Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
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Image of members of Camp ‘B’ Battery, Prince Albert; posts and pegs in foreground, men and tents in background.
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The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Historical note:
Budd was the first Indigenous person to be ordained in the Anglican Church in the missions of Manitoba and Saskatchewan during the late 19th century.
Memorandum written July 20, 1885 by Hayter Reed, Assistant Indian Commissioner to Indian Commissioner, Edgar Dewdney outlining policies appropriate to the post-rebellion era. The document is divided in two parts: on the right is text of the memorandum and on the left comments written by Edgard Dewdney.See also Document Two: Reply to the Above Memorandum
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Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.