After the massacre, the bodies of Fafard, Marchand, Delaney and Gowanlock had been hurriedly placed in the cellar under the church by several of the
Métis residents who were now captive. They, at great risk, also moved the bodies of Quinn and Gouin into the cellar of a house near where they were killed but were refused permission to touch the other victims. The church, the rectory and all the buildings of the Frog Lake settlement were burned on April 4 (the day before Easter). All that remained of the mission was the bell tower and the cemetery. Charles H. Winslow who was a captain in the Midland Battalion and received the
North West Canada Medal for service against the North West Rebellion wrote of the bell: {{quote|"All was desolation. The only thing left was a stockade fence around where the Roman Catholic church had stood, and, at the gate, two posts, on which was swinging a small bell, and as there was quite a crave for souvenirs, some of men of my company, without my knowledge, or any of the officers' knowledge, took it down in this night, packed it in a box with some old clothing and managed to smuggle it home." also mentioned the bell in his diary on Friday, July 25, 1885: ==Authentication==