request that he support the formation of a provisional government. André refused and an argument followed. The engagement on 26 March near Duck Lake between the NWMP and Métis heralded the outbreak of
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
., soldier, NWMP officer, politician, and civil servant; b. 7 March 1850 at
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
– control of the NWMP; the lands survey fell under Burgess’s control when Russell was forced to retire because of ill health.
Burgess had become
Cameron’s protectionist leanings and his continued, inveterate campaign against the administration of Indian Affairs and the NWMP embarrassing. Still, his interest in the west made him an obvious candidate
Lougheed*, had him moved to the more comfortable NWMP guardroom. On 19 April Campbell was released on $1,000 bail. Meanwhile, the police ran into difficulty building a case against him
comprehended Métis claims, Indian treaties, and the NWMP. He was a good listener and in late October he presented Macdonald with a long memorandum on what he had heard. He noted that the sympathies toward the
but by the strengthening of the NWMP detachment. Although Clarke consistently denied this charge, modern historians agree that it was probably well founded. The second rumour suggested that it was
.
In 1894 Constantine was chosen by NWMP commissioner Lawrence William Herchmer for special duty. Summoned to Ottawa in May, he was instructed to survey conditions in the Yukon. The government was
CROZIER, LIEF (Leif) NEWRY FITZROY (he signed L. N. F. Crozier), militia officer and NWMP officer; b
, 1857–1957 ([Belleville, 1957]). Turner, NWMP
DEANE, RICHARD BURTON, (R)NWMP officer and author; b. 30 April 1848 in
DENNY, Sir CECIL EDWARD, NWMP officer, Indian agent, author, and archivist; b. 14
DONKIN, JOHN GEORGE, soldier, NWMP constable, author, and journalist; b
he encountered Lawrence Clarke, who told him that the NWMP were sending a large number of men to Fort Carlton with the intention of arresting him and Riel. This report set off the first overt action of
.”
Before long English was once more embroiled in controversy. In 1892 tension arose between the North-West Mounted Police stationed in Calgary and the municipal force, who in the view of the NWMP provided