1890's The Red House by the Rockies - A Tale of Riel's Rebellion, Indian Revolt

Description: This is an antique historical fiction book about the Indian Wars, "The Red House by the Rockies - A Tale of Riel's Rebellion" by Anne Mercier and Violet Watt. Circa 1890's (there is no date of publication stated, though there is a prize inscription dated 1897 on the front end paper); Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; London. The book features a frontispiece illustration, vignettes at the beginning and end of most of the chapters, and decorative end papers. From the Preface: "The object of this little story is to tell the tale of the revolt of the Indians and half-breeds in 1885, under Louis Riel, with the aim of getting what the half-breeds held to be their rights in the distribution of Reserve lands by Government. The events are drawn from contemporary papers; and the facts of the struggle, so far as given here, are strictly true (though all the skirmishes are not mentioned), - with this exception, that the name of the worthy agent, Maclean, at Fort Pitt, is changed, and his family - a numerous one - are not all spoken of. But the valour and Pious courage shown by him, his wife, and daughters, are matters of history. The son of Charles Dickens was, as here stated, the Inspector of Police at Fort Pitt at the time. The letters and diaries here given are all genuine. The story of the Red House and its inmates is fictitious, though founded on fact."

Price: 30 USD

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

End Time: 2024-10-04T19:00:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD