Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Description
Photograph of Chief Factor at Fort Pitt in 1885; taken in a photo studio. Caption: "W.J. McLean, the HBC factor, realized that Pitt was indefensible and agreed to surrender voluntarily to Wandering Spirit."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
William James McLean (1841-1929) was in command of the Hudson's Bay Company trading posts at Fort Qu'Appelle, Ile a la Crosse and Fort Pitt.