Seventy Years Ago
| Database ID | 27451 | |
| Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
| Fonds/Collection | Wetton, Cecelia | |
| Series | III | |
| File/Item Reference | III-17 | |
| Date of creation | [1948-1954] | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 3.5 cm of textual records | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | A collection of articles on Western Canadian history written by Cecilia Wetton. Includes one on Swift Runner the Cree Wendigo hung for cannibalism, the Turtle Lake Saulteaux tribe, early farming in the Prince Albert-Carlton area, warfare between the Assiniboine and Dakota, the end of the bison herds, the story of Mesckacis, Chief Beardy and Treaty Six, the first North-West Territories Census in 1879, Sitting Bull's time spent in Canada, Aboriginal Sturgeon fishing in the Battle and North Saskatchewan rivers, early settlements in the West, Wesayckaychak, the first territorial election in 1881, Judge Hugh Richardson, Thomas Clarke (son of Lawrence), the murder of Barney Tremont and his ghost in the Eagle Hills near Battleford, and other assorted items pertaining to the early West. | |
| Copyright holder | Unknown | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | Wetton | |
| Place | Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Beardy ** [kâ-mîyastowçsit Dumont, Gabriel, 1837-1906 Man Without Blood Nez Percee Jack Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (Chief) Swift Runner Ta-tanka-i-yotank takwanÄw kÄ-apit Tremont, Barney Wesakaychak Williams, Dan | |
| Subject | Culture -- Folklore Elections Treaty -- Treaty 6 Warfare Law Enforcement People Northwest Resistance Hunting and Trapping Hudson's Bay Company Early European Settlers Indigenous Peoples General Cree Assiniboine Dakota (Sioux) Saulteaux Nez Perce | |
| Date Range(s) | 1870-1879 1880-1889 1890-1899 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27451
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