"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
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| Database ID | 24344 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
| Fonds/Collection | Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
| Series | LXII | |
| File/Item Reference | LXII-40-Inspector (Box 60) | |
| Date of creation | 1885 | |
| Physical description/extent | 14 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 14 | |
| Historical note | Compiled by David Ross, Military Curator, Prairie and Northern Region, Department of the Environment, December 1986. The original handwritten journal was donated to Parks Canada, Fort Battleford National Historic Park by Mr. & Mrs. F. A. Lindsay of Ottawa, 27 April 1970. It is probable that this is the Fort Pitt NWMP Post Journal rather than Dickens' personal journal. | |
| Scope and content | A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out. | |
| Contributer | Dickens, Francis (author) | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Diaries | |
| Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
| Place | Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Canada Frog Lake, Alberta, Canada Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Ballentine, Peter Big Bear, ca. 1828-1889 (Chief) Dickens, Francis, 1844-1886 (NWMP officer) mistahi-maskwa Quinn, Thomas Quinney, Charles Ross, David | |
| Subject | Northwest Resistance Law Enforcement -- NWMP Chiefs Forts Hudson's Bay Company Aboriginal Military | |
| Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24344
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