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By W.D. Blatchly from sketches by Capt. Rutherford and Lieut. R. Lyndhurst Wadmore. (unverified)
The Battle of Cut Knife was fought on May 2, 1885. It occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine were attacked by 325 troops composed of North-West Mounted Police, "B" Battery, "C" Company, Foot Guards, Queen's Own and the Battleford Rifles led by Lt. Col. W.D. Otter. The Cree and Assiniboine defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.
The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.

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Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: On the stone, l.r. on image: W.D. Blatchly/l.l., below image: PUBLISHED BY GRIP P.P. CO. TORONTO; b.c.: Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, by The GRIP Printing and Publishing Company of Toronto, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture; l.r.: TORONTO LITHOGRAPHING CO./b.c.: BATTLE OF CUT KNIFE CREEK/From topographical sketches by Capt. Rutherford, of "B" Battery, and Lieut. R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, "C" Company, Infantry School Corps.... (partial)