| Call #: | MSS C560/1/1.3 |
| Author: |
Morton, Arthur Silver
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| Title: | Scrapbook of clippings and documents. 1885 to 1975. |
| Description: | 47 pages. |
| Notes: | Includes three typescript biographies; of John Farquar Burnett, a veterinarian from Toronto who eventually became Superintendent in the North-West Mounted Police; of John Alexander McGibbon, a Montreal resident who enlisted in the North-West Mounted Police and was stationed at Prince Albert during the North-West Resistance of 1885; the third is of Captain John French who commanded "French's Scouts" during the Resistance. Also includes clippings on the negotiation of Indian treaties; the raising of a North-West Resistance monument in Toronto; an obituary of General Middleton; stories about the depletion of the buffalo herds; a map and an account of the battle of Batoche. |
| Morton Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, University of Saskatchewan Libraries. | |
| Subject: |
Northwest Territories Papers - 1885 -
Riel, Louis Northwest Rebellion, 1885 - History Canada - Politics and government - 1880s Batoche, Saskatchewan - History Northwest Mounted Police - History Canada - Indian Affairs - 1880s Northwest Territories - Politics and government - 1880s Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - History Burnett, John Farquar - Biography Plains Cree McGibbon, John Alexander - Biography French, John - Biography Native people - Canada - Treaties |