About forty-five men under arms held possession of the Fort.

The dead left upon the field were still exposed there days after the fight and were torn to pieces by the wild birds and beasts.

The body of Governor Semple was carried to the Fort.
Word was meanwhile sent to Alexander Macdonell the partner who had brought with him the Qu'Appelle contingent and had waited at Portage la Prairie while Cuthbert Grant with his followers, chiefly disguised as Indians, had gone on their bloody work.

Macdonell on receiving the news showed great satisfaction.

He announced to those about him that Governor Semple and five of his officers had been killed; and becoming more enthusiastic shouted with an oath in French that twenty-two of the English were slain.