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James Walsh Papers - Miscellaneous
hinther
Wed, 06/03/2009 - 01:02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Walsh
Description
This account by James Walsh is a brief description of how he 'succeeded in undoing' what Louis Riel had done to form a federation of the Indians and Metis of the Canadian prairies in 1877-1879.
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.
James Walsh Papers - The Riel Rebellion
hinther
Wed, 06/03/2009 - 01:02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Morrow Walsh
Description
This file contains James Walsh's account of how he 'succeeded in undoing' what Louis Riel had done to form a federation of the Indians and Metis of the Canadian prairies in 1877-1879.
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.
Report of Interview Dr. L.H. Thomas and Mr. Gabriel Leveille
hinther
Wed, 06/03/2009 - 01:00
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriel Leveille
L. H. Thomas
Description
Transcript of a tape recorded interview of Metis North West Mounted Police employee Gabriel Leveille. Leveille worked in the Cypress Hills, Fort Walsh area during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Topics covered in the interview include Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Canada, Gabriel Dumont and the 1885 uprising, roping a grizzly bear in the Cypress Hills, Chief Piapot, Ranching, and numerous other topics pertaining to Police and Metis life.
Historical note: