CNHS he Battle of Cut Knife - La Bataille de Cut Knife
N 52° 50.356 W 108° 57.732
12U E 637257 N 5856335
Located together with Chief Poundmaker. This cairn is located on the Poundmaker First Nation, this is a Historic site that is open during the summer months.
Waymark Code: WMX2BQ
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 11/16/2017
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The Battle of Cut Knife - La Bataille de Cut Knife
On May 2, 1885, after the relief of Battleford, Col WD Otter and a flying column of 305 men advanced on Poundmaker's reserve at Cut Knife where the Cree and Assiniboine bands of Battleford Agency were gathered. The surprise attack failed and after six hours fighting Otter retreated to Battleford. On Poundmaker's orders the Indians declined pursuit but, convinced white hostility, moved to join Riel at Batoche. When word came of the Métis defeat there, Poundmaker and his bands surrendered at Battleford on 26 May.
Le mai 1885, une fois Battlefor libéré, le colonel WD Otter, à la tête d'une colonne volante de 305 hommes, attaqua la réserve de Poundmaker à Cut Knife, où les bandes de Cris et d'Assiniboines de Battleford étaient réunies. L'attaque surprise ayant échoué, Otter et ses hommes se replièrent, après six heures de combat, vers Battleford. Surl'ordre de Poundmaker, les Indiens ne firent aucune contre-attaque. Convaincus de l'hostilité de Blancs, ils préférènt rejoindre Riel à Batoche. Informés de la défaite de Métis, Poundmaker et ses bandes se redirent à Battleford, le 26 mai.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.
Government of Canada-Gouvernement du Canada
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
Location - City name/Town name: North of Cut Knife
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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