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The battle at Belly River : stories of the last great Indian battle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25100
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Johnstone, Alexander
- Publisher
- Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62t PAM
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- Author
- Johnstone, Alexander
- Publisher
- Lethbridge : Lethbridge Branch, Historical Society of Alberta
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 22 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Battle at Belly River between Cree, Blackfeet Indigenous Peoples - descriptions of eye witness accounts and includes maps and photographs
- Contents
- Introduction The Last Great Indian Battle Other Accounts Summing Up Pictorial Representations of the Battle References Acknowledgements
- Accession Number
- 3069a
- Call Number
- 08.2 J62t PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Lethbridge Historical Society website
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Blood red the sun
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19948
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cameron, William Bleasdell
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Call Number
- 08.1 C14b
- Author
- Cameron, William Bleasdell
- Responsibility
- William Bleadsdell Cameron
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 225 pages ; 21 cm
- Subjects
- Cree
- Abstract
- Pertains to the story of William Bleasdell Cameron, a European settler who was held captive during the Frog Lake Massacre of April, 1885. Cameron tells of the two months he was held captive, as well as his escape during the Battle of Frenchman’s Butte. Formerly titled, The War Trail of Big Bear, the title was changed to Blood Red the Sun in the 1940’s.
- Contents
- Introduction (pg. ix)
- I. The Annuity Payments at Fort Pitt (pg. 1)
- II. When Poundmaker Defied the N.W.M.P. (pg. 9)
- III. The Winter of 1884-5 (pg. 25)
- IV. Before the outbreak (pg. 28)
- V. Big-Lie Day (pg. 33)
- VI. The Mutter of the Drums (pg. 37)
- VII. In the Power of the Hostiles (pg. 40)
- VIII. The Massacre (pg. 47)
- IX. Out of the Gloom (pg. 58)
- X. The Rescue of the White Women (pg. 67)
- XI. In the Crucible (pg. 72)
- XII. Big Bear Scores His Followers (pg. 83)
- XIII. A Council of War (pg. 87)
- XIV. The Fall of Fort Pit (pg. 93)
- XV. Three Scouts (pg. 102)
- XVI. Perilous Moments (pg. 109)
- XVII. Days in Camp (pg. 113)
- XVIII. An Indian Cannibal (pg. 123)
- XIX: In the Red Man's book (pg. 126)
- XX: More Days in Camp (pg. 132)
- XXI: The Turning of the Tide (pg. 140)
- XXII: The Thirst Dance (pg. 147)
- XXIII: Meeminook (pg. 155)
- XXIV: The Battle of Frenchman's Butte (pg. 159)
- XXV: Safe! (pg. 171)
- XXVI: With the Alberta Field Force (pg. 177)
- XXVII: Fort Pitt Once More (pg. 187)
- XXVIII: The Indian Trials (pg. 195)
- XXIX: The Executions (pg. 204)
- XXX: Conclusion (pg. 213)
- The Frog Lake Memorial (pg. 223)
- Notes
- First ed., Toronto, Ryerson Press, published in 1926 under title: The war trail of Big Bear
- Accession Number
- 2019.71
- Call Number
- 08.1 C14b
- Collection
- Archives Library
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