R.C.M.P Barracks, Three chiefs, Hives and Innes.
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Image of three chiefs with Rev. Hives and C. Innes outside RCMP barracks at Battleford.
Historical note:
Rev. John Richard Matheson was the husband of Dr. Elizabeth (Scott) Matheson. They were married in 1891, and she went with him to the Anglican mission on a reserve at Onion Lake, 200 miles Northwest of Saskatoon. As well as a missionary, he served as builder, rancher and trader to finance their work. After she completed medical studies at his urging, he built her a small mission hospital at Onion Lake, and the couple ran a mission school there.Historical note:
Reverend Hunt oversaw the construction of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Stanley Mission between 1854 and 1860, today the oldest standing building in the province. See also S-B6546.Historical note:
The purpose of the Riel project is to publish a critical edition of all the writings of Louis Riel. The edition is to present a printed version faithful to what Riel himself wrote, being "critical" in the sense that errors will be noted, variants recorded, and annotations furnished. In English / French.