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The Mounties in the News

Gelesen von Esther

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A newspaper account of the activities in the Western Canada during the Riel Rebellion and some of the aftermath , articles dating from August 1880 to January 1895. (Summary by David Lawrence)
Readers for this project are David Lawrence and Esther. (4 hr 1 min)

Chapters

August 12, 1880 - The Indians of the North West

2:01

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March 26, 1885 - Louis Riel's Rebellion

8:54

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March 28, 1885 - Victory for the Rebels

9:43

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April 20, 1885 - Reils Scouts Captured

7:04

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May 1, 1885 - Half Breeds Join Riel

2:12

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May 3, 1885 Panic in Edmonton

6:27

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May 6, 1885 - Defeated by the Indians

6:45

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May 7, 1885 - The Northwest Rebellion

6:20

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May 8, 1885 - Fighting Reil's Allies

10:55

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May 14, 1885 - Reil Deserts His Men

4:18

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May 14, 1885 - Victory for Middleton

8:25

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May 16, 1885 - The Battle at Batoche

12:46

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May 17, 1885 - Louis Reil Captured

9:22

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May 25, 1885 - The War in the Northwest

2:43

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May 28, 1885 - Poundmaker a Prisoner

9:36

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May 29, 1885 - Riel's Lieutenant Captured

5:32

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June 1, 1885 - Big Bear Wins a Battle

6:53

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June 3, 1885 - Riel's True Character

7:33

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June 6, 1885 - No News From Middleton

4:39

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July 6, 1885 - Big Bear Prisoner

1:25

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July 19, 1885 - Notes From the Northwest

1:23

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July 22, 1885 - Louis Riel on Trial

2:58

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July 26, 1885 - In Pursuit of Northwest Indians

0:48

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August 2, 1885 - Massacred by Indians

1:39

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August 17, 1885 - Taming the Bronco

6:32

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October 27, 1885 - Efforts to Save Reil

2:20

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November 13, 1885 - What Might Result in Reil's Execution

5:09

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November 15, 1885 - Reil to be hanged

10:06

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November 16, 1885 - Canadians in a Ferment

14:23

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November 17, 1885 - Rebel Chief Hanged

12:49

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November 17, 1885 - French Canadians Excited

7:36

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November 28, 1885 - Eight Indians Hanged

10:07

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January 20, 1886 - The Army of the Northwest

1:13

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February 12, 1886 - Six Mounted Poliemen Killed

0:43

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October 5, 1886 - The Sacree Indians

0:52

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November 5, 1886 - Battleford on Fire short

0:44

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November 25, 1886 - The Sweet Grass Massacre

1:10

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January 29, 1887 - Three Counterfeiters Killed

1:20

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February 6, 1887 - Big Bear Set Free

0:56

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April 15, 1887 - Depredations by Indians

1:01

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June 2, 1887 - Dumont Causing Trouble

1:14

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June 10, 1887 - Stolen Horses Recovered

0:54

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August 13, 1887 - Cattle Run into Canada

0:39

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September 10, 1887 - Don't Like the Police

0:49

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March 12, 1888 - Half Breeds Starving

4:12

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July 19, 1888 - The Troublesome Half-breed

1:37

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September 6, 1888 - They Like the Warpath

0:53

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48 - November 7, 1888 Trouble on the Manitou Border

1:24

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February 7, 1889 - Charged With Smuggling

1:00

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May 21, 1889 - A Fight With Canadian Indians

1:31

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August 3, 1889 - The Dominion Militia

0:48

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September 24, 1890 - Manitoba Mounted Police

1:34

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November 23, 1890 - Canadian Indians Dancing

1:52

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December 29, 1891 - The Herchmer Inquiry

3:04

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January 4, 1892 - Serious Trouble at Edmonton

1:41

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January 4, 1892 - Col Herchmer's Funeral

1:01

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