Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Published in [?Unknown Source], 1885.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
Sketch by T.B. Eyres.
Close-up image of plaques at Cut Knife Hill. Plaque reads: "Cut Knife Battlefield. Named after Chief Cut Knife of the Sarcee in an historic battle with the Cree. On 2nd May, 1885, Lt. Col. W.D. Otter led 325 troops composed of North West Mounted Police, "B" Battery, "C" Company, Foot Guards, Queen's Own and Battleford Rifles, against the Cree and Assiniboine under Poundmaker and Fine Day. After an engagement of six hours, the troops retreated to Battleford."
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Photograph of Chief Big Bear taken during his trial outside the North West Mounted Police Barracks in Regina.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
Governor General Vincent Massey at microphone with aboriginal man speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the Cut Knife Hill historic marker. Several onlookers in background including RCMP in formal dress.
This item describes the state of the infantry brigade stationed at Camp Fort Pitt on 2 July 1885. Categories include members absent with / without leave, hospital attendants and casualities. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885.
Collection of Dr. Peter Purdue, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
Images include:The Riel Insurrection in Canada. Half-breed Insurgents on Picket Duty and Mounted Police.
Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 11, 1885 [Page] 125.
No article associated with this image in the newspaper.
The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert.