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Between 28 March and 24 April 1885, almost 600 people, most of the white and Métis population of the area, took refuge in the North-West Mounted Police post here because they feared a general Indian uprising in support of Riel. Although the fort was never attacked, the townsite suffered some looting until Lt. Col. W.D. Otter's troops arrived and relieved the post. After Riel's defeat at Batoche, the Cree and Assiniboine bands led by Poundmaker surrendered here to General Middleton on 26 May 1885.
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