Charles Arkoll Boulton fonds [textual record] (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds
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Date:10 April-12 July 1885.Reference:R7771-0-9-E, MG29-E3Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:98238Date(s):10 April-12 July 1885.Place of creation:SaskatchewanExtent:1 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of the orders of the day for 10 April to 12 July 1885, to Major Charles Arkoll Boulton commanding his force of Scouts in the North West Resistance (or North West Rebellion) who were active in the Battle at Tourond's Coulee (Fish Creek) and the Battle of Batoche. The orders indicate the course of the campaign and give details regarding the conduct of operations.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Boulton, Major, 1841-1899 : Charles Arkoll Boulton was born in Cobourg, Ont. He served in the 100th Prince of Wales, Royal Canadian Regiment, from 1858 to 1868, retiring with the rank of Captain. He then served as Major in the 46th (East Durham) Battalion of Militia, from 1868 to 1881, and went with Col. J.S. Dennis to the Northwest Territories in 1869, where he was captured by the Métis in 1870. He later became a farmer at Shellmouth, Manitoba. In 1885 he commanded Boulton's Scouts of the North West Field Force. He was the author of REMINISCENCES OF THE NORTH WEST REBELLION (Toronto: 1886).
See: Encyclopedia Canadiana, Vol. 2, p. 32.Additional information:General note:The North West Resistance (or North West Rebellion) was an uprising in what is now Saskatchewan and Alberta. It began in 1884, when Louis Riel returned to Canada to advocate for the rights of the Métis of Saskatchewan and formed a provisional government. Riel led an armed insurgency, fought mainly by Métis and some First Nations allies. It ended with their defeat by federal troops at the Battle of Batoche on May 9, 1885.Note on the state of conservation:The pages of the flip notebook which contains the "orders of the day" are torn and fragmented.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG29-E3 -
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