The Murder of Grayburn and the Star Child Pursuit
In 1880 at Fort McLeod Grayburn, a young NWMP recruit, vanished while searching a horse herd. Interpretor Jerry Potts tracked a crimson clue to a ravine where Grayburn lay dead after a suspected Blackfoot encounter. Star Child confessed to the killing but a later trial ended with a hung jury. He later received five years for cattle theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayburn
North West Mounted Police
Fort McLeod
Old Man's River
Jerry Potts
McLeod District
Barracks Square
Crow's Nest
Jerry
Greyburn
Potts
McLeod Barracks
Blood Reserve
Patterson
Blackfoot Reserve
Dian
Star Child
Red Crow
McLeod
Personalities Who Sat in Old North West Council
This piece profiles late 19th century North West Council members from Calgary Broadview Moose Jaw and Regina districts. It notes James D. Geddes, John Claude Campbell Hamilton, Frank Oliver, James Hamilton Ross, John Gillanders Turriff, William White, Frederick William Gordon Haultain, Pace district leader, William Macdowall, W Dell Perley and related figures, with brief biographical highlights and election details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old North-West Council
Old North West Council
James D. Geddes
Calgary
Geddes
Galt
Ontario
Merchants Bank
Godesberg
Germany
Marion
Edward Evans
Eyton Hall
Leominster
Herefordshire
England
Ayr
Ayrshire
Broadview
New Sundrum
Robert Hillhouse
James Hamilton Ross
Moose Jaw
Territories
Mir
Sir Frederick) Haultain
Yukon
Canadian Senate
James H. Ross
John Edgar Ross
London
Ont
Senator Ross
City
Legislative Assembly
Wilson
Edmonton
Ross
John McKay
McKay
Clifford Sifton
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Senate
Robert Turriff
Metis
P.Q
William Turriff
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Little Metis
Quebec
Montreal
Carlyle
C.P.R
West
Frank Taylor
Taylor
William White
Q.C
Regina
Thomas White
Inland Revenue
Hamilton
U.C. College
Toronto University
White
Moosomin
British Columbia
J. O. Boucher
Edward Carss
Boucher
Carss
Frederick William Gordon Haultain
Sir Frederick Haultain
Sir Frederick
Colonel Haultain
Royal Artillery
Peterborough
Legislative Assembly of Canada
Woolwich
Canada
Peterborough Collegiate Institute
University
Mcleod
Lord Boyle
Frederick
North West Territories
Fort Macdowall
Pacee
Prince Albert
Lawrence
Qu'Appelle
Jackson
Perley
East Assiniboia
W. E. Perley
New Brunswick
Allan Perley
Wales
Charleston
Boston
Mass
Rush for Alberian Homesteads Gains Momentum
Edmonton reports a surge in homestead entries and soldiers grants as immigration rises. From January through May there were 261 homestead entries and 248 soldiers grants, with January the lightest month and May showing a spike in grants. Immigration is expected to intensify in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Nmber
J. A. Royal
Lipton Seeks Second Americ an Cup Victory with Shamrock IV
Sir Thomas Lipton continues his bid to win the Ameri can Cup, the premier yachting prize. The race near New York requires yachts to sail here under their own sails, prompting England to build seaworthy vessels like Shamrock IV. Lipton has previously failed but now presents a beautiful, sea worthy contender amid great public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
New York
Atlantic
Britain
Manufacturers Oppose Group Legislation at Canadian Convention
The Canadian Manufacturers' Association met in Vancouver and voted to delete a clause claiming manufacturers were underrepresented in parliament. S. R. Parsons urged opposition to group legislation, arguing it harms national unity and democratic representation, warning against labor and farmer group actions as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Vancouver
Legislative Committee
MacDonald
Toronto
S. R. Parsons
Parsons
Manyfac
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buffalo
R.N.W.M.P
Frank Oliver
Dr. Wilson
Chinguacousy
Peel
Harriet
Thomas Dunlop
Prairie Grove
Man
F. Lamoreaux
D. Mulkins
Oliver
Lamoreaus
Mulkins
John Gillanders Turriff
Moose Mountain
Dewdney
Dominion
Lereen
Scarth
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