Strange empire : a narrative of the Northwest.

Strange empire : a narrative of the Northwest.

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The tragic story of Louis Riel, the Metis people, and their struggle for a homeland on the plains of the U.S.-Canada border.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, Joseph Kinsey, 1906-1951 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Morrow, 1952.
Subjects:
Riel, Louis, > 1844-1885.
Riel, Louis.
1869-1885
Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870.
Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Métis.
Rébellion de la rivière Rouge, 1869-1870.
Rébellion de Riel, 1885.
Métis > Canada.
Boundaries.
Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870.
Riel Rebellion, 1885.
Canada > Boundaries > United States.
United States > Boundaries > Canada.
United States > History > 1815-1861.
Canada > Frontières > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Frontières > Canada.
Canada.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction-One Sure and Certain Loyalty
  • Part One: Falcon's Song
  • Heart of a continent
  • Freedom road
  • Manifest destiny
  • Chance of glory
  • Part Two: New Nation
  • Gentlemen in pembina
  • The whole unbounded continent
  • A people...free to choose
  • Mr. smith wins an empire
  • Four voted for death
  • Part Three: Crackpot Crusade
  • The jolly boys
  • The wardens of the plains
  • The politicians
  • Part Four: Decade of Death
  • The dusk of evening
  • The freedoms and the fence
  • The prince of the prairies
  • Part Five: Path of Providence
  • The psalms of david
  • John brown of the half-breeds
  • Leader of a sedition
  • Part Six: Prophet on Horseback
  • The right of people
  • "Marchons, mes braves!"
  • Justice commands
  • Malbrouck has gone a-fighting
  • Part Seven: Cardboard shrine
  • The ignorant armies
  • The darkling plain
  • The struggle and flight
  • Part Eight: High Treason
  • Instigation of the devil
  • To the place appointed...
  • Deliver us from evil

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