| Call #: | MSS C550/1/30.7 |
| Author: |
Morton, Arthur Silver
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| Title: | Foundations of government in the west. A paper delivered before the Regina Canadian Club, "The Morning Leader." 1 January 1910. |
| Description: | 2 pages. |
| Notes: | The main portions of the address given by Commissioner A. B. Perry of the North-West Mounted Police were printed in the "Regina Morning Leader." Perry's address is an historical survey of the establishment of law and order in western Canada. The survey starts with a discussion of the role of the Hudson's Bay Company, the impact of the North West Company, the establishment of the Red River settlement, Indian-white relations, the massacre at Seven Oaks, the Riel Resistance of 1869-1870, the establishment of the North West Mounted Police, the Riel Resistance of 1885 and the current role of the police. |
| Morton Manuscript Collection, Special Collections, University of Saskatchewan Libraries. | |
| Subject: |
North West Mounted Police - History
Canada - Politics and government - 19th century Northwest Rebellion, 1885 - History Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) - History Canada - Law enforcement - History |
| Other Author: |
Perry, A. B.
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