Attacking a Canadian supply steamer on the Saskatchewan - Sketch and article. - 23 May 1885.

 
Database ID24376
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionCanadiana Pamphlets Collection
SeriesLXII
File/Item ReferenceLXII-6-Attacking (LXII O/S drawer)
Date of creation23 May 1885
Physical description/extent1 sketch / article; b&w; 23 cm x 23 cm
Number of images1
Scope and contentA short article on Louis Riel's defeat and capture in the Northwest Resistance and a large sketch of a steamer. Description and accompanying sketch possibly depicts the attack on the Northcote at Batoche, although the vessel's name is not given.
ContributerW.C. Fitler (illustrator)
Harper's Weekly (illustrator)
Toronto War News (illustrator)
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
Other terms governing use and reproductionResponsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointUniversity of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection
Other notesSketch and article appearing in Harpers Weekly, v. XXIX, no. 1483, 23 May 1885. Sketch originally featured in the Toronto War News.
PlaceBatoche, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesFitler, W.C.
Harper's Weekly
Northcote
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
Toronto War New
SubjectMetis -- History
Northwest Resistance
Warfare
Racism and stereotypes
Aboriginal
Military
Steamers
Date Range(s)1880-1889
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