Battle of Cut Knife (2 mai 1885 – 1 janv. 1886)

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On 2 May 1885, during the North-West Rebellion, Cree and Assiniboine natives defeated 300 soldiers commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Otter in the Battle of Cut Knife. Using a short amount of men, war chief Fine Day practically circled and pinned down William Otter's force on an exposed plain. After 6 hours of fighting, Otter retreated as Cree Chief Poundmaker held the warriors back. Eight of Otter's force died. At least, 5 or 6 natives were killed. The battlefield is on the Poundmaker Reserve, approximately 40 km west of Battleford, Saskatchewan, just north of Cut Knife Hill, a piece named for a Sarcee warrior who died near there. A cairn lies near the middle of the battlefield, near Chief Poundmaker's grave. His body was shifted to the site in 1967 from Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta, where he died in 1886.
By Tahera