An Irish officer in the British army, William Francis Butler (1838
1910) travelled widely during a career which took him from India to
Africa. In 1867 he made for Canada with his regiment, and he
recalls his adventures in this lively account, first published in
1872 to immediate success, and followed by this second edition in
the same year. The book covers Butler's risky reconnaissance
mission during the Red River Rebellion, during which he met the
Metis leader Louis Riel. Later chapters describe subsequent
journeys into the sparsely populated Manitoba and Saskatchewan
territories, as well as the US states of Illinois, Minnesota and
North Dakota. In vivid detail, Butler describes the landscapes and
peoples he encountered, including many Native American tribes. This
region of North America was later transformed by an influx of
settlers, and Butler's work captures the final days of what was
then an underexplored wilderness."
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