Old Fort Hills and Sioux Indians Crossing the Plains to Fort Carlton / Summer 1879. - Part I.
Database ID | 26211 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | Morton Manuscripts Collection | |
Series | MSS-C550 | |
File/Item Reference | MSS-C550-1-27-1b (Box 37) | |
Date of creation | [192-?] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 6 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 6 | |
Historical note | Reginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House. | |
Scope and content | This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to an encounter with 300 Sioux Indians from the United States at Fort Ellice. First part of story. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.' | |
Contributer | Reginald Bird Beatty (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 | Archival | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Diaries | |
Provenance Access Point | Morton, A.S. | |
Other numbers/identification | Special Collections call no. MSS C550/1/27.1. | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Anderson, Charlie Beatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk) McDonald, Archibald | |
Subject | Chiefs Hudson's Bay Company Treaty -- Treaty 4 Red River Cart | |
Date Range(s) | 1870-1879 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26211 |