"On the Big Bear Trail," N.W. Rebellion, 1885
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On the Big Bear Trail during the Northwest Resistance. Horses, carts and riders on the trail next to a body of water.
Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1915.Historical note:
Robinson Lyndhurst Wadmore, who was born in England in 1855, entered the Canadian forces as a lieutenant in 1883 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment during the Northwest Resistance of 1885. Wadmore became a colonel in 1910. He died in Victoria, BC, in 1915.Historical note:
"Born at Sandy Lake on June 11, 1885, this grandnephew of Chief Poundmaker attended the missionary school on the Sandy Lake Reserve, and then the boarding school in Prince Albert, where he proved an able scholar and an impressive athlete. After boarding school Ahenakew returned to Sandy Lake, where he assisted his father until he was invited to teach at a missionary school on the James Smith Reserve.Historical note:
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A zareba is an encampment used as a base of attack and defense.Historical note:
A zareba is a stockade made of bushes: an outdoor enclosure, especially one made of thorn bushes and used as protection around a campsite or village.