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Battleford Remembers Stockade Days
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Chapter XVI -- "An Indian Murder Case"
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
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On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve
Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Miscellaneous. - n.d..
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Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Rosthern, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Napoleon Venne Correspondence. - 1923-1924.
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Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
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Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.[G. F. Shepherd, Notes 1937-1974]
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
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Gentleman Joe McKay and Mistawasis on Horses
History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West
Image of Chief Jacob Johnstone (Kah-kee-ka- pow)
The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February, 1955)
"Indians, 1923-1962."
James Walsh Papers - The Riel Rebellion
Historical note:
James Morrow Walsh (22 May 1840 - 25 July 1905) was a North West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer and the first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. Born in Prescott, Ontario, James Walsh was one of the original officers of the NWMP.Lloyd Chief Interview
"Lucy Margaret Baker: A Memoir (1920)"
"Poundmaker's Old Stamping Ground" - By Mrs. John Douglas, Rockhaven. - Paper. - [193-?].
Rebellion, 1885 - Some Causes of Unrest Among Indians in the Early "80s."
The Rebellion of Half-breeds in Canada under Louis Riel - Newspaper clipping. - 9 May 1885.
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From The Graphic, an Illustrated Newspaper.Retracing the Old Trail - Gerald Willoughby. - Booklet. - [1933?].
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Gerald Willoughby (1866-1933) was one of the first citizens of Saskatoon, NWT.