Mudeater

An American Buffalo Hunter and the Surrender of Louis Riel

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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"A really interesting read." Keith Carlson, author of The Power of Place, The Problem of Time Born the son of a Wyandot Chief in Kansas in 1849, Irvin Mudeater was one of the last great frontiersmen of the American West. Hired to run wagon trains to Santa Fe, Mudeater fought off "Indian attacks," was caught up in the Civil War, drove a stagecoach, and lived as a plainsman on the lawless frontier. Most of all, he was a buffalo hunter--killing 126 head in just one day. In 1882, Mudeater moved to Canada, adopted the name Robert Armstrong, and portrayed himself as white. Shortly after the fall of Batoche, he played the lead role in bringing the fugitive Metis leader, Louis Riel, into custody. John D. Pihach attempts to resolve the opposing stories of Riel's surrender/capture, scrutinizes the sensational incidents in Armstrong/Mudeater's life, and, with the inclusion of Mudeater's unpublished memoir, allows this consummate storyteller to speak in his own voice.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-18
Mått:153 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:University of Regina Press
ISBN:9780889774582

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John D. Pihach received a BSc degree in physics from the University of British Columbia and studied studio fine arts at Vancouver Community College. He has spent many years wandering about Asia and Europe and has made a dozen trips to Eastern Europe, where he has done genealogical research at several archives. He works as a weather observer and is the library chairperson of the East European Genealogical Society in Winnipeg and is the author of several articles in Galician genealogy.

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"A really interesting read." -- Keith Carlson, author of The Power of Place, The Problem of Time

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Contents A Note on Terminology Introduction Maps U.S. Plains, circa 1870s Southern and Central Saskatchewan and Alberta, circa 1880s Part One: The Life of Robert Armstrong Chapter One: Before Robert Armstrong Chapter Two: Youth to 1885 Chapter Three: 1885 Chapter Four: 1885 to 1940 Part Two: Robert Armstrong's Memoir Preface to Armstrong's Memoir Robert Armstrong's Memoir ? Appendices Appendix 1: Riel's Apprenhension: Many Versions Appendix 2: Riel's Apprehension: Accounts by the Three Captors Notes Bibliography Index