Birthday cake for Bernice
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Indigenous family outside teepee holding a birthday cake for Bernice their Pion-Era baby.
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Historical note:
The York Pioneer and Historical Society was founded by Richard H. Oates in 1869 in Toronto, ON. The society maintains two museums and a library of historical books and documents.Historical note:
Taken for the Western Producer magazine, July 21, 1960.