A Gold Cuff Link and a Red Dress
| Database ID | 27458 | |
| Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
| Fonds/Collection | Wardill, William | |
| File/Item Reference | S-X269 | |
| Date of creation | 1997 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 1.5 | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | William Wardill is an archaeologist and historian from the Red Deer Forks area of Western Canada. Here at the juncture of the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers, in what is today the RM of Chesterfield, three fur trading posts (by the name Chesterfield House), the confluence of a north-south trail, and a Metis settlement existed. Wardill relates the tale of his archaeological work at the site, and the documentary history of the area. Included are topics such as HBC, NW and XY Company Rivalry, Iroquois employment with the NWC, attacks by the Gros Ventre (Atsina) on the posts and their employees in the early nineteenth century, the threat of Crow and Missouri attack, Peter Fidler's work in the area, Big Bear's band wintering at the site, the coming of the North West Mounted Police, and the story of the Metis settlement of Riviere la Biche and its dissolution. | |
| Contributer | Wardill, William | |
| Copyright holder | Wardill, William | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Books Field notes | |
| Provenance Access Point | Wardill, William | |
| Language of material | English | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 International | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Big Bear, ca. 1828-1889 (Chief) Cheyenne Woman Fidler, Peter, 1769-1821 (HBC trader, explorer) Gunn, George Howse, Joseph Lestanc, Jean (Father) Leveille, Pierre Marchand, Goodwin mistahi-maskwa Morin, Antoine Nataya Paulette, Antoine Spirit Seeker | |
| Subject | Art and Artifacts Archaeology Forts Fur Trade Metis -- Communities Metis -- History Warfare Metis Royal Canadian Mounted Police Indigenous Peoples General Community Histories Settlements Cree Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) Piegan Missouri (Nation) A'aninin (Gros Ventre) Crow Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) Dakota (Sioux) Cheyenne | |
| Date Range(s) | 1800-1819 1840-1859 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27458
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