Part 16 (1/2)

Killed at Poundmaker's Reserve:--

Private Arthur Dobbs, Battleford Rifles; Bugler Foulks, School of Infantry; Corporals Laurie and Sleight, and Truoode, Governor-General's Foot Guards; Teaina

Wounded at Poundt Cooper, in the hip, Private G Varey, in the shoulder, Private Lloyd, in the shoulder, and Private G

Watts, in the thigh, Queen's Own Rifles Lieut Pelletier, in the thigh, Sergt Gaffney, in the arroin, and Gunner Reynolds, in the art Winters, in the face, Private McQuillan, in the side, Governor-General's Foot Guards Sergt Ward, in the shoulder, Mounted Police Sergt-Major spackler Gilbert, in the arm, Infantry School

Killed at Batoche:--

Gunner Wm Phillips, ”A” Battery, Quebec; Private T, Moor, No 3 company, Royal Grenadiers, Toronto; Capt

John French, scout; Capt Brown, scout; Lieut Fitch, 10th Royal Grenadiers, shot through the heart; W P

Krippen, of Perth, a surveyor; Private Haidisty, 90th Winnipeg Battalion; Private Fraser, 90th Winnipeg Battalion

Of the foregoing the last six were killed on Monday, the first on Saturday, and Private Moor on Sunday

Wounded at Batoche:--

Tenth Royal Grenadiers:--Major Dawson, slightly in the ankle, able to lihtly in the foot; Capt Mason flesh wound in the thigh; Staff Sergt

T M Mitchell, slight wound in the eye; Private R Cook in the arht scratch in the head; Private G W, Quigley, flesh wound in the arht wound across the back; Bugler, M Vaughan, in the finger; Private Scovell, slight flesh wound; Private Stead, slight flesh wound; Private Cantwell

The 90th Battalion:--Corp Gillies, Sergt-Major Watson, Private O A Wheeler, Private Young, Sergt Jackes, Private M Erickson, Private Kemp

Surveyor Scouts:--Lieut Garden

Capt French's Scouts:--Trooper Cook

”A” Battery:--Driver Jas Stout, Gunner Fairbanks, Gunner Charpentier, Gunner Twohey

Midland Battalion:--Lieut Geo Laidlaw, Lieut helliwell, Corp helliwell, Private Barton

Meanwhile the ca forth There is no use now in having long discussions as to whose shoulders should bear the responsibility of all the devastation, terror, misery and blood; the duty of the hour is to put an end to the Rebellion Riel must be captured at any cost; so, too, ly a menace to public peace as Riel and his bad and fearless ally, Du the land with blood Therein the North-West, and the gentleive first attention to are the two villains just na Bear, Little Pine, Lucky Man, and those bloody wolves who perpetrated the butcheries at Frog Lake

I have said that this is not the place to discuss at length the question of the Government's responsibility for this blood, and sorrow, and h thousands will belie their convictions, that there has been a criement of these half-breed people by the authorities at Ottawa

I have been obliged to show that in the past,and unjustifiable sylad to be able to say that in the present case, while censuring the Governrievances of the half-breeds, they have no word of justification for the evin, brother of the Hon the Minister of Public Works, issued a pastoral, in which there was no uncertain sound He called upon the faithful sons of the country within his diocese to coainst a cause of tumult, destruction and murder

THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF LOUIS RIEL

On the 20th of July the Courtthe long indictation whether the prisoner pled guilty to the charge of treason, his counsel rose and took exception to the jurisdiction of the Court The plea entered by the defence was to the affect that the presiding stipendiarythe death penalty, and urged that Riel should be tried by one of the duly constituted courts in Ontario or in British Columbia Mr Christopher Robinson, QC, for the Crown, asked for an adjournht days, to prepare a reply to the plea, which was granted The Court then adjourned to the 28th instant

On the re-opening of the Court, counsel expressed themselves ready to proceed Only a fewa jury Twelve persons were called, five of ere pereed by the defence, and one by the Crown The re six were sworn in to try the prisoner at the bar Their names are as follows: --H J Painter, E Everett, E J Brooks, J W