Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan ...

—^I95 :iioo low for me to hokr.—Reing at 8ome littletit(*(itttttftttftttttttttttt(tfttftttftttftttttfttftetedistance to the riglit of the governor, Isaw hirutake hold of Boucher's gun, and almost immediatelya general discharge of tire-arms tookplace; but whether it began on our side, or (hatof the encnjy, it Mas impossible to distinguish :my attention was then directed towards my personaldefence.In a few minutes, almost all ourpeople were either killed, or wounded.—CaptaiaRogers, having fallen, rose up again and cametowards mo, when, not seeing one of our partywho was not either killed or disabled, I calledout to him, ' For God's .ake give yourself up.'He ran towards the enemy for that purpose, myselffollowing him. He raised up his hands,and, in English, and broken French, called outfor mercy. A half-breed (son of Colonel WilliamM'Kay) shot him through thehead, andanother cut open his belly with a knife, with themost horrid imprecations.Fortunately for me,a Canadian (named Lavigne) joining his entreatiesto mine, saved me (though with thegreatest difficulty) from sharing the fate of myfriend at that moment. After this, I was rescuedtrom death, in the most providential manner,no less than six different times,on my roadto, and at, the Frog Plain, (the head-quarters ofthose cruel murderers.) I there saw that AlexanderMurrav, and his wife^ two of William' . &.•n '« . *J