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The Battle of Fish Creek- April 23,
1885- Gabriel Dumont
This was General Middleton’s
first encounter with Metis.
Gabriel Dumont knew the Coulee was the
perfect abatre
Gabriel had one fifth of the troops and
little ammunition
Some left, leaving 60 men to fight 400-
poor volition!
With 7 cartridges of bullets left,
Dumont started a fire-
Smoke clouded Middleton men; only 7
Metis now dire!
83 horsemen joined Gabriel, bringing
Middleton’s stop
The battle would be determined a draw
he thought.
Metis loss was 4; Military loss was 10
with 45 wounded
-Dumont’s nephew Pierre Parenteau
dead too soon.
32 carbines meant preparation for
another Metis fight
Batoche now threatened, made carbines
shine bright!
Written by Carol Howard Vulliamy- Metis
Elder- 2010
Sources:
Wikipedia
Hildebrandt, Walter, The Battle of
Batoche:
British Small Warfare and Entrenched
Metis. Ottawa:
National Historic Parks and Sites
Branch.
Environment Canada, Parks Canada,
1985
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