Sketch of Metis fighters on land firing upon a government relief boat in background; possibly based on the attack on the steamer Northcote during the battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance.
Newspaper clipping of image of the steamer 'Marquis' and a second steamer on a Saskatchewan river around [1885?]. The artist is F.W. Curzon, special artist for The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News, who travelled with General F.D. Middleton's official party.
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.