Mounties in the News
The New York Times
Play
Length 4 h 2 min
Chapters 56
First published 1886
A newspaper account of the activities in the Western Canada during the Riel Rebellion and some of the aftermath , articles dating from August 1880 to January 1895. (Summary by David Lawrence) Readers for this project are David Lawrence and Esther.
Chapters
1
August 12, 1880 - The Indians of the North West Read by Esther 2:01
2
March 26, 1885 - Louis Riel's Rebellion Read by Esther 8:54
3
March 28, 1885 - Victory for the Rebels Read by Esther 9:43
4
April 20, 1885 - Reils Scouts Captured Read by Esther 7:04
5
May 1, 1885 - Half Breeds Join Riel Read by Esther 2:12
6
May 3, 1885 Panic in Edmonton Read by Esther 6:27
7
May 6, 1885 - Defeated by the Indians Read by Esther 6:45
8
May 7, 1885 - The Northwest Rebellion Read by Esther 6:20
9
May 8, 1885 - Fighting Reil's Allies Read by Esther 10:55
10
May 14, 1885 - Reil Deserts His Men Read by Esther 4:18
11
May 14, 1885 - Victory for Middleton Read by Esther 8:25
12
May 16, 1885 - The Battle at Batoche Read by Esther 12:46
13
May 17, 1885 - Louis Reil Captured Read by Esther 9:22
14
May 25, 1885 - The War in the Northwest Read by Esther 2:43
15
May 28, 1885 - Poundmaker a Prisoner Read by Esther 9:36
16
May 29, 1885 - Riel's Lieutenant Captured Read by Esther 5:32
17
June 1, 1885 - Big Bear Wins a Battle Read by David Lawrence 6:53
18
June 3, 1885 - Riel's True Character Read by David Lawrence 7:33
19
June 6, 1885 - No News From Middleton Read by Esther 4:39
20
July 6, 1885 - Big Bear Prisoner Read by Esther 1:25
21
July 19, 1885 - Notes From the Northwest Read by Esther 1:23
22
July 22, 1885 - Louis Riel on Trial Read by Esther 2:58
23
July 26, 1885 - In Pursuit of Northwest Indians Read by Esther 0:48
24
August 2, 1885 - Massacred by Indians Read by Esther 1:39
25
August 17, 1885 - Taming the Bronco Read by David Lawrence 6:32
26
October 27, 1885 - Efforts to Save Reil Read by Esther 2:20
27
November 13, 1885 - What Might Result in Reil's Execution Read by David Lawrence 5:09
28
November 15, 1885 - Reil to be hanged Read by David Lawrence 10:06
29
November 16, 1885 - Canadians in a Ferment Read by David Lawrence 14:23
30
November 17, 1885 - Rebel Chief Hanged Read by David Lawrence 12:49
31
November 17, 1885 - French Canadians Excited Read by David Lawrence 7:36
32
November 28, 1885 - Eight Indians Hanged Read by David Lawrence 10:07
33
January 20, 1886 - The Army of the Northwest Read by David Lawrence 1:13
34
February 12, 1886 - Six Mounted Poliemen Killed Read by David Lawrence 0:43
35
October 5, 1886 - The Sacree Indians Read by David Lawrence 0:52
36
November 5, 1886 - Battleford on Fire short Read by David Lawrence 0:44
37
November 25, 1886 - The Sweet Grass Massacre Read by David Lawrence 1:10
38
January 29, 1887 - Three Counterfeiters Killed Read by David Lawrence 1:20
39
February 6, 1887 - Big Bear Set Free Read by David Lawrence 0:56
40
April 15, 1887 - Depredations by Indians Read by David Lawrence 1:01
41
June 2, 1887 - Dumont Causing Trouble Read by David Lawrence 1:14
42
June 10, 1887 - Stolen Horses Recovered Read by David Lawrence 0:54
43
August 13, 1887 - Cattle Run into Canada Read by David Lawrence 0:39
44
September 10, 1887 - Don't Like the Police Read by David Lawrence 0:49
45
March 12, 1888 - Half Breeds Starving Read by David Lawrence 4:12
46
July 19, 1888 - The Troublesome Half-breed Read by David Lawrence 1:37
47
September 6, 1888 - They Like the Warpath Read by David Lawrence 0:53
48
48 - November 7, 1888 Trouble on the Manitou Border Read by David Lawrence 1:24
49
February 7, 1889 - Charged With Smuggling Read by David Lawrence 1:00
50
May 21, 1889 - A Fight With Canadian Indians Read by David Lawrence 1:31
51
August 3, 1889 - The Dominion Militia Read by David Lawrence 0:48
52
September 24, 1890 - Manitoba Mounted Police Read by David Lawrence 1:34
53
November 23, 1890 - Canadian Indians Dancing Read by David Lawrence 1:52
54
December 29, 1891 - The Herchmer Inquiry Read by David Lawrence 3:04
55
January 4, 1892 - Serious Trouble at Edmonton Read by David Lawrence 1:41
56
January 4, 1892 - Col Herchmer's Funeral Read by David Lawrence 1:01
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
