
WM. M. Cushing
Elkhorn, Ma
Beulah
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Frank Little
Brownridge
Thos. Howard
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W. G. Pentland
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Edward Dawson
Blenheim
Isaac Ashe
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