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.
Descriptive analysis provides several important findings centered on risky life style factors, work in sex trade, addictions, homelessness, and elapsed time before disappearance was reported.