2 apr 1885 anni - Frog Lake Massacre

Descrizione:

On April 2, 1885, at Frog Lake, Saskatchewan (now in Alberta) a Cree raiding party attacked the small town. They were angry because of the unfair treaties and the withholding of vital provisions by the Canadian government, and also by the dwindling buffalo population, their main source of food, Big Bear and his Cree decided to rebel after the successful Métis victory at Duck Lake.

They gathered all the white settlers in the area into a local church. They killed Thomas Quinn, the town's Indian agent, after a disagreement broke out. The Cree then attacked the settlers, killing eight more and taking three captive. The massacre prompted the Canadian government to take notice of the growing unrest in the North-West Territories. When the rebellion was put down, the government hanged Wandering Spirit, the war chief responsible for the Frog Lake Massacre.