Old Fort Hills and Sioux Indians Crossing the Plains to Fort Carlton / Summer 1879. - Part III.

This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to an encounter with 300 Sioux Indians from the United States at Fort Ellice. Third part of story. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

Reginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House.
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
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Yes
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Yes
Publisher
[University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections]
Publication Date
[192-?]
Credit
University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Morton Manuscripts Collection, MSS-C550-1-27-1d (Box 37); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Resource Type
Archival -- Archival Items
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