The Red River insurrection: Three letters and a narrative of events
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- The Red River insurrection: Three letters and a narrative of events
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- Riel s
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- 1870
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The Red River insurrection: Three letters and a narrative of events
Author: Chesson, Frederick William, 1833?-1888. (author)
Year: 1870
Chesson, Frederick William: 1833?-1888. Secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society in England. // Isbister, Alexander Kennedy: 1822-1883. Born at Cumberland House; Métis son of an HBC employee; lived most of his life in Britain; championed rights of the Métis; left his library of 3,000 books to University of Manitoba (Robertson, A political manual of of the province of Manitoba ). // MacDougall, William: 1822-1905. Born and educated in Ontario; lawyer and founder of North American ; elected to what became federal and provincial legislatures, 1858-1882; one of "Fathers of Confederation"; with Sir George Cartier sent to England to negotiate purchase of Rupert's Land, 1868; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Rupert's Land and the North West Territories, but turned back at Pembina by Riel's followers, 1869; name sometimes spelled McDougall (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Dennis, John Stoughton elder: 1820-1885. Born at Kingston; commissioned a surveyor in Department of Crown lands, 1843; joined militia, 1855, rising to Brigade major of No.3 Military District, Toronto; placed in charge of surveying Northwest Territories, 1869; chiefly responsible for mapping prairies,