The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains
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Author/Creator
Robert Michael Ballantyne
A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).
Personal narratives of Elders from Barrows, Cold Lake, Cranberry Portage, Crane River, Cross Lake, Duck Bay, Mallard, Manigotagan, Moose Lake, Norway House, Pelican Rapids, and Wabowden, communities located in Manitoba.
Excerpt from The Red River Settlement describing the spring hunt of 1840.
Consists principally of extracts from newspapers.
Historical note:
Translation of L'espace de Louis Goulet.