The Battle of Duck Lake was a skirmish between Métis soldiers of the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan and Canadian government forces that signalled the beginning of the North-West Rebellion.
On March 25 a group of Métis and First Nations warriors under Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont seized the contents of Hillyard Mitchell's store at Duck Lake. North-West Mounted Police superintendent Leif Crozier had received warning that Riel and Dumont we...
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The Battle of Duck Lake was a skirmish between Métis soldiers of the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan and Canadian government forces that signalled the beginning of the North-West Rebellion.
On March 25 a group of Métis and First Nations warriors under Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont seized the contents of Hillyard Mitchell's store at Duck Lake. North-West Mounted Police superintendent Leif Crozier had received warning that Riel and Dumont were going to make such a move, and had sent a small force in order to get provisions from the store. The Mounties were unaware that Riel's forces were already present, and retreated back to Fort Carlton in the face of the rebel's superior numbers. Crozier then decided to return to Duck Lake with a much larger force of policemen and Prince Albert Volunteers, along with a seven-pounder cannon. Dumont in the meantime decided to set up an ambush for Crozier some 3.5 kilometres from the store.
The forces met the following day. Driven back by Métis...
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