Rebellion, 1885 - State of the Infantry Brigade / Camp Fort Pitt
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| Database ID | 24507 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | J.E. Murray fonds | |
| Series | MG60_E | |
| File/Item Reference | MG60_E-IV-A-10 (Vol. 58) | |
| Date of creation | 2 July 1885 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 document; 1 page of textual records | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | Founded in 1830, Fort Pitt was the major Hudson's Bay Company trading post between Forts Edmonton and Carlton (Saskatchewan), located at a large bend in the North Saskatchewan River just east of the modern Alberta-Saskatchewan border. It was one of 2 principal points for signing Treaty No 6 in 1876. On 14-15 April 1885, during the North West Rebellion, Chief Big Bear's Cree band besieged the fort. After a skirmish in which a policeman was killed, the natives permitted the fort's North West Mounted Police detachment to flee downriver and then took the civilian occupants prisoner and looted the post. | |
| Scope and content | This item describes the state of the infantry brigade stationed at Camp Fort Pitt on 2 July 1885. Categories include members absent with / without leave, hospital attendants and casualities. Item found within folder 1 of file Rebellion, 1885. | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | Murray, Jean Elizabeth, 1901-1981 | |
| Place | Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Subject | Forts Hudson's Bay Company Northwest Resistance Royal Canadian Mounted Police Government departments -- Militia and Defense | |
| Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24507
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