Frog Lake Massacre | |
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Part of North-West Rebellion | |
Location | 53°49′52″N 110°21′31″W / 53.831186°N 110.358696°W Frog Lake, Alberta |
Date | April 2, 1885 11:00 am |
Target | Residents of Frog Lake |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 9 |
Perpetrators | Cree warriors led by Wandering Spirit |
The Frog Lake Massacre was part of the Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion in western Canada. Led by Wandering Spirit, Cree men attacked and killed nine officials, clergy and settlers in the small settlement of Frog Lake, at the time in the District of Saskatchewan in the North-West Territories[1] on 2 April 1885. (The location, about 200 kms east of Edmonton, is now within the province of Alberta.)