The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . te of Poundmaker was shown tohave been very accurately gauged. Asa matter of fact, although the Chiefand leader of his people, he did notin the Rebellion of 1885 exercised thefunctions of the War Chief to the ex-tent that has been popularly the investment of Battlefordhe did command his people and di-rected the movements of his braves,but, when it was decided to take the aggressive against Colonel Otterstroops at Cut Knife Hill, Pound-maker requested to be relieved of theresponsibility of
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . te of Poundmaker was shown tohave been very accurately gauged. Asa matter of fact, although the Chiefand leader of his people, he did notin the Rebellion of 1885 exercised thefunctions of the War Chief to the ex-tent that has been popularly the investment of Battlefordhe did command his people and di-rected the movements of his braves,but, when it was decided to take the aggressive against Colonel Otterstroops at Cut Knife Hill, Pound-maker requested to be relieved of theresponsibility of commanding in thefight, and expressed his wish to partici-pate in the firing line as a simple war-rior of the Crees and not as Chief. Thiswas acceded to, and the actual com-mander of the Indian fighting menat Cut Knife was a sub-chief namedLittle Poplar, while Poundmakerserved with his rifle as a humblenitche. But while diffident as to his powersas a general in the field, there was noquestion as to who was best able toconduct diplomatic negotiations withthe white man, and hence Pound-. Photogmph hij Tojil;/ MIDDLKTON,COMMANDING NOKTHWEST FIELD FORCE. 416 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE maker took Ms rightful plixc-e asChief upon arriving to make peace andto discover what the future might havein store for his people. Our native American peoples havealways been partial to long harangues,with flowery and impassioned oratory,and among his own people the Chiefwas noted as a speaker; he had a sil-ver tongue, as they termed it. Tothe volunteers from Eastern Canada,by long odds the great majority amongthose who surrounded him this day,the address of Poundmaker was a rev-elation. Calm, eainest, respectfulwithout being obsequious, and at alltimes dignified, the presentation ofhis case contained many stat<ementsthat to every thoughtful Canadiansoldier must have bred doubts as tothe Indian being altogether in thewrong, notwithstanding that at sucha time fresh from the bivouac
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