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History Post-confederation (1867-)

Mounties March West, The

The Epic Trek and Early Adventures of the Mounted Police

by (author) Tony Hollihan

Publisher
Folklore Publishing
Initial publish date
Jun 2004
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-), Americas, 19th Century
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894864046
    Publish Date
    Jun 2004
    List Price
    $14.95 USD
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781773110592
    Publish Date
    Jun 2004
    List Price
    $10.99 USD

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The North-West Mounted Police was created in 1873 by Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in order to allow the fledgling nation of Canada to assert its authority over a vast tract of land in the West purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company. That early company of mounted police faced a brutal four-month march across a harsh wilderness. Colonel George French, Major James Macleod, Private

Frederick Bagley and the rest of the North-West Mounted Police rode through prairie storms and faced down hostile Natives, starvation, thirst and disease on an epic journey that reduced the proud embodiment of Imperial Britain to a ragtag band of men on the brink of death. These intrepid men not only survived but soon asserted their authority over the renegades that fuelled the West's wild whiskey trade. They then negotiated treaties on behalf of the Canadian government with First Nations tribes and kept Sitting Bull and the Sioux from bringing their war to the Canadian West. This book recounts the remarkable achievements of the police force that would eventually become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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