Research Catalog

Title

I fought Riel : a military memoir / Charles A. Boulton ; edited by Heather Robertson.

Author

Boulton, Charles Arkoll, 1841-1899

Publication

Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robertson, Heather, 1942-
• Robertson, Heather, 1942-2014

Description

xvi, 225 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

An eyewitness account of the clash between Metis and "Canadians" over the destiny of the British North-West, by Major Charles Arkoll Boulton, a proud soldier pitted against the equally proud "rebel chief," Louis Riel.

Subject

• Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
• Boulton, Charles Arkoll, 1841-1899
• 1869-1885
• Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870 > Personal narratives, Canadian
• Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885 > Personal narratives, Canadian

Genre/Form

• Personal narratives – Canadian
• Personal narratives – Canadian.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Reminiscences of the north-west rebellions. 1886.
• "A Richard Bonnycastle book."

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. Rebellion at Red River, 1869-1870. 1. Riel Blocks the Way -- 2. Riel in the Ascendants -- 3. The Plot Thickens -- 4. The Drama of the Rebellion -- 5. The Overtures for Peace -- Pt. II. The North-West Rebellion, 1885. 6. Riel's Second Rebellion -- 7. Duck Lake -- 8. The Canadian Militia -- 9. General Middleton's Advance -- 10. Fish Creek -- 11. The Advance on Batoche -- 12. Batoche Captured -- 13. Colonel Otter's Column -- 14. General Strange's Column -- 15. The Pursuit of Big Bear -- 16. The Executions.

ISBN

0888629354

LCCN

^^^86108921^

OCLC

• 13170697
• SCSB-11983268

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library