with the region, in 1888 he accompanied the NWMP contingent returning from Wild Horse Creek, where it had been sent to prevent unrest among the Kutenai Indians from escalating into hostilities [see

, NWMP officer, politician, and civil servant; b. 7 March 1850 at South Durham, Canada East, son of Joseph Brisebois, a hotel keeper and jp in Drummondville

(Saskatoon, 1981). Turner, NWMP. J. E. Wickman, “James Bird, Jr.,” The mountain men and the fur trade of the far west, 5: 39–43. W. J. Betts, “From Red River to the Columbia

appeal to Crowfoot for his surrender by Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney*, a 100-man NWMP search of the reserve, and the offer of a $50

 March near Duck Lake between the NWMP and Métis heralded the outbreak of rebellion. André, in his journal, describes the utter confusion in Prince Albert following this initial Métis success, but he was