This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
A detailed guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, and was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
A photograph of Metis positions on the Fish Creek battleground, likely taken shortly after the battle by a Canadian Army photographer. Presumably the Metis soldiers were positioned in the wooded area of the coulee visible ahead in the photograph. This may be the opening scene of the battle where Middleton's Scouts were met by an opening fusilade from the Metis ranks. The farmhouse visible on the right is possibly Tourond's house, for whose family the place takes its Metis name of "Tourond's Coulee."
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 1979, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses a European-styled agricultural community which was developed to facilitate conversion and Europeanization of the semi-nomadic Montagnais in the St. Lawrence Valley.