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Butler’s Great Lone Land Journey The Red River Expedition
The review praises Captain Butler’s travel narrative The Great Lone Land describing his Red River Expedition work on Indian tribes, fur trade routes, and frontier life from Winnipeg toward Saskatchewan. It highlights Butler’s humane view of Blackfeet and other tribes, the dangers of smallpox, warfare, and the expanding trade network as rivers open to commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huyshe
Red River
Canada
Hudson’s Bay, Company
M. Louis Riel
Alexander Dunn
Winnipeg
America
Butler
Minnesota
Lieutenant Butler
Fort Garry
Captain Butler
Far West
Great Lone Land
Saskatchewan River
Rocky Mountains
Forks
Saskatchewan
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Superior
St. Lawrence
Mr. Butler
Mountain House
Dakota
Montana
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
Asia
England