Some Experiences of the Expedition of the North West Field Force as Copied from a Diary Kept in my Possession
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Austin
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 26-35
Description
Transcriptions from the journal of James M. Austin who enlisted as a member of the North West Field Force to suppress the North West Resistance (1885). Describes the day-to-day perspectives of an ordinary soldier, and the drudgery and trauma of military life.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 26.