Campaigning in the North West Territories
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| Database ID | 27480 | |
| Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
| Fonds/Collection | Austin, James Mortimer | |
| File/Item Reference | A549 | |
| Date of creation | 1885 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 3 mm | |
| Number of images | 61 | |
| Scope and content | A write up on the experiences of James Austin, a member of the Ontarian Midland Battalion involved in the suppression of the 1885 uprising. Austin relates the story of his trek west from Ontario, but missed all major actions. Austin later became a Presbyterian minister. | |
| Contributer | Austin, James Mortimer | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | Austin, James Mortimer | |
| Place | Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Austin, James Mortimer Big Bear, ca. 1828-1889 (Chief) Middleton, Frederick Dobson, 1825-1898 mistahi-maskwa Strange, Thomas Bland, 1831-1925 (General) | |
| Subject | Armed Forces Armed Forces -- service Northwest Resistance Warfare Transportation Cree | |
| Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27480
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