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The Mounties in the News

The NEW YORK TIMES ( - )

A newspaper account of the activities in the Western Canada during the Riel Rebellion and some of the aftermath , articles dating from August 1880 to January 1895. (Summary by David Lawrence)
Readers for this project are David Lawrence and Esther.

Genre(s): Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	August 12, 1880 - The Indians of the North West	Esther	00:02:01
Play 02	March 26, 1885 - Louis Riel's Rebellion	Esther	00:08:54
Play 03	March 28, 1885 - Victory for the Rebels	Esther	00:09:43
Play 04	April 20, 1885 - Reils Scouts Captured	Esther	00:07:04
Play 05	May 1, 1885 - Half Breeds Join Riel	Esther	00:02:12
Play 06	May 3, 1885 Panic in Edmonton	Esther	00:06:27
Play 07	May 6, 1885 - Defeated by the Indians	Esther	00:06:45
Play 08	May 7, 1885 - The Northwest Rebellion	Esther	00:06:20
Play 09	May 8, 1885 - Fighting Reil's Allies	Esther	00:10:55
Play 10	May 14, 1885 - Reil Deserts His Men	Esther	00:04:18
Play 11	May 14, 1885 - Victory for Middleton	Esther	00:08:25
Play 12	May 16, 1885 - The Battle at Batoche	Esther	00:12:46
Play 13	May 17, 1885 - Louis Reil Captured	Esther	00:09:22
Play 14	May 25, 1885 - The War in the Northwest	Esther	00:02:43
Play 15	May 28, 1885 - Poundmaker a Prisoner	Esther	00:09:36
Play 16	May 29, 1885 - Riel's Lieutenant Captured	Esther	00:05:32
Play 17	June 1, 1885 - Big Bear Wins a Battle	David Lawrence	00:06:53
Play 18	June 3, 1885 - Riel's True Character	David Lawrence	00:07:33
Play 19	June 6, 1885 - No News From Middleton	Esther	00:04:39
Play 20	July 6, 1885 - Big Bear Prisoner	Esther	00:01:25
Play 21	July 19, 1885 - Notes From the Northwest	Esther	00:01:23
Play 22	July 22, 1885 - Louis Riel on Trial	Esther	00:02:58
Play 23	July 26, 1885 - In Pursuit of Northwest Indians	Esther	00:00:48
Play 24	August 2, 1885 - Massacred by Indians	Esther	00:01:39
Play 25	August 17, 1885 - Taming the Bronco	David Lawrence	00:06:32
Play 26	October 27, 1885 - Efforts to Save Reil	Esther	00:02:20
Play 27	November 13, 1885 - What Might Result in Reil's Execution	David Lawrence	00:05:09
Play 28	November 15, 1885 - Reil to be hanged	David Lawrence	00:10:06
Play 29	November 16, 1885 - Canadians in a Ferment	David Lawrence	00:14:23
Play 30	November 17, 1885 - Rebel Chief Hanged	David Lawrence	00:12:49
Play 31	November 17, 1885 - French Canadians Excited	David Lawrence	00:07:36
Play 32	November 28, 1885 - Eight Indians Hanged	David Lawrence	00:10:07
Play 33	January 20, 1886 - The Army of the Northwest	David Lawrence	00:01:13
Play 34	February 12, 1886 - Six Mounted Poliemen Killed	David Lawrence	00:00:43
Play 35	October 5, 1886 - The Sacree Indians	David Lawrence	00:00:52
Play 36	November 5, 1886 - Battleford on Fire short	David Lawrence	00:00:44
Play 37	November 25, 1886 - The Sweet Grass Massacre	David Lawrence	00:01:10
Play 38	January 29, 1887 - Three Counterfeiters Killed	David Lawrence	00:01:20
Play 39	February 6, 1887 - Big Bear Set Free	David Lawrence	00:00:56
Play 40	April 15, 1887 - Depredations by Indians	David Lawrence	00:01:01
Play 41	June 2, 1887 - Dumont Causing Trouble	David Lawrence	00:01:14
Play 42	June 10, 1887 - Stolen Horses Recovered	David Lawrence	00:00:54
Play 43	August 13, 1887 - Cattle Run into Canada	David Lawrence	00:00:39
Play 44	September 10, 1887 - Don't Like the Police	David Lawrence	00:00:49
Play 45	March 12, 1888 - Half Breeds Starving	David Lawrence	00:04:12
Play 46	July 19, 1888 - The Troublesome Half-breed	David Lawrence	00:01:37
Play 47	September 6, 1888 - They Like the Warpath	David Lawrence	00:00:53
Play 48	48 - November 7, 1888 Trouble on the Manitou Border	David Lawrence	00:01:24
Play 49	February 7, 1889 - Charged With Smuggling	David Lawrence	00:01:00
Play 50	May 21, 1889 - A Fight With Canadian Indians	David Lawrence	00:01:31
Play 51	August 3, 1889 - The Dominion Militia	David Lawrence	00:00:48
Play 52	September 24, 1890 - Manitoba Mounted Police	David Lawrence	00:01:34
Play 53	November 23, 1890 - Canadian Indians Dancing	David Lawrence	00:01:52
Play 54	December 29, 1891 - The Herchmer Inquiry	David Lawrence	00:03:04
Play 55	January 4, 1892 - Serious Trouble at Edmonton	David Lawrence	00:01:41
Play 56	January 4, 1892 - Col Herchmer's Funeral	David Lawrence	00:01:01

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