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Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear

By Theresa Gowanlock

2019-01-29 18:08:05

Theresa Mary Gowanlock nee Johnson (1863- 1899) and Theresa Delaney nee Fulford (1849- 1913) were American women captured during the Northwest Rebellion on April 2, 1885. When the Metis initiated the North-West Rebellion of 1885 under Louis Riel and ... Read more
Theresa Mary Gowanlock nee Johnson (1863- 1899) and Theresa Delaney nee Fulford (1849- 1913) were American women captured during the Northwest Rebellion on April 2, 1885. When the Metis initiated the North-West Rebellion of 1885 under Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont, Cree leader Big Bear (1825-1888) and his supporters played a minimal role in the overall uprising, but warriors from among Big Bear's people under the command of Wandering Spirit killed nine white men at Frog Lake in an incident that became known as the Frog Lake Massacre. Theresa Gowanlock's husband John was amongst those killed. The two women recorded their experiences in their book: Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear (1885). Less

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File size84.925 KB
Print pages100
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-10-13
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781604243505
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Theresa Gowanlock
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JOHNSON, THERESA MARY (Gowanlock), pioneer and author; b. probably 29 July 1863 in Tintern (Lincoln), Upper Canada, daughter of Henry Johnson and Martha A. Upper; m. 1 Oct. 1884 John Alexander Gowanlo...

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