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“Wounded Leaving for Saskatoon" [from Fish Creek, May 2, 1885], N.W. Rebellion
An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion
The Apathetic and the Defiant: Case Studies of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812-1919
See chapter four: Emboldened by Bad Behaviour: The Conduct-of the 147 Canadian Army in the Northwest, 1870 to 1873 by Jim McKillip.
Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.
A Battery Going to the Front - Sketch. - 2 May 1885
Battle Field / Duck Lake
Battle of Batoche
Battlefield of Frenchman Butte, May 28, 1885
Battleford and Medicine Hat - Newspaper clipping - 9 May 1885.
Beardy and His Chiefs, N.W. Rebellion
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
The Borderlands of the American and Canadian Wests: Essays on Regional History of the Forty-ninth Parallel
Camp at Fish Creek
Camp 'B' Battery, Prince Albert
The Campaign of 1885: A Contemporary Account
Letters written by Canadian Militia Colour Sergeant William Thomas Wrighton in April and May of 1885 describe his experience at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Resistance. Includes archival photos of the soldiers and battlegrounds taken by Captain J. Peters. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Canada, - The Riel Rebellion - A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March.
Canadian History - Historic Sites and Monuments - Batoche
The Canadian North-West: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Day of the Fur-Trade to the Era of the Railway and the Settler: With Incidents of Travel in the Region, and the Narrative of Three Insurrections
Capt. Stewart.- Sketch. - [1885?].
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Capture of Louis Riel by the Scouts Armstrong and Hourie, May 15, 1885
Chief Big Bear of the Plains Cree
Chief One Arrow Comes Home
Chief One Arrows Spirit Returns Home to People
Chief Red Pheasant Aiding Escape of Indian Officials
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
A Convoy of Northwest Police on the March - Sketch. - 1885.
Copy of Illustration from ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, April 4, 1885
Copy of Official Reports (116H) from Major General Middleton, C.B. (Commanding North-West Field Force), Concerning the Engagements at Fish Creek, on the 24th April, 1885, Poundmaker's Camp (Near Cree's Reserve) 2nd May, 1885, Batoche, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th May, 1885
Coulee at Fort Qu'Appelle, N.W.T.
Cree Chiefs from Crooked Lake
Cree Council on Sweetgrass Reserve
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Duck Lake Battle Grounds
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Big Bear 1825-88
The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - North-West Rebellion Participants from Both Sides
Photograph of a group of participants in the Northwest Resistance, from both sides. Left to Right: Constable Black, Louis Cochin, Inspector R.B.Deane, Alexis Andre, Beverly Robertson, Horse Child, Big Bear, Alexander Stewart, Poundmaker. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.