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1885 / Fur Trade - 1970-1985. - Folder 2.
The 1885 North-West Campaign Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps
Battleford during the Rebellion of 1885
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Circumstances Alter Photographs: Captain James Peters and the War of 1885
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Correspondence Relating to Disturbances at Red River, 1869-70
"D" for Disturbance - Mrs. C. Wetton. - Newspaper articles. - January-February 1965.
Historical note:
Mrs. C. Wetton was a staff correspondent for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix at North Battleford for 37 years.Delima F. Parenteau Interview
The Diaries of Louis Riel
Diary of Francis Dickens - Vernon LaChance. - May 1930.
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The Diary of Lieut. J.A.V. Preston, 1885
Diary of Lieut. R. S. Cassels, North-West Field Force
Typewritten transcription.
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Dismantling the Patriarchal Altar From Within
Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Correspondence. - 1912-1925.
Historical note:
Dr. A.B. Stewart acted as coroner for the Royal North West Mounted Police and had a medical practice at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan in the late 1800s-early 1900s.Dr. A.B. Stewart Papers - Miscellaneous. - n.d..
Historical note:
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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Dr. Russell's Historical Notes
Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces
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).
An Episode of the North-West Rebellion 1885
Experiences of Starting and Conducting a Store in Saskatchewan in the Early ‘80s.
"Fleury, Patrice"
Forty Years in the North-West
Historical note:
W.J. Carter was a carpenter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (NWT).[Fred Shore]
Frog Lake Massacre
From Saskatoon to Moose Jaw with the Prisoner Riel
[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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Gabriel Dumont's Account of the North West Rebellion, 1885
Giraud, M., "Note on the Half-Breed Problem in Manitoba," 1937.
A Glimpse of 1885
Homesteading at Wilcox
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
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J. Z. LaRocque: A Métis Historian’s Account of His Family’s Experiences during the North-West Rebellion of 1885
Discusses Joseph Zépherin LaRocque, born in Lebret, Saskatchewan, who was one of the very few Métis vernacular historians writing in the early 20th century.
James Brady #5
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.