later that year, when the NWMP, led by Éphrem-A. Brisebois, arrived to establish Fort Calgary, he was on
GEORGE ARTHUR, army, militia, and NWMP officer; b. 19
dysentery. During the harsh winter of 1898–99 he brought an injured man from the NWMP outpost at the Five Finger Rapids to the hospital in Fort Selkirk, covering 30 miles of frozen, mountainous terrain
1899.
The following year Fitzgerald was given leave of absence, along with other members of the NWMP, to join the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, part of
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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
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
DONKIN, JOHN GEORGE, soldier, NWMP constable, author, and journalist; b
DENNY, Sir CECIL EDWARD, NWMP officer, Indian agent, author, and archivist; b. 14
DEANE, RICHARD BURTON, (R)NWMP officer and author; b. 30 April 1848 in
, 1857–1957 ([Belleville, 1957]). Turner, NWMP
CROZIER, LIEF (Leif) NEWRY FITZROY (he signed L. N. F. Crozier), militia officer and NWMP officer; b
.
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
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
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
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
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
– 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